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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Microfinance, as of June 2012

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Top 10% institutions in the field of Microfinance

The scores of institutions in each field are determined by a weighted sum of all authors affiliated with the respective institutions. The weights are determined, for each author, by the proportion of all working papers announced in NEP that have also been announced in NEP-MFD (Microfinance).
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
(1)Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (IEW), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

1.672217.81
1Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

1.677666.97
(0)Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

1.672823.31
2World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.43336278.59
3Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (USA)

4.512519.33
4Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

5.668765.77
(5)Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

6.48131110.86
(5)Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

8.043021.89
5London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

8.97221151.43
6Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

9.493832.79
7Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

10.856048.98
(8)Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

11.5698.07
8Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

13.573932.34
9Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Lüneburg, Germany

16.47108.47
10Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

17.876045.22
11Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

18.066646.42
12Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Christian-Albrechts-Universität

Kiel, Germany

18.162516.99
(13)Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

18.815436.52
13CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

18.9613181.21
14Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

20.022520.72
15Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

20.5521.47
(16)Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

20.7294.24
16Department of Economics, European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

21.613520.3
17International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

22.12288244.27
18Department of Economics, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada (USA)

23.5675.64
19Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

23.819578.57
20Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

New York City, New York (USA)

24.16108.6
21Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

24.574536.47
22National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

26.1545938.61
(23)Dipartimento di Economia e Istituzioni, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

26.932821.38
23School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

27.5510473.47
24Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

27.963327.41
25Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

28.393631.57
(26)Unidade de Estudos sobre Complexidade e Economia (UECE), Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

28.492818.89
26Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

28.497261.36
27Department of Economics, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

30.465346.86
28Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

33.22143110.33
(29)Vakgroep Algemene Economie, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

37.083218.99
29Department of Economics, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

37.456650.9
(30)Sonderforschungsbereich 373, Quantifikation und Simulation ökonomischer Prozesse, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

3831.21
(30)Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Essen, Germany

39.61511.59
30Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Essen, Germany

39.62117.05
31Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

41.145631.21
32Department of Economics, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

41.743832.55
33Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

43.513425.66
34Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

43.674943.81
35Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

43.85030.47
36Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

50.825240.84
37Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

51.045749.22
38Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

54.254735.77
39Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

55.583933.73
40Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

57.255735.64
(41)Interdisciplinary Institute of Management (IIM), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

57.8511
41Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (USA)

61.092015.16
42Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

61.234032.91
(43)Département économie et finance, Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

61.451611.51
43Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

61.451913.41
(44)Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

61.612319.24
(44)Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research, Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

61.65117.66
(44)Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

61.86104.44
44Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

62.012819.1
45Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

62.487051.02
46Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

62.542321.31
(46)Department of Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

62.5455
(47)Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

63.6298.84
47Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

64.235042.89
(48)Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

64.421412.18
48Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

64.423934.59
49Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

64.682210.54
(50)Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

64.782420.78
50Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

67.715941.22
51Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG), Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix

Namur, Belgium

68.522521.73
52Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

69.418813.22
53Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

69.659970.55
54Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

70.436148.36
55DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

71.1112680.63
56Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

73.835040.43
(57)Institute for Economic Development, Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

74.3942.83
(57)Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

74.995955.35
57Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

74.997367.51
58Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Beijing, China

76.533028.51
59Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

77.0213993.9
60Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

77.48207.36
(61)Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

78.025245.8
(61)Centre de Recherche en Économie de Développement (CRED), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG), Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix

Namur, Belgium

78.21413.2
61Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

80.015422.44
62Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

80.681512.65
63Department of Economics, Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

80.732520.11
64Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

82.89218.76
(65)Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

83.486645.22
(65)Institut für Statistik und Ökonometrie (ISÖ), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

85.69179.67
65Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

86.022521.59
66School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

89.87952.46
67Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

89.86109.85
(67)Finance Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

89.8665.85
(68)Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

91.382614.89
68International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

91.97121106.71
69Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

92.52717.65
70Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

92.8440.72
71Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

94.727451.22
72Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

95.593921.58
73Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

98.6414226.63
74John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (USA)

99.32220.12
75Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

99.376141.24
(76)Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

99.654317.05
76Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

100.637151.83
77Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

101.056037.93
78Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

101.113128.94
79Center for Social Development, Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

101.3511
80Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

104.6661.38
81Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Peradeniya

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

105.3233
82Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

105.914835.47
83Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

106.014317.16
84Department of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

108.353933.41
(85)Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

108.41310.02
85Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

110.262419.07
86Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

110.7727719.56
87Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

110.810395.02
88Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

111.852319.17
89School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

112.642513.04
90Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

112.772720.19
91Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

113.964636.62
92Laboratoire d'Économie et de Gestion (LEG), Université de Bourgogne

Dijon, France

1142926.25
93Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

114.05195104.81

Top 10% authors in the field of Microfinance

This ranking is based on registered authors only, and only those who are classified within this field. Authors can register at the RePEc Author Service.
RankAuthorScore
1Ross Levine

Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California (USA)

2.15
2Jonathan Morduch

Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University (NYU), New York City, New York (USA)

3.32
3Peter M. Robinson

Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom

4.29
4Leonardo Becchetti

Dipartimento di Economia e Istituzioni, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma, Italy

4.5
5Thorsten Beck

CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg, Tilburg, Netherlands

4.62
6Nazrul Islam

Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York City, New York (USA)

4.96
7Asli Demirguc-Kunt

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

5.46
8Dean S. Karlan

Economics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

5.47
9Allen N. Berger

Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

5.56
10Christopher Woodruff

Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

8.88
11David de Meza

Interdisciplinary Institute of Management (IIM), London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom

13.35
12Keith Blackburn

Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research, Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

14.13
13Robert P. Flood

Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana (USA)

14.29
14Arthur Hosios

Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

15.47
15Jonathan Zinman

Economics Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

16.65
16Beatriz Armendáriz

Department of Economics, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom

18.99
17Robert Cull

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

20.48
18Donald Cox

Department of Economics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

21.06
19Inessa Love

Finance and Private Sector Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

21.14
20Shahidur Rahman Khandker

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

21.23
21Varouj Aram Aivazian

Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

21.38
22Jean-Marie Baland

Centre de Recherche en Économie de Développement (CRED), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG), Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium

21.62
23Oliver Bruce Linton

Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

22.33
24Mark Schreiner

Center for Social Development, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

22.88
25Robin Burgess

Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom

24.14
26Xavier Gine

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

25.76
27Dipak Mazumdar

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27.72
28Marcel Fafchamps

Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

27.79
29David McKenzie

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

28.22
30Steven B Caudill

Department of Economics and Business Administration, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee (USA)

29.67
31Suresh de Mel

Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

30.09

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