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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of April 2020

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.44750.52
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.85184.06
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.77156.52
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.79107.18
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.2390.8
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.17127.21
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.42520.73
8Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.84110.83
9Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.54125.01
10London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

9.91215.28
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

11.03432.63
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.28110.06
13Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

14.2565.93
14Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

14.45232.06
15Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

15.1274.87
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

17.07118.11
17Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

19.51176.08
18Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

19.9683.65
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.2383.07
20Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

24.94156.49
21European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

26.49225.7
22Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

26.6996.43
23University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

27.32100.54
24Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

28.74155.82
25Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

29.6386.84
26Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

30.43138.03
27University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

30.67104.47
28Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

31.0955.98
29Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

31.56402.63
30University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

3286.54
31Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

32.01147.96
32University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

34.52111.22
33University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

34.6557.41
34Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

35.1742.42
35Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

36.05130.06
36Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

39.1276.62
37University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

41.21128.65
38University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

42.8576
39University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

42.93114.21
40University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

43.19109.32
41University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

43.2369.3
42University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

43.8690.68
43Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

46.7446.54
44Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

46.9679.66
45Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

48.79158.53
46Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

51.5672.33
47Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

52.2980.48
48Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

52.59144.25
49Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

55.4464.06
50Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

55.61273.18
51Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

57.01133.43
52Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

57.19237.2
53Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

57.8552.77
54Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

58.16143.16
55Sciences Po

Paris, France

59.2182.01
56University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

59.28104.4
57University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

60.7861.22
58International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

61.29183.86
59Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

62.7462.12
60Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

63.27140.77
61Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

67.31102.81
62Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

70.51138.56
63University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

71.5665.5
64Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

72.3458.26
65Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

72.631.06
66Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

74.1883.66
67DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

74.56112.95
68Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

77.5250.9
69University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

78.53118.98
70University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

78.9652.41
71Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

79.2655.26
72Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

80.5728.08
73University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

81.3360.94
74Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

83.2182.87
75Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

83.2424.76
76Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

83.7151.27
77Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

84.0989.42
78Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

84.3294.28
79ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

84.52127.26
80Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

87.0863.5
80University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

87.08108.05
82Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

87.7497.98
83University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

88.2497.24
84UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

91.0474.04
85University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

92.1351.33
86Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

92.5763.82
87Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

93.4647.14
88Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

95.29198.14
89University of York

York, United Kingdom

95.51106.37
90Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

96.36143.79
91Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

98.28121.03
92Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

98.6984.57
93Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

98.9274.45
94University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

99.89110.89
95University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

101.6724.81
96University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

102.0554.6
97KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

102.47110.61
98George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

103.4583.58
99Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

103.5883.28
100Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

France

103.8166.3
100University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

103.8136.17
102Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

106.13103.31
103CESifo

München, Germany

107.0547.78
104Banque de France

Paris, France

107.15157.01
105Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

107.8490.62
106Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

109.2398.56
107Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

109.8244.7
108Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

111.1338.39
109University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

116.2197.4
110University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

117.5499.95
111Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

118.46119.59
112London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

118.7330.66
113University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

119.9759.52
114Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

119.98119.3
115Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

120.3421.76
116Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

120.4680.33
117Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

120.62161.74
118University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

120.9741.38
119National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

123.7880.26
120Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

127.2665.04
121Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

134.09155.64
122University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

136.1330.42
123University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

138.7988.17
124University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

142.6662.15
125Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

143.14134.88
126Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

143.945.78
127Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

144.6568.6
128Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

144.6658.19
129Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

147.8751.58
130Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

148.7395.09
131University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

148.881.82
132Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

149.1488.28
133University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

149.2390.89
134University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

153.0554.96
135University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

153.4529.8
136City University

London, United Kingdom

153.7360.75
137University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

154.5265.07
138Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

154.9545.91
139University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

155.7275.56
140University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

156.3651.92
141Aix-Marseille Université

Marseille, France

157.6969.95
142University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

160.1339.19
143University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

160.9463.62
144The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

161.453.44
145Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

161.4749.16
146City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

163.1679.45
147Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

163.33100.78
148Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

164.3253.74
149Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

165.7332.9
150University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

167.6250.84
151Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

167.6971.2
152Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

168.4135.69
153Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

169.8862.44
154University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

171.2844.81
155Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

171.3568.51
156Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

171.6667.62
157Peking University

Beijing, China

174.1179.81
158Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

174.8470.67
159Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

175.4695.02
160Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

17637.87
161National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

177.48399.31
162California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

177.6417.2
163McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

179.5658.07
164Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

179.891.54
165Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

183.2570.53
166McGill University

Montréal, Canada

183.3738.47
167Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

184.442.41
168United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

184.7170.51
169Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

186.4872.73
170Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

187.9558.86
171Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

188.456.59
172New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

188.6731.36
173University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

188.7732.1
174University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

189.1565.51
175Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

189.51149.3
176Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

189.638.74
177Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

192.84120.45
178European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

193.23219.9
179Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

195.9813.89
179Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

195.9842.76
181Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

198.3437.52
182Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

198.78304.58
183Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

199.0524.69
184Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

199.67108.48
185University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

199.8737.29
186University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

200.9871.78
187Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

201.9585.93
188Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

202.97134.58
189de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

204.5885.85
190Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

206.3130.69
191Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

208.9843.47
192"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

211.19116.51
193Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

212.3956.72
194Singapore Management University

Singapore, Singapore

213.5838.39
195Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

213.9778.55
196University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

214.9732.05
197University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

216.4334
198North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

216.538.44
199University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

216.9843.53
200Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

217.8159.56
201Universidad de los Andes

Bogotá, Colombia

218.3683.53
202Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

219.2254.68
203Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

220.878.56
204Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

221.464.16
205Université de Lyon

Lyon, France

222.8575.47
206University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

223.0123.7
207HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

224.7331.86
208WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

224.8373.69
209Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

225.3946.94
210Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

228.6119.13
211University of Kent

Canterbury, United Kingdom

229.1561.87
212Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

229.4186.38
213BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

231.0747.96

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