| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 41939.04 | 213 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 13835.85 | 169 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7784.05 | 39 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5748.18 | 31 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4936.83 | 23 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4664.76 | 11 |
| 7 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4536.91 | 173 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4535.44 | 14 |
| 9 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4479.58 | 74 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4386.85 | 26 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3910.82 | 23 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3740.77 | 28 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3541.61 | 28 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3461.39 | 24 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3405.89 | 16 |
| 16 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3332.84 | 12 |
| (16) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3315.22 | 14 |
| 17 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3280.45 | 20 |
| 18 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3245.61 | 20 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3001.73 | 27 |
| 20 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2736.39 | 26 |
| 21 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 2675.75 | 57 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2637.24 | 16 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2574.42 | 11 |
| (23) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2528.36 | 28 |
| (23) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2412.32 | 23 |
| 24 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2401.11 | 36 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2389.05 | 21 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2305.9 | 30 |
| 27 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2295.27 | 15 |
| (27) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2288.18 | 20 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2277.28 | 22 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2214.82 | 23 |
| 30 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2168.53 | 20 |
| 31 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2133.51 | 9 |
| 32 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2092.39 | 11 |
| 33 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2084.94 | 100 |
| 34 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2074.26 | 42 |
| 35 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2065.95 | 30 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1921.62 | 27 |
| 37 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1880.87 | 18 |
| 38 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1794.23 | 3 |
| 39 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1793.62 | 13 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1788.61 | 20 |
| (40) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1768.81 | 11 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1751.62 | 10 |
| 42 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1733.41 | 11 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1699.7 | 21 |
| 44 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1694.71 | 24 |
| 45 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1638.98 | 7 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1501.3 | 31 |
| 47 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1482.95 | 8 |
| 48 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1402 | 72 |
| 49 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1401.53 | 12 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1369.88 | 19 |
| 51 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1368.58 | 27 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1355.35 | 18 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1333.28 | 18 |
| 54 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1298.2 | 18 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1285.25 | 20 |
| (55) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1278.93 | 6 |
| (55) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1275.71 | 15 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1244.05 | 32 |
| 57 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1228.77 | 7 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1182.98 | 11 |
| 59 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1170.59 | 21 |
| 60 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1161.91 | 6 |
| 61 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1157.2 | 6 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1156.72 | 14 |
| 63 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1154.85 | 8 |
| 64 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1143.7 | 10 |
| (64) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1127.22 | 5 |
| 65 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1126.23 | 25 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1124.09 | 9 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1109.67 | 19 |
| (67) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1108.03 | 6 |
| 68 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1103.12 | 22 |
| 69 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1085.58 | 10 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1082.11 | 10 |
| (70) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1079.88 | 7 |
| 71 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1076.18 | 15 |
| 72 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1073.35 | 25 |
| 73 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1063.79 | 15 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 1052.77 | 16 |
| 75 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1039.72 | 40 |
| (75) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1015.35 | 9 |
| 76 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1011.03 | 21 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 997.2 | 16 |
| 78 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 960.5 | 33 |
| 79 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 951.98 | 12 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 928.86 | 13 |
| 81 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 924.45 | 8 |
| (81) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 924.35 | 7 |
| 82 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 918.08 | 9 |
| 83 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 912.32 | 22 |
| 84 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 896.75 | 8 |
| (84) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 896.75 | 8 |
| (84) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 882.89 | 9 |
| 85 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 882.89 | 10 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 880.65 | 14 |
| 87 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 879.56 | 6 |
| (87) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 871.1 | 12 |
| 88 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 846.83 | 11 |
| 89 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 831.82 | 12 |
| 90 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 826.2 | 12 |
| (90) | Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 819.85 | 11 |
| 91 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 804.46 | 9 |
| 92 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 789.46 | 16 |
| (92) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 788.36 | 2 |
| 93 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 756.26 | 6 |
| 94 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 755.02 | 15 |
| (94) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 751.49 | 16 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 747.3 | 11 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 737.81 | 6 |
| (96) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 733.34 | 7 |
| 97 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 727.3 | 14 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA) | 717.53 | 5 |
| (98) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 715.82 | 1 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 708.49 | 9 |
| (99) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 703.93 | 3 |
| (99) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 700.89 | 8 |
| (99) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 696.47 | 3 |
| 100 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 694.27 | 7 |
| 101 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 691.26 | 11 |
| (101) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 683.01 | 14 |
| 102 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 675.61 | 44 |
| 103 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 670.06 | 5 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 665.85 | 18 |
| 105 | Cato Institute | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 645.19 | 2 |
| 106 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 644.08 | 10 |
| (106) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 636.87 | 3 |
| 107 | Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 631.95 | 3 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 628.43 | 13 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 618.47 | 24 |
| 110 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 615.03 | 14 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 612.59 | 25 |
| (111) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 611.85 | 2 |
| 112 | Center for Economic Design, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi | İstanbul, Turkey | 606.36 | 2 |
| 113 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 604.49 | 4 |
| 114 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 599.95 | 16 |
| 115 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 599.08 | 16 |
| 116 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 595.72 | 10 |
| 117 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 590.54 | 9 |
| (117) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 577.89 | 3 |
| (117) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 574.09 | 25 |
| 118 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 572.13 | 20 |
| (118) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 571.62 | 5 |
| (118) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 565.2 | 16 |
| 119 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 565.2 | 16 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 564.63 | 22 |
| 121 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 560.14 | 4 |
| (121) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 555.32 | 3 |
| (121) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 546.79 | 5 |
| (121) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 535.3 | 11 |
| 122 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 533.79 | 5 |
| 123 | Department of Economics, Indiana University | Bloomington, Indiana (USA) | 531.83 | 10 |
| 124 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 529.91 | 7 |
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