| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 30819.14 | 222 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 11780.75 | 185 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5712.32 | 40 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4756.86 | 28 |
| 5 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4671.28 | 194 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3733.85 | 82 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3477.1 | 23 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3372.41 | 31 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3350.21 | 29 |
| 10 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2846.98 | 12 |
| 11 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2584.11 | 23 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2507.09 | 26 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2437.17 | 23 |
| 14 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2336.1 | 104 |
| 15 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2313.9 | 51 |
| 16 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2229.7 | 11 |
| 17 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2206.74 | 19 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2141.49 | 28 |
| (18) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2137.08 | 14 |
| (18) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2092.26 | 24 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2089.13 | 28 |
| (19) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1969.73 | 34 |
| 20 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1888.29 | 17 |
| 21 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1866.66 | 20 |
| 22 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1848.63 | 58 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1839.74 | 17 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1781.15 | 16 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1748.47 | 14 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1696.36 | 22 |
| 27 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1641.81 | 32 |
| 28 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1611.55 | 18 |
| 29 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1600.16 | 36 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1590.27 | 30 |
| (30) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1504.43 | 21 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1436.63 | 21 |
| (31) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1416.99 | 13 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1408.83 | 22 |
| 33 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1393.1 | 33 |
| 34 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1365.09 | 26 |
| 35 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1337.04 | 27 |
| 36 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1325.44 | 13 |
| 37 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1246.14 | 19 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1236.85 | 23 |
| 39 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1171.12 | 11 |
| 40 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1160.59 | 79 |
| 41 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1126.44 | 21 |
| 42 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1109.37 | 8 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1102.6 | 21 |
| 44 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1062.81 | 21 |
| 45 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1047 | 25 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1004.48 | 28 |
| 47 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1003.21 | 26 |
| (47) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1000.63 | 4 |
| 48 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 998.73 | 10 |
| 49 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 987.62 | 13 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 968.3 | 29 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 940.02 | 20 |
| (51) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 934.99 | 16 |
| 52 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 934.25 | 15 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 924.1 | 15 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 906.74 | 19 |
| 55 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 902.52 | 29 |
| (55) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 893.96 | 24 |
| (55) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 892.3 | 9 |
| 56 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 859.17 | 8 |
| 57 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 857.21 | 23 |
| (57) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 842.02 | 7 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 837.96 | 29 |
| 59 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 832.52 | 10 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 832.2 | 10 |
| 61 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 832.05 | 13 |
| (61) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 830.52 | 16 |
| 62 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 807.78 | 11 |
| (62) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 796.91 | 4 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 789.34 | 15 |
| 64 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 777 | 40 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 774.36 | 20 |
| 66 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 769.44 | 36 |
| 67 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 754.12 | 7 |
| (67) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 754.12 | 7 |
| 68 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 750.66 | 21 |
| 69 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 736.98 | 4 |
| 70 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 729.27 | 3 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 723.14 | 22 |
| 72 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 723.01 | 19 |
| 73 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 702.8 | 7 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 693.87 | 19 |
| 75 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 693.61 | 13 |
| (75) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 687.14 | 13 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 668.64 | 31 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 667.56 | 14 |
| 78 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 658.88 | 45 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 658.31 | 14 |
| 80 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 648.16 | 25 |
| 81 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 644.28 | 8 |
| (81) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 644.15 | 7 |
| (81) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 640.64 | 24 |
| 82 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 612.85 | 8 |
| 83 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 608.27 | 19 |
| 84 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 607.17 | 39 |
| 85 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 606.96 | 45 |
| 86 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 603.43 | 13 |
| (86) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 593.67 | 3 |
| 87 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 588.7 | 17 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 587.35 | 9 |
| (88) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 583.6 | 10 |
| (88) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 567.53 | 2 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 548.21 | 26 |
| (89) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 544.43 | 8 |
| (89) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 531.46 | 1 |
| 90 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 527.75 | 10 |
| 91 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 526.17 | 6 |
| 92 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 525.96 | 16 |
| 93 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 523.77 | 6 |
| 94 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 523.62 | 33 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 507.98 | 9 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 506.12 | 14 |
| (96) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 504.7 | 5 |
| (96) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 495.87 | 7 |
| (96) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 491.63 | 2 |
| (96) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 487.07 | 16 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 477.87 | 10 |
| 98 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 474.2 | 16 |
| 99 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 464.78 | 15 |
| (99) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 460.55 | 5 |
| 100 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 459.41 | 15 |
| (100) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 458.88 | 4 |
| 101 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 455.59 | 10 |
| 102 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 453.84 | 24 |
| 103 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 453.47 | 23 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 448.61 | 12 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 445.9 | 17 |
| 106 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 440.41 | 5 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 439.85 | 25 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 435.47 | 6 |
| 109 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 435.47 | 18 |
| 110 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 434.59 | 4 |
| (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 | 429.83 | 12 |
| 111 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 428.64 | 10 |
| 112 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 407.51 | 28 |
| (112) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 404.04 | 5 |
| 113 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 400.54 | 9 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 393.9 | 12 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, Tufts University | Medford, Massachusetts (USA) | 393.43 | 14 |
| 116 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 390.79 | 40 |
| (116) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 385.99 | 1 |
| 117 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 384.93 | 6 |
| 118 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 383.99 | 14 |
| (118) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 378.73 | 18 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 371.16 | 14 |
| 120 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 364.8 | 8 |
| 121 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 363.8 | 18 |
| 122 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | | 363.69 | 13 |
| 123 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 359.75 | 7 |
| 124 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 359.67 | 9 |
| (124) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 359.56 | 16 |
| 125 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 359.56 | 16 |
| 126 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 357.92 | 27 |
| 127 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 356.01 | 23 |
| (127) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 355.48 | 7 |
| 128 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 354.76 | 2 |
| (128) | Center for Economic Studies (CES), Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 353.46 | 5 |
| (128) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 350.36 | 5 |
| 129 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 347.27 | 6 |
| 130 | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA) | 346.18 | 5 |
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