| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 25628.24 | 250 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 7058.59 | 204 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 5665.62 | 260 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4919.03 | 31 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4125.87 | 36 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3110.42 | 24 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2699.76 | 32 |
| 8 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2591.71 | 26 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2543.24 | 31 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2452.29 | 26 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2396.51 | 11 |
| 12 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2093.79 | 92 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2015.02 | 26 |
| 14 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1848.29 | 27 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1780.37 | 25 |
| 16 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1675.41 | 128 |
| 17 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1625.39 | 36 |
| 18 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1586.24 | 17 |
| (18) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1486.34 | 15 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1474.56 | 28 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1469.2 | 25 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1334 | 16 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1330.02 | 32 |
| 23 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1307.77 | 16 |
| (23) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1307 | 29 |
| 24 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1291.88 | 29 |
| (24) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1256.07 | 34 |
| 25 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1217.29 | 11 |
| (25) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1189.44 | 13 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1188.96 | 16 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1176.65 | 21 |
| 28 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1039.94 | 15 |
| 29 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1015.45 | 63 |
| 30 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 970.26 | 32 |
| 31 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 954.27 | 3 |
| 32 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 939.54 | 12 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 934.65 | 25 |
| 34 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 903.43 | 60 |
| 35 | Geary Institute, University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 900.2 | 3 |
| 36 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 852.41 | 15 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 820.25 | 21 |
| (37) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 776.52 | 16 |
| 38 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 773.52 | 23 |
| 39 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 759.46 | 39 |
| 40 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 758.75 | 92 |
| (40) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 746.57 | 22 |
| 41 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 738.25 | 20 |
| 42 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 737.51 | 24 |
| 43 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 736.76 | 30 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 727.29 | 85 |
| 45 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 721.8 | 10 |
| (45) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 721.79 | 9 |
| 46 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 710.15 | 28 |
| 47 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 699.6 | 22 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 685.01 | 22 |
| 49 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 682.24 | 11 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 668.72 | 22 |
| (50) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 667.23 | 4 |
| 51 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 666.37 | 8 |
| 52 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 657.05 | 26 |
| 53 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 625.67 | 15 |
| (53) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 624.99 | 18 |
| (53) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 624.82 | 7 |
| 54 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 624.47 | 26 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 618.99 | 23 |
| 56 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 615.47 | 13 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 596.56 | 30 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 589.21 | 12 |
| 59 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 586.69 | 9 |
| 60 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 580.01 | 10 |
| (60) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 568.1 | 8 |
| 61 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 560.64 | 19 |
| 62 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 552.99 | 5 |
| 63 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) | Barcelona, Spain | 535.86 | 8 |
| (63) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 533.41 | 4 |
| 64 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 523.45 | 32 |
| (64) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 497.3 | 7 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 496.44 | 38 |
| (65) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 488.32 | 27 |
| 66 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 479.88 | 9 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 476.98 | 29 |
| (67) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 432.2 | 9 |
| (67) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 411.65 | 5 |
| 68 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 390.29 | 7 |
| (68) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 389.37 | 4 |
| (68) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 383.79 | 14 |
| 69 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 373.24 | 9 |
| (69) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 367.34 | 4 |
| (69) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 362.95 | 3 |
| (69) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 355.39 | 2 |
| 70 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 350.27 | 28 |
| 71 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 349.33 | 20 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 346.06 | 15 |
| (72) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 345.78 | 25 |
| 73 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 338.61 | 35 |
| 74 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 337.37 | 24 |
| (74) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 329.4 | 2 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 328.56 | 21 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 327.89 | 8 |
| 77 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 326.77 | 4 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 324.42 | 8 |
| 79 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 323.73 | 53 |
| (79) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 322.44 | 5 |
| 80 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 317.29 | 14 |
| (80) | Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 305.72 | 12 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 302.84 | 29 |
| (81) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 299.23 | 10 |
| 82 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 298.23 | 8 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 297.58 | 14 |
| (83) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 296.75 | 2 |
| 84 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 296.58 | 6 |
| 85 | School of Economics, University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 285.71 | 13 |
| 86 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 281.67 | 16 |
| (86) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 281.62 | 1 |
| 87 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 271.64 | 45 |
| (87) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 269.15 | 1 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 264.7 | 11 |
| 89 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 264.64 | 15 |
| (89) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 263.45 | 1 |
| (89) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 263.45 | 1 |
| (89) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 259.24 | 5 |
| 90 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 255.8 | 10 |
| 91 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 253.18 | 10 |
| 92 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 252.95 | 6 |
| (92) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 251.55 | 24 |
| 93 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 250.8 | 23 |
| (93) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 247.87 | 2 |
| 94 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 247.04 | 23 |
| 95 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 246.24 | 13 |
| 96 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 241.74 | 51 |
| (96) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 241.49 | 16 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 239.37 | 11 |
| 98 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 238.89 | 9 |
| 99 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 232.29 | 10 |
| 100 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 228.07 | 11 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 226.66 | 32 |
| 102 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 226.28 | 33 |
| (102) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 223.12 | 8 |
| 103 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 223.12 | 9 |
| 104 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 216.05 | 35 |
| 105 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 215.49 | 11 |
| (105) | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 214.43 | 3 |
| 106 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 213.97 | 93 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 213 | 12 |
| (107) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 212.13 | 7 |
| (107) | 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 | 210.83 | 12 |
| 108 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 208.64 | 11 |
| 109 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 205.79 | 47 |
| 110 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 204.23 | 7 |
| 111 | Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 203.4 | 6 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 202.41 | 16 |
| 113 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 202.14 | 21 |
| (113) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 201.66 | 9 |
| 114 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 197.69 | 3 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 195.99 | 17 |
| (115) | Business Economics, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 195.82 | 7 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 195.61 | 12 |
| 117 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 192.93 | 16 |
| 118 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 191.79 | 1 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 191.53 | 15 |
| 120 | College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 190.86 | 13 |
| 121 | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 186.09 | 8 |
| 122 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 185.24 | 10 |
| 123 | Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 181.36 | 12 |
| (123) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 178.47 | 22 |
| 124 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 178.47 | 22 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 177.59 | 5 |
| 126 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 177.02 | 11 |
| 127 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 176.29 | 2 |
| 128 | Department of Economics, George Washington University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 175.53 | 15 |
| 129 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 174.88 | 6 |
| 130 | Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 173.8 | 3 |
| 131 | Department of Commerce, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 171.77 | 27 |
| (131) | Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 170.06 | 9 |
| 132 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 168.65 | 23 |
| 133 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 167.77 | 35 |
| 134 | Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 164.32 | 3 |
| (134) | Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 163.34 | 1 |
| 135 | Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD) | Fontainebleau, France | 162.15 | 10 |
| 136 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 161.25 | 18 |
| 137 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 161.01 | 18 |
| 138 | International Economics Section, Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS) | Genève, Switzerland | 159.81 | 12 |
| 139 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 157.86 | 14 |
| 140 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 152.35 | 23 |
| 141 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 149.75 | 8 |
| 142 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 146.55 | 13 |
| 143 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 145.47 | 28 |
| 144 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 144.95 | 5 |
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