| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 9265 | 225 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 5870 | 190 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 3695 | 200 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1853 | 84 |
| 5 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1666 | 53 |
| 6 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1564 | 107 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1444 | 38 |
| 8 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1277 | 80 |
| 9 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1257 | 27 |
| (9) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1216 | 25 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1162 | 30 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1157 | 28 |
| 12 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1116 | 59 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1061 | 25 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1052 | 32 |
| 15 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1008 | 12 |
| 16 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 921 | 23 |
| 17 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 890 | 19 |
| (17) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 888 | 25 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 888 | 27 |
| 19 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 862 | 32 |
| 20 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 851 | 24 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 850 | 30 |
| 22 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 848 | 45 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 847 | 23 |
| 24 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 843 | 44 |
| 25 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 838 | 37 |
| 26 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 810 | 21 |
| 27 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 799 | 24 |
| (27) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 784 | 34 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 778 | 29 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 763 | 29 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 714 | 48 |
| (30) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 712 | 15 |
| 31 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 708 | 40 |
| (31) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 708 | 21 |
| 32 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 681 | 17 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 679 | 23 |
| 34 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 661 | 19 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 656 | 22 |
| (35) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 637 | 16 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 635 | 33 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 626 | 19 |
| 38 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 622 | 21 |
| 39 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 616 | 27 |
| 40 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 612 | 67 |
| 41 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 600 | 23 |
| 42 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 595 | 29 |
| 42 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 595 | 25 |
| 44 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 583 | 27 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 573 | 33 |
| 46 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 568 | 25 |
| 47 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 566 | 40 |
| 48 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 564 | 11 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 559 | 18 |
| 50 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 556 | 18 |
| 51 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 552 | 25 |
| 52 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 543 | 13 |
| 53 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 541 | 23 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 537 | 18 |
| 55 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 532 | 37 |
| 56 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 519 | 26 |
| 56 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 519 | 18 |
| 58 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 518 | 18 |
| 59 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 511 | 54 |
| 60 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 510 | 19 |
| 61 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 508 | 45 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 507 | 29 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 496 | 14 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 495 | 21 |
| 65 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 492 | 24 |
| 66 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 488 | 21 |
| 67 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 483 | 11 |
| 68 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 482 | 26 |
| 69 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 478 | 21 |
| 70 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 476 | 15 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 459 | 20 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 450 | 21 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 436 | 26 |
| 73 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 436 | 9 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 432 | 30 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 431 | 21 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 427 | 22 |
| 78 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 411 | 34 |
| 79 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 410 | 5 |
| (79) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 409 | 13 |
| 80 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 400 | 22 |
| 80 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 400 | 20 |
| 82 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 398 | 8 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada | 388 | 21 |
| (83) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 386 | 16 |
| (83) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 385 | 24 |
| 84 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 384 | 17 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 381 | 10 |
| (85) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 377 | 9 |
| 86 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 374 | 20 |
| (86) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 366 | 18 |
| 86 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 366 | 18 |
| 86 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 366 | 31 |
| (88) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 359 | 33 |
| (88) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 357 | 18 |
| 89 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 356 | 26 |
| 90 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 355 | 21 |
| 90 | Département d'Économique, Université Laval | Ste-Foy, Canada | 355 | 17 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 352 | 25 |
| 92 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 352 | 26 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 351 | 10 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 346 | 14 |
| 96 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 342 | 8 |
| 97 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 341 | 18 |
| 98 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 338 | 44 |
| 99 | Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 336 | 37 |
| 100 | Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University | Clayton, Australia | 335 | 19 |
| 101 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 333 | 19 |
| 102 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 329 | 18 |
| 103 | Faculteit Economische en toegepaste economische wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | 328 | 34 |
| 104 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 326 | 27 |
| 105 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 325 | 11 |
| 105 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 325 | 29 |
| 107 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 323 | 11 |
| (107) | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 323 | 12 |
| (107) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 323 | 7 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 320 | 19 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 320 | 19 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 317 | 15 |
| 111 | Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 315 | 20 |
| 112 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 311 | 8 |
| 112 | Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University | Cardiff, United Kingdom | 311 | 21 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 307 | 15 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 306 | 10 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 305 | 15 |
| (116) | Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 303 | 13 |
| 117 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 302 | 13 |
| 117 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 302 | 18 |
| 119 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 298 | 18 |
| 120 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 297 | 14 |
| 121 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 296 | 16 |
| 121 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 296 | 11 |
| 123 | de Nederlandsche Bank | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 294 | 24 |
| 123 | United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) | | 294 | 12 |
| 123 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 294 | 9 |
| 126 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 293 | 17 |
| (126) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 293 | 13 |
| 126 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 293 | 12 |
| 126 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 293 | 14 |
| 129 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 290 | 27 |
| 129 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 290 | 8 |
| 131 | Resources for the Future | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 289 | 19 |
| (131) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 289 | 7 |
| (131) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 288 | 4 |
| 132 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 287 | 10 |
| (132) | Econometria, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 287 | 13 |
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