| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 35497.93 | 257 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 10501.27 | 211 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8041.44 | 32 |
| 4 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 7547.81 | 271 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5872.11 | 36 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4147.37 | 31 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3999.78 | 23 |
| 8 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3931.56 | 26 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3429.24 | 30 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3206.96 | 27 |
| 11 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3021.41 | 96 |
| 12 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2967.93 | 13 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2809.33 | 26 |
| 14 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2717.59 | 28 |
| 15 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2538.17 | 132 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2514.84 | 32 |
| 17 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2447.53 | 16 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2329.98 | 30 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2284.2 | 29 |
| (19) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2167.76 | 16 |
| 20 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2117.81 | 36 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2105.73 | 15 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2090.01 | 15 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2062.85 | 29 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2046.12 | 25 |
| (24) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2025 | 31 |
| 25 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2001.9 | 30 |
| (25) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1683.36 | 12 |
| 26 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1678.38 | 16 |
| (26) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1538.99 | 37 |
| 27 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1518.59 | 69 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1485.62 | 22 |
| 29 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1483.2 | 52 |
| 30 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1457.13 | 12 |
| 31 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1447.11 | 16 |
| 32 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1355.78 | 97 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1326.1 | 22 |
| 34 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1271.25 | 33 |
| (34) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1261.1 | 5 |
| (34) | Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1235.77 | 6 |
| 35 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1199.81 | 12 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1188.17 | 21 |
| 37 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1175.99 | 59 |
| 38 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1157.07 | 23 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1140.86 | 89 |
| 40 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1120 | 25 |
| 41 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1104.43 | 16 |
| 42 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1071.6 | 6 |
| 43 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1067.37 | 13 |
| 44 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1053.08 | 43 |
| 45 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1039.21 | 15 |
| 46 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1035.4 | 27 |
| (46) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1031 | 22 |
| 47 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 1016.87 | 10 |
| 48 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1009.4 | 28 |
| 49 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 987.09 | 22 |
| 50 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 983.16 | 20 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 968.8 | 24 |
| 52 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 967.33 | 11 |
| 53 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 947.9 | 11 |
| (53) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 947.86 | 10 |
| (53) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 944.5 | 16 |
| 54 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 941.86 | 28 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 932.54 | 22 |
| (55) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 931.64 | 7 |
| 56 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 905.65 | 3 |
| 57 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 899.28 | 10 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 896.82 | 30 |
| 59 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 876.55 | 29 |
| 60 | Geary Institute, University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 874.19 | 3 |
| 61 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) | Barcelona, Spain | 845.85 | 7 |
| (61) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 821.86 | 4 |
| (61) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 819.6 | 8 |
| (61) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 801.27 | 28 |
| (61) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 790.89 | 7 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 789.91 | 32 |
| (62) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 781.93 | 18 |
| 63 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 780.95 | 11 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 769.54 | 11 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 739.14 | 32 |
| (65) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 725.4 | 4 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 695.5 | 45 |
| 67 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 685.42 | 53 |
| 68 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 673.66 | 9 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 652.61 | 28 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 635.14 | 20 |
| (70) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 625.72 | 5 |
| 71 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 593.41 | 37 |
| 72 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 591.84 | 14 |
| (72) | Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 576.86 | 12 |
| (72) | Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 565.57 | 1 |
| 73 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 565.39 | 24 |
| (73) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 557.29 | 14 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 517.57 | 21 |
| (74) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 516.38 | 4 |
| (74) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 505.01 | 23 |
| 75 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 505.01 | 23 |
| (75) | Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 491.56 | 2 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 489.98 | 28 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 489.85 | 11 |
| (77) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 487.81 | 28 |
| (77) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 481.93 | 25 |
| (77) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 473.2 | 16 |
| (77) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 471.88 | 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) | 471.88 | 1 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 461.76 | 7 |
| 79 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 451.47 | 6 |
| (79) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 448.99 | 2 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 442.19 | 6 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 436.65 | 34 |
| 82 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 433.21 | 21 |
| 83 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 430.68 | 16 |
| (83) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 429.21 | 2 |
| (83) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 424.34 | 5 |
| 84 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 423.85 | 47 |
| 85 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 419.57 | 7 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 418.26 | 8 |
| (86) | Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 414.49 | 2 |
| 87 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 407.42 | 8 |
| 88 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 406.45 | 26 |
| 89 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 405.92 | 4 |
| 90 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 405.11 | 8 |
| 91 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 404.32 | 95 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 393.55 | 15 |
| 93 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 389.89 | 8 |
| (93) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 389.89 | 8 |
| 94 | School of Economics, University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 384.65 | 13 |
| (94) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 374.49 | 9 |
| (94) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 374.1 | 9 |
| (94) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 373.48 | 3 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 370.96 | 18 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 370.7 | 16 |
| 97 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 368.03 | 11 |
| 98 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 367.94 | 9 |
| 99 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 367.68 | 2 |
| 100 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 366.71 | 23 |
| 101 | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 365.77 | 8 |
| 102 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 364.66 | 36 |
| (102) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 359.8 | 2 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 357.09 | 12 |
| 104 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 353.44 | 16 |
| (104) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 349.34 | 4 |
| 105 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 349.21 | 36 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 347.25 | 15 |
| 107 | Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 342.21 | 3 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 332.5 | 10 |
| 109 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 330.01 | 25 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 329.87 | 14 |
| (110) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 328.49 | 1 |
| 111 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 322.61 | 49 |
| 112 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 322.2 | 10 |
| 113 | School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 321.31 | 2 |
| (113) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 318.9 | 2 |
| 114 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 314.49 | 13 |
| 115 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 313.71 | 16 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 312.04 | 16 |
| 117 | Paul Merage School of Business, University of California | Irvine, California (USA) | 311.12 | 3 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 309.96 | 13 |
| (118) | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 304.81 | 3 |
| 119 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 300.85 | 19 |
| 120 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 300.08 | 11 |
| 121 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 297.04 | 40 |
| (121) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 293.7 | 1 |
| 122 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 291.26 | 8 |
| (122) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 291.26 | 7 |
| (122) | 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 | 289.86 | 12 |
| 123 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 289.8 | 11 |
| 124 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 283.18 | 35 |
| 125 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 282.95 | 10 |
| 126 | Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD) | Fontainebleau, France | 282.63 | 11 |
| 127 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 281.48 | 5 |
| 128 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 281.24 | 11 |
| 129 | Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 269.14 | 12 |
| 130 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 264.83 | 3 |
| 131 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 262.3 | 9 |
| 132 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 259.27 | 9 |
| (132) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 259.18 | 8 |
| (132) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 259.05 | 8 |
| (132) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 252.96 | 9 |
| 133 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 252.55 | 67 |
| (133) | Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 252.14 | 3 |
| (133) | Centre d'Analyse Thérique des Organisations et des Marchés (ATOM), Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 251.78 | 65 |
| 134 | London Business School (LBS), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 251.68 | 15 |
| 135 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 251.21 | 16 |
| (135) | Economic and Political Sciences Area, Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD) | Fontainebleau, France | 247.68 | 5 |
| (135) | Business Economics, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 245.15 | 7 |
| 136 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 245.1 | 14 |
| 137 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 244.79 | 7 |
| 138 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 240.68 | 15 |
| (138) | ESRC Centre for Fiscal Policy, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 240.25 | 5 |
| 139 | College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 239.52 | 16 |
| 140 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 239.52 | 13 |
| 141 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 230.24 | 11 |
| 142 | Ente per gli Studi Monetari, Bancari e Finanziari "Luigi Einaudi" | Roma, Italy | 230.1 | 7 |
| 143 | Department of Commerce, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 230.1 | 27 |
| 144 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 230.03 | 9 |
| 145 | Department of Economics, University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia (USA) | 221.65 | 12 |
| 146 | Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia | 220.29 | 10 |
| (146) | School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia | 220.28 | 9 |
| 147 | Banca d'Italia | Roma, Italy | 219.48 | 45 |
| 148 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 218.67 | 18 |
| 149 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 213.75 | 5 |
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