| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 57845.67 | 222 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 23798.7 | 185 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 11223.34 | 40 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 9213.68 | 28 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8281.59 | 31 |
| 6 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 7673.25 | 194 |
| 7 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7561.89 | 82 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5688.81 | 23 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 5536.82 | 28 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5483.76 | 19 |
| 11 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 5430.92 | 58 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5303 | 17 |
| 13 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5248.22 | 23 |
| 14 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5223.35 | 12 |
| 15 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5191.15 | 17 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5027.87 | 29 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4920.4 | 26 |
| 18 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4902.8 | 23 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4783.15 | 16 |
| (19) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4643.93 | 34 |
| 20 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4422.57 | 104 |
| 21 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4419.47 | 36 |
| 22 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4407.74 | 18 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 4293.66 | 28 |
| (23) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4267.95 | 21 |
| (23) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4231.93 | 14 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4113.48 | 14 |
| 25 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3870.65 | 11 |
| 26 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3802.74 | 27 |
| (26) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3724.69 | 13 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3678.36 | 22 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3579.3 | 22 |
| 29 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3535.12 | 20 |
| (29) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3505.78 | 24 |
| 30 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3482.68 | 21 |
| 31 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3436.86 | 26 |
| 32 | CESifo | München, Germany | 3427.51 | 51 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 3216.75 | 21 |
| 34 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3062.53 | 32 |
| 35 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 3007.59 | 15 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2923.26 | 30 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 2857.78 | 23 |
| 38 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2818.28 | 79 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2810.34 | 28 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2773.33 | 20 |
| 41 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2715.28 | 13 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2698.69 | 29 |
| 43 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2676.61 | 25 |
| 44 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2623.34 | 11 |
| 45 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2603.21 | 7 |
| (45) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2603.21 | 7 |
| (45) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2574.18 | 24 |
| 46 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2457.85 | 3 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2276.77 | 21 |
| 48 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2271.01 | 33 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2250.76 | 19 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2231.81 | 8 |
| 51 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2203.4 | 19 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2146.65 | 20 |
| 53 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2132.45 | 8 |
| 54 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2129.59 | 7 |
| 55 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2084.67 | 29 |
| (55) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2050.11 | 16 |
| 56 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2028.5 | 40 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 2007.39 | 31 |
| 58 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1956.14 | 15 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1950.37 | 22 |
| 60 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1929.88 | 26 |
| (60) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1885.65 | 6 |
| 61 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1848.46 | 13 |
| 62 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1824.91 | 8 |
| (62) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1816.35 | 7 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1811.13 | 29 |
| 64 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1787.74 | 13 |
| 65 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1783.96 | 19 |
| 66 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1769.43 | 10 |
| 67 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1743.69 | 25 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1718.27 | 10 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1707.29 | 19 |
| 70 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1676.52 | 21 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1672.55 | 14 |
| 72 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1670.1 | 36 |
| (72) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1667.12 | 16 |
| 73 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1667.12 | 16 |
| (73) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1660.41 | 7 |
| 74 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1585.78 | 10 |
| 75 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1576.86 | 13 |
| 76 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1555.57 | 45 |
| 77 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1537.16 | 15 |
| (77) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1534.63 | 24 |
| 78 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1520.8 | 7 |
| 79 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1516.73 | 23 |
| 80 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 1469.33 | 23 |
| (80) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1457.8 | 13 |
| 81 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1446.47 | 8 |
| (81) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1446.36 | 7 |
| 82 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 1429.99 | 39 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1415.99 | 9 |
| 84 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1415.78 | 10 |
| (84) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1373.4 | 5 |
| (84) | 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 | 1373.28 | 12 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1364.23 | 10 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1339.25 | 14 |
| (86) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1312.63 | 16 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1263.2 | 5 |
| 88 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1259.85 | 11 |
| 89 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 1241.41 | 17 |
| (89) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1234.22 | 9 |
| (89) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1228.07 | 4 |
| (89) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1223.26 | 9 |
| 90 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1223.26 | 10 |
| 91 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 1211.54 | 14 |
| 92 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1208.81 | 6 |
| (92) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1199.5 | 4 |
| (92) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1198.11 | 8 |
| 93 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1183.11 | 16 |
| (93) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1182.19 | 5 |
| 94 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 1173.67 | 10 |
| (94) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1149.87 | 4 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1138.9 | 14 |
| (95) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1138.53 | 5 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1132.66 | 14 |
| (96) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1126.16 | 18 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 1107.64 | 14 |
| 98 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1100.98 | 21 |
| 99 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1098.86 | 8 |
| (99) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1088.04 | 3 |
| 100 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1081.1 | 14 |
| 101 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1075.1 | 10 |
| (101) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1073.56 | 16 |
| (101) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1037.4 | 2 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1028.83 | 18 |
| 103 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1021.49 | 19 |
| (103) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1020.38 | 7 |
| 104 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1012.53 | 6 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 1005.51 | 18 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 997.25 | 15 |
| 107 | Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 995.12 | 3 |
| 108 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 994.68 | 9 |
| 109 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 984.39 | 9 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 969.51 | 17 |
| 111 | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida | Gainesville, Florida (USA) | 968.34 | 7 |
| 112 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 963.14 | 13 |
| 113 | Center for Rationality and Interactive Decision Theory, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 946.91 | 5 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 922.21 | 9 |
| 115 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 918.78 | 4 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 917.77 | 25 |
| 117 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | | 907.68 | 13 |
| 118 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 903.5 | 5 |
| 119 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 900.06 | 10 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 895.87 | 25 |
| 121 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 894.92 | 26 |
| 122 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 891.4 | 6 |
| 123 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 888.8 | 15 |
| (123) | Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (CMS-EMS), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 882.75 | 3 |
| 124 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 880.42 | 6 |
| 125 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 859.76 | 40 |
| 126 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 847.07 | 33 |
| 127 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 846.53 | 7 |
| 128 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 845.68 | 7 |
| 129 | School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 844.85 | 2 |
| 130 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 841.3 | 45 |
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