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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of January 2020

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.51746.89
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.81185.42
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.57156.69
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

5.39105.12
5University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

6.2124.05
6Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.2691.73
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.31515.98
8Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

8.14112.51
9Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.51123.26
10London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

9.71219.95
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

11.7424.12
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.27106.5
13Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

14.1265.93
14Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

14.18233.94
15Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

15.0475.44
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

17.89117.06
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

20.4783.67
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

20.58174.38
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.4382.96
20Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

24.17151.48
21University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

26.5598.89
22Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

26.7495.89
23European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

27.17223.99
24Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

28155.33
25Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

29.2783.84
26Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

30.5355.98
27Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

30.73136.8
28Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

31.11402.09
29University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

31.5687.53
30Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

32.73150.96
31Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

33.6642.42
32University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

33.76107.77
33University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

33.89104.23
34University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

35.2956.51
35Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

35.31128.4
36Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

39.8377.62
37University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

41.6127.15
38University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

41.6774
39University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

41.75107.82
40University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

42.27112.2
41University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

42.7570.3
42University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

43.8986.68
43Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

46.8478.91
44Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

47.1546.28
45Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

50.11155.17
46Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

52.36143.89
47Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

53.0473.64
48Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

54.4876.98
49Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

54.5263.56
50Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

54.64234.4
51Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

55.36272.06
52Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

57.38134.13
53University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

59.03103.4
54Sciences Po

Paris, France

59.4380.52
55International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

59.86183.9
56Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

60.52139.65
57University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

60.8460.22
58Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

61.0251.27
59Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

63.4962.12
60Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

65.15140.7
61Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

67.24103.01
62Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

68.5731.56
63University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

70.4565.51
64Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

71.2139.51
65Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

72.3584.66
66Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

72.8749.91
67DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

74.56113.04
68Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

74.7958.51
69Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

75.0728.1
70ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

77.12128.99
71University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

77.98119.98
72Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

80.655.23
73Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

81.5224.76
74Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

82.0950.2
75Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

82.283.67
76University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

82.7261.14
77University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

85.1152.19
78University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

85.42107.95
79Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

85.6590.01
80Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

86.0693.62
81Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

87.1964.5
82Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

88.6796.98
83University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

88.9196.35
84Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

91.147.64
85Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

91.4662.82
86UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

91.6274.2
87University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

91.8750.33
88Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

95.55196.59
89Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

97.5376.75
90Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

98.67141.84
91University of York

York, United Kingdom

98.72107.36
92Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

99.1686.68
93University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

99.52110.89
94Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

99.6984.54
95George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

100.9483.58
96University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

101.0854.59
97Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

France

101.8766.54
98CESifo

München, Germany

103.8146.14
99University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

103.9436.17
100KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

104.41108.62
101Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

104.56120.03
102Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

105.7344.2
103Banque de France

Paris, France

106.04153.97
104Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

107.31102.78
104Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

107.3189.53
106Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

109.73101.56
107University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

110.224.06
108Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

112.6120.99
109University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

116.1640.28
110University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

116.597.35
111Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

118.0937.39
112University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

118.1699.9
113University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

119.860.17
114Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

120119.76
115Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

121.6521.76
116Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

121.84160.74
117Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

123.2372.25
118Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

124.4463.89
119London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

127.129.22
120National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

127.7480.26
121University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

133.4131.42
122Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

133.58153.64
123University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

138.7487.29
124University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

138.9662.25
125Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

143.9144.78
126Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

144.952.08
127Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

145.1558.19
128University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

146.2428.3
129Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

148.0569.09
130Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

148.11134.34
131University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

148.4782.82
132Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

148.7787.36
133Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

148.7995.13
134University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

153.1353.96
135Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

153.7245.94
136University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

154.7691.43
137Aix-Marseille Université

Marseille, France

154.9969.8
138University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

155.5238.19
139University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

159.2762.02
140City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

159.579.45
141University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

160.1548.92
142City University

London, United Kingdom

160.1756.8
143Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

160.3332.76
144Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

160.4168
145University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

161.359.97
146Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

162.249.16
147Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

162.4762.39
148The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

164.0450.44
149Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

166.1252.74
150Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

170.2469.33
151Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

171.1636.74
152Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

172.2962.22
153Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

172.6972.5
154Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

173.1699.28
155University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

173.344.81
156Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

174.8934.87
157California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

177.2616.7
158Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

179.7190.14
159Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

179.9492.43
160National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

180.32394.82
161McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

180.6858.07
162United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

180.7369.78
163Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

181.2516.09
164University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

181.471.89
165University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

181.4948.94
166Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

181.560.86
167Peking University

Beijing, China

184.8479.31
168Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

185.240.65
169Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

185.3125.2
170Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

187.1869
171European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

187.4538.7
172HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

187.4629.89
173University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

189.831.59
174Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

190.2372.73
175McGill University

Montréal, Canada

191.5636.47
176Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

192.4153.69
177Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

192.7338.69
178University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

193.1262.52
179Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

194.3741.61
180Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

194.75118.49
181European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

196.55214.6
182New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

197.8931.36
183Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

198.3437.52
184University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

198.9637.29
185Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

199.29148.8
186University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

203.0368.63
187Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

203.19107.28
188Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

203.4289.02
189Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

203.5305.72
190Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

206.99134.67
191Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

208.7153.92
192de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

209.5285.85
193Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

210.4243.11
194University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

211.0442.53
195Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

213.6647.94
196Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

214.4230.69
197University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

216.7134
198WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

216.9174.19
199Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

217.0842.97
200North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

217.438.44
201University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

218.932.1
202Singapore Management University

Singapore, Singapore

218.9738.39
203Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

219.58121.58
204Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

220.0578.94
205University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

220.8922.7
206"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

220.93113.52
207Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

222.2264.16
208Universidad de los Andes

Bogotá, Colombia

222.7581.03
209Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

223.2677.03
209Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

223.2658.69
211University of Kent

Canterbury, United Kingdom

227.0262.87

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