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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.14874.11
2University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.08184.13
3Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.23191.48
4London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

4.74268.68
5World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.56604.87
6International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.63519.12
7Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.59128.5
8Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

9.16109.61
9National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

9.34122.25
10University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

9.4143.7
11European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

10.99258.63
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

14.66103.83
13Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

15.58188.05
14Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

16.12145.96
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

19.91144.25
16Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

20.5370.02
17Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

20.5399.23
18Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

21.9159.57
19Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

22.79231.52
20Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

22.86156.64
21Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

23.5296.75
22Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

24.23476.31
23New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

25.63123.5
24Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

25.67166.95
25University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

26.11133.43
26Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

29.7112.21
27Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

32.23160.93
28University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

33.77138.31
29University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

34.09100.39
30Sciences Po

Paris, France

34.2895.03
31European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

34.54353.53
32Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

34.67159.1
33Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

36.67167.2
34Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

38.13108.5
35University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

38.9891.28
36University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

40.42129.48
37University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

42.24140.65
38Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

43.36158.29
39University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

44.4467.17
40Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

45.27206.25
41Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

45.44188.57
42Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

46.74209.92
43Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

48.1113.77
44ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

49.1115.04
45Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

49.5791.04
46University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

53.4377.72
47Banque de France

Paris, France

55.27181.52
48University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

55.94116.71
49International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

55.98193.08
50Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

56.73237.12
51Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

58.4577.14
52"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

58.94223.58
53University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

59.79124.83
54Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

59.83151.48
55Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

60.1952.46
56Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

60.3864.46
57DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

62.91104.63
58Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

62.97182.26
59Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

64.8757.02
60University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

64.9981.21
61University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

68.8670.16
62Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

70.4288.71
63Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

70.58109.63
64National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

70.7996.51
65Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

70.93115.28
66University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

72.8687.77
67KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

72.87128.87
68Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

73.0542.43
69Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

73.35173.06
70University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

74.7593.18
71Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

75.04100.24
72London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

78.5329.73
73Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

80.19102.95
74Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

80.22157.12
75Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

81.7166.49
76Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

82.67122.84
77Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

84.64106.79
78University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

86.192.04
79University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

89.82117.31
80Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

90.0483.54
81Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

90.7592.49
82University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

91.31119.68
83Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

93122.9
84Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

93.4879.75
85Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

94.66117.95
86Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

99.2190.6
87University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

100.64106.84
88Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

101.12109.26
89Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

101.5676.44
90University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

103.2676.34
91Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

103.94131.46
92University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

104.1273.5
93Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

104.2274.71
94Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

106.4692.78
95Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

106.8954.36
96University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

108.78105.66
97Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

111.59157.46
98University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

111.6572.07
99Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

111.6751.72
100Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

113.09135.06
101Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

114.0377.31
102Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

114.28118.61
103Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

115.54102.32
104Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

116.2118.78
105Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

116.2527.87
106UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

118.3881.78
107Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

119.45188.26
108Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

120.2262.73
109University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

120.3459.3
110Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

120.53136.15
111Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

122.79128.04
112Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

122.95114.14
113Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

125.01169.14
114Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

127.7683.49
115Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

127.8456.2
116Xiamen University

Fujian, China

127.948.83
117Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

128.7478.91
118Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

128.9231.94
119Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

129.18134.88
120Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

129.4473.66
121WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

13094.17
122Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

131.7461.2
123Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

133.55139.2
124Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

133.897.77
125Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

134.6710.11
126University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

135.6105.67
127Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

137.7175.56
128HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

137.9841.84
129Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

139.9852.27
130Peking University

Beijing, China

140.0883.69
131Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

140.151.6
132Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

140.92150.21
133University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

141.8158.89
134Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

141.82107.29
135Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

146.98159.25
136Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

148.73142.71
137University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

149.85108.74
138University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

151.6131.98
139National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

153.3472.37
140University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

153.4839.67
141University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

154.3133.81
142Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

156.1254.26
143Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

156.3923.08
144Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

159.0675.31
145Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

160.4159.48
146CESifo

München, Germany

161.0443.39
147University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

161.3139.1
148Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

162.7398.79
149Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

163.63140.53
150Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

164.0423.79
151Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

164.0551.4
152Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

164.24126.69
153Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

165.0169.41
154King's College London

London, United Kingdom

165.2467.8
155Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

166.7358.07
156University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

167.5671.23
157Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

168.714.07
158University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

169.3946.85
159Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

170.9367.91
160University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

171.17105.62
161University of York

York, United Kingdom

173.87106.48
162Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

176.4540.1
163BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

176.9451.37
164Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

178.561.07
165University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

180.3372.16
166Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

181.2449.72
167University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

182.2350.9
168Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

182.6875.08
169University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

182.9468.96
170Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

Chengdu, China

183.759.95
171Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

184.3739.85
172Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

185.7963.1
173Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

186.55162.21
174Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

186.7451.92
175University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

189.2350.34
176University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

190.1291.59
177Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

192.2194.81
178Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

193.6154.63
179Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

195.1165.23
180McGill University

Montréal, Canada

196.3544.26
181Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

196.4661.58
182George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

197.1692.14
183University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

199.6232.92
184Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

199.994.77
185Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

200.1266.16
186Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

201.7295.46
187de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

201.8577.61
188Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

203.0433.33
189Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

208.3771.48
190African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

209.165.02
191Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

209.6437.24
192Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

210.464.59
193Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

211.7846.02
194University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

212.6362.63
195Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

212.68141.92
196Fudan University

Shanghai, China

213.2152.87
197Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

214.59105.46
198European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

215.0943.75
199Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

215.86315.03
200Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

216.2264.78
201The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

219.754.04
202University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

221.3251.1
203Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain

221.8287.99
204Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

223.3253.93
205University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

224.4557.72
206University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

224.9287.8
207Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

225.0371.8
208Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

226.1460.97
209University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

226.583.13
210University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

226.7758.19
211University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

226.9369.22
212Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Moscow, Russia

227.19191.4
213Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

228.0694.05
214Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

229.3162.55
215University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

229.5864.52
216Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

232.0686.65
217Lille Économie et Management (LEM)

Lille, France

232.21108.87
218University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

233.743.97
219Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

São Paulo, Brazil

234.1960.62
220University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

234.9943.41
221HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

236.0441.89
222University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

236.0819.68
223Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Roma, Italy

237.3470.49
224Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

238.8785.67
225New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

240.4952.1
226Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

Warszawa, Poland

241.38113.43
227University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

241.7240.78
228Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

243.597.03
229University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)

245.5454.11
230Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

246.6548.48
231University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

246.9346.23
232Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

247.3162.08
233Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

251.4466.72
234Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

254.7612.62
235Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf, Germany

259.1350.26
236Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

259.2862.98
237European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

259.36125.61
238City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

260.2186.1
239University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

261.2767
240Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

261.6972.34
241Universität Basel

Basel, Switzerland

262.7147.12

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