| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6982.96 | 213 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 2187.3 | 169 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1169.17 | 39 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 857.28 | 26 |
| 5 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 804.22 | 173 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 735.73 | 28 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 706.2 | 31 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 692.68 | 23 |
| 9 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 677.71 | 74 |
| 10 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 635.81 | 20 |
| 11 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 574.77 | 12 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 571.36 | 23 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 545 | 24 |
| 14 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 512.39 | 11 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 501.49 | 14 |
| 15 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 436.34 | 20 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 431.66 | 23 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 429.51 | 14 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 425.31 | 28 |
| 19 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 423.83 | 100 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 416.86 | 16 |
| 21 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 405.65 | 20 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 405.38 | 27 |
| 23 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 393.39 | 15 |
| (23) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 388.84 | 23 |
| 24 | CESifo | München, Germany | 374.78 | 42 |
| 25 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 368.54 | 30 |
| 26 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 365.65 | 16 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 352.36 | 21 |
| (27) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 347.88 | 28 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 332.39 | 11 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 317.89 | 22 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 315.36 | 30 |
| 31 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 312.23 | 31 |
| 32 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 297.26 | 18 |
| 33 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 283.08 | 36 |
| 34 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 282.12 | 57 |
| 35 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 276.88 | 26 |
| (35) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 268.59 | 11 |
| 36 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 268.12 | 10 |
| (36) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 264.06 | 20 |
| 37 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 260.15 | 11 |
| 38 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 258.56 | 24 |
| 39 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 251.39 | 9 |
| (39) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 250.53 | 9 |
| 40 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 237.67 | 11 |
| (40) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 232.77 | 3 |
| 41 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 232.64 | 18 |
| 42 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 231.78 | 27 |
| 43 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 229.97 | 21 |
| 44 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 220.53 | 72 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 217.43 | 16 |
| (45) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 207.08 | 3 |
| (45) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 206.19 | 15 |
| 46 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 202.51 | 4 |
| 47 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 202.44 | 13 |
| 48 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 202.32 | 25 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 201.74 | 20 |
| 50 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 199.83 | 9 |
| 51 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 197.56 | 22 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 197.37 | 21 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 193.38 | 19 |
| 54 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 192.05 | 11 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 188.94 | 10 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 183.87 | 18 |
| (56) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 181.28 | 16 |
| 57 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 171.69 | 10 |
| 58 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 169.57 | 12 |
| (58) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 167.91 | 6 |
| 59 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 167.59 | 8 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 166.88 | 27 |
| 61 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 165.68 | 7 |
| 62 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 165.58 | 3 |
| 63 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 160.32 | 33 |
| 64 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 160.32 | 15 |
| 65 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 150.98 | 22 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 150.71 | 13 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 150.04 | 18 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 148.21 | 20 |
| (68) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 144.56 | 1 |
| 69 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 144.04 | 16 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 141.92 | 12 |
| (70) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 139.75 | 12 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 139.45 | 9 |
| (71) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 138.42 | 2 |
| 72 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 135.41 | 10 |
| 73 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 135.12 | 25 |
| (73) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 132.61 | 3 |
| 74 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 132.39 | 7 |
| (74) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 129.62 | 11 |
| 75 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 129.31 | 15 |
| (75) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 128.5 | 7 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 127.05 | 19 |
| 77 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 124.29 | 40 |
| 78 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 122.04 | 6 |
| (78) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 120.83 | 25 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 120.44 | 11 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 119.51 | 14 |
| 81 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 119.24 | 12 |
| (81) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 117.77 | 14 |
| 82 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 117.47 | 8 |
| (82) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 116.14 | 7 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 114.89 | 32 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 114.59 | 12 |
| 85 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 113.65 | 8 |
| (85) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 113.65 | 8 |
| 86 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 112.13 | 39 |
| (86) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 112.09 | 8 |
| 87 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 106.69 | 20 |
| 88 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 106.08 | 10 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 104.19 | 16 |
| (89) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 103.52 | 5 |
| 90 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 102.53 | 4 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 102.5 | 6 |
| 92 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 101.92 | 6 |
| (92) | Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 99.71 | 2 |
| 93 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 98.62 | 15 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 97.38 | 11 |
| (94) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 96.95 | 5 |
| 95 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 95.52 | 16 |
| 96 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 94.45 | 44 |
| 97 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 93.93 | 7 |
| 98 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 92.03 | 8 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 91.54 | 22 |
| 100 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 91.18 | 6 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 90.57 | 9 |
| 102 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 89.9 | 16 |
| (102) | 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 | 89.43 | 11 |
| (102) | Office of Tax Policy Research (OTPR), Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 89.25 | 2 |
| (102) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 88.78 | 5 |
| 103 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 88.37 | 21 |
| (103) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 87.08 | 2 |
| 104 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 86.83 | 16 |
| 105 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 86.57 | 13 |
| 106 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 85.08 | 12 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Tufts University | Medford, Massachusetts (USA) | 84.41 | 13 |
| 108 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 83.83 | 10 |
| 109 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 83.08 | 27 |
| 110 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 82.2 | 9 |
| (110) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 81.67 | 3 |
| 111 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 80.84 | 8 |
| 112 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 80.82 | 21 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 77.05 | 18 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 77 | 14 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 76.89 | 25 |
| 116 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 75.18 | 7 |
| (116) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 74.2 | 7 |
| 117 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 73.36 | 17 |
| (117) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 71.95 | 10 |
| (117) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 71.73 | 5 |
| 118 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 71.67 | 2 |
| 119 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 70.96 | 16 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA) | 69.52 | 5 |
| 121 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 69.32 | 11 |
| (121) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 69.18 | 17 |
| 122 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 68.84 | 30 |
| 123 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 68.37 | 16 |
| 124 | Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo | Oslo, Norway | 68.28 | 9 |
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