| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 20338.05 | 255 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 5859.52 | 209 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4441.67 | 264 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4136.43 | 31 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3871.45 | 36 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2503.32 | 24 |
| 7 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2395.51 | 13 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2304.25 | 31 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2263.71 | 29 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2247.58 | 26 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2146.67 | 27 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1769.91 | 27 |
| 13 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1747.47 | 95 |
| 14 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1401.64 | 132 |
| 15 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1353.72 | 27 |
| 16 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1351.84 | 26 |
| 17 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1283.36 | 16 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1271.72 | 29 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1250.33 | 29 |
| (19) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1177.58 | 16 |
| 20 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1176.07 | 36 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1164.11 | 15 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1148.31 | 33 |
| (22) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1118.77 | 30 |
| 23 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1082.31 | 20 |
| 24 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1078.85 | 6 |
| 25 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1043.38 | 30 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1030.5 | 15 |
| 27 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1001.33 | 16 |
| 28 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 946.83 | 11 |
| 29 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 940.74 | 15 |
| (29) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 930.56 | 36 |
| (29) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 919.28 | 12 |
| 30 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 827.44 | 12 |
| 31 | CESifo | München, Germany | 808.38 | 66 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 807.51 | 22 |
| 33 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 753.59 | 33 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 738.66 | 25 |
| 35 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 702.06 | 28 |
| (35) | Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 694.45 | 1 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 684.43 | 88 |
| 37 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 674.61 | 20 |
| 38 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 670.16 | 95 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 664.69 | 23 |
| 40 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 651.77 | 15 |
| 41 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 601.13 | 60 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 597.9 | 22 |
| 43 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 597.38 | 16 |
| 44 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 585 | 24 |
| 45 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 584.5 | 22 |
| 46 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 580.26 | 3 |
| (46) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 579.06 | 16 |
| 47 | Geary Institute, University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 548.96 | 3 |
| 48 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 546.61 | 41 |
| 49 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 542.32 | 29 |
| (49) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 537.15 | 22 |
| (49) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 536.85 | 18 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 533.77 | 31 |
| (50) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 527.28 | 4 |
| 51 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 515.58 | 27 |
| 52 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 511.98 | 52 |
| 53 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 508.22 | 28 |
| 54 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 498.57 | 13 |
| 55 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 497.85 | 10 |
| (55) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 497.84 | 9 |
| 56 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 495.53 | 11 |
| 57 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 490.41 | 9 |
| 58 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 484.25 | 9 |
| 59 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 481.85 | 11 |
| (59) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 471.69 | 4 |
| (59) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 467.21 | 7 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 461.86 | 21 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 444.95 | 32 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 434.96 | 23 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 418.48 | 19 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 413.69 | 30 |
| 65 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 411.89 | 4 |
| (65) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 410.61 | 8 |
| 66 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 408.19 | 10 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 407.18 | 12 |
| (67) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 402.1 | 7 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 393.96 | 29 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 393.82 | 8 |
| 70 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) | Barcelona, Spain | 391.55 | 8 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 385.17 | 42 |
| 72 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 380.46 | 28 |
| (72) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 375.5 | 2 |
| (72) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 373.93 | 25 |
| (72) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 370.11 | 28 |
| (72) | Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 361.67 | 6 |
| (72) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 347.5 | 1 |
| (72) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 333.26 | 9 |
| 73 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 332.32 | 14 |
| (73) | Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 323.04 | 12 |
| 74 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 321.84 | 36 |
| 75 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 321.34 | 54 |
| 76 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 314.99 | 21 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 313 | 21 |
| (77) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 308.8 | 1 |
| (77) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 308.8 | 1 |
| (77) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 301.19 | 5 |
| (77) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 299.56 | 5 |
| 78 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 295.09 | 7 |
| (78) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 286.32 | 14 |
| (78) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 281.39 | 4 |
| 79 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 281.38 | 24 |
| 80 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 278.72 | 6 |
| (80) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 277.75 | 10 |
| (80) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 275.92 | 4 |
| (80) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 261.42 | 3 |
| 81 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 258.11 | 13 |
| 82 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 256.5 | 8 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 254.81 | 15 |
| (83) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 246.82 | 26 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 240.97 | 13 |
| 85 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 240.14 | 16 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 238.5 | 32 |
| (86) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 237.2 | 2 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 234.68 | 8 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 233.43 | 15 |
| 89 | Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 232.32 | 12 |
| (89) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 232.32 | 2 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 231.32 | 18 |
| 91 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 230.67 | 46 |
| (91) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 226.07 | 9 |
| 92 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 221.19 | 25 |
| 93 | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 220.81 | 8 |
| 94 | School of Economics, University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 216.45 | 13 |
| 95 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 215.14 | 35 |
| 96 | School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 212.79 | 2 |
| 97 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 210.1 | 23 |
| 98 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 208.08 | 10 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 207.65 | 11 |
| (99) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 207.17 | 2 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 202.65 | 12 |
| (100) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 201.46 | 1 |
| 101 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 201.3 | 96 |
| 102 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 199.23 | 50 |
| 103 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 196.56 | 10 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 195.77 | 16 |
| 105 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 192.41 | 11 |
| (105) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 191.56 | 16 |
| 106 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 189.94 | 9 |
| 107 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 188.22 | 6 |
| 108 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 188.18 | 16 |
| 109 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 185.89 | 1 |
| (109) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 180.53 | 4 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 179.65 | 17 |
| 111 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 179.52 | 18 |
| 112 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 178.48 | 7 |
| 113 | College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 174.56 | 13 |
| (113) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 173.58 | 8 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 172.74 | 16 |
| 115 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 171.94 | 3 |
| 116 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 171.42 | 11 |
| (116) | 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 | 171.37 | 13 |
| (116) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 170.97 | 23 |
| 117 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 170.97 | 23 |
| 118 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 169.03 | 36 |
| (118) | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 168.92 | 3 |
| 119 | Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 167.96 | 5 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 162.13 | 10 |
| (120) | Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 161.55 | 1 |
| 121 | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 160.06 | 2 |
| 122 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 159.07 | 11 |
| 123 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 158.75 | 16 |
| 124 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 158.52 | 10 |
| (124) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 156.49 | 8 |
| 125 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 156.49 | 9 |
| 126 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 154.91 | 8 |
| (126) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 154.91 | 7 |
| 127 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 154.17 | 14 |
| 128 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 154.16 | 21 |
| (128) | Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 153.09 | 9 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 147.97 | 6 |
| 130 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 147 | 18 |
| 131 | Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 143.75 | 3 |
| 132 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 142.08 | 6 |
| 133 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 141.08 | 11 |
| (133) | Départment d'économétrie et d'économie politique (DEEP), École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 140.94 | 9 |
| 134 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 140.67 | 9 |
| 135 | Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD) | Fontainebleau, France | 140.03 | 11 |
| 136 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 139.99 | 25 |
| 137 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 139.46 | 11 |
| 138 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 138.66 | 35 |
| 139 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 137.86 | 5 |
| 140 | Department of Commerce, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 136.63 | 27 |
| 141 | Paul Merage School of Business, University of California | Irvine, California (USA) | 129.44 | 3 |
| 142 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 129.38 | 21 |
| 143 | International Economics Section, Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS) | Genève, Switzerland | 128.78 | 12 |
| 144 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 128.43 | 9 |
| (144) | Business Economics, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 126.01 | 7 |
| (144) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 124.16 | 3 |
| 145 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 123.8 | 36 |
| 146 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 122.88 | 8 |
| (146) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 122.88 | 8 |
| 147 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent | Gent, Belgium | 122.24 | 16 |
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