| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 60909.41 | 213 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 21759.46 | 172 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 10933.2 | 39 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 9158 | 31 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7632.47 | 78 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7290.56 | 25 |
| 7 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 7162.72 | 180 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7121.82 | 23 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 6182.27 | 16 |
| 10 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 6119.85 | 11 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5974.89 | 23 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5742.73 | 16 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5660.13 | 26 |
| 14 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5318.32 | 15 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5313.8 | 29 |
| 16 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5050.01 | 16 |
| (16) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4922.83 | 14 |
| 17 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 4782.51 | 58 |
| 18 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4743.32 | 20 |
| (18) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4625.31 | 31 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 4611.62 | 28 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4538.07 | 13 |
| 21 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4526.98 | 20 |
| 22 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4233.71 | 36 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 4228.52 | 26 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 4195.71 | 28 |
| (24) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4057.67 | 20 |
| 25 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4014.84 | 12 |
| 26 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3958.43 | 102 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3815.35 | 23 |
| (27) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3736.38 | 11 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3562.22 | 22 |
| 29 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3518.13 | 20 |
| (29) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3405.73 | 24 |
| 30 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3345.95 | 19 |
| 31 | CESifo | München, Germany | 3333.61 | 44 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 3216.04 | 28 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 3192.72 | 30 |
| 34 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3143.59 | 25 |
| 35 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2923.24 | 30 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | | 2866.75 | 20 |
| 37 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2857.61 | 3 |
| 38 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2794.15 | 9 |
| 39 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2712.22 | 23 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2701.91 | 20 |
| 41 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2535.17 | 11 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | | 2487.14 | 19 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2485.39 | 19 |
| 44 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2461.64 | 11 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 2326.09 | 22 |
| 46 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2280.92 | 74 |
| 47 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2265.56 | 13 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2229.59 | 20 |
| 49 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2219.17 | 31 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2178.56 | 8 |
| 51 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2164.85 | 18 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2164.77 | 15 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2101.03 | 10 |
| (53) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2054.44 | 7 |
| 54 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1985.1 | 7 |
| 55 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1980.05 | 8 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1869.83 | 30 |
| 57 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1839.92 | 28 |
| (57) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1838.78 | 15 |
| 58 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1838.09 | 21 |
| (58) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1837.14 | 6 |
| 59 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1777.45 | 26 |
| 60 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1754.67 | 8 |
| (60) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1754.55 | 7 |
| 61 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1753.92 | 10 |
| 62 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1751.26 | 10 |
| 63 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1747.2 | 25 |
| 64 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1737.65 | 25 |
| (64) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1710.37 | 8 |
| 65 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1707.44 | 12 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1706.89 | 14 |
| (66) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1694.66 | 12 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1680.08 | 20 |
| 68 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1676.5 | 13 |
| 69 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1670.31 | 10 |
| 70 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1670.2 | 14 |
| (70) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1665.78 | 9 |
| 71 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1665.78 | 10 |
| 72 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1660.69 | 22 |
| 73 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1645.01 | 40 |
| 74 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1585.42 | 12 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1566.54 | 9 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1562.36 | 14 |
| (76) | 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 | 1535.57 | 11 |
| (76) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1530.45 | 25 |
| 77 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1519.36 | 6 |
| 78 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1475.43 | 7 |
| (78) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1475.43 | 7 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1420.5 | 18 |
| 80 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1419.2 | 9 |
| 81 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1410.85 | 11 |
| (81) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1395.93 | 6 |
| (81) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1389.49 | 5 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1375.71 | 11 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1371.96 | 14 |
| 84 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1356.02 | 47 |
| (84) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1350.59 | 16 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1331.12 | 14 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1327.96 | 16 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1321.45 | 12 |
| (87) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1315.87 | 9 |
| 88 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1245.61 | 7 |
| (88) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1227.71 | 2 |
| 89 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1226.12 | 36 |
| (89) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1217.74 | 7 |
| 90 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1187.27 | 15 |
| 91 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1137.2 | 6 |
| 92 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1117.65 | 13 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 1109.25 | 14 |
| (93) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1109.24 | 5 |
| (93) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1106.07 | 9 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 1088.66 | 25 |
| 95 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 1072.48 | 16 |
| 96 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1058.05 | 16 |
| (96) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1057.34 | 16 |
| 97 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1057.34 | 16 |
| 98 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 1050.02 | 9 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1036.31 | 9 |
| (99) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1026.42 | 3 |
| (99) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1022.6 | 5 |
| 100 | Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1016.94 | 3 |
| (100) | Institute for Economic Development, Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1013.39 | 3 |
| 101 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 1010.98 | 22 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 1003 | 17 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 996.17 | 22 |
| 104 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 994.17 | 6 |
| 105 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 993.44 | 10 |
| 106 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 990.98 | 13 |
| 107 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 979.25 | 21 |
| 108 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 961.96 | 4 |
| (108) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 958.57 | 15 |
| 109 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 933.74 | 10 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 926.68 | 18 |
| 111 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 926.55 | 4 |
| 112 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 924.12 | 17 |
| 113 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 923.08 | 7 |
| (113) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 923.08 | 7 |
| 114 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 915.97 | 14 |
| (114) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 913.48 | 2 |
| (114) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 890.11 | 1 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA) | 878.96 | 6 |
| 116 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 872.34 | 6 |
| 117 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 866.28 | 5 |
| (117) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 859.1 | 3 |
| (117) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 854.78 | 1 |
| (117) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 848.97 | 10 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 842.29 | 5 |
| 119 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 840.84 | 41 |
| 120 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 839.87 | 35 |
| 121 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 836.36 | 8 |
| 122 | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida | Gainesville, Florida (USA) | 834.73 | 6 |
| 123 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 833.61 | 5 |
| 124 | Department of Economics, University of Virginia | | 832.5 | 7 |
| 125 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 827.58 | 9 |
| (125) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 825.99 | 11 |
| 126 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 821.59 | 6 |
| 127 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 810.31 | 7 |
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