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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of January 2023

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This ranking is drawn from 4594 institutions. For more details about the methodology used for classifying institutions, see here.

RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.63835.23
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

2.06184.22
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

2.84174.53
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.6118.46
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.54106.98
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.21139.5
7Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.72129.85
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.72580.35
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

8.4251.17
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.85142.86
11New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.44117.63
12International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.82481.45
13Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

14.7595.91
14Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

15.560.44
15Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

15.7242.35
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

17.03133.32
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

18.9293.22
18University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22125.87
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.9586.87
20Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

23.4182.37
21European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

23.82243.81
22Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

25.78108.25
23University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

26.52103.21
24Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

26.61158.48
25Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

29.06156.9
26Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

29.96157.5
27Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

30.72139.87
28University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

31.4968.61
29Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

31.97429.08
30Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

32.7898.18
31Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

34.3843.47
32University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

34.56125.1
33Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

36.2374.04
34Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

37.5164.33
35Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

40.797.11
36University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

40.9285.61
37University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

41.3132.06
38Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

41.55187.1
39University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

41.6978.34
40Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

41.81126.3
41University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

41.9286.23
42University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

43.37131.16
43Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

44.71151.78
44University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

45.7694.12
45University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

47.37117.56
46Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

50.94312.91
47Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

52.2581.08
48Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

52.5849.65
49Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

52.7186.31
50Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

53.33148.93
51Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

56.9159.97
52Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

57.01134.9
53Sciences Po

Paris, France

60.0283.95
54International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

61.17189.05
55Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

63.2468.86
56Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

64.28144.05
57Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

64.3727.06
58University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

64.63109.28
59Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

64.64238.13
60Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

66.3666.14
61Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

70.7659.12
62University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

71.5968.57
63Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

72.52100.35
64University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

74.5263.14
65DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

75.77107.19
66University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

75.8659.3
67Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

76.53175.15
68Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

78.0956.5
69Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

78.2335.47
70Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

79.96151.97
71Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

81.15114.53
71University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

81.15114.53
73Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

81.788.22
74Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

81.8797.89
75ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

82.29123.67
76University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

82.7941.7
77Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

83.2880.66
78Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

86.47109.64
79Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

88.7451.98
80Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

88.7966.56
81Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

88.83200.57
82University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

90.5337.92
83Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

91.0599.82
84University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

92.2762.15
85Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

92.7564.16
86Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

93.96112.03
87Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

94.23120.26
88University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

94.2734.1
89University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

94.9157.89
90KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

95.79120.41
91Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

96.9389.92
92Banque de France

Paris, France

97.64178.58
93Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

98.150.29
94Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

98.2774.68
95University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

100103.64
96Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

103.14110.3
97George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

103.9893.13
98Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

104.1101.47
99National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

104.1790.47
100Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

104.6830.2
101UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

105.2679.8
102University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

106103.15
103European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

106.14332.68
104Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

106.1657.77
105University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

106.73102.46
106Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

108.48109.33
107University of York

York, United Kingdom

108.85100.64
108University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

110.4116.28
109Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

111.4276.61
110Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

112.4724.96
111Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

114.6547.02
112University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

118.77103.72
113London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

121.5629.23
114Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

121.71135.78
115Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

122.04106.37
116Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

123.4949.41
117Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

124.7484.54
118Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

124.79190.35
119University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

127.4436.93
120University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

128.6738.28
121Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

128.95102.98
122Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

129.548.69
123European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

129.6843.74
124Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

130.35166.06
124CESifo

München, Germany

130.3543.37
126University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

136.84105.13
127Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

138.53110.45
128Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

138.6471.39
129University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

139.9768.53
130Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

140.12120.24
131University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

141.4263.39
132McGill University

Montréal, Canada

147.5141.27
133Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

148.14132.49
134Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

151.7971.12
135Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

152.23104.58
136University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

153.7137.85
137University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

154.4365.27
138Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

155.2244.67
139Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

156.3851.68
140University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

156.5383.37
141City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

156.8584.89
142University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

156.9485.63
143Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

159.3890.95
144Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

161.4982.22
145Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

161.5258.8
146Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

162.3849.84
147University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

163.4874
148University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

163.6594.56
149"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

164.31148.38
150Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

165.1767.32
151Peking University

Beijing, China

165.4176.2
152Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

166.7975.4
153University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

166.9270.67
154Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

170.7228.96
155Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

170.823.42
156The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

173.5852.44
157University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

174.1561.59
158University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

174.9865.92
158University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

174.9851.65
160Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

178.1562.44
161Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

180.889.95
162WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

181.281.6
163Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

183.0862.06
164Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

183.6836.36
165Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

185.1172.81
166Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

185.7183.71
167HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

186.7334.94
168University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

189.232.92
169King's College London

London, United Kingdom

189.5965.05
170Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

190.76313.53
171Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

191.4546.99
172Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

192.3765.69
173Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

192.4116.91
174Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

193.44156.96
175New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

194.0146.57
176North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

194.1648.26
177Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

194.62136.79
178Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

195.3151.38
179Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

195.3748.51
180National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

195.55450.33
181Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

196.0762.16
182University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

197.143.34
183University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

197.3560.73
184Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

198.21127.49
185George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

201.6733.02
186BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

201.9253.96
187McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

202.5161.48
188Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

203.0243.9
189University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

203.2930.9
190Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

206.1829.51
191Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

206.5643.27
192Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

209.37102.86
193Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

209.4141.72
194Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

209.943.36
195Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

211.1837.47
196Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

212.79131.09
197University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

213.0141.29
198Fudan University

Shanghai, China

215.2249.87
199United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

215.2874.22
200University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

215.3854.12
201University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

215.4469.55
202Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

216.3144.35
203Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

216.890.56
204Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

218.39101.57
205Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

221.4945.72
206Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

222.0428.04
207California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

222.315.39
208Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

223.16105.68
209Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

223.9536.67
210Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

224.5852.82
211Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

225.0390.09
212SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

226.2746.74
213University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

227.1934.25
214Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

227.8752.36
215University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

228.3643.77
216University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

228.5227.98
217Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

229.584.87
218Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

230.5771.94
219Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

230.5831.89
220Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

235.38160.66
221Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

236.0159.59
222Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

236.9167.31
223Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

237.0356.23
224Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

237.1233.44
225University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

237.1468.41
226European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

238.67115.64
227University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

239.8668.78
228University of Houston

Houston, Texas (United States)

242.4228
229Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

242.68104.19

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