I don’t know if you can say that categorically, there are definitely feeder schools into say Phd programs in econ, where there’s been some research done on this. Basically the best places to get undergrad are large research universities that have good Phd programs, like Columbia or LACs like Williams. The strength of the grad programs could be a factor here even though the OP has to make a decision on undergrad, and in that case Columbia is clearly better.
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