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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of November 2021

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This ranking is drawn from 4485 institutions. For more details about the methodology used for classifying institutions, see here.

RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.48797.47
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

2.09187.34
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.14163.35
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.96115.63
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.5499.14
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

6.57132.19
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.31547.88
8Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

8.03125.38
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

9.04241.21
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.6132.47
11New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.27117.48
12International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.59457.18
13Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

15.1388.64
14Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

15.39235.46
15Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

15.4760.98
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

17.6128.31
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

18.6591.36
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

20.75184.19
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.285.98
20European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

24.73236.91
21University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

24.75115.78
22Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

25.76155.7
23Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

25.89102.8
24University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

26.6399.74
25Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

28.12157.34
26Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

30.62137.28
27Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

31.89411.84
28University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

32.0466.88
29Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

32.33153.9
30Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

33.6274.58
31Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

34.1761.33
32Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

34.642.97
33Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

34.892.15
34University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

35.5124.47
35University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

37.4187.51
36Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

39.59131.9
37University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

41.2979.73
38University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

41.96131.53
39University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

42.49119.04
40Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

43.3688.55
41University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

44.2992.79
42University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

44.3378.35
43University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

44.8117.94
44Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

45.08176.58
45Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

45.21142.69
46Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

51.8281.28
47Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

51.8648.19
48Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

5280.81
49Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

52.3282.98
50Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

55.13143.65
51Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

56.6966.95
52Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

57.92132.37
53Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

59.2858.37
54Sciences Po

Paris, France

60.483.09
55International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

60.75188.47
56University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

61.7561.3
57Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

61.81141.78
58University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

64.28116.2
59Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

66.27230.88
60Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

67.2559.12
61Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

69.4362.91
62Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

70.53102.47
63DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

72.59115.29
64University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

72.8368.17
65Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

75.8661.97
66Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

77.84144.65
67ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

80.76126.5
68Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

80.9782.71
69Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

81.2499.8
70Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

81.3651.8
71University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

81.4743.54
72Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

82.931.2
73Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

83.17114.82
74Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

83.3189.71
75Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

83.45110.11
76Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

83.6730.75
77University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

83.9662.99
78University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

83.98111.45
79Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

84.2166.71
80Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

84.5353.95
81Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

86.7387.72
82Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

87.61124.72
83Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

89.3527.81
84University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

90.24107.23
85Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

90.98198.86
86Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

91.2163.56
87University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

93.3637.92
88University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

95.2227.55
89Banque de France

Paris, France

95.51174.89
90University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

95.6859.35
91UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

95.7878.29
92University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

96.1852.69
93Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

97.5772.33
94KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

98.27112.89
95Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

99.0847.79
96Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

99.97115.2
97Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

101.4261.98
98Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

101.6888.31
99Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

102.48103.47
100University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

102.85107.66
101University of York

York, United Kingdom

103.84104.51
102University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

103.88102.31
103George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

104.1389.92
104Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

104.3277.1
105Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

104.81103.29
106University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

105.35117.12
107University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

109.8996.46
108National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

110.5183.91
109Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

114.11139.65
110Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

114.5105
111Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

116.0447.19
112CESifo

München, Germany

119.2945.38
113Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

121.01183.3
114London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

121.830.23
115Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

124.4884.72
116University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

124.5140.03
117Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

125.0122.96
118Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

125.49163.64
119Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

127.240.19
120University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

127.51105.32
121European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

128.87269.53
122University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

129.7833.24
123McGill University

Montréal, Canada

130.4341.99
124Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

135.2351.47
125Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

136.5277.82
126University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

137.4562.31
127Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

137.64121.25
128University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

140.0761.69
129Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

145.6847.68
130Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

146.49104.99
131Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

147.0869.37
132University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

147.1435.85
133Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

150.0996.19
134Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

150.3389.11
135Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

152.1770.27
136University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

152.3763.11
137European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

152.8539.25
138University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

153.4481.12
139University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

153.5193.11
140Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

154.3751.84
141Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

154.39127.18
142Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

156.2252.25
143Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

156.763.6
144Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

159.0979.86
145University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

159.7681.8
146National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

162.76448.23
147City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

163.8284.75
148HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

166.0534.86
149"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

167.09142.32
150Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

168.5728.96
151University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

169.3460.63
152Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

169.4565.84
153Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

169.8495.05
154University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

169.8763.92
155University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

172.0568.67
156Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

172.2649.48
157University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

174.6247.65
158University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

175.3773.02
159Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

177.0831.8
160Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

178.6171.3
161Peking University

Beijing, China

179.6174.5
162The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

180.3252.14
163University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

180.6543.92
164Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

181.22312.03
165Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

181.2862.39
166Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

181.6857.44
167Aix-Marseille Université

Marseille, France

181.864.19
168Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

181.9282.32
169Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

183.9121.96
170Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

186.17134.95
171Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

186.2135.36
172Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

186.23154.67
173Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

186.71115.56
174Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

187.19111.23
175Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

188.3445.42
176McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

189.160.54
177Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

193.581.85
178Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

194.1938.37
179California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

194.7616.38
180WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

197.7379.3
181University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

198.0430.43
182Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

200121.53
183Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

202.2150.77
184BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

202.4353.79
185Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

203.2344.17
186Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

204.9188.32
187Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

205.25158.7
188Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

205.845.61
189Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

207.3462.34
190University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

207.4541.29
191Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

209.41132.86
192University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

209.954.88
193University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

211.8670.78
194Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

21427.54
195Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

214.0563.07
196University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

215.5165.5
197Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

215.985.88
198de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

216.4582.75
199Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

218.29127.66
200New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

220.1231.88
201University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

220.7756.83
202Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

221.6197.97
203University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

222.6133
204King's College London

London, United Kingdom

222.8458.52
205Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

223.470.39
206Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

223.6232.52
207Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

223.7939.66
208Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

224.1562.66
209George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

225.1929.29
210Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

226.1281.03
211Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

226.1943.47
212United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

226.4772.09
213North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

226.9438.28
214Fudan University

Shanghai, China

227.8545.87
215Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

229.8985.08
216University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

230.9526.2
217Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

231.7853.82
218Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

232.7766.3
219European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

233.21113.54
220City University

London, United Kingdom

233.2261.02
221University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

233.3967.88
222University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

234.3127.92
223Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

235.2146.97
224Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

236.7541.72

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