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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of May 2022

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.56820.77
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.94186.71
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.21167.92
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.52117.01
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.54100.14
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.02141.46
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.6555.78
8Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.88126.61
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

8.7244.76
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.81134.14
11New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.59116.73
12International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.6469.27
13Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

14.78244.43
14Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

15.3989.56
15Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

15.4559.94
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

16.69130.81
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

19.2792.82
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

21.32177.78
19University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

21.84119.98
20University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.4487.87
21Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

24.39158.66
22European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

24.69241.56
23Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

25.63103.27
24University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

26.59101.71
25Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

28.44160.34
26Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

31.36138.09
27University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

31.7767.38
28Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

32.48155.05
29Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

32.67415.14
30Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

34.4242.97
31University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

34.93129.24
32Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

35.0993.17
33Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

35.2976.08
34Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

36.7764.33
35University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

37.2790.8
36University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

40.6121.54
37Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

41.19129.31
38University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

41.8178.98
39Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

41.8795.11
39University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

41.87132.06
41Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

43.21149.88
42University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

44.0380.33
43Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

44.33184.62
44University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

45.7191.29
45University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

47.09119.54
46Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

50.3783.51
47Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

52285.97
48Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

52.9982.58
49Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

54.76145.43
50Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

54.8547.86
51Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

56.93132.94
52Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

57.9867.45
53Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

60.2358.72
54Sciences Po

Paris, France

60.6982.24
55International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

60.99186.13
56Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

63.62140.99
57University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

64.24116.65
58Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

66.5960.12
59Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

66.7427.11
60Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

67.11233.36
61Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

68.3103.45
62Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

68.6163.9
63DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

72.57109.77
64University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

72.9668.07
65University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

75.0358.3
66Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

76.6661.28
67University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

77.8264.24
68Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

78.87144.65
69Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

79.16117.6
70Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

79.56172.21
71University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

80.8543.68
72Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

81.7480.71
73ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

82.18124.49
74Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

82.2588.72
75Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

82.5699.81
76Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

82.9852.55
77Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

83.7334.7
78Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

83.88109.16
79Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

84.1490.67
80University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

84.5113.03
81University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

87.36106.63
82Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

88.18122.76
83Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

88.7752.97
84Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

9164.56
85University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

91.1265.16
86Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

91.47198.45
87Banque de France

Paris, France

94.27179.65
88University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

94.8354.19
89University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

94.8730.35
90University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

94.9436.92
91KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

95.81116.89
92Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

95.96106.85
93Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

96.8290.42
94Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

97.4748.79
95Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

99.7372.69
96Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

101.8113.95
97Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

101.9961.98
98University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

102.09107.62
99Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

102.27103.47
100UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

103.0779.75
101University of York

York, United Kingdom

103.57105.29
102George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

103.7489.68
103Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

104.7877.1
104University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

105.35102.7
105National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

105.7884.16
106Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

105.8129.2
107University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

106.38116.18
108University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

108.596.46
109Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

110.83107.6
110European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

111.85297.93
111Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

116.5846.94
112London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

121.0431.23
113Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

121.43137.86
114Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

122.24185.35
115Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

122.3485.72
116Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

123.0523.96
117University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

124.3340.28
118Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

125.9350.96
119University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

127.0937.93
120CESifo

München, Germany

128.8543.27
121Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

129.1539.44
122Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

131.31164.16
123University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

135.04103.53
124University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

137.1264.73
125University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

138.4562.4
126Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

143.47119.79
127Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

143.8104.82
128Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

143.8368.87
129Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

146.7947.18
130Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

148.5897.26
131Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

148.793.11
132McGill University

Montréal, Canada

149.2739.1
133University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

151.0563.1
134Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

151.19127.99
135University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

151.6585.37
136University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

152.6236.35
137Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

153.2269.12
138Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

154.3675.78
139Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

154.9595.46
140City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

156.7682.31
141Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

157.361.6
142Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

158.4850.84
143University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

159.9181.8
144European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

16239.25
145Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

162.474.14
146Peking University

Beijing, China

162.5277.2
147National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

163453.9
148University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

163.4871.17
149Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

166.0351.33
150University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

166.7661.59
151"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

167.02143.38
152University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

167.0892.6
153Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

168.565.84
154University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

169.5174
155University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

170.0164.92
156Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

170.5628.96
157University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

173.6348.65
158Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

174.2652.18
159Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

176.1363.25
160HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

176.4434.86
161Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

178.6549.64
162Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

178.9522.59
163Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

179.631.42
164Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

180.69158.92
165Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

181.2871.08
166Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

181.7236.36
167The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

182.9651.04
168Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

183.658.44
169Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

183.63311.03
170Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

184.389.45
171Aix-Marseille Université

Marseille, France

184.8365.19
172Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

184.981.27
173Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

188.28115.76
174Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

188.72134.5
175University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

191.4643.84
176Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

191.6444.79
177University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

191.9759.82
178WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

193.2978.67
179California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

194.3216.38
180Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

195.8438.56
181McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

195.8560.54
182Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

197.6643.62
183University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

199.3631.43
184Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

199.9163.2
185North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

201.3743.27
186Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

202.9120.54
187Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

203.19142.93
188Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

203.5962.66
189BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

205.6251.96
190Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

206.4642.96
191University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

208.3241.29
192Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

209.33106.08
193University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

209.7455.88
194Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

211.3843.31
195Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

215.4490.66
196King's College London

London, United Kingdom

217.3764.34
197Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

217.5328.29
198University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

218.5268.45
198Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

218.5298.97
200Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

218.9689.07
201George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

219.6629.27
202Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

220.1944.72
202Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

220.19128.45
204United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

220.6674.28
205New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

220.8531.14
206de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

221.0781.75
207Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

222.653.82
208University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

223.0633.75
209Fudan University

Shanghai, China

224.6346.87
210SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

225.5245.64
211Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

227.6231.11
212Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

228.234.67
213Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

228.5743.47
214Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

230.0266.94
215Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

230.2485.45
216Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

230.3650.46
217University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

230.9143.67
218Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

231.2188.07
219Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

232.09160.59
220University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

232.5628.92
221Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

233.9765.31
222University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

235.326.2
223European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

235.93113.64
224Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

236.1232.44
225Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

237.1360.13
226Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

238.9358.09
227University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

239.4168.78

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