| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1876 | 233 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 1064 | 195 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 796 | 233 |
| 4 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 328 | 116 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 289 | 85 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 277 | 37 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 240 | 29 |
| 8 | CESifo | München, Germany | 209 | 55 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 209 | 31 |
| 10 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 207 | 84 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 204 | 32 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 183 | 22 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 176 | 76 |
| 14 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 153 | 34 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 153 | 21 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 151 | 29 |
| (16) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 149 | 35 |
| 17 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 143 | 23 |
| 18 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 140 | 24 |
| 18 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 140 | 27 |
| 20 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 139 | 59 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 137 | 31 |
| (21) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 137 | 26 |
| 22 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 131 | 33 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 121 | 28 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 121 | 26 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 118 | 19 |
| 26 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 116 | 25 |
| 27 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 115 | 17 |
| (27) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 112 | 15 |
| 28 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 111 | 45 |
| 28 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 111 | 48 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 109 | 22 |
| 31 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 107 | 45 |
| 31 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 107 | 29 |
| 33 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 106 | 26 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 106 | 15 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 105 | 37 |
| 35 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 105 | 11 |
| 37 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 104 | 37 |
| (37) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 104 | 26 |
| 38 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 103 | 21 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 103 | 30 |
| 38 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 103 | 19 |
| 41 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 102 | 46 |
| 42 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 101 | 14 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 100 | 22 |
| 44 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 97 | 27 |
| 44 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 97 | 22 |
| 44 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 97 | 54 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 96 | 23 |
| 47 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 96 | 23 |
| (48) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 94 | 21 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 92 | 21 |
| 49 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 92 | 21 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 91 | 21 |
| (51) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 90 | 13 |
| 52 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 89 | 11 |
| 53 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 88 | 27 |
| 54 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 87 | 25 |
| 55 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 86 | 13 |
| (55) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 85 | 25 |
| 56 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 84 | 31 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 81 | 25 |
| 58 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 80 | 35 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 78 | 21 |
| 60 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 77 | 32 |
| (60) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 77 | 16 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 75 | 21 |
| 61 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 75 | 19 |
| (62) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 74 | 16 |
| 63 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 72 | 15 |
| 64 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 71 | 34 |
| (64) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 70 | 33 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 70 | 19 |
| 64 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 70 | 19 |
| 64 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 70 | 15 |
| 68 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 69 | 22 |
| 69 | Banca d'Italia | Roma, Italy | 68 | 43 |
| 70 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 66 | 13 |
| 71 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 65 | 36 |
| 72 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 64 | 14 |
| (72) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 63 | 21 |
| (72) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 62 | 7 |
| 73 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 60 | 21 |
| 74 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 59 | 22 |
| (74) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 59 | 7 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 58 | 28 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 58 | 22 |
| 77 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 56 | 70 |
| 77 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 56 | 19 |
| (78) | Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 55 | 10 |
| 78 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 55 | 11 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 55 | 19 |
| (78) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 55 | 9 |
| 81 | Bank of Canada | Ottawa, Canada | 54 | 35 |
| (81) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 54 | 13 |
| 82 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 53 | 9 |
| 82 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 53 | 41 |
| 84 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 52 | 28 |
| 85 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 51 | 30 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 50 | 10 |
| (86) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 50 | 15 |
| 87 | Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway | Oslo, Norway | 49 | 17 |
| 87 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 49 | 9 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 49 | 28 |
| (89) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 48 | 8 |
| (89) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 47 | 19 |
| 89 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 47 | 19 |
| 89 | Resources for the Future (RFF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 47 | 24 |
| 89 | Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 47 | 21 |
| 93 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 46 | 15 |
| (93) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 46 | 8 |
| 93 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 46 | 10 |
| 93 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 46 | 10 |
| 93 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 46 | 25 |
| 97 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 45 | 49 |
| 97 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 45 | 13 |
| 97 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 45 | 27 |
| 100 | Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo | Oslo, Norway | 43 | 15 |
| 101 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 42 | 18 |
| 101 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 42 | 14 |
| (102) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 41 | 4 |
| (102) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 41 | 9 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 41 | 10 |
| 102 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 41 | 10 |
| 102 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 41 | 26 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 41 | 15 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 41 | 17 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 41 | 15 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 40 | 34 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 40 | 11 |
| 109 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 40 | 13 |
| 109 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 40 | 27 |
| 109 | Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto | Moncalieri, Italy | 40 | 12 |
| 114 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 39 | 10 |
| 114 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 39 | 20 |
| 114 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 39 | 14 |
| 114 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 39 | 11 |
| 118 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 38 | 8 |
| (118) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 38 | 9 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 38 | 23 |
| 118 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 38 | 11 |
| (118) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 38 | 4 |
| 118 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 38 | 17 |
| 118 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 38 | 9 |
| 118 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 38 | 14 |
| 118 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 38 | 27 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 37 | 14 |
| 125 | Département d'Économique, Université Laval | Ste-Foy, Canada | 37 | 17 |
| 125 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 37 | 7 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 37 | 16 |
| 125 | Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 37 | 37 |
| 125 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 37 | 10 |
| 125 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 37 | 16 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 37 | 14 |
| 125 | Faculteit Economische en toegepaste economische wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | 37 | 35 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 37 | 15 |
| 125 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 37 | 16 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada | 37 | 21 |
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