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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of September 2020

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This ranking is drawn from 4331 institutions. For more details about the methodology used for classifying institutions, see here.

RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.55766.53
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.87184.51
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.37159.97
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.74109.62
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.5290.89
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.08131.88
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.41526.08
8Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.81111.08
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

9.3225.03
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.41130.94
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

11.91442.82
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.17118.57
13Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

14.1963.89
14Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

14.61237.28
15Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

14.7381.89
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

17.55125.45
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

19.2984.99
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

21.02179.1
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

21.9885.5
20Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

24.75158.36
21Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

26.14102.93
22European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

26.34231.41
23University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

27.34102.43
24University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

28.26103.87
25Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

29.13140
26Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

30.12155.4
27Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

30.4589.86
28Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

31.28150.73
29Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

32.88387.88
30Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

33.0557.01
31University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

34.160.08
32University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

34.22114.35
33Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

34.5376.26
34Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

34.9740.47
35University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

35.1787.04
36Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

36.64130.56
37University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

42.2112.97
38University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

42.2976.1
39University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

42.65127.53
40Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

43.6147.26
41University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

43.96112.76
42University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

44.0174.05
43University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

44.9191.73
44Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

47.7280.72
45Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

50.6581.88
46Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

50.86169.23
47Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

51.07149.68
48Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

51.6175.33
49Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

55.02270.17
50Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

56.69133.61
51Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

57.2266.31
52Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

57.3143.88
53Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

58.2154.87
54University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

59.6160.27
55Sciences Po

Paris, France

61.0684.53
56Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

61.09231.55
57International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

61.5190.42
58Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

62.08142.98
59Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

64.4261.12
60University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

65.37102.58
61Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

69.6103.99
62Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

70.22142.83
63University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

71.0966.4
64DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

71.85115.86
65Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

73.3232.06
66Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

73.7558.76
67Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

75.7283.16
68Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

77.350.86
69Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

79.2794.59
70Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

79.7929.08
71University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

79.8658.94
72Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

79.8855.51
73ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

80.23126.57
74University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

81.67114.95
75Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

82.252.66
76Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

82.2727.81
77Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

83.6283.27
78Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

84.6195.93
79Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

85.35105.78
80Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

8789.88
81University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

87.22104.73
82University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

87.6551.86
83Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

88.6863.5
84UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

89.2778.09
85Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

92.19151.59
86University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

92.57107.74
87Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

93.1463.32
88Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

95.01196.02
89Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

95.0447.74
90University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

96.0352.3
91Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

96.07124.52
92University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

96.555.6
93Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

99.5572.7
94Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

99.7483.61
95Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

101.26105.28
96University of York

York, United Kingdom

101.81105.4
97University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

102.2535.17
98Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

103.1593.52
99University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

103.4823.61
100George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

103.9885.67
101KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

104.67113.1
102Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

105.9796.98
103Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

106.3566.02
104Banque de France

Paris, France

107.19165.77
105University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

107.9596.15
106University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

108.61109.59
107Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

110.8547
108CESifo

München, Germany

111.2644.8
109Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

111.71122.95
110Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

114.1237.67
111National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

114.6286.26
112Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

118.05169.47
113Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

120.6182.31
114London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

121.3729.73
115University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

122.3440.38
116University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

122.46101.3
117Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

123.51123.91
118Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

123.5821.76
119Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

124.0267.59
120University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

125.9558.62
121Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

132.43155.64
122University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

134.0288.48
123University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

138.7330.92
124Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

141.7267.44
125University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

142.3662.15
126Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

143.2594.09
127Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

144.28133.51
128Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

145.9746.98
129Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

146.17103.58
130Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

147.3390.28
131University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

149.1929.85
132Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

150.6450.08
133University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

151.2165.92
134University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

152.3957.96
135University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

153.4389.99
136City University

London, United Kingdom

153.7760
137University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

155.2377.58
138University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

155.3880.8
139Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

155.9457.19
140Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

157.8345.93
141Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

159.1829.46
142City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

160.4283.6
143Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

161.3971.01
144Aix-Marseille Université

Marseille, France

162.0268.44
145Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

162.0352.74
146University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

162.5764.89
147Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

162.6548.02
148Peking University

Beijing, China

163.9378.37
149University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

165.1843.75
150Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

166.5640.67
151University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

167.2861.62
152Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

170.0164.34
153The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

170.1350.46
154Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

171.5967.47
155University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

172.9143.83
156Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

174.476.73
157National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

175.76437.16
158McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

177.6261.57
159Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

178.2331.05
160California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

179.1316.7
161Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

179.1790.14
162Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

179.4235.37
163Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

181.14104.33
164Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

183.2344.36
165McGill University

Montréal, Canada

183.4538.98
166Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

184.9460.46
167United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

185.0969.56
168European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

185.39224.89
169Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

186.9150.24
170Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

187.3456.58
171University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

188.1364.51
172Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

188.1870.69
173Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

188.7669.67
173Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

188.7668.78
175Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

189.3141.76
176University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

190.0133.1
177Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

190.217.9
178Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

193.68119.13
179University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

195.0540.29
180Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

196.3541.71
181Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

196.38308.59
182Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

197.0339.27
183Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

199.8135.94
184de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

200.0685.47
185New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

200.3131.42
186Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

200.8832.02
187WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

201.876.92
188Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

202.47110.08
189Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

203.5587.98
190Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

204.2162.29
191"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

204.43120.97
192University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

205.0670.78
193Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

205.8365.62
194HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

207.3531.86
195Singapore Management University

Singapore, Singapore

211.7140.24
196University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

211.8945.38
197Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

212.581.46
198Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

212.7942.47
199Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

213.4326.09
200Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

215.33127.85
201University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

216.3934.66
202Universidad de los Andes

Bogotá, Colombia

216.7687.38
203North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

218.4338.44
204Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

218.6678.2
205Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

219.9154.43
206University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

220.4833
207University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

221.8425.2
208Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

223.8860.76
209University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

224.4360.7
210Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

225.32122.53
211European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

225.8838.46
212BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

22947.96
213Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

229.0783.98
214University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

229.3750.33
215Universität Konstanz

Konstanz, Germany

229.8341.89
216University of Kent

Canterbury, United Kingdom

230.9561.37

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