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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Microfinance, as of February 2013

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 331 authors affiliated with 964 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
1Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

1.814130.02
---Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (IEW), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

2.52117.18
2Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

2.57866.73
---Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

2.53125.53
3World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

3.68349289.42
---Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

6.29132107.35
4Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

6.569670.73
5Department of Economics, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

6.652017.56
---Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

9.153424.38
6Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

9.662112.35
7London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

11.69230158.38
8Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

11.866049.79
9Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

12.673631.09
10Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

15.143831.11
11Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

16.899882
12National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

18.5446650.39
13Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

19.25743.49
14Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

20.085745.16
---Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

20.745537.27
15Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel

Kiel, Germany

20.792719.5
16CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

20.9312878.15
---Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

21.4294.26
17Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

22.193025.32
18Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

23.056846.8
19International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

23.77310263.43
20Department of Economics, European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

24.383423
21Department of Economics, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada (USA)

25.264.89
22Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Lüneburg, Germany

26.14119.2
23Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

27.747765.58
24Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

New York City, New York (USA)

27.8119.6
25School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

27.8810577.19
26Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

28.115029.5
27Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

28.433832.73
28Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

29.134435.46
29Department of Economics, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

30.435345.83
30Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

31.21151119.57
---Dipartimento di Economia, Diritto e Istituzioni, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

31.682922.91
31Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

33.365732.45
32Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

35.082721.69
---Vakgroep Algemene Economie, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

36.663016.52
33Department of Economics, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

39.676550.22
---Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Essen, Germany

43.181411.03
34Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Essen, Germany

43.182117.52
---Pacific Island New Zealand Migration Study, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

43.1920.46
35Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

43.7142.25
36Department of Economics, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

45.824438.85
37Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

45.845146.69
---Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

49.08118.11
38Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

50.344132.36
---Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

52.853528.74
39Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

54.035747.21
40Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

55.013528.86
41Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

57.385240.52
---Unidade de Estudos sobre Complexidade e Economia (UECE), Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

59.162817.96
42Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

61.293935.87
---Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

61.371513.15
43Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

61.373935.25
---Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

61.7898.84
44Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

62.065736.84
45Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

64.453020.85
46Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (USA)

64.52318.37
47Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

64.833930.97
48Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

65.297456.63
---Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research, Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

65.67107.33
49Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

66.524739.33
---Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

672521.2
50Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

68.212321.26
---Department of Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

68.2155
51Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

68.376146.87
---Interdisciplinary Institute of Management (IIM), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

68.6211
---Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

68.772514.44
---Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

68.912318.98
52Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

69.448812.26
---Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

70.62115.22
53Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

71.934921.34
---Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

72.045646.37
54Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

72.965039.8
---Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

73.18112.82
55Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

74.74144105.44
56Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

74.87227.64
57DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

78.4212580.86
58Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

79.112816.58
---Institute for Economic Development, Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

79.1363.57
59Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan

Stockholm, Sweden

79.2199.12
---Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

80.396543.83
60Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Beijing, China

81.663027.61
61Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG), Université de Namur

Namur, Belgium

81.672621.97
62Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

81.732622.11
63Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

83.682721.01
64Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

85.14109.85
---Finance Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

85.1465.85
65Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

85.691613.22
66International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

85.79122107.83
---Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

85.85752.99
67Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

85.87367.65
68Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

86.27253.08
69Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

88.7510672.3
---Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

89.874419.79
---Sonderforschungsbereich 373, Quantifikation und Simulation ökonomischer Prozesse, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

91.8730.8
---Institut für Statistik und Ökonometrie (ISÖ), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

91.872314.07
70Center for Applied Statistics and Econometrics (CASE), Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

91.87218.96
71John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (USA)

93.892220.25
---Centre de Recherche en Économie de Développement (CRED), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG), Université de Namur

Namur, Belgium

94.061413.54
72Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

98.8840.68
73Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

99.12718.04
74Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

100.227248.96
75Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

102.814933.32
76Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

104.4551.31
77Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

105.5511
---Département Comptabilité, Droit, Finance et Économie, Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

105.991611.82
78Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

105.992014.75
79Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

107.587555.29
80Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

107.836040.87
81Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (USA)

107.882519.79
82School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

108.578255.11
83Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Peradeniya

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

108.7433
84Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

109.073027.96
85Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

111.1227322.21
86Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

114.09145121.09
87Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

114.114517.24
88Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

116.135042.86
89Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

116.664734.29
90School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

117.022715.39
91Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

117.263920.77
92Department of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

118.434236.13
93Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

119.212218.76
---Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

120.9986.18
94Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

121.22218.11
95Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

122.2754.42
96Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

122.854439.13

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
1David McKenzie

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

2.2
2Ross Levine

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

2.53
3Jonathan Morduch

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

3.57
4Peter M. Robinson

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

4.86
5Leonardo Becchetti

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

5.61
6Thorsten Beck

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

6.06
7Asli Demirguc-Kunt

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

6.27
8Nazrul Islam

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

6.29
9Allen N. Berger

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

6.39
10Dean S. Karlan

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

6.46
11Christopher Woodruff

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

9.29
12Christopher R. Udry

Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

14.78
13Arthur Hosios

Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

16.12
14Keith Blackburn

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

16.47
15Robert P. Flood

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

17.26
16David de Meza

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

17.46
17Jonathan Zinman

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

19
18Varouj Aram Aivazian

Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

19.09
19Beatriz Armendáriz

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

20.22
20Shahidur Rahman Khandker

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

20.68
21Donald Cox

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

22.54
22Robert Cull

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

22.69
23Mark Schreiner

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

23.13
24Oliver Bruce Linton

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

23.27
25Inessa Love

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

23.8
26Jean-Marie Baland

Centre de Recherche en Économie de Développement (CRED), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG), Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium

24.45
27Marcel Fafchamps

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

27.02
28Xavier Gine

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

27.11
29Dipak Mazumdar

28.88
30Suresh de Mel

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

29.44
31Steven B Caudill

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

30.54
32Paul Leonard Stoneman

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

33.36
33Enrico Perotti

Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

34.09

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