| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 116692 | 260 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 39237 | 213 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 30429 | 285 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 23452 | 33 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 19335 | 39 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 14019 | 30 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 13478 | 24 |
| 8 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 12190 | 98 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 11871 | 31 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 11811 | 28 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 10830 | 26 |
| 12 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 10501 | 137 |
| 13 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 10258 | 13 |
| 14 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 9903 | 26 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8687 | 30 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8493 | 16 |
| 16 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 8254 | 43 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 8042 | 29 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 7903 | 31 |
| 19 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7697 | 29 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 7549 | 30 |
| 21 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 7388 | 30 |
| 22 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 7367 | 14 |
| 23 | CESifo | München, Germany | 7229 | 73 |
| (23) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7194 | 32 |
| (23) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 6648 | 37 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 6410 | 16 |
| 25 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5787 | 97 |
| 26 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5756 | 12 |
| 27 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5713 | 17 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 5696 | 22 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 5551 | 90 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 5519 | 26 |
| (30) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5292 | 10 |
| 31 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5142 | 17 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5121 | 13 |
| 33 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5080 | 12 |
| 34 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 4862 | 60 |
| 35 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4750 | 28 |
| 36 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4659 | 53 |
| 37 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 4622 | 27 |
| 38 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 4484 | 27 |
| 39 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4261 | 15 |
| 40 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4204 | 11 |
| 41 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4191 | 20 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 4165 | 22 |
| 43 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4128 | 35 |
| 44 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3991 | 47 |
| 45 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 3960 | 12 |
| (45) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 3957 | 11 |
| 46 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3932 | 6 |
| 47 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3920 | 25 |
| 48 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3918 | 17 |
| (48) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3857 | 22 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 3838 | 24 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 3830 | 23 |
| 51 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 3752 | 29 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 3743 | 21 |
| 53 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3598 | 3 |
| 54 | Geary Institute, University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 3562 | 4 |
| 55 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) | Barcelona, Spain | 3495 | 8 |
| (55) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3490 | 29 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 3412 | 22 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3388 | 30 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 3333 | 33 |
| 59 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3312 | 11 |
| (59) | Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3243 | 6 |
| (59) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3147 | 5 |
| 60 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3124 | 14 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 3100 | 30 |
| 62 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3099 | 11 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2996 | 23 |
| (63) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2977 | 18 |
| (63) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2967 | 16 |
| (63) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2945 | 7 |
| (63) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2844 | 8 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2837 | 11 |
| 65 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 2795 | 10 |
| (65) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2738 | 4 |
| 66 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2650 | 9 |
| (66) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2637 | 8 |
| 67 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 2558 | 24 |
| 68 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2545 | 39 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2451 | 47 |
| 70 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 2433 | 33 |
| 71 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2366 | 47 |
| 72 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 2291 | 53 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2266 | 23 |
| (73) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 2264 | 9 |
| (73) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2246 | 27 |
| (73) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2221 | 4 |
| (73) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2152 | 14 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2150 | 12 |
| 75 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 2071 | 20 |
| 76 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2023 | 23 |
| 77 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2014 | 14 |
| (77) | Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1949 | 12 |
| (77) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1924 | 4 |
| (77) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1897 | 25 |
| 77 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1897 | 25 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1873 | 29 |
| (79) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1840 | 26 |
| (79) | Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1830 | 1 |
| (79) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1739 | 4 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 1734 | 9 |
| (80) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1720 | 8 |
| (80) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1713 | 2 |
| 81 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 1701 | 25 |
| 82 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 1685 | 49 |
| 83 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1677 | 9 |
| (83) | Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1657 | 5 |
| 84 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 1654 | 101 |
| (84) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1653 | 1 |
| (84) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1653 | 1 |
| 85 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 1637 | 11 |
| 86 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1630 | 36 |
| 87 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1615 | 23 |
| 88 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1613 | 6 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 1603 | 36 |
| (89) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1593 | 5 |
| 90 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 1578 | 11 |
| (90) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1543 | 2 |
| 91 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1532 | 41 |
| 92 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1487 | 8 |
| (92) | Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1456 | 2 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 1452 | 17 |
| (93) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1444 | 2 |
| 94 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1429 | 7 |
| 95 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1416 | 8 |
| (95) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1416 | 7 |
| 96 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1385 | 28 |
| 97 | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1376 | 8 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1370 | 16 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1365 | 16 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 1347 | 6 |
| 101 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 1345 | 66 |
| 102 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1337 | 14 |
| 103 | School of Economics, University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 1322 | 13 |
| 104 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 1310 | 17 |
| (104) | 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 | 1303 | 12 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1288 | 18 |
| (105) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1284 | 3 |
| 106 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 1278 | 20 |
| 107 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1276 | 22 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1267 | 15 |
| (108) | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1263 | 3 |
| 109 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 1258 | 17 |
| 110 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1242 | 2 |
| 111 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 1240 | 36 |
| 112 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1213 | 4 |
| 113 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1190 | 12 |
| (113) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1179 | 16 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1176 | 12 |
| 115 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1172 | 40 |
| 116 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 1170 | 9 |
| 117 | School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1156 | 2 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1152 | 14 |
| 119 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 1148 | 18 |
| 120 | Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 1136 | 59 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1136 | 11 |
| 122 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1135 | 16 |
| 123 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 1133 | 11 |
| 124 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 1132 | 70 |
| 125 | Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Jena, Germany | 1108 | 40 |
| 126 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 1102 | 6 |
| 127 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1095 | 7 |
| 128 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 1087 | 29 |
| 129 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 1071 | 34 |
| (129) | Centre d'Analyse Thérique des Organisations et des Marchés (ATOM), Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 1058 | 67 |
| 130 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 1056 | 35 |
| 131 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1052 | 11 |
| (131) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 1041 | 38 |
| 132 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1031 | 17 |
| 133 | College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1018 | 20 |
| 134 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1017 | 9 |
| (134) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1017 | 9 |
| 135 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1015 | 18 |
| 136 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 995 | 15 |
| 137 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 993 | 8 |
| (137) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 992 | 7 |
| (137) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 988 | 10 |
| 138 | Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 986 | 3 |
| 139 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 981 | 51 |
| 140 | Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London | Egham, United Kingdom | 980 | 26 |
| 141 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 976 | 5 |
| (141) | Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 973 | 3 |
| 142 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 970 | 9 |
| (142) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 949 | 2 |
| 143 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 948 | 9 |
| 144 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 937 | 11 |
| 145 | International Economics Section, Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS) | Genève, Switzerland | 928 | 12 |
| 146 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 927 | 11 |
| 146 | Economics Department, University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 927 | 28 |
| (147) | Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section, Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 919 | 8 |
| (147) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 914 | 1 |
| 147 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 914 | 13 |
| 149 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 900 | 18 |
| (149) | Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 898 | 19 |
| 150 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 885 | 16 |
| 150 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 885 | 10 |
| 152 | Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia | 883 | 13 |
| 152 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 883 | 11 |
| (153) | School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia | 882 | 12 |
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