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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.12891.04
2University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.26176.26
3Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.35190.32
4London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

4.78268.92
5Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

6.09134.06
6World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.66601.49
7International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.82537.36
8National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

8.57129.07
9Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

9.23111.79
10University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

9.87147.28
11European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

10.8264.03
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.29110.53
13Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

16.51153.22
14Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

17.45189.05
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

18.88140.28
16Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

19.85104.42
17Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

21.28395.47
18Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

21.39100.12
19Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

22.4238.5
20Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

23.81174.42
21Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, CEPS/INSTEAD)

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

24.19217.8
22Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

25.61156
23New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

28.98121
24Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

29.06462.57
25University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

29.57130.76
26Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

31.21120.13
27University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

31.8792.6
28Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

32.39170.8
29University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

33.35104.65
30University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

33.68134.09
31Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

34.4165.37
32Sciences Po

Paris, France

34.8989.82
33Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

38.4109.31
34Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

38.96169.07
35University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

40.18142.84
36ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

41.66152.98
37European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

42.82348.28
38University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

44.166.5
39University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

44.69139.71
40University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

44.7383.01
41Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

46.4218.77
42Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

48.61210.78
43Banque de France

Paris, France

50.13197.46
43Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

50.13159.56
45Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

52.4790.4
46"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

53.37220.95
47Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

53.92179.94
48Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

54.8161.87
49Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

57.0861.37
50Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

57.9482.02
51Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

58.6348.68
52Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

59.24252.49
53Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

60.45103.68
54Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

60.4761.37
55KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

61.54141.15
56University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

61.7775.85
57University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

62.4498.97
58International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

62.77187.93
59DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

64.58104.09
60Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

65.2355.46
61Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

65.47116.62
62University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

66.22114.43
63University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

67.1587.57
64University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

69.14123.65
65National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

70.2999.33
66Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

73.3176.1
67Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

74100.88
68Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

75.02114.62
69University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

76.1689.63
70Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

76.8549.07
71Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

77.73180.66
72London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

78.0128.22
73Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

78.863.27
74Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

79.397.55
75Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

83.69122.71
76Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

84.39123.97
77University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

90.9975.5
78Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

91.0290.43
79Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

91.92107.93
80University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

92.59125.19
81University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

93.51116.06
82Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

93.8151.51
83Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

97.36125.42
84Xiamen University

Fujian, China

98.2451.75
85University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

98.3991.27
86Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

100.1296.16
87Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

100.3288.65
88Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

100.76140.38
89Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

102.2626.01
90Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

104.9590.08
91Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

105.5875.94
92Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

107.0610.91
93University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

107.26102.48
94Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

109.2693.27
95University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

110.1457.8
96University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

110.9672.07
97University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

112.33100.08
98Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

113.4158.75
99Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

114.6692.49
100Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

114.9161.5
101UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

115.0186.99
102Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

115.84108.46
103Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

116.0535.58
104Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

117.0475.75
105BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

117.2956.86
106Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

117.3856.61
107Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

118.94145.47
108Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

119.59102.32
109King's College London

London, United Kingdom

119.677.41
110Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

120.8160.93
111Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

122.31124.61
112Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

122.51156.66
113Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

124.1860.33
114Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

124.52142.22
115Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

124.97189.28
116Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

125.29114.64
117Peking University

Beijing, China

127.8691.33
118Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

127.94120.03
119Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

129.24139.21
120Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

129.81142.44
121Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

130.5177.42
122University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

133.01109.5
123WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

136.4990.7
124Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

136.576.92
125HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

136.6541.34
126Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

137.02128.03
127Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

137.2357.23
128Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

139.6879.11
129University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

142.2340.67
130University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

142.3162.38
131Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

143.7150.76
132University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

144.4833.49
133Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

145.39171.06
134Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

147.5140.22
135University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

148.4836.75
136Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

149.02110.76
137Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

149.2154.01
138Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

149.31148.65
139Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

149.43104.12
140Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

151.1573.56
141Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

152.7152.22
142University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

152.9946.05
143Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

Chengdu, China

153.1757.95
144National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

157.12473.93
145University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

158.4377.27
146Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

160.9355.32
147CESifo

München, Germany

162.1351.26
148Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

163.4399.35
149Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

163.5323.87
150University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

165.4547.85
151University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

165.49107.34
152University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

166.4275
153Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

167.34107.95
154Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

168.7577.78
155University of York

York, United Kingdom

169.86108.74
156University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

169.9566.99
157Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

170.25158.9
158Fudan University

Shanghai, China

170.4756.65
159Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

171.6611.54
160Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

172.3568.66
161Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

173.4150.05
162Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

174.2665.36
163Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

177.2268.67
164Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

178.1492.75
165Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

179.3451.02
166Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

180.57145.53
167Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

180.7599.75
168Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

180.83131.09
169University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

181.1440.6
170University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

181.51102.42
171Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

183.0894.37
172George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

183.8894.68
173University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

184.9931.92
174Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

189.2740.78
175Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

189.3363.76
176University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

190.3919.62
177Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

190.6867.36
178McGill University

Montréal, Canada

190.7947.7
179Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

190.9967.14
180Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

192.7161.93
181City University of Macao

Macau, Macao

194.264
182Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

19741.71
183University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

199.2870.45
184European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

201.7644.74
185Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

204.3959.77
186University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

206.6651.34
187de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

207.4777.99
188Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

208.25143.46
189Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain

209.6789.99
190University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

210.4240.49
191University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

211.6788.78
192University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

212.9560.19
193Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

216.4169.97
194University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

216.871.22
195Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

219.0849.84
196University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

219.7282.99
197Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

220.2253.45
198African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

220.74.01
199Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

221.1853.79
200Lille Économie et Management (LEM)

Lille, France

221.28110.21
201Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

223.7569.55
202University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

223.8561.83
203HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

224.4539.89
204University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

225.2660.35
205Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

225.4587.9
206Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

225.7346.33
207Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

229.1150.93
208Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

229.1738.21
209Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

230.3286.67
210University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

230.9354.1
211Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

231.0861.13
212University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

231.7354.23
213Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

São Paulo, Brazil

231.862.62
214Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

232.4270.13
215Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

235.03158.46
216University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

235.2941.71
217Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

238.0915.36
218Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf, Germany

240.156.46
219Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

243.57109.96
220Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Moscow, Russia

243.92191.71
221Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

245.7964.55
222Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

246.8867.6
223Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA)

Nancy/Strasbourg, France

250.1494.63
224University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts (United States)

250.4835.89
225Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

250.7862.5
226University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

252.5745.78
227Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

253.0197.42
228Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

254.0635.35
229University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

254.1155.82
230Lincoln University

Canterbury, New Zealand

254.313.3
231Université du Luxembourg

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

255.6565.87
232Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

257.677.56
233The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

257.9450.56
234Universytet Vizja

Warszawa, Poland

259.0329.49
235University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

259.5547.06
236Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya (IIMBG)

Gaya, India

262.5110
237New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

263.7343.59
238Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

264.0541.21
239Universitetet i Stavanger

Stavanger, Norway

266.7132.42
240Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

268.1767.66
241European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

268.9121.36
242University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

269.3591.21
243Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

270.4114.54
244Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

270.7424.62
245Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

272.0666.88
246Université de Lyon

Lyon, France

272.0875.22

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