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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.14874.11
2University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.12183.16
3Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.15190.68
4London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

4.85268.32
5World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.54607.37
6International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.64518.96
7Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.59127.83
8Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

8.68108.49
9University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

9.32142.95
10National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

9.61120.73
11European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

10.96256.61
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

14.7103.79
13Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

15.67186.41
14Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

16.31143.69
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

19.8146.75
16Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

20.3399.27
17Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

21.13333.57
18Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

21.6759.57
19Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

22.1231.52
20Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

22.69157.39
21Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

23.13479.31
22Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

23.4296.22
23New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

25.39122.16
24University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

26.46132.53
25Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

26.77162.46
26Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

29.13113.22
27Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

30.76163.74
28University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

33.19138.31
29University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

34.1998.9
30Sciences Po

Paris, France

34.2895.07
31European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

34.55355.78
32Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

34.8160.1
33Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

36.3166.8
34Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

39.67108
35University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

39.95128.78
36University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

40.23138.35
37Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

43.38158.29
37University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

43.3887.77
39University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

43.8966.67
40Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

44.3188.57
41Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

45.72206
42Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

46.22209.92
43ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

47.72116.05
44Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

47.9113.77
45Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

51.0890.04
46University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

53.7176.67
47Banque de France

Paris, France

53.73182.77
48University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

55.87116.71
49International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

56.28193.08
50Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

57.03238.12
51University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

58.65125.73
52"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

58.71223.58
53Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

59.0576.64
54Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

59.5152.46
55Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

60.5364.46
56Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

60.82150.68
57Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

62.49182.26
58DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

62.51104.63
59University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

65.1881.46
60Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

68.2456.07
61University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

68.3669.16
62Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

70.0587.71
63National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

70.3496.51
64Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

70.38115.8
65Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

70.4109.63
66Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

72.19173.06
67University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

72.7287.77
68Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

75.85100.24
69Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

76.0142.43
70University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

77.1493.18
71KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

79.01127.02
72Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

79.9102.74
73Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

80.2265.13
74Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

81.86156.22
75Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

82.78106.8
76Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

82.8121.84
77London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

83.3629.23
78Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

85.59119.9
79University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

86.592.04
80Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

88.8883.54
81Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

89.5352.72
82University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

91.36116.31
83Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

91.69122.9
84University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

91.83118.68
85Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

92.1579.75
86Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

95.1586.54
87Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

96.9110.26
88Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

99.2589.8
89University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

100.33106.84
90Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

102.593.78
91Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

103.3374.99
92University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

103.5973.5
93Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

104.3674.21
94University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

106.0175.34
95Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

106.2254.36
96University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

106.29105.88
97Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

110.88155.96
98Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

111.99107.46
99Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

112.02134.06
100Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

112.7574.66
101Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

112.9118.61
102Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

115.16102.31
103Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

115.64118.78
104University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

115.6871.07
105Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

116.8628.67
106Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

118.1376.32
107Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

118.37188.26
108University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

119.259.3
109UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

119.2981.8
110Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

120.68136.48
111Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

123.19128.04
112Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

124.8262.73
113Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

127.0183.49
113Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

127.0156.2
115Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

128114.04
116Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

128.8678.41
117WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

129.3294.37
118Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

130.331.94
119Xiamen University

Fujian, China

131.2548.83
120Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

131.3361.2
121Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

132.2132.88
122Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

132.5797.77
123Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

132.6252.6
124Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

134.22139.2
125Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

135.7975.56
126Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

135.84168.14
127Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

136.5310.11
128University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

137.4104.67
129Peking University

Beijing, China

137.4782.69
130Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

138.81107.29
131Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

139.2952.27
132University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

139.8158.89
133Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

140.1149.96
134HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

140.440.85
135Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

144.7623.08
136Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

148.84158.25
137Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

149.02141.71
138University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

151.6730.98
139University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

154.4233.81
140University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

155.44107.74
141University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

155.5739.67
142National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

155.86469.92
143Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

157.354.26
144Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

158.3259.48
145Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

158.4275.31
146CESifo

München, Germany

159.3543.39
147Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

160.1398.79
148Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

160.63140.34
149Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

161.2213.74
150King's College London

London, United Kingdom

161.7367.8
151Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

162.11126.69
152Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

162.5451.45
153Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

163.7969.41
154University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

165.0838.6
155University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

165.4771.87
156Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

166.258.07
157University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

167.2846.85
158Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

169.9667.91
159University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

170.22105.62
160Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

174.7723.54
161BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

174.8351.37
162Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

175.1362.07
163Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

175.2940.1
164University of York

York, United Kingdom

176.32104.2
165University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

178.0169.95
166Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

181.8575.08
167University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

182.171.66
168Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

183.540.6
169Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

184.0763.1
169University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

184.0750.9
171Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

184.2551.42
172Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

184.2763.73
173University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

188.8950.34
174University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

189.3491.59
175Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

191.8554.13
176Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

193.41160.21
177Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

Chengdu, China

194.7860.45
178Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

196.3495.77
179University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

198.1432.67
180Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

198.9893.81
181Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

199.4995.62
182de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

199.6277.61
183Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

200.6166.16
184Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

202.1864.23
185George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

203.9690.64
186McGill University

Montréal, Canada

204.7242.26
187Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

207.2833.33
188Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

208.0164.59
189Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

208.1237.24
190African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

208.325.02
191Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

209.3346.02
192Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

209.82142.92
193Fudan University

Shanghai, China

211.2752.87
194University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

212.8762.63
195Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

213.11315.03
196European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

214.8442.65
197Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

217.32105.46
198University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

217.9851.1
199Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain

219.0387.99
200Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

219.8354.93
201Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

São Paulo, Brazil

220.1661.58
202Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

221.5763.78
203The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

222.5954.04
204University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

223.6357.72
205Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

224.3671.8
206University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

224.5183.63
207Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

225.260.97
208Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

226.8786.65
209University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

227.6558.19
210University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

227.7569.22
211Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

228.0761.55
212University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

228.1464.52
213Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

228.3794.05
214University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

228.481.8
214Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

228.471.48
216University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

229.2643.97
217Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Moscow, Russia

230.71191.4
218Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

230.9548.97
219Lille Économie et Management (LEM)

Lille, France

231.78108.87
220University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

232.5344.41
221HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

23341.89
222Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

236.7585.67
223University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

237.6319.68
224Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Roma, Italy

240.8769.74
225University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

240.9640.78
226New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

241.8651.6
227University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)

243.0154.11
228Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

Warszawa, Poland

243.23113.43
229Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

245.248.53
230University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

246.9846.23
231Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

251.5412.62
232Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

252.7797.03
233Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

253.146.46
234Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

253.2567.22
235Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf, Germany

255.4150.26
236Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

257.3461.08
237City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

257.3885.6
238University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

258.2968.2
239Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

258.6562.98
240Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

259.1337.65

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