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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of January 2024

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.57860.53
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.89189.13
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.25179.18
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.97122.75
5Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

6.51131.48
6Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

7.21106.59
7University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.48139.18
8London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

7.91263.22
9World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.97586.41
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.96144.85
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

11.56499.89
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.62118.56
13Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

15.0292.81
14Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

15.2958.79
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

15.57138.04
16Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

16.94234.36
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

19.9390.81
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

20.32188.38
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.490.37
20University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.42128.77
21European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

23.91253.89
22Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

25.51108.91
23University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

27.1997.09
24Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

28.18164.76
25Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

29.45155.47
26Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

29.5553.46
27Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

30.84143.52
28Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

31.43449.05
29University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

31.61130.99
30Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

32156.5
31Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

32.7102.39
32University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

32.9667.5
33Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

37.3676.04
34Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

38.7165.23
35University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

39.8691.64
36University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

39.92139.1
37University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

40.5187.11
38Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

41.53102.56
39Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

42.68158.08
40Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

43.13123.3
41Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

43.75186.24
42University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

45.0396.58
43University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

45.3131.3
44University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

46.76124.77
45University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

46.9480.5
46Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

50.61319.37
47Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

51.93157.76
48Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

52.3885.58
49Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

53.4351.78
50Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

56.6261.84
51Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

56.8984.44
52Sciences Po

Paris, France

56.9693.89
53Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

58.1134.56
54International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

62190.04
55Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

63.9774.17
56Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

64.54237.17
57Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

66.527.6
58Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

66.75149.31
59University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

66.84107.19
59University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

66.8473.3
61Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

67.5762.48
62University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

70.2669.57
63Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

71.3259.12
64Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

73.84101.51
65University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

75.1858.3
66Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

76.97177.88
67University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

78.16116.95
68Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

78.8493.64
69ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

79.66120.37
70Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

79.77152.03
71University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

79.8670.89
72Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

81.4696.67
73Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

81.63115.66
74Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

82.1851.9
75Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

84.65110.58
76DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

85.9104.21
77University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

86.0341.27
78Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

87.3451.61
79Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

87.674.84
80KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

88.8126.61
81University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

89.4233.58
82Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

90.07110.37
83Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

90.59116.64
84Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

90.61129.26
85Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

91.8168.06
86University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

92.1656.84
87Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

92.88203.77
88National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

93.5895.37
89Banque de France

Paris, France

94.76182.14
90Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

95.470.15
91Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

95.8797.84
92Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

97.1526.98
93Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

100.5992.01
94University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

100.92107.59
95Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

100.9571.99
96Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

102.4111.2
97Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

102.7249.81
98Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

103.66109.63
99University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

103.72104.31
100European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

103.91342.98
101Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

104.0833.74
102University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

105.61103.54
102UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

105.6178.3
104Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

107.2160.02
105University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

107.33117.18
106University of York

York, United Kingdom

108.16102.12
107University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

108.79103.67
108University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

109.0634.93
109Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

109.6277.76
110Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

109.8152.92
111Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

111.19104.1
112Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

114.4453.77
113Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

114.728.7
114Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

115.64140.66
115London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

118.4728.73
116University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

121.0739.75
117Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

121.52185.82
118Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

121.6280.17
119Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

122.04167.22
120Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

123.92112.39
121Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

126.67170.06
122Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

126.7849.71
123George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

126.9391.23
124University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

129.2538.28
125European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

133.440.14
126Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

134.45112.51
127"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

137.13215.37
128University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

139.0138.93
129Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

139.970.26
130University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

140.2468.45
131University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

140.69102.29
132CESifo

München, Germany

143.5344.03
133University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

146.1661.98
134University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

148.0244.51
135McGill University

Montréal, Canada

151.6341.27
136Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

152.3383.69
137City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

154.687.15
138University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

154.9666.92
139Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

157.8569.87
140Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

158.23133.38
141HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

158.7539.95
142Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

158.8344.72
143University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

158.9584.13
144University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

159.6383.05
145Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

161.1674.3
146Peking University

Beijing, China

162.0278.02
147University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

162.1163.87
148Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

162.1451.74
149Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

162.6491.84
150WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

163.395.18
151University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

166.7772
152Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

167.1839.69
153Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

167.42107.31
154Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

168.0664.83
155University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

170.494.56
156Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

170.7529.97
157Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

171.0756.05
158Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

171.3922.64
159University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

174.0865.47
160Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

174.4951.39
161University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

176.9168.07
162Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

179.94159.15
163King's College London

London, United Kingdom

181.7365.78
164Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

184.0749.84
165Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

184.2370.34
166Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

184.9789.53
167Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

185.7745.8
168University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

186.451.85
169Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

187.0782.51
170Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

187.56120.91
171New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

188.4646.82
172Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

189.3160.44
173North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

189.5949.26
174Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

191.2651.43
175Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

192.5232.01
176Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

192.7150.78
177Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

192.7961.02
178Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

193.4311.58
179Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

193.44129.18
180Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

195.0370.75
181Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

195.2559.89
182University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

196.9543.36
183Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

199.08135.95
184McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

201.7461.04
185Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

201.9634.8
186SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

202.9847.7
187Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

204.1690.66
188Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

204.69139.7
189University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

205.6231.92
190Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

205.6945.62
191University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

206.1156.68
192University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

207.4760.64
193Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

208.459.82
194Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

209.27102.48
195Fudan University

Shanghai, China

210.9751.37
196BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

212.7452.58
197Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

213.9556.03
198Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

214.07143.77
199George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

215.6132.71
200Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

218.1752.86
201Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

218.6747.46
202National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

219.04450.87
203Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

219.09101.01
204Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

219.74104.17
205University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

220.4429.98
206Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

222.4845.25
207Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

223.0194.49
208Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

223.9140.92
209University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

22468.56
210California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

224.2915.39
211University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

224.8735.75
212Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

226.389.58
213Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

227.9972.94
214Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

228.1834.69
215University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

229.9369.34
216Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

231.6861.49
217Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

232.8430.89
218Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

233.5939.12
219City University

London, United Kingdom

234.168.38
220Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

234.3336.15
221Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

234.88102.69
222European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

234.9121.5
223University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

235.3247.05
224Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

235.4858.18
225Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

235.6167.04
226Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

236.186.67
227Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

242.2363.48
228University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida (United States)

243.8228.38
229Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

245.08171.51
230Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

246.34116.24
231Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

247.0139.21
232University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

247.0368.28
233Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

247.2369.67

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