| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 85192.36 | 225 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 22412.31 | 190 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 15476.99 | 28 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 15104.01 | 38 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 9890.06 | 32 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 9772.96 | 30 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 9685.66 | 18 |
| 8 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 9675.36 | 21 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8899.44 | 23 |
| 10 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 8740.52 | 11 |
| 11 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7614.73 | 84 |
| 12 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 7107.23 | 200 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6652.99 | 24 |
| 14 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6124.25 | 107 |
| 15 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 6045.52 | 17 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6041.77 | 27 |
| 17 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6018.89 | 24 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 6001.03 | 29 |
| (18) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5610.8 | 15 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 5418.63 | 29 |
| 20 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5413.88 | 33 |
| (20) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5137.62 | 34 |
| (20) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4926.65 | 25 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4851.89 | 14 |
| (21) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4632.22 | 13 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4610.59 | 18 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 4520.11 | 27 |
| 24 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4089.94 | 13 |
| 25 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4073 | 11 |
| 26 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3865.75 | 32 |
| 27 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3822.77 | 12 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3776.29 | 19 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3582.99 | 21 |
| 30 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3322.86 | 13 |
| 31 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3183.49 | 3 |
| 32 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3138.7 | 19 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3014.71 | 22 |
| 34 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 2983.61 | 59 |
| (34) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2935.06 | 16 |
| 35 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2899.3 | 21 |
| 36 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2858.22 | 8 |
| (36) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2858.09 | 7 |
| 37 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2801.02 | 13 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2762.81 | 21 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2742.06 | 21 |
| 40 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2732.61 | 37 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2701.29 | 23 |
| (41) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2694.13 | 21 |
| 42 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2670.66 | 27 |
| 43 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2578.05 | 53 |
| 44 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2565.14 | 11 |
| 45 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2504.85 | 9 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2427.47 | 30 |
| 47 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2426.02 | 14 |
| 48 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 2417.55 | 26 |
| (48) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2405.63 | 4 |
| 49 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2275.52 | 19 |
| (49) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2249.93 | 7 |
| 50 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2207.96 | 25 |
| (50) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2188.74 | 7 |
| 51 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2162.5 | 80 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2112.63 | 19 |
| 53 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 2112.47 | 29 |
| 54 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2077.82 | 5 |
| (54) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2076.78 | 4 |
| (54) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2056.8 | 16 |
| 55 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) | | 1977.87 | 8 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1929.19 | 10 |
| 57 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1836.38 | 18 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1831.87 | 23 |
| 59 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1814.48 | 14 |
| 60 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1778.89 | 8 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1774.9 | 20 |
| 62 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1713.16 | 6 |
| (62) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1713.13 | 5 |
| 63 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1668.81 | 21 |
| (63) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1649.71 | 10 |
| 64 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 1649.67 | 17 |
| 65 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1643.47 | 8 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1624.58 | 27 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1614.03 | 21 |
| (67) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1593.53 | 25 |
| (67) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1575.45 | 5 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1565.13 | 30 |
| 69 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1524.14 | 29 |
| (69) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1509.09 | 8 |
| (69) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1479.43 | 24 |
| 70 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1461.89 | 18 |
| 71 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1451.06 | 23 |
| (71) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1394.65 | 4 |
| (71) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1355.06 | 13 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1336.38 | 10 |
| 73 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 1325.04 | 6 |
| (73) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1304.95 | 9 |
| (73) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1280.74 | 1 |
| (73) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1280.74 | 1 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 1243.97 | 6 |
| 75 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1229.1 | 7 |
| 76 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1208.1 | 7 |
| (76) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1206.93 | 2 |
| (76) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1161.83 | 5 |
| 77 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1115.83 | 8 |
| 78 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1110.49 | 9 |
| 79 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1110.13 | 4 |
| (79) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1094.03 | 3 |
| (79) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1085.12 | 5 |
| (79) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1075.76 | 2 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1046.1 | 15 |
| 81 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1046.08 | 10 |
| 82 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1029.29 | 6 |
| 83 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 1026.51 | 45 |
| 84 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 1023.87 | 8 |
| 85 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 1023.06 | 14 |
| 86 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 1017.04 | 7 |
| (86) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1011.76 | 1 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 990.4 | 48 |
| (87) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 985.57 | 1 |
| 88 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 981.99 | 13 |
| 89 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 978.83 | 44 |
| (89) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 959.47 | 7 |
| 90 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 932.76 | 10 |
| 91 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 917.94 | 45 |
| (91) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 913.88 | 16 |
| 92 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 907.05 | 14 |
| 93 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 892.47 | 2 |
| 94 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 891.28 | 21 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 889.35 | 12 |
| (95) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 885.07 | 4 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 871.24 | 10 |
| (96) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 866.84 | 3 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 865.46 | 5 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 862.76 | 11 |
| 99 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 847.54 | 15 |
| 100 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 842.26 | 19 |
| 101 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 838.62 | 8 |
| (101) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 838.62 | 7 |
| 102 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 822.02 | 14 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 801.61 | 22 |
| 104 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 798.63 | 31 |
| 105 | School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 795.65 | 2 |
| 106 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 795.25 | 5 |
| (106) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 781.02 | 9 |
| 107 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 781.02 | 10 |
| 108 | Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 772.37 | 9 |
| 109 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 746.8 | 11 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 724.26 | 26 |
| (110) | Business Economics, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 722.36 | 6 |
| (110) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 718.26 | 1 |
| 111 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 710.73 | 6 |
| 112 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 705.71 | 7 |
| (112) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 705.71 | 7 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 704.62 | 14 |
| 114 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 696.24 | 26 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 687.68 | 19 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 684.1 | 14 |
| (116) | 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 | 665.86 | 12 |
| 117 | Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 664.18 | 6 |
| 118 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 656.81 | 40 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 653.27 | 14 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 645.95 | 15 |
| 121 | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University | Canberra, Australia | 641.25 | 11 |
| 122 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 639.65 | 34 |
| 123 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 631.9 | 3 |
| 124 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 623.4 | 1 |
| (124) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 619.91 | 18 |
| 125 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 619.91 | 18 |
| (125) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 614.16 | 18 |
| 126 | International Economics Section, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Université de Genève | Genève, Switzerland | 592.86 | 6 |
| 127 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 587.36 | 8 |
| 128 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 581.53 | 18 |
| 129 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 577.91 | 6 |
| 130 | Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 576.84 | 2 |
| 131 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 571.69 | 10 |
| 132 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "S. Cognetti de Martiis", Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 560.76 | 11 |
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