| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 20402.65 | 257 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 5634.35 | 211 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4435.64 | 271 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4217.16 | 32 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3871.16 | 36 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2591.76 | 23 |
| 7 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2350.42 | 13 |
| 8 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2252.12 | 26 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2170.01 | 31 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2155.75 | 30 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1969.25 | 27 |
| 12 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1805.41 | 96 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1640.04 | 29 |
| 14 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1556.47 | 28 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1530.82 | 26 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1399.59 | 30 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1375.57 | 29 |
| 18 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1292.29 | 16 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1272.86 | 32 |
| (19) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1252.24 | 16 |
| (19) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1245.84 | 31 |
| 20 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1243.77 | 132 |
| 21 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1186.12 | 36 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1123.9 | 15 |
| 23 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1086.77 | 16 |
| 24 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1079.48 | 16 |
| 25 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1050.09 | 30 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1005.72 | 15 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 988.15 | 25 |
| (27) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 966.06 | 12 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 949.2 | 22 |
| 29 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 941.58 | 6 |
| 30 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 923.6 | 12 |
| 31 | CESifo | München, Germany | 880.25 | 69 |
| (31) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 867.92 | 37 |
| 32 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 796.09 | 12 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 792.55 | 22 |
| 34 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 789.54 | 33 |
| (34) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 743.47 | 5 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 700.75 | 89 |
| 36 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 676.69 | 59 |
| 37 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 638.68 | 23 |
| 38 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 626.77 | 15 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 624.24 | 21 |
| 40 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 623.75 | 43 |
| 41 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 613.88 | 20 |
| (41) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 613.29 | 22 |
| 42 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 608.42 | 28 |
| (42) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 607.46 | 16 |
| 43 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 592.18 | 97 |
| 44 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 578.32 | 3 |
| 45 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 568.79 | 22 |
| 46 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 558.1 | 25 |
| 47 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 555.87 | 11 |
| 48 | Geary Institute, University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 547.21 | 3 |
| 49 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 544.72 | 16 |
| (49) | Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 540.42 | 1 |
| (49) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 531.38 | 4 |
| 50 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 528.45 | 11 |
| (50) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 528.43 | 10 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 528.39 | 22 |
| 52 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 526.99 | 52 |
| 53 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 510.49 | 11 |
| 54 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 504.85 | 28 |
| 55 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 504.09 | 10 |
| 56 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 493.6 | 27 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 489.81 | 32 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 480.98 | 24 |
| 59 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 477.74 | 9 |
| 60 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 468.94 | 10 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 467.86 | 13 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 466.66 | 45 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 462.66 | 32 |
| (63) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 461.5 | 7 |
| 64 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 458.36 | 29 |
| (64) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 440.38 | 18 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 433.01 | 20 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 428.04 | 30 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 424.73 | 11 |
| (67) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 403.64 | 4 |
| (67) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 397.49 | 8 |
| (67) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 397.09 | 7 |
| (67) | Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 385.3 | 6 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 378.68 | 28 |
| 69 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) | Barcelona, Spain | 377.89 | 7 |
| (69) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 362.56 | 28 |
| 70 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 352.9 | 37 |
| 71 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 331.14 | 28 |
| (71) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 325.2 | 25 |
| 72 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 323.49 | 53 |
| (72) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 317.12 | 9 |
| 73 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 312.33 | 14 |
| 74 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 311.49 | 4 |
| (74) | Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 308.54 | 2 |
| 75 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 307.02 | 7 |
| (75) | Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 305.3 | 12 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 303.55 | 8 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 301.73 | 21 |
| (77) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 297.99 | 5 |
| (77) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 297.82 | 5 |
| (77) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 286 | 14 |
| (77) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 285.88 | 2 |
| 78 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 281.86 | 24 |
| (78) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 277.52 | 4 |
| 79 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 275.2 | 6 |
| 80 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 265.85 | 7 |
| (80) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 262.36 | 1 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 254.1 | 18 |
| (81) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 249.54 | 16 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 248.82 | 15 |
| (82) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 239.15 | 2 |
| (82) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 234.72 | 1 |
| (82) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 234.72 | 1 |
| (82) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 234.53 | 3 |
| 83 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 234.15 | 26 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 231.58 | 15 |
| 85 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 229.71 | 9 |
| 86 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 229.35 | 95 |
| (86) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 227.93 | 28 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 226.39 | 6 |
| (87) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 225.24 | 2 |
| 88 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 222.84 | 16 |
| 89 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 222.29 | 8 |
| 90 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 221.53 | 16 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 217.57 | 11 |
| 92 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 212.44 | 36 |
| 93 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 212.13 | 23 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 212.06 | 34 |
| 95 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 209.65 | 21 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 206.59 | 14 |
| 97 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 204.39 | 8 |
| (97) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 204.39 | 8 |
| 98 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 203.87 | 8 |
| 99 | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 203.87 | 8 |
| (99) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 202.16 | 23 |
| 100 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 202.16 | 23 |
| (100) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 200.34 | 2 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 199.8 | 13 |
| (101) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 199.04 | 1 |
| 102 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 197.84 | 19 |
| (102) | Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 196.23 | 2 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 194.96 | 16 |
| 104 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 190.96 | 10 |
| 105 | School of Economics, University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 190.17 | 13 |
| 106 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 187.47 | 8 |
| (106) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 187.47 | 7 |
| 107 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 185.75 | 47 |
| 108 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 185.33 | 40 |
| 109 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 183.35 | 2 |
| 110 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 183.22 | 11 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 182.61 | 12 |
| 112 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 181.8 | 13 |
| 113 | Paul Merage School of Business, University of California | Irvine, California (USA) | 179.1 | 3 |
| 114 | Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 178.25 | 12 |
| (114) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 176.86 | 9 |
| 115 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 176.5 | 49 |
| 116 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 175.3 | 11 |
| (116) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 174.04 | 4 |
| 117 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 171.23 | 10 |
| 118 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 171.09 | 10 |
| 119 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 169.6 | 1 |
| 120 | School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 167.65 | 2 |
| 121 | Department of Commerce, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 164.99 | 27 |
| (121) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 164.74 | 8 |
| (121) | Business Economics, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 164.49 | 7 |
| 122 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 162.36 | 11 |
| 123 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 160.74 | 16 |
| 124 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 160.62 | 25 |
| (124) | 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 | 158.24 | 12 |
| 125 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 157.47 | 35 |
| 126 | Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD) | Fontainebleau, France | 156.35 | 11 |
| 127 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 154.68 | 9 |
| 128 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 154.16 | 16 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 153.35 | 16 |
| 130 | College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 152.83 | 16 |
| (130) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 152.61 | 9 |
| (130) | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 149.11 | 3 |
| 131 | Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia | 141.97 | 10 |
| (131) | School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia | 141.97 | 9 |
| 132 | Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 137.32 | 5 |
| 133 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 136.83 | 36 |
| 134 | Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 134.99 | 3 |
| 135 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 133.93 | 11 |
| 136 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 132.51 | 9 |
| (136) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 132.49 | 8 |
| 137 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 132.39 | 5 |
| (137) | Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 132.37 | 11 |
| 138 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 132.11 | 9 |
| (138) | Economic and Political Sciences Area, Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD) | Fontainebleau, France | 129 | 5 |
| 139 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 128.11 | 7 |
| 140 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 127.95 | 13 |
| 141 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "S. Cognetti de Martiis", Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 127.22 | 18 |
| 142 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 127.06 | 3 |
| 143 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 126.59 | 11 |
| (143) | Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 124.39 | 7 |
| 144 | International Economics Section, Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS) | Genève, Switzerland | 124.34 | 12 |
| 145 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 123.14 | 15 |
| 146 | Department of Economics, University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia (USA) | 122.12 | 12 |
| 147 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 120.5 | 14 |
| 148 | Banca d'Italia | Roma, Italy | 119.67 | 45 |
| 149 | Bank of Canada | Ottawa, Canada | 117.99 | 36 |
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