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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of October 2020

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This ranking is drawn from 4339 institutions. For more details about the methodology used for classifying institutions, see here.

RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.53768.53
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.87185.05
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.43158.72
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.75111.13
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.4890.89
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.19130.88
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.38524.09
8Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.81111.08
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

9.04229.98
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.45131.04
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.19444.82
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.22119.57
13Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

14.4163.39
14Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

14.68236.78
15Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

14.8581.89
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

17.38124.45
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

19.3784.99
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

21.42179.1
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.0186
20Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

24.64158.73
21European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

26.05231.41
22University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

26.66102.33
23Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

26.8102.93
24University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

28.18103.87
25Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

29.27139.5
26Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

30.14154.4
27Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

30.4988.86
28Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

31.05152.24
29Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

32.6391.13
30Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

33.1159.01
31University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

33.9260.08
32Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

34.1175.26
33University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

34.31117.33
34University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

35.388.04
35Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

35.8140.47
36Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

36.19129.56
37University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

42.19114.97
38University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

42.2576.1
39University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

42.29127.53
40Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

43.8447.18
41University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

44.3574.05
42University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

44.46112.42
43University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

45.0390.73
44Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

47.8179.72
45Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

49.69171.23
46Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

49.7382.48
47Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

50.78148.49
48Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

51.6875.33
49Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

54.91270.17
50Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

56.9131.56
51Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

57144.78
52Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

57.4267.31
53Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

58.4254.87
54University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

59.561.27
55International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

60.25190.42
56Sciences Po

Paris, France

60.5784.53
57Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

62.24230.38
57Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

62.24142.98
59Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

64.3961.12
60University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

66.87103.58
61DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

69.17115.75
62Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

69.65104.69
63Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

70.46142.48
64University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

70.7366.4
65Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

73.3132.06
66Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

76.2982.26
67Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

77.6457.97
68Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

77.8150.86
69University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

78.4858.94
70Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

79.8356.51
71Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

79.8929.08
72Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

80.0194.59
73ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

80.44126.57
74University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

80.71114.95
75Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

82.6552.66
76Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

83.2726.9
77Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

84.53106.78
78Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

84.6195.93
79Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

84.7982.29
80University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

87.38104.73
81University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

87.8153.86
82Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

87.8789.97
83Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

87.99152.08
84Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

88.7764.5
85UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

89.0878.09
86Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

92.57196.02
87Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

92.8163.34
88Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

95.44124.52
89Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

95.7147.74
90University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

96.01106.74
91University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

96.555.55
92University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

96.8152.3
93KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

97.25111.09
94Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

98.7683.61
95Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

100.0772.7
96Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

100.26105.28
97University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

102.335.17
98University of York

York, United Kingdom

102.32105.4
99Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

103.4893.52
100University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

104.6925.61
101George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

104.9685.42
102Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

105.4297.48
103Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

106.166.37
104University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

107.0396.15
105Banque de France

Paris, France

108.36166.77
106University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

108.99112.59
107Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

111.6247
108Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

111.66122.95
109CESifo

München, Germany

113.1744.72
110National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

113.4985.26
111Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

113.837.67
112Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

119.9183.31
113London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

120.6332.22
114University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

121101.34
115Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

122.2124.04
116Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

122.4621.76
117Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

122.968.59
118University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

122.9161.1
119University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

124.9939.38
120Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

125.14170.47
121Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

130.12156.14
122University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

134.3786.48
123University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

138.8330.92
124University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

140.2430.35
125University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

141.0861.05
126Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

141.31103.62
127Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

144.0993.99
128Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

146.2189.28
129University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

148.8490.99
130Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

149.71132.71
131Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

150.4245.98
132Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

150.6350.08
133University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

150.6757.96
134Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

151.8367.44
135University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

155.6977.24
136City University

London, United Kingdom

155.7159.38
137University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

156.279.82
138Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

157.2657.19
139University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

157.8964.92
140Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

159.1345.92
141Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

159.5929.46
142City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

160.683.6
143University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

163.3465.89
144Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

163.5571.01
145Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

164.1141.17
146Aix-Marseille Université

Marseille, France

164.2468.44
147Peking University

Beijing, China

165.3878.37
148University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

166.0642.75
149Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

166.1749.02
150University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

166.7361.62
151Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

167.3765.84
152Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

167.752.74
153The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

169.3153.46
154University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

170.4543.83
155National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

171.59437.16
156Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

171.8267.47
157Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

173.3376.73
158McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

177.3862.56
159Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

179.0535.87
160Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

179.0631.05
161Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

179.1191.14
162European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

179.42224.89
163Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

179.9471.17
164California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

180.3416.7
165Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

182.23104.33
166McGill University

Montréal, Canada

184.3638.98
167Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

184.9260.46
168Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

185.3956.58
169Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

185.7941.81
170Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

186.56151.78
171Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

187.444.36
172University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

187.4964.51
173Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

187.7318.36
174Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

188.4270.69
175United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

188.7468.06
176Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

188.8969.7
177University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

190.2433.09
178Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

193.09119.11
179Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

193.9841.71
180Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

194.55309.08
181Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

195.21134.98
182University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

196.8640.29
183WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

198.277.92
184Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

198.7537.77
185de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

200.9885.46
186Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

201.6110.38
186Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

201.632.02
188Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

201.887.98
189"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

204.39120.97
190Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

204.6862.29
191New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

204.7831.42
192University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

205.8170.78
193HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

206.3931.86
194Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

206.8165.62
195University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

211.145.38
196Singapore Management University

Singapore, Singapore

211.8640.24
197Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

212.52128.86
198Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

213.4226.09
199Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

214.761.76
200Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

215.0642.47
201Universidad de los Andes

Bogotá, Colombia

216.7286.38
202University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

217.1634.66
203Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

218.0978.2
204University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

219.1561.2
205North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

219.2538.42
206University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

220.9333
207Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

222.9480.97
208University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

224.0126.2
209BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

226.1848.96
210Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

226.6353.42
211European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

228.9937.46
212University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

229.9351.33
213Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

230.2969.44
214George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

230.3225.51
215Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

230.7946.37
216Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

230.8484.98

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