| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 47836.57 | 217 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 19781.49 | 179 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 8662.31 | 40 |
| 4 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 7594.83 | 188 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5936.76 | 79 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5847.73 | 26 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5600.63 | 31 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5071.99 | 23 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4925.16 | 29 |
| 10 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4209.1 | 101 |
| 11 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4150.48 | 21 |
| 12 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3884.78 | 12 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3848.76 | 23 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3813.99 | 26 |
| 15 | CESifo | München, Germany | 3513.27 | 48 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3380.04 | 28 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3353.58 | 28 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3310.84 | 17 |
| 19 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3308.49 | 17 |
| (19) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3283.6 | 14 |
| (19) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3242.59 | 24 |
| 20 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3239.06 | 19 |
| 21 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 3208.37 | 58 |
| (21) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3180.71 | 32 |
| 22 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2957.32 | 11 |
| 23 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2870.56 | 20 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2710.47 | 22 |
| 25 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2698.42 | 36 |
| 26 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2689.48 | 30 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2685.97 | 16 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2684.01 | 14 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2610.43 | 22 |
| 30 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2604.48 | 18 |
| (30) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2509.15 | 20 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2500.06 | 30 |
| 32 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2357.55 | 26 |
| (32) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2344.82 | 13 |
| 33 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2326.33 | 25 |
| 34 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2157.9 | 32 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2068.45 | 21 |
| 36 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2050.11 | 25 |
| 37 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2045.77 | 76 |
| 38 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2040.65 | 19 |
| 39 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2039.41 | 20 |
| 40 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2028.08 | 13 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 2005.92 | 22 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | | 1839.53 | 21 |
| 43 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1790.39 | 26 |
| 44 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1741.72 | 11 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1737.47 | 21 |
| 46 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1642.08 | 8 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1638.01 | 20 |
| 48 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1520.74 | 28 |
| 49 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1518.57 | 23 |
| (49) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1491.71 | 15 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | | 1478.11 | 19 |
| 51 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1474.91 | 8 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1462.03 | 18 |
| 53 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1444.87 | 15 |
| (53) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1423.59 | 4 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1420.43 | 15 |
| 55 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1398.78 | 11 |
| 56 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1379.19 | 19 |
| 57 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1353.45 | 11 |
| 58 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1347.69 | 27 |
| 59 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1346.07 | 40 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1337.02 | 28 |
| (60) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1329.37 | 7 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1315.27 | 26 |
| 62 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1313.92 | 14 |
| (62) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1297.15 | 16 |
| 63 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1294.81 | 10 |
| 64 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1291.22 | 13 |
| (64) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1290.57 | 24 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1277.85 | 19 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1269.52 | 10 |
| 67 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1258.79 | 35 |
| 68 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1257.24 | 47 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1245.46 | 22 |
| (69) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1242.3 | 3 |
| (69) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1221.11 | 12 |
| 70 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1187.6 | 3 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1186.14 | 31 |
| (71) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1170.57 | 22 |
| 72 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 1166.76 | 43 |
| 73 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1158.2 | 12 |
| (73) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1154.98 | 12 |
| 74 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1140.03 | 8 |
| (74) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1139.72 | 7 |
| 75 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1104.15 | 21 |
| 76 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1098.24 | 7 |
| (76) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1098.24 | 7 |
| 77 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1096.74 | 7 |
| 78 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1088.15 | 12 |
| (78) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1073.73 | 9 |
| 79 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1065.56 | 25 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1052.63 | 12 |
| (80) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1047.41 | 8 |
| 81 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1040.41 | 8 |
| 82 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 1002.02 | 16 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 996.36 | 14 |
| (83) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 985.81 | 7 |
| 84 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 974.55 | 37 |
| 85 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 968.36 | 13 |
| 86 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 957.68 | 4 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 947.34 | 25 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 919.88 | 9 |
| 89 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 907 | 10 |
| (89) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 905.25 | 2 |
| 90 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 892.12 | 31 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 881.59 | 14 |
| 92 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 870.41 | 16 |
| 93 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 859.59 | 6 |
| 94 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 847.89 | 14 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 841.58 | 10 |
| 96 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 836.26 | 23 |
| (96) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 835.08 | 17 |
| 97 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 835.08 | 17 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 824.46 | 9 |
| (98) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 821.17 | 3 |
| (98) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 809.35 | 15 |
| 99 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 797.23 | 4 |
| (99) | 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 | 777.78 | 11 |
| 100 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 765.74 | 40 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 765.54 | 25 |
| (101) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 765.53 | 5 |
| 102 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 761.89 | 6 |
| 103 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 755.47 | 21 |
| (103) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 742.57 | 5 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 739.38 | 12 |
| (104) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 721.52 | 2 |
| (104) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 710.47 | 5 |
| 105 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 703.01 | 6 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 702.89 | 14 |
| 107 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 697.63 | 8 |
| 108 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 693.48 | 8 |
| 109 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 690.69 | 10 |
| 110 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 685.78 | 20 |
| 111 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 685.63 | 23 |
| 112 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 679.82 | 14 |
| (112) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 679.67 | 1 |
| (112) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 676.47 | 4 |
| 113 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 675.99 | 10 |
| (113) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 672.09 | 12 |
| 114 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 666.43 | 15 |
| 115 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 659.71 | 16 |
| 116 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 657.7 | 37 |
| 117 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 652.84 | 5 |
| (117) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 642.83 | 1 |
| (117) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 640.13 | 17 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 639.31 | 12 |
| 119 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 634.49 | 27 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, Tufts University | Medford, Massachusetts (USA) | 625.32 | 13 |
| 121 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 622.39 | 16 |
| 122 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 620.8 | 17 |
| 123 | Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 619.45 | 12 |
| 124 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 612.45 | 18 |
| 125 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 612.33 | 16 |
| 126 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 610.02 | 6 |
| 127 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 595.93 | 10 |
| (127) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 595.04 | 9 |
| 128 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 594.66 | 14 |
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