| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 52492.28 | 213 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 29039.73 | 169 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 12376.22 | 173 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 9699.88 | 74 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 9558.66 | 39 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7179.5 | 31 |
| 7 | CESifo | München, Germany | 6600.33 | 42 |
| 8 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5805.51 | 100 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5757.28 | 28 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5677.99 | 23 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5513.41 | 23 |
| 12 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5410.16 | 12 |
| 13 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5327.41 | 20 |
| 14 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 5235.83 | 57 |
| (14) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5092.85 | 23 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 5069.58 | 21 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5010.66 | 24 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4956.51 | 26 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 4874.23 | 28 |
| (18) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4767.91 | 14 |
| 19 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4725.96 | 72 |
| (19) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4380.25 | 28 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 4311.66 | 30 |
| 21 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4308.39 | 20 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 4079.61 | 27 |
| 23 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4039.75 | 11 |
| 24 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3909.14 | 40 |
| 25 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3866.06 | 36 |
| 26 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3731.83 | 26 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3708 | 20 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3637.99 | 14 |
| 29 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3587.89 | 30 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 3576.15 | 32 |
| (30) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3562.66 | 20 |
| 31 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3560.51 | 16 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 3490.41 | 18 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3488.35 | 22 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 3259.33 | 27 |
| 35 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3243 | 11 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3215.94 | 11 |
| 37 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 3186.33 | 15 |
| 38 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3156.05 | 9 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3137.76 | 23 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3073.98 | 21 |
| 41 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3043.08 | 15 |
| 42 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3036.89 | 24 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2981.24 | 16 |
| 44 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2973 | 14 |
| 45 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 2851.66 | 21 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2846.55 | 21 |
| 47 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2802.48 | 44 |
| 48 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2801.7 | 31 |
| 49 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2785.16 | 25 |
| 50 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2746.53 | 18 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2670.71 | 20 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 2566.16 | 9 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 2531.76 | 33 |
| 54 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2521.95 | 22 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2469.76 | 19 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2425.91 | 20 |
| 57 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 2405.41 | 21 |
| 58 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2330.5 | 22 |
| 59 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2312.66 | 8 |
| (59) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2312.66 | 8 |
| 60 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 2297.45 | 27 |
| 61 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 2293.49 | 21 |
| 62 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 2289.74 | 25 |
| (62) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2268.16 | 16 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 2264.41 | 9 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2249.5 | 18 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 2219.49 | 24 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 2196 | 13 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2181.16 | 18 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2179.83 | 19 |
| 69 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 2167.33 | 10 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 2152.36 | 11 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2141.66 | 10 |
| 72 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2137.41 | 11 |
| 73 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 2104.83 | 16 |
| 74 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 2104.66 | 16 |
| 75 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2078.75 | 13 |
| 76 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2071.83 | 10 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 2065.14 | 25 |
| (77) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2035.78 | 15 |
| 78 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2005.83 | 7 |
| (78) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2005 | 11 |
| 79 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1990.48 | 12 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 1913.75 | 16 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 1896.08 | 12 |
| 82 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1884.99 | 33 |
| 83 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 1845.25 | 30 |
| (83) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1829.16 | 9 |
| 84 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1773.6 | 8 |
| 85 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1740.33 | 8 |
| 86 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1736.91 | 12 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1732 | 10 |
| 88 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1687.99 | 12 |
| 89 | Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University | Clayton, Australia | 1656 | 16 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1648.33 | 10 |
| (90) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1645.68 | 17 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1634.24 | 16 |
| 92 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1632.99 | 8 |
| 93 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 1628.91 | 16 |
| (93) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1627.99 | 7 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 1625.66 | 22 |
| 95 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1620.76 | 16 |
| 96 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1619.33 | 3 |
| (96) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1601.66 | 11 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1583.58 | 14 |
| (97) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1560.5 | 9 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1555.41 | 14 |
| (98) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1550.33 | 6 |
| (98) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1543.26 | 12 |
| 99 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1535.56 | 14 |
| (99) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1526.33 | 7 |
| 100 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1516.41 | 10 |
| 101 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 1509.99 | 19 |
| (101) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1493.16 | 6 |
| 102 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1488.27 | 4 |
| (102) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1488.27 | 4 |
| 103 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 1487.73 | 20 |
| 104 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1478 | 7 |
| 105 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1467.05 | 20 |
| 106 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1462.54 | 15 |
| (106) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1460.91 | 25 |
| 107 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 1458.75 | 16 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 1454.83 | 10 |
| 109 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 1451.83 | 19 |
| 110 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 1446.74 | 16 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1423.08 | 11 |
| 112 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 1422.49 | 9 |
| 113 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1422.16 | 4 |
| 114 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1422 | 8 |
| 115 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1407 | 11 |
| 116 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 1405.69 | 39 |
| 117 | Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 1396.33 | 14 |
| 118 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1390.76 | 12 |
| 119 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 1368.99 | 11 |
| 120 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 1355.33 | 11 |
| 121 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 1353.99 | 10 |
| 122 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1351.33 | 38 |
| 123 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 1346.16 | 19 |
| 124 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 1340.83 | 21 |
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