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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Microfinance, 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 Microfinance, these are 311 authors affiliated with 907 institutions.
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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

1.742117.23
1Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

1.747667.36
(0)Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

1.742823.73
2World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.09336280.66
3Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (USA)

4.482318.14
4Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

5.479068.11
(5)Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

6.38132109.61
(5)Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

7.823223.31
5London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

8.37218150.19
6Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

9.393933.81
7Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

10.385847.76
8Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

12.943932.85
9Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Lüneburg, Germany

15.26108.47
(10)Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

16.45436.08
10Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

16.665743.88
11Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Christian-Albrechts-Universität

Kiel, Germany

17.12416.56
12Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

17.5221.47
13Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

17.692522.57
14CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

18.2112980.2
15National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

18.9744339.99
(16)Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

20.1184.06
16Department of Economics, European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

20.873521.75
17International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

21.88295251
18Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

New York City, New York (USA)

22.51108.61
19Department of Economics, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada (USA)

22.6675.86
20Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

22.889680.51
21Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

23.544234.75
(22)Dipartimento di Economia e Istituzioni, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

25.943023.63
22School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

25.9910272.87
23Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

26.263226.8
24Department of Economics, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

26.515447.06
25Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

26.667261.85
26Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

27.213530.81
27Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

30.03143111.72
28Department of Economics, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

34.796852.04
(29)Vakgroep Algemene Economie, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

35.363118.17
(29)Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Essen, Germany

36.591411.14
29Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Essen, Germany

36.592016.61
30Department of Economics, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

38.754135.21
31Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

40.243426.3
32Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

40.334829.25
33Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

40.714944.7
34Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

45.355331.77
35Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

46.65140.91
36Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

47.485547.91
37Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

48.564634.08
38Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

51.833632.57
(39)Interdisciplinary Institute of Management (IIM), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

52.9611
39Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

54.275734.99
40Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

55.086951.64
41Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

55.954032.88
(42)Unidade de Estudos sobre Complexidade e Economia (UECE), Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

56.742718.4
42Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

57.712321.3
(42)Department of Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

57.7155
43Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

57.722718.87
(44)Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research, Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

57.85107.39
44Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (USA)

57.862115.91
(45)Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

58.91412.17
45Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

58.93934.58
(46)Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

59.12420.74
46Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

59.914841.13
47Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

60.972311.55
48Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

61.126143.89
(49)Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

61.2198.84
(49)Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

61.672319.22
49Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

63.898512.94
50Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

64.46047.56
51Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG), Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix

Namur, Belgium

65.492622.28
52Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

66.229968.98
53DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

67.2612280.78
54Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

68.134838.69
(55)Institute for Economic Development, Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

69.5142.83
55Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

71.02207.33
56Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

72.7314296.96
57Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

72.834921.11
(58)Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

73.115446.67
(58)Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

73.566056.48
58Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Beijing, China

73.562927.52
57Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

73.567468.63
(60)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

75.171514.19
60Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

76.171512.49
(61)Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

79.016544.98
61Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

79.452521.59
62Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

79.736746.12
(63)Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

80.0584.21
63Department of Economics, Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

81.082520.08
64Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

83.2208.61
(65)Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

83.674216.97
65Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

84.97109.85
(65)Finance Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

84.9765.85
66School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

85.447749.87
(67)Sonderforschungsbereich 373, Quantifikation und Simulation ökonomischer Prozesse, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

85.5530.9
(67)Institut für Statistik und Ökonometrie (ISÖ), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

85.552011.31
67Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

86.487249.54
68Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

88.5830.48
69International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

88.63121106.61
70Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

89.112617.46
(71)Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

89.682414.58
71John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (USA)

90.972220.12
72Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

93.643921.56
73Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

95.1413726.77
74Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

96.196037.04
(75)Département économie et finance, Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

97.111611.07
75Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

97.111912.97
76Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

97.243128.93
77Center for Social Development, Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

99.6511
78Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

101.164116.79
79Department of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

101.384235.83
80Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Peradeniya

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

103.7133
81Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

103.814836.63
(82)Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

103.82139.98
82Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

105.4525520.27
83Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

106.246040.89
84Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

106.38190108.82
85Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

107.544840.23
(86)Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

107.5786.38
86Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

108.0910496
87Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

109.942519.96
88Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

110.092319.17
89European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

110.4136113.4
90Laboratoire d'Économie et de Gestion (LEG), Université de Bourgogne

Dijon, France

110.843027.64

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

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

2.14
2Jonathan Morduch

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

3.01
3Peter M. Robinson

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

4.01
4Leonardo Becchetti

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

4.83
5Thorsten Beck

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

4.87
6Nazrul Islam

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

4.97
7Asli Demirguc-Kunt

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

5.39
8Dean S. Karlan

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

5.52
9Allen N. Berger

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

5.87
10Christopher Woodruff

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

9.29
11David de Meza

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

13.08
12Arthur Hosios

Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

14.21
13Robert P. Flood

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

14.38
14Keith Blackburn

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

14.68
15Jonathan Zinman

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

16.62
16Beatriz Armendáriz

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

19.31
17Varouj Aram Aivazian

Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

20.19
18Oliver Bruce Linton

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

20.41
19Robert Cull

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

20.75
20Inessa Love

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

20.89
21Donald Cox

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

21.21
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

22.48
23Mark Schreiner

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

22.79
24Shahidur Rahman Khandker

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

23.3
25Robin Burgess

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

23.89
26David McKenzie

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

25.88
27Xavier Gine

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

26.29
28Marcel Fafchamps

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

28.49
29Dipak Mazumdar

29.09
30Steven B Caudill

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

29.36
31Suresh de Mel

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

31.11

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