| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1990 | 239 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 1127 | 200 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 852 | 241 |
| 4 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 360 | 122 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 310 | 88 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 288 | 37 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 254 | 29 |
| 8 | CESifo | München, Germany | 227 | 57 |
| 9 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 218 | 85 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 218 | 31 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 207 | 32 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 199 | 24 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 186 | 79 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 169 | 22 |
| 15 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 168 | 36 |
| (15) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 155 | 35 |
| (15) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 153 | 28 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 152 | 28 |
| 17 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 150 | 23 |
| 18 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 147 | 26 |
| 19 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 146 | 24 |
| 19 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 146 | 60 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 140 | 30 |
| 22 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 136 | 33 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 130 | 29 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 129 | 26 |
| 25 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 121 | 48 |
| 26 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 120 | 24 |
| 27 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 118 | 17 |
| (27) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 117 | 27 |
| (27) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 117 | 15 |
| 28 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 116 | 22 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 116 | 20 |
| 30 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 115 | 39 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 115 | 24 |
| 30 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 115 | 49 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 114 | 18 |
| 34 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 113 | 26 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 112 | 22 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 112 | 38 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 110 | 30 |
| 37 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 110 | 44 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 110 | 15 |
| 40 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 109 | 11 |
| 41 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 108 | 45 |
| 42 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 107 | 29 |
| 43 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 105 | 14 |
| (43) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 104 | 22 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 102 | 21 |
| 44 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 102 | 28 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 102 | 24 |
| 44 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 102 | 56 |
| 48 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 99 | 22 |
| 49 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 98 | 23 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 97 | 21 |
| 50 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 97 | 21 |
| (51) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 92 | 13 |
| 51 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 92 | 11 |
| 53 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 91 | 28 |
| 53 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 91 | 84 |
| 55 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 90 | 13 |
| 56 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 89 | 31 |
| 57 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 88 | 27 |
| 57 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 88 | 36 |
| (57) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 88 | 25 |
| (58) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 85 | 17 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 85 | 27 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 82 | 23 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 81 | 21 |
| 62 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 80 | 33 |
| (62) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 80 | 16 |
| 63 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 79 | 14 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 79 | 19 |
| 65 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 77 | 15 |
| 66 | Banca d'Italia | Roma, Italy | 75 | 45 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 75 | 36 |
| (67) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 74 | 34 |
| 68 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 73 | 37 |
| 69 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 72 | 19 |
| 69 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 72 | 15 |
| 69 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 72 | 15 |
| 72 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 71 | 19 |
| 73 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 69 | 22 |
| (73) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 68 | 21 |
| 73 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 68 | 34 |
| (74) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 66 | 7 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 65 | 30 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 63 | 22 |
| 77 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 62 | 14 |
| 77 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 62 | 19 |
| 79 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 61 | 22 |
| 79 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 61 | 22 |
| 81 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 60 | 53 |
| (81) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 60 | 7 |
| 82 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 59 | 44 |
| (82) | Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 59 | 12 |
| 83 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 58 | 30 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 58 | 19 |
| 85 | Bank of Canada | Ottawa, Canada | 57 | 35 |
| (85) | Centre d'Analyse Thérique des Organisations et des Marchés (ATOM), Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 57 | 51 |
| (85) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 57 | 14 |
| 86 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 56 | 18 |
| (86) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 56 | 9 |
| 87 | Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway | Oslo, Norway | 55 | 18 |
| 88 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 54 | 9 |
| 89 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 53 | 30 |
| 89 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 53 | 9 |
| 89 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 53 | 28 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 52 | 11 |
| (92) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 52 | 8 |
| (92) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 51 | 9 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 51 | 11 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada | 51 | 28 |
| (92) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 51 | 15 |
| 95 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 50 | 15 |
| (95) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 50 | 21 |
| 95 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 50 | 21 |
| 97 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 49 | 10 |
| 97 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 49 | 25 |
| 97 | Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 49 | 22 |
| 100 | Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 48 | 40 |
| 100 | Resources for the Future (RFF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 48 | 25 |
| 102 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 47 | 15 |
| 102 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 47 | 10 |
| 104 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 46 | 16 |
| (104) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 45 | 9 |
| 104 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 45 | 10 |
| 104 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 45 | 8 |
| 104 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 45 | 17 |
| 108 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 44 | 27 |
| (108) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 43 | 4 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 43 | 23 |
| 108 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 43 | 23 |
| 111 | Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo | Oslo, Norway | 42 | 15 |
| 111 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 42 | 8 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 42 | 11 |
| 111 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 42 | 15 |
| 111 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 42 | 26 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 42 | 15 |
| 111 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 42 | 21 |
| 111 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 42 | 14 |
| 111 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 42 | 11 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 42 | 15 |
| 121 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 41 | 34 |
| 121 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 41 | 16 |
| 121 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 41 | 17 |
| (121) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 41 | 4 |
| 121 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 41 | 9 |
| 125 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 40 | 7 |
| (125) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 40 | 9 |
| 125 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 40 | 7 |
| 125 | Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto | Moncalieri, Italy | 40 | 12 |
| 125 | Economics Department, University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 40 | 20 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 39 | 25 |
| 129 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 39 | 23 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 39 | 15 |
| 129 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 39 | 11 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 39 | 14 |
| 129 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität | Berlin, Germany | 39 | 34 |
| 129 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 39 | 17 |
| 129 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 39 | 14 |
| 129 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 39 | 27 |
| 138 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 38 | 17 |
| 138 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 38 | 10 |
| 138 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 38 | 11 |
| 138 | Faculteit Economische en toegepaste economische wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | 38 | 36 |
| 138 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 38 | 15 |
| 138 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 38 | 26 |
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