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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of March 2024

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.57864.39
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

2.02188.26
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.14179.29
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

5.02125.01
5Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

6.47131.14
6Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

7.16107.59
7University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.46138.95
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.46595.05
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

7.98265.02
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.95144.3
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.17500.33
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.67120.85
13Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

15.1192.81
14University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

15.26137.54
15Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

16.2258.04
16Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

16.98232.82
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

20.0190.76
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

20.6185.33
19University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

21.64129.27
20European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

23.37253.72
21University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

23.4288.37
22Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

26.09106.91
23University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

27.5697.09
24Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

27.89166
25Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

28.92156.49
26Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

29.7453.46
27Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

30.82145.05
28Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

31.11103.67
29Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

31.14451.31
30Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

32.05156.5
31University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

32.07129.19
32University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

32.7368.17
33Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

37.1676.04
34Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

38.764.47
35University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

39.56139.6
36University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

40.1991.64
37University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

41.7485.77
38Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

41.84101.65
39Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

42.9122.3
40Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

43.12157.08
41Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

43.36186.22
42University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

45.01132.06
43University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

45.496.08
44University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

46.66125.77
45University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

47.3481.96
46Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

48.64323.17
47Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

51.54159.46
48Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

52.2286.55
49Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

52.9852.87
50Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

56.6684.44
50Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

56.6661.84
52Sciences Po

Paris, France

57.6394.08
53Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

58.16134.04
54International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

61.46191.04
55Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

63.8973.92
56Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

65.04239.28
57University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

66.61105.23
58Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

66.64148.52
59Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

66.7827.76
60University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

66.8472.8
61Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

68.0560.48
62University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

69.3969.57
63Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

72.62102.51
64University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

74.8459.3
65Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

76.56178.88
66University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

78.52116.93
67Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

78.6593.74
68ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

79.46122.7
69University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

79.5170.12
70Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

79.65151.53
71Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

81.7795.17
72University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

81.8741.77
73Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

81.89113.66
74Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

82.6451.9
75Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

83.158.22
76Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

84.7110.58
77KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

86.27128.56
78Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

86.76113.87
79Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

87.5651.81
80Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

87.6875.44
81Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

89.43118.65
82Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

90.7128.25
83DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

90.94103.61
84University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

91.1732.91
85Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

91.7667.06
86University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

92.556.84
87Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

92.64205.4
88National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

93.0994.37
89Banque de France

Paris, France

94.4183.15
90Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

95.6597.36
91Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

95.8670.15
92Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

96.18113.18
93Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

96.7129.98
94University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

100.43108.34
95Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

101.1192.01
96Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

101.7151.31
97European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

103.12340.48
98Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

103.55109.53
99University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

105.1237.1
100University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

105.72103.88
101UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

106.2378.14
102Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

106.3134.74
103Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

106.4180.48
104University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

107.3104.7
105University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

107.39115.18
106University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

107.66103.31
107University of York

York, United Kingdom

107.73102.17
108Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

108.5752.72
109Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

109.0558.77
110Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

109.7977.26
111Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

111.63103.6
112Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

114.2153.67
113Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

117.68140.21
114Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

117.8228.2
115London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

118.2527.73
116Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

119.05189.82
117Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

120.9380.72
118University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

121.739.6
119Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

125.12113.29
120Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

125.8850.29
121George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

126.6291.43
122Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

126.64171.06
123Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

127.98164.72
124"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

129.66223.57
125University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

130.6538.28
126Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

133.12112.61
127European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

136.2138.74
128University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

138.3638.93
129Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

140.2471.26
130University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

140.867.66
131University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

142.01103.28
132CESifo

München, Germany

143.8244.58
133University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

146.6963.98
134McGill University

Montréal, Canada

148.4841.27
135University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

148.5544.51
136Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

151.4970.08
137Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

151.6640.09
138Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

153.1182.79
139University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

153.3567.92
140City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

156.0585.1
141HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

157.0340.92
142Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

157.98132.58
143Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

158.2744.12
144Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

158.4875.1
145University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

159.2583.05
146University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

160.2684.13
147Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

160.5895.34
148Peking University

Beijing, China

161.0578.02
149WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

162.894.68
150Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

164.551.74
151University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

165.673
152Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

167.99106.93
153Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

168.0964.83
154University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

168.5463.87
155Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

171.3729.97
156Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

171.7956.05
157Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

172.1222.64
158University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

173.193.56
159Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

173.2952.39
160University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

175.5365.62
161Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

176.8653.28
162University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

177.9768.42
163Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

182.1290.93
164Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

182.8471.85
165King's College London

London, United Kingdom

182.9366.28
166Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

183.7348.84
167Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

184.12158.64
168Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

184.4883.5
169Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

184.9560.44
170Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

186.8545.8
171Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

188.58119.91
172North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

189.449.26
173University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

190.0551.44
174New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

190.6346.82
175Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

192.0659.52
176Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

192.1970.6
177Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

192.5350.43
178Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

193.1332.26
179Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

193.73130.18
180Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

195.79309.33
181Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

196.7459.89
182Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

201.71135.04
183University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

201.7543.36
184McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

202.2662.04
185Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

202.32139.2
186Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

202.8559.9
187Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

203.2434.8
188SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

203.5847.7
189Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

204.3191.06
190Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

207.3560.32
191University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

207.6256.68
192Fudan University

Shanghai, China

207.7552.37
193University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

207.8260.14
194Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

208.57104.98
195Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

209.0295.02
196University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

211.0631.42
197Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

212.0345.62
198Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

213.79143.37
199BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

213.8651.6
200University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

216.8368.56
201George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

217.4932.71
202Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

21852.86
203National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

220.31450.31
204Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

220.5847.46
205University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

220.7829.98
206Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

221.0740.92
207Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

221.21100.92
208Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

221.5973.74
209Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

222.2445.25
210University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

222.9535.75
211Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

223.1661.72
212California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

225.1115.39
213Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

228.7334.69
214Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

228.9830.99
215University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

230.2469.34
216Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

230.360.08
217Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)

231.7260.95
218University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

231.7647.24
219Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

232.4786.67
220Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

233.0762
221Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

233.31103.53
222Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

234.0336.15
223City University

London, United Kingdom

234.0666.38
224Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

234.0838.62
225Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

235.4339.71
226Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

239.1157
227Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

241.17173.06
228Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

241.6163.48
229University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

243.8169.28
230Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

244.1370.33
231University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida (United States)

245.6628.38
232Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

246.18116.24
233Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

246.2788.58
234University of Texas-Dallas

Dallas, Texas (United States)

246.6228.96

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