| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 39120.85 | 230 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 18124.94 | 194 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 10688.25 | 226 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 6673.5 | 37 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5833.98 | 33 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5687.26 | 28 |
| 7 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5457.28 | 85 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4068.38 | 23 |
| 9 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3984.7 | 24 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3982.82 | 21 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3915.43 | 31 |
| (11) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3603.87 | 15 |
| 12 | CESifo | München, Germany | 3583.07 | 56 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3524.53 | 27 |
| 14 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3485.56 | 113 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3432.49 | 21 |
| (15) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3379.26 | 34 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3096.67 | 31 |
| 17 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2856.1 | 13 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 2844.4 | 70 |
| 19 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2838.27 | 24 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2772.1 | 28 |
| 21 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2753.68 | 19 |
| (21) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2745.29 | 26 |
| 22 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 2739.31 | 59 |
| 23 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2705.46 | 11 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2613.62 | 37 |
| 25 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2577.74 | 28 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2537.5 | 19 |
| 27 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2506.99 | 37 |
| 28 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2485.97 | 17 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2409.92 | 22 |
| (29) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2311.65 | 21 |
| 30 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2264.94 | 19 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2207 | 22 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2201.85 | 23 |
| 33 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2151.46 | 13 |
| 34 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2150.07 | 33 |
| 35 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2126.7 | 80 |
| 36 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1991.02 | 27 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1988.36 | 30 |
| (37) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1985.68 | 25 |
| (37) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1937.44 | 13 |
| 38 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1919.27 | 32 |
| 39 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1879.82 | 21 |
| 40 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1869.06 | 30 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1845.93 | 25 |
| 42 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1784.93 | 27 |
| 43 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1751.46 | 9 |
| 44 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1748.44 | 18 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1744.21 | 14 |
| 46 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1629.94 | 26 |
| 47 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1614.48 | 30 |
| 48 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1587.26 | 7 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1553.68 | 19 |
| 50 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1490.84 | 19 |
| 51 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1456.9 | 21 |
| 52 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1451.87 | 14 |
| 53 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1436.18 | 25 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1424.1 | 19 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1418.95 | 21 |
| (55) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1388.52 | 16 |
| 56 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1371.17 | 29 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1361.09 | 9 |
| 58 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1328.14 | 21 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1302.92 | 22 |
| 60 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1287.78 | 13 |
| 61 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1261.66 | 47 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1241.93 | 8 |
| (62) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1215.46 | 7 |
| 63 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1200.51 | 11 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1181.99 | 10 |
| 65 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1180.39 | 10 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1175.13 | 21 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1166.61 | 21 |
| 68 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1155.2 | 15 |
| 69 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1122.46 | 11 |
| 70 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1093.33 | 3 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1092.92 | 15 |
| 72 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1091.95 | 33 |
| 73 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1072.13 | 14 |
| (73) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1071.59 | 16 |
| 74 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1071.09 | 23 |
| 75 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1065.96 | 9 |
| (75) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1062.82 | 26 |
| 76 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 1055.92 | 43 |
| 77 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1048.37 | 10 |
| 78 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1036.08 | 7 |
| (78) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1012.05 | 6 |
| (78) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1003.06 | 10 |
| 79 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 979.29 | 14 |
| 80 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 968.98 | 14 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 961.58 | 17 |
| (81) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 960.65 | 7 |
| (81) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 948.25 | 9 |
| 82 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 948.25 | 10 |
| 83 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 926.85 | 7 |
| (83) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 926.82 | 6 |
| 84 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 919.8 | 23 |
| (84) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 904.57 | 13 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 890.33 | 14 |
| (85) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 871.08 | 7 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 869.1 | 15 |
| (86) | 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 | 866.4 | 12 |
| 87 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 866.01 | 18 |
| 88 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 864.16 | 14 |
| (88) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 861.61 | 19 |
| 89 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 861.61 | 19 |
| 90 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 861.14 | 15 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 853.77 | 10 |
| 92 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 849.72 | 10 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 848.84 | 11 |
| 94 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 845.97 | 45 |
| 95 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 841.64 | 8 |
| (95) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 841.56 | 7 |
| 96 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 841.01 | 23 |
| (96) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 816.43 | 4 |
| (96) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 814.37 | 3 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 805.57 | 15 |
| 98 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 802.07 | 19 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 801.86 | 20 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 801.63 | 14 |
| (100) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 799.36 | 19 |
| 101 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 798.49 | 17 |
| 102 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 788.25 | 10 |
| 103 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 769.65 | 17 |
| 104 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 759.67 | 8 |
| 105 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 758.06 | 8 |
| 106 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 757.7 | 7 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 752.34 | 25 |
| 108 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 722.49 | 26 |
| (108) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 717.72 | 12 |
| 109 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 716.48 | 21 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 705.4 | 15 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 698.93 | 28 |
| 112 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 692.42 | 44 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 689.95 | 18 |
| 114 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 685.89 | 11 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 674.5 | 15 |
| (115) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 673.36 | 16 |
| (115) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 672.08 | 4 |
| (115) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 657.56 | 5 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 657.04 | 5 |
| 117 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 657.03 | 7 |
| 118 | Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 650.56 | 3 |
| 119 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 646.38 | 7 |
| (119) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 646.38 | 7 |
| 120 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 644.02 | 19 |
| 121 | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida | Gainesville, Florida (USA) | 640.72 | 7 |
| 122 | Department of Economics, University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia (USA) | 626.59 | 8 |
| 123 | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA) | 625.86 | 5 |
| 124 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 625.36 | 27 |
| 125 | School of Economics, University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 606.02 | 8 |
| (125) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 599.56 | 5 |
| 126 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 593.67 | 11 |
| 127 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 591.11 | 18 |
| (127) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 590.68 | 8 |
| 128 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 588.64 | 7 |
| (128) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 588.34 | 5 |
| 129 | Resources for the Future (RFF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 587.22 | 24 |
| 130 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 585.84 | 16 |
| 131 | Department of Economics, Florida International University | Miami, Florida (USA) | 585.83 | 10 |
| 132 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 582.58 | 4 |
| 133 | Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD) | Fontainebleau, France | 582.04 | 7 |
| 134 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 567.63 | 25 |
| (134) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 566.82 | 9 |
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