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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Evolutionary Economics, as of August 2012

This page shows one of the many rankings computed with RePEc data. They are based on data about authors who have registered with the RePEc Author Service, institutions listed on EDIRC, bibliographic data collected by RePEc, citation analysis performed by CitEc and popularity data compiled by LogEc. To find more rankings, historical data and detailed methodology, click here. Or see the ranking FAQ. For Evolutionary Economics, these are 586 authors affiliated with 1144 institutions.
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Top 10% institutions in the field of Evolutionary Economics

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-EVO (Evolutionary Economics).
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

1.14841.13
2Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

2.043226.8
3Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

3.357667.36
(4)Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (IEW), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

4.482117.23
(4)Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

4.482823.73
4Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

8.339068.11
5Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

9.244838.69
6Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

9.945743.88
(7)Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

10.833223.31
7Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

11.253632.57
8Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

12.34148122.77
9Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (USA)

14.293730.62
10Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

14.343932.85
11Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

16.771512.49
12Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

18.014836.63
13Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)

Basel/Zürich, Switzerland

18.7891.86
14School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

18.967749.87
15Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (USA)

19.013328.09
16Department Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Zeppelin Universität

Friedrichshafen, Germany

20.0421.33
17Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

21.31136113.5
18Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

22.084944.7
19Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

22.16143111.72
20Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University

Orange, California (USA)

22.233422.94
21CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

22.7112980.2
(22)School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology

Brisbane, Australia

22.882823.43
22Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology

Brisbane, Australia

22.883326.7
23School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

23.5710272.87
23Santa Fe Institute

Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA)

23.5785.54
(25)Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University

Orange, California (USA)

23.872917.94
25Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

25.279680.51
(26)Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

25.768563.75
26Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

25.814635.96
(27)Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

27.044026.54
(27)Department of Economics, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

27.81211.48
(27)Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

27.831310.71
27Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

28.635847.76
28Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

29.966047.56
(29)Dipartimento di Economia e Istituzioni, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

30.253023.63
29Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

34.58190108.82
30Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

34.593732.49
31Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

35.4957372.52
32Department of Economics, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

35.564025.2
(33)Vakgroep Algemene Economie, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

36.453118.17
33Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

36.657249.54
34Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

37.246143.89
35Department of Economics, Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

43.342520.08
36College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida (USA)

44.3766
37Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

45.33732.85
38Business School, University of Hertfordshire

Hatfield, United Kingdom

46.2576.03
(38)Economics Group, Business School, University of Hertfordshire

Hatfield, United Kingdom

46.2543.58
39Department of Economics, International Business School, Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (USA)

48.112722.63
40Department of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

48.464235.83
41Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

54.791714.6
42Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Basel

Basel, Switzerland

56.411816.1
43School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

57.022313.24
44Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

58.83145.64
45Department of Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

62.663533.99
46Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

64.112822.68
(47)Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Austria

64.8284.59
47Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

65.994829.25
48National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

66.5644339.99
49Department of Economics, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

67.713328.67
50Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

68.545547.91
51Department of Economics, Seinan Gakuin University

Fukuoka, Japan

68.5611
52Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (USA)

69.222318.14
53Department of Economics, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

69.316852.04
54Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

71.355734.99
55Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

71.735331.77
56Fakultät für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Austria

72.472014.86
57Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

72.665748.09
(57)Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

72.665243.96
58Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Jena, Germany

73.064631.61
59Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität

Bonn, Germany

73.933930.21
60École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

74.073832.9
61Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NetSPAR)

Tilburg, Netherlands

75.14297.88
62RAND

Santa Monica, California (USA)

76.993725.15
(62)Labor and Population Program, RAND

Santa Monica, California (USA)

76.99157.78
63Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

77.814634.08
64Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York

York, United Kingdom

79.886858.29
65Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz

Konstanz, Germany

80.013028.83
66Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

80.34116.79
67Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University

Clayton, Australia

82.36126121.57
(67)Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University

Clayton, Australia

82.365654.17
(68)Laboratorium für experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität

Bonn, Germany

82.5243.17
(68)Départment d'économétrie et d'économie politique (DEEP), École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

82.872118.38
(68)Centre for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision-Making (CREED), Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

83.4665.25
(68)Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität

Heidelberg, Germany

84.432015.1
68Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität

Heidelberg, Germany

84.432216.25
69Krannert School of Management, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

84.842019.09
(69)Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

84.841918.09
70Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

85.392113.3
(71)Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

86.56139.98
(71)Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance (CeNDEF), Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

86.76147.72
71Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

88.954237.14
72Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

89.433933.81
73Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

90.058512.94
74Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

91.154438.67
(75)Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

91.833027.38
75Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

92.261917.04
76Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

954032.88
77Business School, University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

95.377369.04
78School of Economics, University of East Anglia

Norwich, United Kingdom

98.172719.55
(79)Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

99.093425.94
79Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

99.743934.58
80Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

München, Germany

101.074431.63
(81)Centre for the Study of Choice, Business School, University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

101.4153.24
81Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

101.713726.77
82Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

101.813128.34
83Department of Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

102.871814.6
84Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen, Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

104.3652.36
85Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

104.533228.84
86Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

105.189073.95
87Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

105.654438.26
88Economics Department, George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (USA)

107.212413.81
89Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

109.851310.62
90Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

110.616951.64
(91)Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming (USA)

114.2988
91College of Business, University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming (USA)

114.2988
92Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (USA)

115.883326.6
93Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

116.712521.59
94Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Trento

Trento, Italy

117.93731.25
(95)C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

118.9510.98
(95)Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

121.242719.85
95College of Business and Economics, Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

121.345044.39
(95)Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

121.344640.65
96Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

122.022011.78
97School of Management, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

122.272217.65
98Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

122.743323.83
99Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

123.1512792.02
100Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

123.32320.54
101Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

124.13016.84
102Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

124.84234.75
103School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

126.028044.19
104Economics Department, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

127.713532.32
105Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

128.988459.1
106Olin School of Business, Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

129.991715.62
107London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

131.09218150.19
108Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

131.173832.62
109Département d'Économie, École Polytechnique

Palaiseau, France

132.923625.98
(110)Departement Algemene Economie, School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

135.352610.7
110Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

138.192822.21
(111)Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

140.092522.96
111Department of Economics, European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

140.353521.75
112School of Economics, University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

140.666052.24
113Department of Economics, University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

141.333229.78
114Economics, University of Texas-Dallas

Dallas, Texas (USA)

141.61010

Top 10% authors in the field of Evolutionary Economics

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
1Ernst Fehr

Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (IEW), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

1.39
2Bruno S. Frey

Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

1.79
3Yves Zenou

Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden

3.16
4David Easley

Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)

5.28
5Matthias Sutter

Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

6.34
6Vernon L. Smith

Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, Orange, California (USA)

6.5
7Oded Galor

Economics Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

6.96
8Jörgen W. Weibull

Department of Economics, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

8.73
9Glenn W. Harrison

College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida (USA)

11.23
10James Andreoni

Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, California (USA)

13.14
11Herbert Gintis

Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA)

13.21
12Geoffrey Martin Hodgson

Economics Group, Business School, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom

13.36
13Simon Gächter

Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

14.42
14Ted Bergstrom

Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB), Santa Barbara, California (USA)

15.83
15H. Peyton Young

Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

16.77
16Douglass C. North

Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

17.65
17Jeremy Greenwood

Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

19.07
18John List

Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany

19.3
19Joel Sobel

Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, California (USA)

21.11
20Steffen Huck

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

23.13
21Blake Lebaron

Department of Economics, International Business School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts (USA)

24.13
22Charles Noussair

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

24.72
23Daniel Friedman

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

24.78
24Arthur John Robson

Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

25.09
25Kevin McCabe

Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (USA)

25.93
26Lawrence Edward Blume

Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA)

26.74
27Reinhard Selten

Laboratorium für experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany

32.51
28Jörg Oechssler

Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany

33.09
29Joffre Dan Swait Jr.

Centre for the Study of Choice, Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

33.35
30Urs Fischbacher

Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

35.5
31Teck Hua Ho

Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California (USA)

35.77
32Mozaffar Qizilbash

Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, York, United Kingdom

36.25
33Mukesh Eswaran

Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

36.46
34Catherine C Eckel

Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (USA)

38.73
35Fernando Vega-Redondo

Department of Economics, European University Institute, Firenze, Italy

39.04
36Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh

Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE), Barcelona, Spain

40.39
37Geoffrey Brennan

Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

40.58
38Alois Stutzer

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland

41.16
39Sergiu Hart

Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

41.57
40Alberto Bisin

C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of Economics, New York University (NYU), New York City, New York (USA)

42.1
41Roberto A. Weber

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

42.62
42Armin Falk

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany

43.57
43Ron Boschma

Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

43.79
44Avner Greif

Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, California (USA)

44.22
45Jeroen Swinkels

Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

45.27
46Dale O. Stahl II

Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA)

45.35
47Frans A.A.M. van Winden

Centre for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision-Making (CREED), Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

46.06
48Cars Hommes

Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance (CeNDEF), Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

47.3
49John Gowdy

Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York (USA)

47.73
50Gabriele Camera

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland

47.8
51Eric van Damme

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

49.05
52Joseph Henrich

Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

49.2
53Werner Güth

Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Jena, Germany

50.47
54Antoine Terracol

Théorie et Applications en Microéconomie et Macroéconomie (TEAM), Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Paris, France

53.21
55Michael Watts

Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

55.54
56Daniele Terlizzese

Banca d'Italia, Roma, Italy

55.68
57Scott E Masten

Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

55.87
58John Stanley Metcalfe

Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR), Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

55.91

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