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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of December 2018

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This ranking is drawn from 4090 institutions. For more details about the methodology used for classifying institutions, see here.

RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.55711.89
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.76184.12
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.61136.19
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.85102.38
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.9684.54
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

6.98118.29
7Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.54103.81
8World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.75495.33
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

8.96219.62
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.63113.3
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

11408.12
12Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

11.6262.42
13New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.81106.59
14Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

13.97227.42
15Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

15.5672.86
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

17.77110.97
17University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

21.0984.55
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

21.16167.2
19Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

21.2786.32
20University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

23.14100.63
21Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

25.2589.96
22Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

28.15152.93
23Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

28.47156.45
24Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

28.7978.95
25Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

29.3755.48
26University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

29.9784.09
27Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

30.56397.99
28European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

30.96210.46
29University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

31.9855.32
30University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

33.3296.37
31Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

34.87118.42
32Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

35.98126.48
33University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

37.1299.2
34Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

37.14132.52
35University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

37.4174.53
36Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

38.7138.14
37University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

39.167.46
38University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

39.1585.24
39Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

40.8971.22
40University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

41.68111.12
41University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

41.8699.74
42Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

43.8373.19
43Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

45.8945.36
44University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

47.85121.92
45Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

48.05153.52
46Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

51.5177.95
47Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

52.53135.81
48Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

52.9562.65
49Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

56.1136.14
50Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

57.1230.02
51Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

58.469.93
52Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

58.61215.23
53Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

59.3948.27
54University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

59.656.21
55International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

61.41179.38
56Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

61.4259.12
57University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

62.06102.18
58Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

62.66132.96
59Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

63.1142.37
60University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

64.7874.57
61Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

67.9627.56
62Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

68.492.84
63Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

69.6746.97
64Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

69.8960.56
65Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

70.2882.66
66Sciences Po

Paris, France

70.3178.81
67ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

71.68135.19
68Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

73.0625.81
69Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

75.31138.03
70DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

75.84114.31
71University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

77.75111.83
72Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

79.1825.03
73Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

81.0380.83
74Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

81.6454.28
75University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

81.9157.73
76Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

81.9888.22
77Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

82.264.61
78University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

82.7653.18
79University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

82.9107.57
80Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

83.2847.55
81Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

83.7196.22
82Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

84.992.77
83Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

84.9562.72
84University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

85.3994.14
85UNSW (Australia)

Sydney, Australia

91.7474.36
86KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

92.08108.36
87Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

94.19141.09
87Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

94.1982.69
89Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

94.2167.93
90University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

95.0947.68
91Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

95.41188.25
92University of York

York, United Kingdom

95.51108.67
93University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

95.5835.9
94University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

95.95109.89
95Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

France

96.4167.11
96Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

99.3744.34
97Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

99.8172.23
98Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

102.6383.15
99University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

103.6249.54
100Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

106.7443.49
101Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

107.4231.39
102George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

107.5779.77
103University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

108.7299.67
104Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

109.39104.52
105CESifo

München, Germany

112.2943.18
106University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

113.2922.61
107Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

115.5794.21
108Banque de France

Paris, France

118.77137.38
109Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

119.33110.35
110Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

119.564.07
111National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

120.3285.48
112University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

120.3940.29
113Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

121.7417.77
114Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

122.8114.24
115University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

129.0760.18
116Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

131.0158.55
117City University

London, United Kingdom

132.9453.63
118University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

133.8548.77
119University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

134.0829.1
120Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

134.3592.79
121University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

135.0599.84
122Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

135.4976.81
123Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

136.176.42
124Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

137.31144.49
125Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

138.6846.72
126Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

140.1250.03
127University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

140.4856.35
128Aix-Marseille Université

Marseille, France

140.5374.49
129Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

142.2757.28
130Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

145.1645.72
131London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

145.9329.21
132Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

146.5181.61
133University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

146.9982.42
134University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

147.7578.34
135City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

149.7671.95
136Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

151.8817.36
137University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

152.4644.92
138Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

153.290.25
139University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

153.7727.79
140University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

154.651.81
141Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

156.48128.41
142Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

156.6651.74
143Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

156.9330.32
144Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

160.6649.97
145University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

162.5263.07
146European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

163.9840.56
147United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

165.8672.01
148Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

165.8762.58
149The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

167.9847.87
150Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

170.5577.36
151McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

171.3460.02
152University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

171.5287.94
153University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

171.6438.3
154Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

173.2368.48
155Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

173.5891.15
156California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

174.7415.7
157Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

175.22105.71
158Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

175.5964.16
159Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

176.8770.13
160Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

177.0530.97
161University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

178.9536.81
162University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

178.9871.63
163McGill University

Montréal, Canada

179.4736.74
164Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

179.8857.44
165Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

181.392.09
166North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

181.9341.44
167Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

182.0850.81
168Peking University

Beijing, China

182.5477.02
169Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

182.733.51
170University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

186.429.59
171Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

187.91119.39
172Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

190.0623.71
173Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

190.87302.47
174University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

191.8135.29
175Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

194.0177.04
176Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

194.431.73
177Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

194.5139.41
178Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

195.84152.37
179Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

196.35141.05
180University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

196.4858.52
181Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

196.8942.82
182University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

198.2149.16
183National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

198.94384.59
184de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

199.384.35
185Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

200.3170.16
186Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

203.539.71
187Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

205.1754.26
187Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

205.1725.94
189Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

206.8937.91
190University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

208.5228.6
191University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

209.442.62
192European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

213.79202.34
193University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

214.2921.7
194Singapore Management University

Singapore, Singapore

214.6938.35
195University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

217.4832.16
196Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

218.0659
197Universität Konstanz

Konstanz, Germany

218.1144.73
198Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

219.3172.09
199Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

221.0153.26
200Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

221.1740.76
201Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

221.46107.62
202Rice University

Houston, Texas (United States)

223.0625.48
203Sveriges Riksbank

Stockholm, Sweden

223.3338.17
204Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

223.3622.98

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