| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6666.03 | 213 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 3862.69 | 172 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2214.75 | 180 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1282.8 | 78 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1152.66 | 39 |
| 6 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1016 | 102 |
| 7 | CESifo | München, Germany | 988.36 | 44 |
| 8 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 858.78 | 12 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 854.98 | 29 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 770.14 | 31 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 762.68 | 23 |
| 12 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 749.1 | 58 |
| 13 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 743.8 | 74 |
| 14 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 702.81 | 20 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 646.91 | 26 |
| 16 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 642.86 | 23 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 642.81 | 30 |
| (17) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 640.04 | 24 |
| 18 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 637.2 | 21 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 616.56 | 25 |
| 20 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 609.05 | 30 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 597.25 | 25 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 568.98 | 28 |
| (22) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 563.84 | 31 |
| (22) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 553.91 | 14 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 547.33 | 22 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 541.25 | 28 |
| 25 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 541.12 | 20 |
| 26 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 529.35 | 36 |
| (26) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 511.83 | 16 |
| 27 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 503.66 | 11 |
| 28 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 489.36 | 47 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 485.35 | 23 |
| 30 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 481.9 | 40 |
| 31 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 465.61 | 15 |
| 32 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 461.15 | 19 |
| (32) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 458.48 | 20 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 457.51 | 34 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 453.33 | 18 |
| 35 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 440.25 | 14 |
| 36 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 429.2 | 26 |
| 37 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 426.26 | 31 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 419.56 | 22 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 404.6 | 13 |
| 40 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 389.21 | 21 |
| 41 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 386.99 | 11 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 385.97 | 20 |
| 43 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 385.68 | 25 |
| 44 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 377.28 | 22 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 373.34 | 16 |
| 46 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 373.08 | 40 |
| 47 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 372.73 | 16 |
| 48 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 372.24 | 18 |
| 49 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 366.11 | 25 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 365.86 | 16 |
| 51 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 362.03 | 9 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 356.66 | 28 |
| 53 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 350.41 | 14 |
| 54 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 346.18 | 20 |
| 55 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 343.31 | 9 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 342.55 | 30 |
| 57 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 340.13 | 23 |
| 58 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 336.85 | 17 |
| 59 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 334.79 | 11 |
| 60 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 327.76 | 16 |
| 61 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 326.61 | 26 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 320.66 | 28 |
| 63 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 316.1 | 35 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | | 309.98 | 20 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 309.48 | 13 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 306.53 | 10 |
| 67 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 305.03 | 25 |
| 68 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 300.28 | 36 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 293.06 | 20 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | | 289.64 | 19 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 287.53 | 20 |
| 72 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 286.91 | 22 |
| 73 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 286.08 | 22 |
| 74 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 285.76 | 22 |
| (74) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 282.73 | 15 |
| 75 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 277.34 | 41 |
| (75) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 276.01 | 25 |
| (75) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 273.1 | 11 |
| 76 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 272.41 | 21 |
| 77 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 271.93 | 10 |
| 78 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 270.64 | 37 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 268.94 | 22 |
| 80 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 256.78 | 11 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 255.19 | 14 |
| 82 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 255.16 | 16 |
| (82) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 252.7 | 11 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 249.25 | 16 |
| 84 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 242.61 | 8 |
| (84) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 242.59 | 9 |
| 85 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 240.44 | 25 |
| 86 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 240.16 | 51 |
| 87 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 239.08 | 19 |
| 88 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 238.88 | 22 |
| (88) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 236.33 | 9 |
| 89 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 235.25 | 7 |
| (89) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 235.25 | 7 |
| 90 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 235.03 | 10 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 234.33 | 25 |
| (91) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 234 | 6 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 231.66 | 12 |
| (92) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 231.26 | 18 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 230.58 | 17 |
| 94 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 230.25 | 4 |
| 95 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | | 229.25 | 27 |
| 96 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 224.01 | 19 |
| 97 | Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University | Clayton, Australia | 223.39 | 16 |
| 98 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 222.91 | 25 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 220.66 | 9 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 220.08 | 19 |
| 101 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 218.11 | 27 |
| (101) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 215.78 | 12 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 212.86 | 12 |
| 103 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 211.75 | 23 |
| (103) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 211.54 | 3 |
| 104 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 211.11 | 13 |
| 105 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 210.83 | 27 |
| 106 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 209.83 | 25 |
| 107 | Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway | Oslo, Norway | 208.3 | 16 |
| 108 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 208 | 16 |
| 109 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 206 | 8 |
| 110 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 205.26 | 16 |
| 111 | Département d'Économique, Université Laval | Ste-Foy, Canada | 204.46 | 16 |
| 112 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 203.71 | 5 |
| 113 | Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo | Oslo, Norway | 203.68 | 9 |
| 114 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 201.06 | 10 |
| 115 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 200.61 | 41 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 200.24 | 12 |
| 117 | Copenhagen Business School | København, Denmark | 199.83 | 10 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 197.19 | 14 |
| 119 | Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia, Getulio Vargas Foundation | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 195.74 | 13 |
| 120 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 192.84 | 13 |
| 121 | Department of Economics, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada | 192.58 | 18 |
| 122 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 192.3 | 16 |
| 123 | Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 192.23 | 33 |
| (123) | Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | | 192.08 | 20 |
| 124 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 191.68 | 18 |
| (124) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 191.58 | 3 |
| 125 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 189.41 | 7 |
| 126 | Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain | 188.75 | 17 |
| 127 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 187.23 | 12 |
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