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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of May 2020

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.49747.91
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.85182.34
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.59154.87
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.81107.49
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.2591.8
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.2124.61
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.51518.63
8Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.99110.03
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

9.47216.58
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.51127.01
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

10.81439.23
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

11.99112.06
13Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

14.1231.41
14Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

14.2863.25
15Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

14.9877.37
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

17.45117.11
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

20.2783.55
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

21.34175.18
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.9381.17
20Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

24.95155.2
21European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

25.87229.7
22Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

26.1697.83
23University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

26.63101.44
24University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

28.82103.47
25Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

28.96153.83
26Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

29.62137.73
27Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

29.8687.84
28Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

31.02402.63
29Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

31.81145.06
30University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

32.4287.54
31Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

32.6254.98
32University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

33.88111.12
33Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

34.4241.42
34University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

34.7857.01
35Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

35.77129.06
36Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

40.2473.62
37University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

41.94127
38University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

42.4374
39University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

42.68109.32
40University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

43.13111.71
41University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

43.4968.3
42University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

44.189.21
43Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

46.5346.12
44Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

47.0879.66
45Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

49.78162.73
46Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

51.3972.33
47Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

51.8881.48
48Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

52.01144.25
49Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

55.3564.06
50Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

55.55267.8
51Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

56.71133.43
52Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

57.89144.67
53Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

58.153.77
54Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

58.96232.57
55University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

60.0561.22
56Sciences Po

Paris, France

60.7882.01
57University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

61.1199.41
58International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

61.21185.36
59Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

63.0561.12
60Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

63.2139.27
61Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

66.22104.32
62Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

69.67139.56
63University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

71.1666.5
64Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

72.1531.06
65DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

73.55113.95
65Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

73.5558.26
67Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

74.9283.16
68Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

75.9150.91
69University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

77.83116.54
70Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

79.4455.26
71Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

79.5828.08
72University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

80.5860.94
73Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

82.5651.16
74University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

83.1850.91
75Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

83.4724.76
76Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

83.5282.83
77Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

83.6189.42
78Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

84.1596.29
79ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

84.84125.15
80Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

85.4163.5
81University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

86.51109.55
82Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

86.6899.89
83University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

87.697.98
84UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

90.6974.09
85Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

92.147.14
86Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

92.5663.32
87University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

93.5251.33
88Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

94.58197.14
89Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

95.38144.31
90Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

96.78120.53
91Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

99.472.95
92Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

99.8182.57
93University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

99.8555.6
94University of York

York, United Kingdom

100.42102.85
95Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

100.5685.28
96University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

101.98108.89
97George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

102.683.08
98University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

102.8536.17
99KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

104111.11
100University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

104.7596.75
101Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

105.0966.33
102Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

105.82103.31
103CESifo

München, Germany

107.4347.59
104Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

107.4997.98
105Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

107.9389.62
106Banque de France

Paris, France

108.85155.76
107University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

109.6424.06
108Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

110.4944.7
109Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

116.7638.14
110University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

117.0199.95
111Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

117.56122.58
112University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

118.8840.38
113Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

118.9119.4
114London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

119.4930.66
115Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

120.02166.18
116Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

120.2780.79
117Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

120.3121.76
118University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

122.3557.62
119National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

123.2880.26
120Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

126.0165.04
121Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

133.03155.64
122University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

137.1188.17
123University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

138.730.42
124Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

141.9146.78
125University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

142.1161.15
126Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

142.3559.19
127Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

142.96131.88
128Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

143.2368.6
129University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

144.7730.3
130Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

146.7289.28
131Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

148.0451.08
132Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

148.7995.09
133University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

151.654.96
134University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

152.6590.89
135University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

152.7177.84
136City University

London, United Kingdom

152.7859.75
137University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

153.4752.92
138Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

154.5445.44
139University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

155.5164.09
140University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

156.1240.19
141University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

156.9873.56
142Aix-Marseille Université

Marseille, France

160.3970.45
143City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

160.581.36
144Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

160.8552.74
145Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

162.14100.68
146University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

162.962.62
147Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

163.3849.06
148The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

165.4751.44
149Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

166.3869.88
150Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

169.1535.69
151Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

169.668.81
152Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

169.6464.54
153Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

170.6932.15
154University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

170.8350.84
155Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

170.9367.02
156University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

172.2342.83
157Peking University

Beijing, China

172.5579.31
158National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

174.31393.46
159Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

174.8235.87
160Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

175.0895.02
161Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

176.1970.67
162Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

176.4692.12
163McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

178.4459.07
164California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

178.6417.2
165Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

180.4769.28
166McGill University

Montréal, Canada

182.3738.47
167United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

184.6570.42
168Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

184.872.73
169Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

185.3643.5
170Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

186.4356.59
171Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

186.6958.86
172University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

187.6332.1
173Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

188.1638.76
174European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

189.99221.9
175University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

190.6362.51
176Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

191.9113.89
177Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

194.06149.35
178Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

194.74119.43
179Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

195.5625.69
180Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

196.1306.58
181Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

196.7441.71
182University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

197.8371.78
183Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

198.2637.38
184University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

198.5937.29
185New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

198.7431.36
186Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

199.8129.69
187Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

202.785.93
188Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

204.06130.78
189Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

205.42108.48
190de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

206.0382.35
191Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

206.8360.34
192"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

207.97117.52
193Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

211.1579.41
194University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

212.1344.43
195Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

21342.47
196Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

213.7359.56
197North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

214.538.44
198Singapore Management University

Singapore, Singapore

214.839.39
199University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

214.932.05
200Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

217.3380.96
201Universidad de los Andes

Bogotá, Colombia

219.1983.48
202University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

219.4833
203Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

219.663.16
204University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

220.5623.7
205Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

221.5646.94
206Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

223.2154.68
207WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

223.7272.69
208HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

225.9831.86
209Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

226.07126.93
210Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

228.3581.38
211BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

228.4147.96
212Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

228.46118.13

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