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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of April 2018

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This ranking is drawn from 3996 institutions. For more details about the methodology used for classifying institutions, see here.

RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.53691.62
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.72178.17
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.68127.08
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.78104.52
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.882.84
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.2115.4
7Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.61104.06
8World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.77471.37
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

9.03222.48
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.47110.6
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

11.4393.33
12Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

11.9649.24
13New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.88104.57
14Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

13.73224.6
15Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

15.0172.64
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

16.91106.18
17Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

20.1159.56
18University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

20.2286.17
19Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

21.1480.33
20University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

23.4295.55
21Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

26.8883.93
22Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

28.4657.45
23Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

28.75148.46
24Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

28.8577.33
25University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

29.5692.36
26University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

30.6574.7
27University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

31.0655.59
28Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

31.66140.46
29European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

32.89199.63
30University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

33.6797.53
31Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

33.89383.99
32Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

34.46116.29
33Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

36.03126.22
34University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

36.6467.44
35Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

36.68126.38
36University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

39.3286.04
37University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

40.72102.63
38University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

41.0573.34
39University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

41.07112.14
40Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

41.2238.12
41Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

41.546.2
42Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

42.9172.97
43Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

44.6562.71
44Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

45.43150.81
45University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

47.34116.36
46Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

50.0378.55
47Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

50.43132.31
48Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

54.74133.18
49Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

56.0856.55
50Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

59.5950.22
51University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

59.7850.27
52Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

60.0168.83
53Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

60.56220.56
54Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

61.6628.1
55Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

61.746.47
56Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

62.3209.81
57International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

62.88179.73
58Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

63.55137.96
59Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

64.15120.77
60Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

65.8494
61Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

6846.03
62Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

68.7457.81
63Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

68.8183.51
64ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

69.18129.49
65University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

70.7289.43
66Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

70.9664.55
67Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

71.8125.81
68Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

72.32140.63
69DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

75.05112.51
70University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

76.8864.18
71Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

77.0524.53
72Sciences Po

Paris, France

78.1972.18
73Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

78.7465.12
74Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

81.8347.05
75Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

82.0388.87
76University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

82.3949.7
77Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

82.6253.91
78Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

83.7377.08
79University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

83.76100.76
80University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

83.95112.73
81Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

84.2989.41
82Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

84.7894.54
83Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

France

85.3469.45
84University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

86.9750.23
85University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

86.9891.15
86UNSW (Australia)

Sydney, Australia

88.7376.36
87Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

89.4366.98
88KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

91.09102.59
89University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

91.2546.64
90Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

91.49142.02
91University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

93.9135.91
92Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

96.4382.14
93Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

96.79183.36
94Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

97.4640.82
95University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

98.37106.29
96University of York

York, United Kingdom

98.85101.39
97Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

102.943.33
98University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

106.44102.43
99Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

107.2828.75
100CESifo

München, Germany

108.0542.77
101Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

108.1269.24
102George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

108.4178.27
103Banque de France

Paris, France

108.73141.09
104Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

110.97104.86
105University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

111.0295.29
106University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

111.7421.61
107Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

113.9567.36
108Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

114.683.73
109Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

117.85115.74
110National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

117.9783.3
111Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

118.4578.16
112Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

118.4820.75
113University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

119.644.04
114Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

119.71110.23
115University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

119.8438.79
116Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

120.2481.82
117Aix-Marseille Université

Marseille, France

130.1178.59
118City University

London, United Kingdom

130.1251.27
119University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

130.9650.69
120Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

131.4255.37
121Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

131.7494.27
122Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

133.8555.33
123University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

134.8628.15
124Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

136.7774.05
125University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

137.2845.27
126Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

139.2555.29
127University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

139.9856.55
128Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

140.6846.09
129University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

143.5931.39
130Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

143.67134.46
131London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

144.6628.1
132Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

145.0680.11
133Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

148.2316.8
134University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

151.2677.7
135University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

151.5544.42
136Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

152.1652.74
137University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

155.8647.96
138Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

157.22121.86
139Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

157.2452.27
140Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

157.629.84
141Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

157.7786.8
142European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

158.8938.75
143City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

161.8766.36
144Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

161.94300.75
145The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

163.3146.97
146United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

164.4572.03
147McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

167.260.33
148Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

168.3488.99
149University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

170.1140.41
150Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

170.1373.86
151Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

170.1790.8
152University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

170.8582.48
153Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

171.8870.4
154California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

172.1114.7
155University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

172.3937.03
156University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

173.2953.73
157Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

174.1864.88
158University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

175.1833.31
159Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

175.7130.47
160University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

176.3773.45
161Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

176.4250.31
162McGill University

Montréal, Canada

178.4333.76
163Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

178.9764.02
164North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

179.2540.44
165University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

179.8367.09
166Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

180.0655.25
167Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

181.0263.83
168Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

182.3731.1
169Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

183.52103.11
170Peking University

Beijing, China

183.9172.65
171Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

185.3524
172Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

185.6831.46
173Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

193.3377.04
174University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

194.6326.59
175Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

195.97135.04
176University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

196.3248.29
177Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

196.5641.02
178Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

196.8628.4
179Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

197.06146.89
180Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

198.5538.57
181Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

200.1634.97
182Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

202.4925.94
183Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

203.6353.37
184de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

204.1479.5
185University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

205.1227.6
186Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

206.4542.72
187Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

206.835.82
188Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

206.85112.54
189Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

207.1270.36
190University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

207.4522.17
191University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

207.5440.63
192Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

207.8163.16
193National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

208.71308.18
194Singapore Management University

Singapore, Singapore

215.3439.35
195University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

215.3958.52
196Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

216.71118.66
197Sveriges Riksbank

Stockholm, Sweden

216.9337.17
197Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

216.9356.24
199Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

217.4157

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