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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of August 2018

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This ranking is drawn from 4060 institutions. For more details about the methodology used for classifying institutions, see here.

RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.55702.42
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.79184.67
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.59132.23
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.8104.72
5University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

6.77118.3
6Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

7.0382.34
7Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.53105.51
8World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.57483.58
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

9.18223.08
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.54111.17
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

10.97401.34
12Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

11.6457.27
13New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.82110.37
14Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

14.25224.31
15Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

15.574.08
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

17.54107.56
17Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

20.08162.52
18University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

21.1383.55
19Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

21.2283.32
20University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

23.6396.54
21Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

26.5685.39
22Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

28.5680.45
23Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

28.7256.45
24University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

29.1679.59
25Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

29.19150.46
26University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

31.0296.47
27Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

31.52392.16
28European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

31.6206.84
29University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

31.6356.09
30Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

33.22141.46
31Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

33.43119.04
32University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

34.43100.79
33Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

36.14126.73
34Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

36.51128.63
35University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

38.4573.4
36University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

38.5285.49
37University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

38.9965.43
38Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

40.7270.22
39University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

41.67110.39
40University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

42.35100.03
41Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

42.4245.73
42Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

42.7936.16
43Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

43.0870.48
44Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

47.68151.72
45University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

49.43119.11
46Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

50.0179.05
47Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

50.15132.81
48Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

55.0560.18
49Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

55.36134.63
50Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

58.06228.02
51University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

59.0856.21
52Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

59.4567.93
53Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

59.4649.27
54Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

61.21212.22
55Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

62.38127.21
56Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

62.553.22
57Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

63.2428.07
58International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

63.64179.86
59Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

64.54136.86
60University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

65.4192.88
61Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

66.2494.24
62Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

69.0146.93
63Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

69.3860.56
64Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

69.584.16
65ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

70.18132.04
66Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

70.9965.51
67Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

71.62139.13
68Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

73.4525.81
69DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

75.7114.03
70University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

75.8670.6
71Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

77.3425.03
72University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

79.45108.21
73Sciences Po

Paris, France

79.772.28
74University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

80.8850.18
75Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

82.2190.06
76University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

83.28111.73
77Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

83.4278.93
78Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

83.6847.55
79Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

83.7591.36
80Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

83.8962.22
81Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

84.0654.04
82University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

84.856.73
83Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

85.6994.55
84Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

France

86.9868.86
85University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

89.0693.15
86UNSW (Australia)

Sydney, Australia

90.3374.36
87University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

92.7248.64
88KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

93.51102.28
89Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

94.3142.09
90Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

94.6866.41
91University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

94.7736.91
92Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

95.2445.35
93Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

96184.96
94Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

96.5484.65
95Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

97.1480.14
96University of York

York, United Kingdom

97.52103.62
97University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

97.54107.89
98University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

100.1249.04
99Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

100.1772.13
100Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

104.2344.33
101Banque de France

Paris, France

106.3143.34
102Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

106.9431.89
103George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

108.3578.77
104Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

108.72105.36
105University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

109.9298.65
106CESifo

München, Germany

110.242.44
107University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

113.1221.61
108Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

114.5168.01
109Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

116.4591.16
110National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

119.0785.7
111University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

120.7739.29
112Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

120.8918.75
113Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

121.56113.24
114Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

124.2108.81
115Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

128.7377.81
116University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

129.3758.18
117City University

London, United Kingdom

130.7452.32
118University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

131.2129.15
119Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

132.6358.28
120University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

133.37100.83
121Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

133.6693.79
122Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

135.0854.13
123Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

135.554.01
124Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

135.7275.53
125Aix-Marseille Université

Marseille, France

136.0877.2
126University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

138.4244.77
127University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

141.5255.55
128Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

141.77139.03
128Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

141.7746.19
130Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

141.7845.72
131London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

145.6628.21
132Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

145.8882.36
133University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

149.7844.92
134City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

150.3271.85
135Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

151.117.71
136University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

151.7429.89
137Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

151.8953.24
138University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

152.4579.42
139University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

153.3250.01
140Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

155.4787.25
141Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

157.7123.37
142Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

159.3830.17
143European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

162.8439.21
144Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

164.7263.48
145The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

165.248.87
146Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

165.27303.04
147Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

166.0852.07
148United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

166.570.91
149McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

168.5859.97
150University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

168.9876.35
151University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

169.3956.03
152Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

170.1291.51
153Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

170.870.38
154Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

171.368.48
155University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

171.3139.27
156Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

172.774.36
157University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

173.637.03
158University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

173.9786.54
159Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

175.9430.47
160Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

176.0393.8
161Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

176.66105.71
162University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

178.0568.14
163California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

178.2615.7
164Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

178.5965.02
165University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

178.9435.31
166Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

180.1655.24
167North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

180.9340.44
168Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

181.9749.81
169McGill University

Montréal, Canada

182.0335.25
170Peking University

Beijing, China

182.4174.55
171University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

183.2729.59
172Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

186.230.7
173Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

189.3432.16
174Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

191.4123.84
175Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

194.2377.04
176Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

194.54136.29
177Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

195.01150.11
178National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

195.08380.31
179Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

195.5443.82
180Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

195.8629.4
181Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

197.67114.89
182Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

198.3640.12
183University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

199.2348.18
184Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

203.2255.27
185Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

203.8936.57
186Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

204.6325.94
187de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

204.8483.56
188Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

207.1464.16
189Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

207.670.9
190University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

208.6540.62
191University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

209.1227.6
192European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

209.97204.33
193University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

210.1422.17
194Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

210.6635.87
195University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

211.5956.52
196Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

215.0456.24
197Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

215.859
198University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

217.7431.66
199Singapore Management University

Singapore, Singapore

218.8738.35
200Sveriges Riksbank

Stockholm, Sweden

219.3338.17
201Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

220.0553.55
202Rice University

Houston, Texas (United States)

221.3925.48
203University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

221.5746.1

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