| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7923.1 | 246 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 4533.6 | 202 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4334.04 | 256 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1514.23 | 90 |
| 5 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1497.48 | 61 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1243.08 | 37 |
| 7 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1201.92 | 127 |
| 8 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1113.75 | 89 |
| 9 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1065.48 | 28 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1033.39 | 36 |
| (10) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1031.15 | 25 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1014.1 | 29 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 999.84 | 31 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 951.16 | 81 |
| 14 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 908.47 | 12 |
| 15 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 818.58 | 25 |
| 16 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 768.44 | 58 |
| (16) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 757.24 | 29 |
| 17 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 754.06 | 23 |
| 18 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 751.34 | 20 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 748.43 | 30 |
| 20 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 745.97 | 88 |
| 21 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 721.06 | 33 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 704.16 | 25 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 685.92 | 30 |
| 24 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 678.09 | 24 |
| 25 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 660.98 | 51 |
| (25) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 647.75 | 35 |
| 26 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 645.3 | 32 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 642.15 | 28 |
| (27) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 619.75 | 18 |
| 28 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 618.9 | 27 |
| 29 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 617.38 | 21 |
| 30 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 604.97 | 46 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 599.41 | 29 |
| 32 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 596.45 | 39 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 590.96 | 26 |
| (33) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 585.28 | 15 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 584.7 | 32 |
| 35 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 584.06 | 45 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 561.65 | 23 |
| 37 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 546.26 | 17 |
| 38 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 524.25 | 37 |
| (38) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 522.58 | 22 |
| 39 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 519.95 | 11 |
| 40 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 507.22 | 25 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 502.16 | 19 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 485.18 | 21 |
| 43 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 472.26 | 34 |
| 44 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 471.21 | 29 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 470.84 | 34 |
| 46 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 464.45 | 14 |
| 47 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 461.36 | 45 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 454.74 | 38 |
| 49 | Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia | 438.78 | 30 |
| (49) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 436.78 | 22 |
| 50 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 432.75 | 17 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 431.22 | 24 |
| 52 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 430.85 | 22 |
| 53 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 425.21 | 28 |
| 54 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 421.74 | 18 |
| 55 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 420.86 | 24 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 420.26 | 15 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 416.65 | 27 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 412.05 | 21 |
| 59 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 408 | 22 |
| 60 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 395.29 | 17 |
| 61 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 392.16 | 10 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 390.08 | 30 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 378.11 | 21 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 376.01 | 17 |
| 65 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 374.38 | 26 |
| 66 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 367.49 | 50 |
| 67 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 365.48 | 25 |
| 68 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 362.18 | 23 |
| 69 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 358.98 | 26 |
| 70 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 356.7 | 29 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 356.68 | 30 |
| 72 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 346.77 | 11 |
| 73 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 345.16 | 22 |
| 74 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 340.98 | 17 |
| 75 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 339.17 | 37 |
| 76 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 339.04 | 29 |
| 77 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 337.2 | 24 |
| 78 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 336.36 | 19 |
| 79 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 335.08 | 25 |
| 80 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 331.7 | 37 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 327.03 | 12 |
| 82 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 320.2 | 27 |
| (82) | Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia | 318.78 | 20 |
| 83 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 317.93 | 33 |
| 84 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 316.05 | 23 |
| (84) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 313.23 | 13 |
| 85 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 313.2 | 59 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 311.72 | 22 |
| 87 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 310.58 | 22 |
| 88 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 309.26 | 7 |
| 89 | Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo | Oslo, Norway | 303.23 | 15 |
| (89) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 300.23 | 16 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada | 298.33 | 29 |
| 91 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 295.69 | 24 |
| 92 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 294.53 | 36 |
| 93 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 294.06 | 8 |
| (93) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 288.84 | 28 |
| 94 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 288.09 | 11 |
| 95 | Resources for the Future (RFF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 287.09 | 25 |
| 96 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität | Berlin, Germany | 285.01 | 34 |
| 97 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 279.33 | 16 |
| 98 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 278.99 | 16 |
| 99 | Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University | Clayton, Australia | 278.68 | 21 |
| 100 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 275.95 | 27 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 275.4 | 11 |
| 102 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 274.91 | 57 |
| 103 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 272.66 | 9 |
| (103) | Centre d'Analyse Thérique des Organisations et des Marchés (ATOM), Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 271.58 | 55 |
| 104 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 269.28 | 27 |
| 105 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 269 | 23 |
| 106 | Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 268.4 | 41 |
| (106) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 267.47 | 7 |
| 107 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 266.61 | 11 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 266.2 | 15 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 263.31 | 23 |
| (109) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 259.09 | 9 |
| 110 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 258.31 | 24 |
| 111 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 257.65 | 29 |
| 112 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 254.7 | 22 |
| 113 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 253.03 | 10 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 252.25 | 14 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 247.41 | 8 |
| 116 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 246.91 | 7 |
| (116) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 246.74 | 6 |
| 117 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 245.75 | 4 |
| 118 | United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) | | 245.71 | 18 |
| 119 | Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application (THEMA), Université de Cergy-Pontoise | Cergy-Pontoise, France | 245.61 | 30 |
| 120 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 242.03 | 26 |
| 121 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 241.25 | 17 |
| (121) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 240.53 | 14 |
| 122 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 240.33 | 13 |
| 123 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 239.91 | 22 |
| (123) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 239.33 | 22 |
| 124 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 239.33 | 22 |
| 125 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 238.41 | 9 |
| 126 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 237.08 | 28 |
| 127 | Economics Department, University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 235.36 | 19 |
| 128 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 234.98 | 8 |
| (128) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 232.61 | 4 |
| 129 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 231.21 | 15 |
| 130 | Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 230.11 | 15 |
| 131 | Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Jena, Germany | 229.83 | 25 |
| 132 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 229.5 | 14 |
| 133 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 228.66 | 25 |
| 134 | Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway | Oslo, Norway | 226.6 | 22 |
| 135 | Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University | Cardiff, United Kingdom | 225.04 | 20 |
| 136 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 223.5 | 5 |
| (136) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 221.73 | 7 |
| 137 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 221.49 | 15 |
| (137) | Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 221.46 | 15 |
| 138 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 218.01 | 13 |
| 139 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Hannover | Hannover, Germany | 217.91 | 26 |
| 140 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 217.64 | 10 |
| 141 | Faculteit Economische en toegepaste economische wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | 217.36 | 37 |
| 142 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 217.26 | 4 |
| (142) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 217.26 | 4 |
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