| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 179396.38 | 257 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 47543.48 | 211 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 39747.67 | 271 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 33505.17 | 32 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 30303.18 | 36 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 23514.85 | 23 |
| 7 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 22011.91 | 13 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 18995.6 | 31 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 18160.86 | 30 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 17901.46 | 26 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 17666.94 | 27 |
| 12 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 14666.68 | 96 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 14191.67 | 29 |
| 14 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 14019.74 | 26 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 13111.61 | 30 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 12340.98 | 16 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 11652.94 | 29 |
| 17 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 11598.53 | 28 |
| 18 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 10992.54 | 132 |
| 19 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 10965.74 | 16 |
| 20 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 10959.31 | 36 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 10052.79 | 32 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 9849.52 | 15 |
| 23 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 9509.54 | 16 |
| 24 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 9112.96 | 16 |
| (24) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 9010.13 | 31 |
| 25 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 8812.77 | 6 |
| 26 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 8468.52 | 12 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 8428.98 | 22 |
| (27) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 8351.22 | 12 |
| 28 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 8307.02 | 30 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 8095.39 | 15 |
| 30 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 8047.06 | 12 |
| (30) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 8027.16 | 37 |
| 31 | CESifo | München, Germany | 7362.1 | 69 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 7244.05 | 22 |
| 33 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 6994.52 | 33 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 6967.06 | 25 |
| 35 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 6010.23 | 59 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 5998.88 | 89 |
| 37 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5904.32 | 20 |
| 38 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5898.99 | 3 |
| 39 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5735.13 | 15 |
| 40 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5600.57 | 11 |
| 41 | Geary Institute, University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 5591.28 | 3 |
| (41) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 5504.12 | 16 |
| 42 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5331.67 | 28 |
| 43 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 5326.87 | 25 |
| 44 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 5321.14 | 28 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 5273.62 | 23 |
| 46 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 5196.87 | 43 |
| 47 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 5148 | 11 |
| (47) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 5147.79 | 10 |
| (47) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 5116.63 | 22 |
| 48 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4996.35 | 97 |
| (48) | Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4982.45 | 1 |
| 49 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4925.02 | 11 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 4897.29 | 22 |
| (50) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4818.26 | 4 |
| 51 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 4734.06 | 22 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 4686.68 | 32 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 4658.09 | 21 |
| 54 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4650.81 | 16 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 4637.26 | 24 |
| (55) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4526.7 | 5 |
| 56 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4439.14 | 9 |
| 57 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 4338.94 | 29 |
| 58 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 4299.7 | 27 |
| 59 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 4132.33 | 10 |
| (59) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 4113.8 | 18 |
| (59) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4085.45 | 7 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 3979.57 | 11 |
| (60) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3964.74 | 8 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 3905.39 | 45 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3822.12 | 13 |
| 63 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3805.95 | 52 |
| 64 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 3796.58 | 32 |
| 65 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 3605.6 | 10 |
| 66 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 3446.1 | 20 |
| 67 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) | Barcelona, Spain | 3427.47 | 7 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 3410.1 | 28 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3392.24 | 30 |
| (69) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3130.03 | 7 |
| (69) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3106.99 | 9 |
| (69) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3099.79 | 28 |
| 70 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 3091.45 | 37 |
| (70) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2878.41 | 5 |
| (70) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2869.14 | 14 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 2804.78 | 8 |
| 72 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2790.82 | 28 |
| (72) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2757.52 | 4 |
| (72) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2744.99 | 25 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2719.34 | 21 |
| (73) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2715.19 | 4 |
| (73) | Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2550.82 | 6 |
| 74 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 2487.99 | 6 |
| 75 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2470.89 | 7 |
| 76 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2427.74 | 24 |
| (76) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2389.79 | 2 |
| 77 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2368.73 | 14 |
| 78 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 2354.58 | 21 |
| (78) | Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2310.29 | 12 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 2228.15 | 15 |
| (79) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2225.67 | 3 |
| 80 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 2209.3 | 53 |
| 81 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2207.86 | 8 |
| (81) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2171.49 | 2 |
| (81) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2144.06 | 2 |
| (81) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2129.53 | 5 |
| 82 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2116.71 | 4 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 2086.47 | 15 |
| (83) | Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2070.08 | 2 |
| (83) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 2047.49 | 9 |
| 84 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 2040.4 | 7 |
| 85 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 2033.51 | 9 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2024.99 | 11 |
| (86) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2011.72 | 4 |
| (86) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2001.9 | 1 |
| (86) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2001.9 | 1 |
| 87 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1933.17 | 13 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1866.18 | 18 |
| 89 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1860.66 | 47 |
| (89) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1836.84 | 1 |
| 90 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1826.92 | 36 |
| 91 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 1824.92 | 10 |
| 92 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 1814.57 | 16 |
| 93 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1763.54 | 26 |
| (93) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1746.71 | 16 |
| 94 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1745.06 | 16 |
| 95 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 1714.5 | 49 |
| 96 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1709.76 | 19 |
| (96) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1708.84 | 1 |
| 97 | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1706.55 | 8 |
| 98 | School of Economics, University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 1691.1 | 13 |
| 99 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1676.33 | 23 |
| (99) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1676.27 | 28 |
| 100 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 1666.4 | 10 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1637.8 | 12 |
| 102 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1636.6 | 11 |
| 103 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 1631.56 | 95 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 1619.67 | 34 |
| (104) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1586.27 | 9 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1582.6 | 14 |
| (105) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1567.46 | 2 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1561.58 | 10 |
| 107 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1546.98 | 8 |
| (107) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1546.98 | 7 |
| 108 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 1545.6 | 11 |
| 109 | School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1529.65 | 2 |
| (109) | 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 | 1526.29 | 12 |
| (109) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1511.09 | 23 |
| 110 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1511.09 | 23 |
| 111 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 1502.44 | 16 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 1502.36 | 6 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1500.41 | 16 |
| (113) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1480.47 | 8 |
| 114 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1454.66 | 9 |
| (114) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1453.53 | 8 |
| 115 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1442.18 | 40 |
| 116 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1423.67 | 11 |
| 117 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1423.2 | 9 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 1389.91 | 13 |
| 119 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1366.95 | 1 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1357.5 | 16 |
| 121 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 1343.5 | 5 |
| 122 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1337.32 | 11 |
| 123 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 1336.27 | 35 |
| 124 | Department of Commerce, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1331.79 | 27 |
| 125 | College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1315.43 | 16 |
| 126 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 1304.61 | 9 |
| 127 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1291.96 | 2 |
| 128 | Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 1288.68 | 12 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1285.7 | 16 |
| 130 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1281.99 | 7 |
| 131 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 1272.91 | 25 |
| (131) | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1260.79 | 3 |
| 132 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1253.5 | 8 |
| (132) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1253.5 | 8 |
| 133 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 1251.61 | 21 |
| 134 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1230.27 | 11 |
| (134) | Business Economics, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1217.72 | 7 |
| 135 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1175.76 | 3 |
| 136 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 1173.33 | 8 |
| 137 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "S. Cognetti de Martiis", Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 1159.29 | 18 |
| 138 | International Economics Section, Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS) | Genève, Switzerland | 1154.17 | 12 |
| 139 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 1146.07 | 5 |
| 140 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1125.92 | 9 |
| 141 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1104.53 | 15 |
| (141) | Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1095.04 | 2 |
| 142 | Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1093.09 | 5 |
| 143 | Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD) | Fontainebleau, France | 1085.53 | 11 |
| 144 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 1084.51 | 18 |
| (144) | Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1083.49 | 11 |
| 145 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 1079.29 | 14 |
| 146 | Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia | 1075.16 | 10 |
| (146) | School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia | 1075.11 | 9 |
| (146) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1062.04 | 3 |
| 147 | Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1029.01 | 3 |
| 148 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1025.47 | 13 |
| 149 | Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1022.33 | 3 |
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