| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 65314.56 | 213 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 23627.71 | 169 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 11739.76 | 39 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 9292.03 | 31 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7460.18 | 26 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7266.54 | 23 |
| 7 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 7111.51 | 173 |
| 8 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7108.77 | 74 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 6563.44 | 14 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6248.62 | 23 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 6102.8 | 11 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5757.86 | 28 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5358.14 | 24 |
| 14 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5141.04 | 20 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5130.63 | 14 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5001.53 | 16 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 4945.78 | 28 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 4855.88 | 27 |
| 18 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4855.61 | 20 |
| 19 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 4664.21 | 57 |
| 20 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 4659.61 | 26 |
| 21 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4614.23 | 12 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4592.19 | 16 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4177.66 | 22 |
| 24 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4148.38 | 100 |
| 25 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4145.4 | 36 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4112.24 | 11 |
| (26) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4082.97 | 28 |
| (26) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3919.2 | 20 |
| 27 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3878.02 | 15 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3628.92 | 23 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 3592.25 | 30 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3576.5 | 21 |
| (30) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3428.83 | 23 |
| 31 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3328.78 | 20 |
| 32 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3328.52 | 18 |
| 33 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3302.38 | 11 |
| 34 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3272.05 | 30 |
| 35 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3244.89 | 24 |
| 36 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 3109.47 | 8 |
| 37 | CESifo | München, Germany | 3105.6 | 42 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 3009.29 | 20 |
| 39 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2943.95 | 9 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2877.19 | 27 |
| 41 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2871.05 | 3 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 2791.65 | 21 |
| 43 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2729.9 | 11 |
| (43) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2718.41 | 11 |
| 44 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2700.75 | 72 |
| (44) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2685.15 | 6 |
| 45 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2618.46 | 7 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2483.27 | 10 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2440 | 18 |
| 48 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2406.65 | 13 |
| 49 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2252.95 | 18 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2242.62 | 31 |
| 51 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2218.96 | 22 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2200.56 | 19 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2180.05 | 19 |
| 54 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2177.99 | 12 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 2155.91 | 32 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 2140.22 | 18 |
| 57 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2109.94 | 21 |
| 58 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 2066.17 | 27 |
| (58) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2056.8 | 7 |
| 59 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2044.06 | 15 |
| (59) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2019.76 | 15 |
| 60 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 2000.95 | 25 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1999.85 | 20 |
| 62 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1973.59 | 8 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1957.67 | 10 |
| (63) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1913.86 | 6 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1879.23 | 14 |
| 65 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1838.38 | 7 |
| 66 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1836.43 | 12 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1803.59 | 11 |
| 68 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1787.82 | 40 |
| 69 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1758.26 | 25 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1709.14 | 9 |
| 71 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1688.42 | 15 |
| (71) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1667.23 | 12 |
| 72 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1655.49 | 33 |
| 73 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1638.28 | 6 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1624.3 | 14 |
| (74) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1603.66 | 9 |
| 75 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1603.66 | 10 |
| 76 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1593.27 | 22 |
| 77 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1580.75 | 8 |
| (77) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1580.55 | 7 |
| 78 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1570.5 | 21 |
| 79 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1565.21 | 6 |
| (79) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1548.88 | 8 |
| 80 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1546.71 | 12 |
| 81 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1535.43 | 10 |
| (81) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1535.23 | 5 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1525.87 | 16 |
| (82) | 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 | 1498.79 | 11 |
| 83 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1478.99 | 11 |
| 84 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1468.43 | 10 |
| 85 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1440.75 | 6 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 1419.52 | 16 |
| 87 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1380.03 | 8 |
| (87) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1380.03 | 8 |
| (87) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1364.56 | 16 |
| 88 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1364.56 | 16 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1353.45 | 11 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1351.55 | 13 |
| 91 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1328.07 | 44 |
| 92 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1278.86 | 16 |
| 93 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1276.69 | 7 |
| 94 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1270.23 | 15 |
| 95 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1268.92 | 9 |
| (95) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1261.65 | 25 |
| 96 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1247.64 | 14 |
| (96) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1237.51 | 16 |
| (96) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1203.1 | 2 |
| 97 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 1190.19 | 9 |
| 98 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1179.8 | 12 |
| (98) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1171.37 | 9 |
| (98) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1142.09 | 5 |
| (98) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1141.5 | 3 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 1127.44 | 13 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1115.54 | 18 |
| (100) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1110.51 | 14 |
| 101 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 1109.51 | 6 |
| 102 | Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1104.24 | 3 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 1103.57 | 24 |
| 104 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 1091.99 | 10 |
| 105 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 1084.35 | 4 |
| (105) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1048.39 | 1 |
| 106 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1037.4 | 10 |
| 107 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1037.25 | 14 |
| (107) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1035.21 | 3 |
| 108 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 1026.22 | 11 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA) | 1024.88 | 5 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 1023.74 | 22 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1019.69 | 5 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 1017.14 | 6 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1011.43 | 9 |
| (113) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1010.58 | 7 |
| 114 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 1008.31 | 39 |
| 115 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 1002.34 | 5 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 994.74 | 25 |
| 117 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 994.39 | 21 |
| (117) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 986.79 | 5 |
| (117) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 981.95 | 3 |
| (117) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 968.65 | 17 |
| 118 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 954.45 | 9 |
| 119 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 952.6 | 16 |
| (119) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 945.34 | 3 |
| (119) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 943.48 | 2 |
| 120 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 930.3 | 20 |
| 121 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 927.11 | 16 |
| (121) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 923.35 | 1 |
| 122 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 917.56 | 7 |
| (122) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 917.56 | 7 |
| (122) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 915.97 | 11 |
| 123 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 913.59 | 8 |
| 124 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 912.91 | 6 |
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