| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 49483.29 | 222 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 20334.75 | 185 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 8693.23 | 40 |
| 4 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 7907.03 | 194 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7721.65 | 28 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5973.7 | 82 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5609.78 | 31 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5083.65 | 23 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4921.96 | 29 |
| 10 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4266.64 | 104 |
| 11 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4153.36 | 23 |
| 12 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3903.36 | 12 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3859.99 | 26 |
| 14 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3829.25 | 23 |
| 15 | CESifo | München, Germany | 3610.33 | 51 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3421.45 | 28 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3344.47 | 28 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3306.26 | 17 |
| 19 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3305.62 | 17 |
| (19) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3270.43 | 14 |
| (19) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3251.02 | 24 |
| 20 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3228.46 | 19 |
| 21 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 3191.24 | 58 |
| (21) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3179.78 | 34 |
| 22 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2954.77 | 11 |
| 23 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2932.73 | 20 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2788.96 | 22 |
| 25 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2751.61 | 36 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2734.78 | 14 |
| 27 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2730.63 | 32 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2674.07 | 16 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2623.33 | 22 |
| 30 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2592.93 | 18 |
| (30) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2553.2 | 21 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2490.43 | 30 |
| 32 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2397.96 | 27 |
| (32) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2344.24 | 13 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2315.27 | 26 |
| 34 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2200.87 | 33 |
| 35 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2137.59 | 79 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 2094.07 | 23 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2064.55 | 21 |
| 38 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2051.48 | 21 |
| 39 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2042.06 | 25 |
| 40 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2032.76 | 19 |
| 41 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2015 | 13 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1882.96 | 21 |
| 43 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1803.65 | 26 |
| 44 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1761.49 | 11 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1745.24 | 21 |
| 46 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1638.81 | 8 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1626.86 | 20 |
| 48 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1559.1 | 29 |
| 49 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1526.43 | 28 |
| (49) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1514.27 | 16 |
| 50 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1511.12 | 23 |
| 51 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1492.28 | 8 |
| 52 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1492.08 | 29 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1485.8 | 20 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1466.17 | 19 |
| 55 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1437.28 | 15 |
| (55) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1419.33 | 4 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1399.9 | 15 |
| (56) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1381.94 | 24 |
| 57 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1380.43 | 10 |
| 58 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1377.13 | 13 |
| 59 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1362.52 | 11 |
| 60 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1360.79 | 40 |
| 61 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1359.02 | 15 |
| 62 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1336.49 | 19 |
| (62) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1317.01 | 7 |
| 63 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1313.13 | 45 |
| (63) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1309.93 | 16 |
| 64 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1309.21 | 13 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1294.87 | 29 |
| 66 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1290.48 | 10 |
| 67 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1286.85 | 36 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1271.62 | 10 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1267.98 | 19 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1265.46 | 22 |
| (70) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1250.26 | 24 |
| (70) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1245.55 | 4 |
| 71 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 1186.72 | 45 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1181.82 | 31 |
| (72) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1181.27 | 13 |
| 73 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1180.9 | 3 |
| 74 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1130.49 | 8 |
| (74) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1130.2 | 7 |
| 75 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1122.23 | 21 |
| 76 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1107.33 | 7 |
| (76) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1107.33 | 7 |
| 77 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1097.22 | 7 |
| 78 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1093.25 | 13 |
| (78) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1088.52 | 10 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1073.07 | 14 |
| (79) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1070.29 | 9 |
| 80 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1064.9 | 25 |
| 81 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1043.45 | 19 |
| (81) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1042.59 | 8 |
| 82 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 1034.37 | 39 |
| 83 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1029.62 | 8 |
| 84 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 1012.75 | 17 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1006.06 | 14 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 1001.94 | 26 |
| (86) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 987.28 | 7 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 961.69 | 13 |
| 88 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 942.35 | 4 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 922.57 | 9 |
| (89) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 901.42 | 2 |
| 90 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 900.75 | 10 |
| 91 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 887.42 | 33 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 881.54 | 14 |
| 93 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 870.63 | 16 |
| 94 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 867.57 | 24 |
| 95 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 861.75 | 6 |
| 96 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 857.81 | 15 |
| (96) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 843.82 | 16 |
| 97 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 842.64 | 23 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 838.12 | 10 |
| (98) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 830.77 | 16 |
| 99 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 830.77 | 16 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 819.95 | 9 |
| (100) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 817.54 | 3 |
| (100) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 802.94 | 4 |
| 101 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 801.08 | 4 |
| (101) | 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 | 781.58 | 12 |
| 102 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 779.58 | 40 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 769.74 | 25 |
| (103) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 760.27 | 5 |
| 104 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 758.48 | 6 |
| 105 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 748.92 | 23 |
| (105) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 743.58 | 2 |
| (105) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 739.28 | 5 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 729.8 | 12 |
| 107 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 727.28 | 18 |
| (107) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 724.73 | 5 |
| (107) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 719.1 | 1 |
| (107) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 710.52 | 5 |
| 108 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 703.95 | 6 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 700.63 | 14 |
| 110 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 696.71 | 8 |
| 111 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 695.53 | 10 |
| 112 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 694.52 | 9 |
| 113 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 682.68 | 14 |
| 114 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 682.35 | 28 |
| 115 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 678.41 | 10 |
| 116 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | | 672.68 | 13 |
| (116) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 672.63 | 18 |
| 117 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 671.4 | 15 |
| 118 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 660.82 | 36 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 657.25 | 12 |
| 120 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 655.91 | 5 |
| 121 | Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 642.87 | 12 |
| (121) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 638.58 | 1 |
| 122 | Department of Economics, Tufts University | Medford, Massachusetts (USA) | 638.43 | 14 |
| 123 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 624.5 | 17 |
| 124 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 623.38 | 16 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 619.95 | 18 |
| 126 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 611.65 | 16 |
| 127 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 606.74 | 6 |
| 128 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 596.82 | 10 |
| (128) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 595.94 | 9 |
| 129 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 590.28 | 18 |
| 130 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 587.03 | 14 |
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