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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.14876.75
2University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.12184.62
3Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.02192.96
4London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

5.2270.3
5World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.58606.52
6International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.72521.62
7Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.46129.03
8National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

8.16127.85
9Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

9.4109.49
10University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

9.67142.62
11European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

11.21259.2
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.78105.37
13Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

15.85187.89
14Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

16.18143.74
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

19.59143.6
16Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

20.34377.12
17Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

20.5198.22
18Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

22.21234.1
19Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

22.62156.14
20Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

23.3897.22
21Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

23.86477.85
22Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

24.559.32
23New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

24.68121.84
24Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

25.65165.47
25University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

25.91135.48
26Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

29.7111.24
27Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

32162.06
28Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

34.05160.1
29University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

34.56137.31
30European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

34.65352.75
31Sciences Po

Paris, France

34.9394.07
32Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

35.83167.2
33University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

36.1599.89
34Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

38.19109.81
35University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

39.4791.78
36University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

40.63128.71
37University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

41.22141.34
38Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

43.54160.19
39Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

44.41187.57
40University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

44.6166.5
41Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

45.95205
42Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

47.01210.83
43ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

49.44115.15
44Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

50.0591
45Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

50.77239.97
46University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

51.6378.56
47Banque de France

Paris, France

54.39182.86
48International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

54.64193.08
49Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

55.51151.78
50Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

55.98112.77
51Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

56.4477.53
52"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

57.35224.78
53Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

58.9752.46
54University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

59.85124.83
55Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

61.1263.86
56DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

61.94105.8
57Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

62.2655.59
58University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

62.2772.31
59University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

62.46115.66
60University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

63.4281.36
61Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

66.36182.27
62National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

70.296.46
63Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

71.25109.63
64KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

71.66130.46
65Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

71.86115.8
66Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

72.3142.43
67Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

72.69173.06
68University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

73.2188.11
69Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

73.789.71
70Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

75.05100.24
71University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

77.392.18
72London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

79.6929.23
73Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

80.47157.03
74Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

82.32102.95
75Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

82.7265.23
76Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

84.13106.79
77Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

84.87120.84
78University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

87.4692.04
79Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

89.4892.49
80University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

91.34119.68
81University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

91.89119.31
82Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

92.6284.54
83Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

92.88122.51
84Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

93.82116.95
85Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

99.3176.44
86Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

99.9190.6
87Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

100.1136.62
88Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

100.32109.26
89University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

102108.24
90University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

102.2172.5
91Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

103.976.75
92Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

104.7174.21
93Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

107.0592.78
94University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

108.1476.34
95Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

108.63118.61
96Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

108.7454.36
97University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

109.31106.07
98Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

110.2251.72
99Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

111.63156.46
100University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

111.6672.07
101UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

112.8981.93
102Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

112.91133.56
103Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

113.3379.8
104Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

114.05103.32
105Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

115.85188.26
106Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

116.2828.07
107Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

116.38118.29
108Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

118.48141.42
109Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

118.5185.49
110Xiamen University

Fujian, China

119.250.76
111Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

119.5134.01
112University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

121.1559.79
113Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

122.860.73
114Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

125.6761.5
115Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

126.0354.7
116WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

126.4795.25
117Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

126.81168.14
118Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

127.3278.91
119Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

128.3831.59
120Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

130.1114.32
121Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

130.49133.68
122Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

130.69142.37
123Peking University

Beijing, China

131.6283.84
124Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

133.1973.72
125Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

133.2897.27
126Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

133.4150.76
127University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

134.07105.49
128Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

137.0710.11
129HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

138.0941.84
130Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

138.7875.56
131Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

141.4107.49
132Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

142.4452.02
133University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

144.8358.88
134University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

146.4632.49
135Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

146.71141.82
136Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

147.2351.6
137Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

147.66159.87
138National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

147.96471.43
139University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

148.98109.24
140University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

150.7934.76
141Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

153.2523.08
142Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

155.7954.26
143University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

156.3839.67
144Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

159.875.31
145CESifo

München, Germany

161.8243.54
146Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

162.1759.07
147Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

162.71140.53
148Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

16359.48
149King's College London

London, United Kingdom

163.8468.19
150Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

164.0199.79
151Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

164.5951.55
152Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

165.5223.84
153Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

167.2768.41
154University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

167.838.58
155University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

168.3271.77
156University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

169.04104.62
157Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

169.4267.91
158University of York

York, United Kingdom

169.77109.48
159University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

170.9146.85
160Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

171.0114.12
161Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

173.49127.69
162Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

174.9141.25
163Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

Chengdu, China

177.4359.95
164BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

177.8752.86
165University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

177.9172
166Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

179.4561.07
167Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

181.0439.6
168University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

182.550.9
169Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

183.7249.12
170University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

184.2268.96
171Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

184.5696.81
172Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

186.1375.88
173Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

187.55161.01
174Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

188.9463.1
175Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

189.2967.06
176Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

190.4351.42
177Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

194.2855.03
178Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

195.6233.35
179McGill University

Montréal, Canada

196.4244.26
180Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

196.5894.22
181University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

196.6850.34
182Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

196.8662.53
183George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

197.9491.64
184Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

199.9966.16
185University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

200.5291.59
186de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

201.8577.61
187Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

202.5495.46
188University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

203.2933.17
189Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

206.136.24
190Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

207.6945.84
191University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

208.3863.63
192European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

211.243.75
193Fudan University

Shanghai, China

211.2553.22
194Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

211.7764.59
195Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

213.35105.46
196African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

216.435.02
197Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

216.85314.53
198Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

218.45141.32
199Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

218.6664.78
200Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain

219.6687.99
201University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

222.4151.1
202The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

223.4553.44
203University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

223.8983.13
204University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

224.4959.72
205University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

225.287.8
206Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

225.5693.06
207Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

225.5871.8
208Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Moscow, Russia

225.6177.1
209University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

225.6369.22
210Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

225.7760.97
211Lille Économie et Management (LEM)

Lille, France

227.39109.21
212University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

228.0958.19
213Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

São Paulo, Brazil

228.8660.62
214Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

228.9763.55
215University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

229.641.47
216Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

229.8486.65
217University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

230.1464.52
218Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

233.5585.67
219University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

233.6943.41
220University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

233.7619.68
221HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

237.6741.89
222Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

238.3352.93
223University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

239.6940.78
224Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

241.0669.98
225Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

241.5348.58
226New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

244.952.1
227Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Roma, Italy

246.2968.74
228University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)

247.9154.11
229University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

248.1347.23
230Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

249.3174.34
231Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

250.0862.05
232Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

254.3666.72
233University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

254.3968.2
234Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

255.4712.62
235City University of Macao

Macau, Macao

256.353
236Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

258.6736.65
237City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

258.9484.03
238Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

259.6593.51
239European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

259.69125.61
240Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

Warszawa, Poland

259.97114.26
241Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

261.3662.48
242University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

263.3879.98

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