| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 69715.7 | 217 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 17562.71 | 179 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 15044.26 | 40 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 11041.24 | 26 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8418.38 | 31 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 7352.3 | 11 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7240.56 | 23 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 7020.21 | 29 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 6693.23 | 16 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 6168.46 | 79 |
| 11 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 5819.85 | 188 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5424.59 | 23 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5329.94 | 18 |
| 14 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5197.77 | 17 |
| 15 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5176.04 | 21 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4890.38 | 26 |
| 17 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4759.63 | 101 |
| 18 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4746.04 | 32 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 4728.77 | 28 |
| (19) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4589.67 | 14 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 4194.49 | 28 |
| (20) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4155.1 | 32 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4145.34 | 14 |
| (21) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4037.41 | 13 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3938.78 | 17 |
| (22) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3933.76 | 24 |
| 23 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3499.06 | 11 |
| 24 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3493.41 | 26 |
| 25 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3484.44 | 13 |
| 26 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3427.61 | 20 |
| 27 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3259.97 | 12 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3246.97 | 21 |
| 29 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3173.46 | 30 |
| 30 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2715.26 | 19 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2621.9 | 22 |
| 32 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2485.23 | 8 |
| (32) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2485.13 | 7 |
| (32) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2452.71 | 5 |
| 33 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2452.39 | 20 |
| (33) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2409.85 | 15 |
| 34 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2386.72 | 3 |
| 35 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2362.41 | 21 |
| 36 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2301.47 | 13 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2267.28 | 20 |
| 38 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 2240.98 | 58 |
| 39 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2236.87 | 25 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2205.37 | 22 |
| 41 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2171.54 | 10 |
| 42 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2145.47 | 35 |
| 43 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2106.47 | 12 |
| (43) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2092.7 | 4 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2068.48 | 30 |
| 45 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2005.3 | 36 |
| (45) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1969.76 | 20 |
| 46 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1960.14 | 19 |
| (46) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1905.41 | 7 |
| 47 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1829.41 | 12 |
| (47) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1814.56 | 7 |
| 48 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1812.14 | 5 |
| 49 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1805.48 | 76 |
| 50 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1799.69 | 25 |
| 51 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1796.46 | 48 |
| (51) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1793.4 | 16 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1779.37 | 28 |
| 53 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1764.24 | 8 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1741.08 | 19 |
| 55 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1726.35 | 26 |
| 56 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1659.78 | 15 |
| (56) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1651.36 | 6 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1558.13 | 10 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1475.86 | 22 |
| (58) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1448.72 | 9 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | | 1408.75 | 19 |
| 60 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1376.22 | 6 |
| (60) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1376.19 | 5 |
| 61 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1349.78 | 7 |
| 62 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1340.64 | 8 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | | 1336.54 | 21 |
| (63) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1309.49 | 8 |
| 64 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 1269.17 | 16 |
| (64) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1238.44 | 5 |
| 65 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1221.61 | 16 |
| (65) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1219.63 | 24 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1212.94 | 28 |
| (66) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1211.94 | 3 |
| 67 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1152.52 | 23 |
| 68 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1132.81 | 19 |
| (68) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1131.88 | 12 |
| 69 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1114.98 | 11 |
| (69) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1103.44 | 3 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 1073.99 | 6 |
| (70) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1061.4 | 12 |
| 71 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1053.06 | 7 |
| 72 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1048.33 | 7 |
| (72) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1038.75 | 2 |
| 73 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 1026.76 | 6 |
| 74 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1013.78 | 27 |
| (74) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1010.83 | 5 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 971.7 | 15 |
| (75) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 967 | 2 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 960.22 | 8 |
| (76) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 954.08 | 3 |
| 77 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 949.88 | 4 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 933.55 | 8 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 931.07 | 26 |
| (79) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 927.23 | 1 |
| (79) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 927.23 | 1 |
| 80 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 908.78 | 6 |
| (80) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 907.63 | 4 |
| 81 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 896.57 | 10 |
| 82 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 891.68 | 43 |
| 83 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 843.72 | 7 |
| (83) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 838.38 | 1 |
| 84 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 829.26 | 7 |
| (84) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 814.66 | 7 |
| (84) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 811.91 | 22 |
| (84) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 796.71 | 1 |
| 85 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 791.04 | 40 |
| 86 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 790.02 | 14 |
| (86) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 788.1 | 15 |
| (86) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 774.08 | 4 |
| 87 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 757.08 | 14 |
| (87) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 755.94 | 3 |
| 88 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 748.41 | 10 |
| 89 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 739.61 | 14 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 729.04 | 4 |
| 91 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 725 | 7 |
| (91) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 725 | 7 |
| 92 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 715.86 | 47 |
| 93 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 688.61 | 2 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 686.76 | 9 |
| (94) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 659.02 | 9 |
| 95 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 659.02 | 10 |
| 96 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 657.41 | 21 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 655.33 | 31 |
| 98 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 654.8 | 11 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 644.45 | 22 |
| 100 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 638.86 | 7 |
| (100) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 638.86 | 7 |
| 101 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 634.74 | 4 |
| 102 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 631.89 | 20 |
| (102) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 630.89 | 12 |
| (102) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 628.62 | 1 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 609.6 | 25 |
| 104 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 602.56 | 13 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 597.13 | 10 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 590.72 | 14 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 585.57 | 14 |
| 108 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 584.09 | 6 |
| 109 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 581.65 | 1 |
| 110 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 562.63 | 25 |
| (110) | 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 | 553.77 | 11 |
| 111 | Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 549.29 | 6 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 549.01 | 18 |
| 113 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 538.51 | 37 |
| 114 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 534.45 | 3 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 533.84 | 12 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 531.88 | 10 |
| 117 | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University | Canberra, Australia | 530.8 | 8 |
| 118 | Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 519.16 | 7 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 511.1 | 14 |
| (119) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 507.94 | 17 |
| 120 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 507.88 | 10 |
| 121 | Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 507.51 | 2 |
| 122 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 497.81 | 31 |
| 123 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "S. Cognetti de Martiis", Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 493.23 | 8 |
| 124 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 491.9 | 6 |
| 125 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 488.69 | 6 |
| (125) | Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 474.56 | 2 |
| 126 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 461.01 | 15 |
| 127 | International Economics Section, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Université de Genève | Genève, Switzerland | 456.37 | 4 |
| 128 | Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 454.2 | 3 |
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