| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 310436.61 | 257 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 88595.98 | 211 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 67599.12 | 271 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 62517.17 | 32 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 46650.68 | 36 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 36394.1 | 23 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 35491.89 | 31 |
| 8 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 31389.91 | 26 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 28846.4 | 30 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 28800.88 | 27 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 28042.12 | 13 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 25246.3 | 26 |
| 13 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 24587.42 | 96 |
| 14 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 22211.02 | 132 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 21750.46 | 30 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 21494.43 | 16 |
| 16 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 20578.9 | 16 |
| 17 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 20440.07 | 28 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 19428.08 | 29 |
| 19 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 19358.8 | 36 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 19151.98 | 32 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 18585.3 | 15 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 17522.9 | 29 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 16876.54 | 15 |
| 24 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 16051.2 | 30 |
| (24) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 14551.86 | 31 |
| (24) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 14425.92 | 12 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 14254.26 | 25 |
| 26 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 14147.39 | 16 |
| (26) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 14054.21 | 37 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 13390.72 | 22 |
| 28 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 13277.8 | 12 |
| 29 | CESifo | München, Germany | 12949.74 | 69 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 12369.02 | 22 |
| 31 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 12360.85 | 16 |
| 32 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 12045.23 | 12 |
| 33 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 11365.53 | 97 |
| 34 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 10837.02 | 33 |
| 35 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 10752.62 | 25 |
| 36 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 10644.89 | 28 |
| 37 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 10468.15 | 59 |
| 38 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10181.81 | 52 |
| 39 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 9973.23 | 6 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 9861.73 | 89 |
| 41 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 9763.18 | 11 |
| 42 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 9528.84 | 15 |
| 43 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 9469.7 | 3 |
| 44 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 9462.31 | 16 |
| 45 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 9324.2 | 11 |
| (45) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 9323.77 | 10 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 9302.06 | 24 |
| 47 | Geary Institute, University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 9175.34 | 3 |
| 48 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 9165.39 | 20 |
| 49 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 9023.97 | 43 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 8951.23 | 23 |
| 51 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 8890.47 | 27 |
| (51) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 8856.03 | 22 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 8618.01 | 22 |
| 53 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 8579.62 | 13 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 8551.93 | 21 |
| 55 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 8429.2 | 10 |
| 56 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 8340.37 | 28 |
| 57 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 8316.41 | 29 |
| (57) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 8246.69 | 16 |
| (57) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 8219.79 | 8 |
| 58 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 8066.97 | 22 |
| (58) | Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7989.97 | 6 |
| 59 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) | Barcelona, Spain | 7902.11 | 7 |
| (59) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7659.89 | 5 |
| 60 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 7530.53 | 11 |
| (60) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7459.02 | 4 |
| (60) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 7314.37 | 7 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 7277.65 | 11 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 7170.86 | 32 |
| (62) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 7076.24 | 7 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 6968.52 | 30 |
| (63) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6858.49 | 28 |
| (63) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 6811 | 18 |
| 64 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 6668.58 | 10 |
| 65 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 6297.01 | 32 |
| 66 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6184.6 | 9 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 5861.85 | 28 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 5717.05 | 45 |
| (68) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5631.49 | 14 |
| 69 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 5249.17 | 37 |
| (69) | Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5172.81 | 1 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 5112.29 | 20 |
| 71 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 5054.08 | 24 |
| (71) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5024.72 | 4 |
| (71) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4968.63 | 4 |
| 72 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 4846.67 | 21 |
| 73 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 4701.95 | 53 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 4675.46 | 21 |
| (74) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4487.9 | 5 |
| 75 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 4466.6 | 14 |
| (75) | Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 4341.25 | 12 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 4307.68 | 11 |
| (76) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 4290.29 | 9 |
| (76) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4274.82 | 2 |
| (76) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4258.9 | 2 |
| 77 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 4211.04 | 6 |
| 78 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4156.17 | 47 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 4127.68 | 28 |
| (79) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4114.85 | 5 |
| (79) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 4058.11 | 25 |
| (79) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4015.27 | 1 |
| (79) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4015.27 | 1 |
| (79) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3989.13 | 4 |
| 80 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 3916.18 | 8 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 3916.14 | 8 |
| 82 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 3907.7 | 7 |
| (82) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 3816.61 | 23 |
| 83 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 3816.61 | 23 |
| (83) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3688.97 | 9 |
| (83) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3565.75 | 28 |
| (83) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 3547.15 | 3 |
| 84 | School of Economics, University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 3437.67 | 13 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 3424.59 | 34 |
| (85) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3401.69 | 2 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 3391.56 | 15 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 3389.19 | 15 |
| 88 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 3387.8 | 16 |
| (88) | Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3327.6 | 2 |
| 89 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3308.56 | 13 |
| 90 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 3285.34 | 9 |
| (90) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 3256.8 | 16 |
| 91 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 3187 | 36 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 3142 | 12 |
| 93 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 3140.42 | 7 |
| 94 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 3108.67 | 10 |
| 95 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 3103.2 | 49 |
| 96 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 3099.8 | 26 |
| 97 | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3045.28 | 8 |
| 98 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3032.15 | 23 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3004.53 | 10 |
| 100 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 2997.61 | 11 |
| 101 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 2970.5 | 16 |
| 102 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 2947.87 | 95 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 2923.17 | 6 |
| 104 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2893.02 | 11 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 2885.06 | 16 |
| 106 | School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2865.59 | 2 |
| 107 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 2835.3 | 5 |
| 108 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2816.06 | 4 |
| (108) | 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 | 2791.05 | 12 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 2790.82 | 18 |
| 110 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2762.33 | 9 |
| (110) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2757.82 | 8 |
| 111 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2745.75 | 16 |
| 112 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 2720.68 | 10 |
| (112) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2704.95 | 1 |
| 113 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2676.53 | 11 |
| 114 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 2671.64 | 25 |
| 115 | Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2640.71 | 3 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 2593.41 | 16 |
| 117 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2589.88 | 19 |
| (117) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2589.57 | 9 |
| (117) | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2575.48 | 3 |
| 118 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2558.59 | 2 |
| 119 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 2548.33 | 11 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 2497.36 | 14 |
| 121 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 2430.59 | 7 |
| 122 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 2422.09 | 36 |
| 123 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 2416.32 | 9 |
| 124 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 2392.86 | 35 |
| 125 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2380.6 | 3 |
| 126 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2380.1 | 8 |
| (126) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2380.1 | 8 |
| 127 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2368.76 | 8 |
| (127) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2368.76 | 7 |
| 128 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 2345.09 | 8 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 2321.58 | 16 |
| 130 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 2313.17 | 21 |
| 131 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2298.26 | 40 |
| (131) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 2283.17 | 8 |
| 132 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 2266.14 | 9 |
| (132) | Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2238.5 | 2 |
| 133 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 2225.62 | 5 |
| 134 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 2210.17 | 15 |
| 135 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 2186.89 | 14 |
| 136 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2180.57 | 11 |
| (136) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2158.61 | 1 |
| 137 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 2114.39 | 13 |
| 138 | College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2108.15 | 16 |
| 139 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2098.56 | 40 |
| (139) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2088.78 | 3 |
| 140 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 2004.81 | 18 |
| 141 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 2001.97 | 18 |
| 142 | Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD) | Fontainebleau, France | 1968.33 | 11 |
| (142) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1932.6 | 2 |
| 143 | Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 1927.8 | 12 |
| 144 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "S. Cognetti de Martiis", Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 1900.04 | 18 |
| 145 | Department of Commerce, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1884.96 | 27 |
| 146 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1884.35 | 13 |
| 147 | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida | Gainesville, Florida (USA) | 1877.2 | 6 |
| 148 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1874.75 | 9 |
| 149 | Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 1867.81 | 23 |
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