| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 510025 | 270 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 287224 | 226 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 246302 | 325 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 101591 | 34 |
| 5 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 96927 | 120 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 78105 | 42 |
| 7 | CESifo | München, Germany | 75607 | 83 |
| 8 | London School of Economics (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 75151 | 109 |
| 9 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 72450 | 144 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 60309 | 31 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 59790 | 31 |
| 12 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 58198 | 104 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 51333 | 23 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 50919 | 31 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 50044 | 99 |
| 16 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 44520 | 12 |
| 17 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 44155 | 27 |
| 18 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 42698 | 31 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 39804 | 35 |
| (19) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 39705 | 33 |
| 20 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 39000 | 28 |
| (20) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 37754 | 33 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 36121 | 31 |
| 22 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 35490 | 30 |
| 23 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 35284 | 48 |
| (23) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 33961 | 16 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 32591 | 30 |
| 25 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 31937 | 60 |
| 26 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 31623 | 56 |
| 27 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 30042 | 41 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 29782 | 36 |
| 29 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 29602 | 44 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 29511 | 28 |
| 31 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 28498 | 61 |
| 32 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 28436 | 37 |
| 33 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 28404 | 30 |
| 34 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 28279 | 53 |
| 35 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 28239 | 23 |
| 36 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 28073 | 49 |
| (36) | Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 27893 | 39 |
| 37 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 27783 | 12 |
| 38 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 27573 | 52 |
| 39 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 27359 | 30 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 26605 | 15 |
| 41 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 26406 | 19 |
| 42 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 26404 | 14 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 26230 | 27 |
| 44 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 25875 | 30 |
| 45 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 25729 | 17 |
| 46 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 25566 | 21 |
| 47 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 24433 | 28 |
| 48 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 24403 | 74 |
| (48) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 24329 | 23 |
| 49 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 23928 | 21 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 23827 | 34 |
| 51 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 23417 | 30 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 22786 | 23 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 22681 | 52 |
| 54 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 22566 | 43 |
| (54) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 22517 | 27 |
| 55 | Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Jena, Germany | 22223 | 44 |
| 56 | Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 21992 | 21 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 21832 | 46 |
| 58 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 21265 | 11 |
| 59 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 21187 | 15 |
| (59) | Econometria, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 21066 | 13 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 20666 | 25 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 20263 | 22 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 19973 | 32 |
| 63 | Banco de la Republica de Colombia | Bogotá, Colombia | 19876 | 38 |
| 64 | United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) | | 19863 | 32 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 19409 | 14 |
| (65) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 19149 | 11 |
| 66 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 19115 | 43 |
| (66) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 19092 | 28 |
| 67 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 19047 | 13 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 19042 | 19 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 18904 | 22 |
| 70 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 18409 | 26 |
| (70) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 18154 | 11 |
| 71 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 18071 | 17 |
| 72 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) | Fisciano, Italy | 17978 | 23 |
| 73 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 17974 | 28 |
| (73) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 17971 | 18 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 17941 | 22 |
| 75 | Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University | Clayton, Australia | 17794 | 45 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 17779 | 13 |
| 77 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 17549 | 29 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 17500 | 24 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 17386 | 33 |
| 80 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 17033 | 28 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 16963 | 36 |
| 82 | Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 16891 | 92 |
| 83 | Laboratoire d'Économie et de Gestion (LEG), Université de Bourgogne | Dijon, France | 16626 | 20 |
| (83) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 16349 | 5 |
| 84 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 16154 | 5 |
| 85 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 15354 | 37 |
| (85) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 15267 | 39 |
| 86 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 15169 | 22 |
| 87 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 15110 | 35 |
| 88 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 14838 | 24 |
| 89 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 14830 | 38 |
| 90 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 14723 | 12 |
| 91 | IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra | Pamplona, Spain | 14615 | 7 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 14418 | 38 |
| 93 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 14257 | 25 |
| 94 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 14154 | 31 |
| 95 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 14104 | 25 |
| 96 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 14091 | 37 |
| 97 | Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 14027 | 17 |
| 98 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) | Barcelona, Spain | 13966 | 8 |
| (98) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 13825 | 15 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 13801 | 23 |
| 100 | Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna | Pisa, Italy | 13642 | 29 |
| (100) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 13531 | 4 |
| 101 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 13507 | 24 |
| (101) | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 13493 | 3 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 13490 | 7 |
| 103 | Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia | 13485 | 44 |
| 104 | Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 13416 | 59 |
| 105 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 13210 | 20 |
| 106 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität | Berlin, Germany | 13149 | 50 |
| (106) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 13133 | 6 |
| 107 | Geary Institute, University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 13131 | 5 |
| 108 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 13011 | 13 |
| 109 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 13007 | 6 |
| (109) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 12996 | 9 |
| 110 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 12909 | 3 |
| 111 | College of Business and Economics, Australian National University | Canberra, Australia | 12870 | 27 |
| (111) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 12864 | 16 |
| 112 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 12859 | 25 |
| 113 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 12693 | 29 |
| (113) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 12543 | 11 |
| 114 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 12371 | 10 |
| 115 | Bank of Canada | Ottawa, Canada | 12356 | 42 |
| (115) | Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 12242 | 3 |
| 116 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 12141 | 23 |
| 117 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 12106 | 12 |
| (117) | Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 12064 | 6 |
| 118 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 11790 | 25 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 11711 | 19 |
| 120 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent | Gent, Belgium | 11601 | 19 |
| 121 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 11580 | 36 |
| (121) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 11541 | 5 |
| 122 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 11481 | 11 |
| 123 | Cambridge Finance, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 11469 | 8 |
| 124 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 11452 | 27 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 11404 | 14 |
| (125) | Policy Research Department, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 11390 | 9 |
| 126 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 11384 | 25 |
| 127 | de Nederlandsche Bank | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 11368 | 27 |
| 128 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 11237 | 20 |
| 129 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 11206 | 15 |
| 130 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Milano | Milano, Italy | 11185 | 57 |
| 131 | Economics, University of Manchester | Manchester, United Kingdom | 11101 | 17 |
| (131) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 11091 | 26 |
| 131 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 11091 | 26 |
| 133 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna | Bologna, Italy | 10927 | 41 |
| 134 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 10915 | 8 |
| 135 | Collegio Carlo Alberto | Moncalieri, Italy | 10853 | 37 |
| 136 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 10814 | 24 |
| 137 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 10756 | 12 |
| 138 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 10731 | 20 |
| 139 | Copenhagen Business School | København, Denmark | 10706 | 18 |
| 140 | Centro Richerche Nord Sud (CRENoS), Università degli Studi di Cagliari | Cagliari, Italy | 10635 | 30 |
| (140) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 10530 | 5 |
| (140) | Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 10408 | 19 |
| 141 | Department of Economics, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada | 10400 | 34 |
| 142 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 10376 | 34 |
| 143 | Faculté des Sciences Sociales, Politiques et Économiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 10370 | 37 |
| 144 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 10347 | 15 |
| 145 | Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain | 10344 | 24 |
| 146 | Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 10237 | 13 |
| 146 | Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität | Linz, Austria | 10237 | 18 |
| 148 | Waikato Management School, University of Waikato | Hamilton, New Zealand | 10234 | 19 |
| (148) | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), College of Business and Economics, Australian National University | Canberra, Australia | 10233 | 17 |
| 149 | Economics Department, University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 10164 | 27 |
| (149) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 10143 | 5 |
| 150 | Dipartimento di Economia, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II" | Napoli, Italy | 10059 | 8 |
| 151 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 9952 | 30 |
| (151) | Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 9900 | 14 |
| 152 | Business School, Brunel University | Uxbridge, United Kingdom | 9844 | 16 |
| (152) | Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia | 9838 | 29 |
| (152) | Längschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP), DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 9819 | 23 |
| 153 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 9725 | 37 |
| 154 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 9679 | 12 |
| 155 | Resources for the Future (RFF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 9678 | 25 |
| (155) | Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität | Berlin, Germany | 9658 | 26 |
| 156 | Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia | 9577 | 14 |
| 157 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 9574 | 13 |
| 158 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 9485 | 38 |
| 159 | Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London | Egham, United Kingdom | 9472 | 27 |
| 160 | Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) | Milano, Italy | 9438 | 25 |
| (160) | Department of Economics and Finance, Business School, Brunel University | Uxbridge, United Kingdom | 9438 | 15 |
| 161 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 9420 | 10 |
| 162 | Banca d'Italia | Roma, Italy | 9400 | 51 |
| 163 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 9376 | 24 |
| (163) | School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia | 9355 | 13 |
| (163) | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 9324 | 15 |
| (163) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 9292 | 16 |
| 164 | Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) | Stockholm, Sweden | 9272 | 16 |
| 165 | Faculteit Economische en toegepaste economische wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | 9246 | 44 |
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