| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 369252.37 | 217 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 150144.48 | 179 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 77055.42 | 40 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 55273.36 | 31 |
| 5 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 54540.5 | 188 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 51546.7 | 79 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 49222.2 | 26 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 44288.13 | 23 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 36719.46 | 29 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 35919.42 | 19 |
| 11 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 34630.29 | 12 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 34292.54 | 23 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 33141.59 | 26 |
| 14 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 32985.71 | 21 |
| 15 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 32835.59 | 58 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 31988.95 | 16 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 31569.17 | 28 |
| (17) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 31444.19 | 32 |
| (17) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 29323.15 | 14 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 28731.6 | 28 |
| 19 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 28684.87 | 101 |
| 20 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 28365.64 | 18 |
| 21 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 27931.08 | 17 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 27822.06 | 17 |
| 23 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 27602.21 | 11 |
| 24 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 25835.31 | 36 |
| 25 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 25136.07 | 26 |
| (25) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 24560.81 | 20 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 23944.5 | 14 |
| 27 | CESifo | München, Germany | 23741.54 | 48 |
| (27) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 23150.66 | 24 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 23057.37 | 22 |
| 29 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 21746.82 | 20 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 20950.89 | 30 |
| (30) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 20726.6 | 13 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 20216.57 | 22 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | | 20046.18 | 21 |
| 33 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 19304.08 | 13 |
| 34 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 19120.55 | 20 |
| 35 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 19090.38 | 25 |
| 36 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 18535.42 | 76 |
| 37 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 18529.46 | 30 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 18265.91 | 22 |
| 39 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 17136.2 | 25 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 16828.09 | 28 |
| 41 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 16453.88 | 11 |
| 42 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 16251.27 | 14 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 16056.13 | 21 |
| 44 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 15700.71 | 8 |
| 45 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 15369.53 | 3 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | | 15279.56 | 19 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 14492.53 | 20 |
| 48 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 14398.87 | 7 |
| 49 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 14179.44 | 19 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 14121.68 | 31 |
| 51 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 13759.68 | 32 |
| 52 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 13724.51 | 7 |
| (52) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 13724.51 | 7 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 13721.28 | 19 |
| 54 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 13666.16 | 26 |
| 55 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 13212.01 | 13 |
| 56 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 13086.53 | 8 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 12900.68 | 18 |
| 58 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 12880.08 | 40 |
| 59 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 12703.15 | 11 |
| 60 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 12408.02 | 25 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 12201.33 | 26 |
| 62 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 12091.26 | 27 |
| 63 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 11867.78 | 14 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 11857.33 | 22 |
| (64) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 11449.94 | 15 |
| 65 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 11385.54 | 12 |
| (65) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 11368.4 | 7 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 11305.78 | 10 |
| (66) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 11066.57 | 22 |
| 67 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 10801.26 | 21 |
| 68 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 10563.77 | 23 |
| 69 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10522.84 | 47 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 10274.82 | 12 |
| 71 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 9896.1 | 12 |
| (71) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 9890.74 | 7 |
| 72 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 9832.32 | 8 |
| (72) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 9829.9 | 7 |
| 73 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 9781.77 | 15 |
| 74 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 9656.75 | 28 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 9655.02 | 9 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 9450.84 | 8 |
| (76) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 9416.33 | 17 |
| 77 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 9416.33 | 17 |
| 78 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 9353.66 | 35 |
| 79 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 9262.42 | 6 |
| (79) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 9123.37 | 5 |
| (79) | 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 | 8998.16 | 11 |
| 80 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 8930.48 | 37 |
| (80) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 8902.48 | 24 |
| 81 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 8878.56 | 16 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 8831.53 | 14 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 8679.97 | 14 |
| 84 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 8632.73 | 11 |
| (84) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 8509.3 | 9 |
| 85 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 8509.3 | 10 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 8354.94 | 15 |
| (86) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8249.31 | 12 |
| 87 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 8247.46 | 19 |
| 88 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 8098.06 | 10 |
| (88) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8078.4 | 4 |
| 89 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 8075.22 | 21 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 8074.8 | 10 |
| (90) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 7859.55 | 6 |
| (90) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7702.45 | 2 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 7621.3 | 14 |
| 92 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 7606.34 | 10 |
| 93 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 7558.62 | 6 |
| 94 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 7480.46 | 16 |
| 95 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 7465.53 | 13 |
| (95) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 7369.6 | 8 |
| 96 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 7296.96 | 8 |
| (96) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 7136.02 | 16 |
| 97 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 7111.57 | 7 |
| (97) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7084.52 | 5 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 7033.17 | 9 |
| (98) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 7022.76 | 12 |
| 99 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 7017.51 | 10 |
| (99) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 7016.84 | 5 |
| (99) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6982.8 | 3 |
| 100 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 6945.36 | 21 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 6891.02 | 25 |
| 102 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6749.41 | 15 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 6744.77 | 17 |
| 104 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 6700.25 | 13 |
| 105 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 6650.28 | 17 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 6634.67 | 5 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 6623.56 | 25 |
| 108 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 6602.02 | 10 |
| 109 | Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 6579.64 | 3 |
| 110 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 6471.54 | 10 |
| 111 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 6363.25 | 9 |
| (111) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6344.94 | 17 |
| (111) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 6249.26 | 9 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 6172.07 | 18 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 6098.64 | 25 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 6042.73 | 14 |
| 115 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 6002.38 | 4 |
| 116 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 5992.8 | 16 |
| 117 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 5968.66 | 7 |
| 118 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 5904.01 | 40 |
| 119 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 5901.52 | 14 |
| (119) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 5858.68 | 10 |
| 120 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 5786.46 | 43 |
| 121 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 5783.67 | 31 |
| 122 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 5771.29 | 5 |
| (122) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5675.15 | 4 |
| 123 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 5646.01 | 13 |
| 124 | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida | Gainesville, Florida (USA) | 5626.58 | 6 |
| (124) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 5603.82 | 7 |
| 125 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 5546.7 | 23 |
| 126 | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA) | 5507.5 | 5 |
| 127 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 5480.13 | 6 |
| (127) | Institute for Economic Development, Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 5431.91 | 3 |
| 128 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5419.15 | 37 |
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