| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 10417 | 246 |
| 2 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 6376 | 256 |
| 3 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 6366 | 202 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2113 | 90 |
| 5 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2071 | 61 |
| 6 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1829 | 89 |
| 7 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1787 | 127 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1726 | 36 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1528 | 37 |
| 10 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1338 | 28 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1325 | 81 |
| (11) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1285 | 25 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1276 | 29 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1218 | 31 |
| 14 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 1157 | 88 |
| 15 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1125 | 58 |
| 16 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1043 | 12 |
| (16) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1028 | 29 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1014 | 30 |
| 18 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1011 | 51 |
| 19 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 988 | 45 |
| 20 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 986 | 25 |
| 21 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 960 | 33 |
| 22 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 946 | 23 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 923 | 20 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 922 | 25 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 912 | 26 |
| 26 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 910 | 46 |
| 27 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 902 | 39 |
| (27) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 889 | 35 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 889 | 30 |
| 29 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 885 | 24 |
| 30 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 882 | 45 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 879 | 29 |
| 31 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 879 | 32 |
| 33 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 847 | 27 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 828 | 28 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 807 | 32 |
| 36 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 804 | 21 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 775 | 23 |
| (37) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 770 | 22 |
| (37) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 762 | 18 |
| (37) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 737 | 15 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 702 | 19 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 700 | 17 |
| (39) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 692 | 22 |
| 40 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 682 | 25 |
| 41 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 681 | 34 |
| 41 | Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia | 681 | 30 |
| 43 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 676 | 37 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 672 | 21 |
| 45 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 669 | 37 |
| 46 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 656 | 24 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 652 | 34 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 640 | 27 |
| 49 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 637 | 29 |
| 50 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 626 | 28 |
| 51 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 612 | 26 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 600 | 38 |
| 53 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 595 | 25 |
| 54 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 589 | 14 |
| 54 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 589 | 7 |
| 54 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 589 | 11 |
| 57 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 584 | 50 |
| 57 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 584 | 29 |
| 59 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 573 | 59 |
| 59 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 573 | 17 |
| 61 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 572 | 22 |
| 62 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 566 | 22 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 555 | 30 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 554 | 21 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 550 | 24 |
| 66 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 549 | 17 |
| 67 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 537 | 27 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 536 | 21 |
| 69 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 528 | 26 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 525 | 18 |
| 71 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 524 | 22 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 517 | 17 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 515 | 30 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada | 515 | 29 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 511 | 15 |
| 76 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 509 | 33 |
| 77 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 504 | 23 |
| 78 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 503 | 25 |
| 78 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 503 | 17 |
| 80 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 496 | 23 |
| 81 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 493 | 11 |
| 82 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 492 | 22 |
| (82) | Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia | 489 | 20 |
| 83 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 487 | 24 |
| 84 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 486 | 10 |
| 85 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 485 | 19 |
| 86 | Resources for the Future (RFF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 481 | 25 |
| 87 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 473 | 37 |
| 88 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 459 | 29 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 455 | 22 |
| (89) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 452 | 28 |
| 90 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 447 | 24 |
| 91 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität | Berlin, Germany | 442 | 34 |
| 92 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 441 | 24 |
| 93 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 418 | 36 |
| 93 | Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University | Clayton, Australia | 418 | 21 |
| (94) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 417 | 13 |
| 95 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 411 | 57 |
| (95) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 409 | 37 |
| (95) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 408 | 22 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 408 | 11 |
| 95 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 408 | 22 |
| (97) | Centre d'Analyse Thérique des Organisations et des Marchés (ATOM), Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 406 | 55 |
| 98 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 404 | 8 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 404 | 12 |
| 100 | Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 401 | 41 |
| 101 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 396 | 22 |
| (101) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 395 | 16 |
| 102 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 392 | 13 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 388 | 23 |
| 104 | Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Jena, Germany | 384 | 25 |
| 105 | United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) | | 381 | 18 |
| 106 | Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application (THEMA), Université de Cergy-Pontoise | Cergy-Pontoise, France | 378 | 30 |
| 107 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 377 | 27 |
| 107 | Faculteit Economische en toegepaste economische wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | 377 | 37 |
| 109 | Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo | Oslo, Norway | 370 | 15 |
| 110 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 369 | 29 |
| 111 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 366 | 26 |
| (111) | Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 363 | 15 |
| 112 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 361 | 23 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 360 | 15 |
| 114 | Département d'Économique, Université Laval | Ste-Foy, Canada | 359 | 17 |
| 114 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 359 | 9 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 356 | 10 |
| 117 | Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University | Cardiff, United Kingdom | 353 | 20 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 351 | 22 |
| 118 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 351 | 9 |
| 120 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 346 | 15 |
| 120 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 346 | 28 |
| 122 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 343 | 25 |
| 123 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 340 | 14 |
| 124 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 339 | 16 |
| 125 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 337 | 8 |
| (125) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 337 | 7 |
| 126 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 336 | 11 |
| (126) | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 336 | 13 |
| 127 | Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 332 | 15 |
| 128 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 329 | 5 |
| (128) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 328 | 7 |
| 129 | Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 327 | 20 |
| 129 | Economics Department, University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 327 | 19 |
| 131 | Business School, Brunel University | Uxbridge, United Kingdom | 326 | 15 |
| 132 | Banca d'Italia | Roma, Italy | 325 | 47 |
| 133 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 323 | 8 |
| 134 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 322 | 17 |
| (134) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 320 | 14 |
| 135 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 319 | 4 |
| (135) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 319 | 4 |
| (135) | Department of Economics and Finance, Business School, Brunel University | Uxbridge, United Kingdom | 316 | 14 |
| 136 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Milano | Milano, Italy | 315 | 41 |
| 136 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 315 | 14 |
| 138 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 314 | 16 |
| 138 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 314 | 15 |
| 140 | Handelshøjskolen i Århus | Aarhus, Denmark | 312 | 24 |
| 141 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 309 | 27 |
| 142 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 308 | 15 |
| 142 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 308 | 14 |
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