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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Collective Decision-Making, as of May 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1.00311.66
2Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.7050.56
3Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)3.4220.76
4Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy3.8892.01
5Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)5.3681.83
6London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom5.55144.05
7University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)5.6351.34
8Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain7.42226.65
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom8.3750.61
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy8.7850.66
9Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom8.96370.83
10Paris School of Economics, Paris, France9.98192.89
11University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)10.6520.67
12California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)11.3231.82
13SKEMA Business School, Lille, France11.4820.46
14University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom14.89133.32
15Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland15.2292.37
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain16.0982.60
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland16.3271.92
16Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)18.0320.56
17University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom18.64101.66
18Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)19.0420.39
19Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)19.2150.84
20University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)19.2320.62
21New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)20.0320.86
22Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)21.4051.37
23ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany23.95151.81
24University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada24.5741.10
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica → Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain25.2652.35
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain25.2652.35
25Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)27.0610.19
26Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)27.6462.78
27Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)27.8730.70
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Analisi delle Politiche e Management Pubblico, Milano, Italy28.0841.00
28Stockholms Universitet → Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm, Sweden28.9110.16
29University of Cambridge → Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, United Kingdom29.2531.66
30Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia29.4881.26
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia30.4981.26
31George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)30.7430.89
32Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg31.64570.61
33Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany31.7730.51
34Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy32.7772.06
35Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wien, Austria33.1952.50
36Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Beijing, China34.5110.12
-Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) → China Economics and Management Academy, Beijing, China35.5410.12
37Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium36.0860.96
38Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)36.5520.93
39Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France36.9081.51
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom37.0070.62
40University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)37.5120.14
-Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium39.7950.88
41Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany41.4730.52
42Bar Ilan University → Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan, Israel41.9420.52
43Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France41.9971.87
44Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy42.0440.34
45Universität Basel → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland42.7630.49
46UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia43.3941.34
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg43.52550.40
47Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium43.7672.06
48University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)44.1920.34
-UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia44.4041.34
49Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)44.5320.51
50New York University Abu Dhabi → Economics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates44.6652.22
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France45.4461.82
51Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland45.8750.41
52Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany52.8610.28
53University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management, Nicosia, Cyprus53.5131.53
-University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management → Department of Economics, Nicosia, Cyprus53.5131.53
-Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich → Wirtschaftstheoretische Abteilung II, Bonn, Germany53.8710.28
-Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium54.0740.91
54Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom54.1551.47
55Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg → Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Heidelberg, Germany54.5340.88
-Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg → Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften → Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Heidelberg, Germany54.5340.88
56CESifo, München, Germany54.59460.84
57University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)55.0520.34
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain56.7180.83
58Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany57.47122.12
59Université de Lyon → Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Lyon, France57.83103.05
60Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)59.4891.39
61New Economic School (NES), Moscow, Russia60.2630.44
62Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands61.9430.61
-Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wien, Austria62.8231.25
63Indiana University → Department of Economics, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)65.3810.22
64Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France67.1141.61
-Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Vienna Center for Experimental Economics (VCEE), Wien, Austria68.8741.25
65Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche, Lugano, Switzerland70.1220.62
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Milano, Italy70.3110.23
66Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)70.4810.61
67Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)70.7820.44
-Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche → Istituto di Economia Politica (IdEP), Lugano, Switzerland71.1520.62
-Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Evanston, Illinois (United States)71.7920.44
68Università degli Studi di Verona → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Verona, Italy71.8562.07
69Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden72.1441.01
70University of Birmingham → Department of Economics, Birmingham, United Kingdom72.2851.61
71Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)73.4230.27
-Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics → Economic Science Institute (ESI), Orange, California (United States)73.4230.27
72KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium74.3270.74
73Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)74.3210.19
-Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)74.3210.19
74Universidade do Minho → Escola de Economia e Gestão, Braga, Portugal74.6930.96
75Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) → Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Paris, France76.5562.15

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
1.55
2Thomas R. Palfrey
California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)
4.29
3Alberto Alesina4.59
4Guido Tabellini
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy
5.07
5Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
5.89
6Eric S. Maskin
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
6.77
7Pranab K. Bardhan
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
7.11
8James Alan Robinson
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
8.36
9Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes
SKEMA Business School, Lille, France
9.71
10Torsten Persson
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
Stockholms Universitet → Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm, Sweden
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
10.86
11Rafael La Porta
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
11.62
12Francesco Trebbi
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)
13.18
13Hans Gersbach16.30
14Elhanan Helpman
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
16.52
15Matthew O. Jackson (Matthew Owen Jackson)
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
17.28
16Stephen Coate
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
19.34
17Philip Keefer
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
19.72
18Salvador Barberà (Salvador Barbera)
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica → Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain
21.84
19Niklas Potrafke
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
22.42
20Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
22.57
21Toke S Aidt
University of Cambridge → Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, United Kingdom
23.08
22Marco Battaglini
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
23.28
23Massimo Morelli
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Milano, Italy
23.40
24Alessandra Casella26.11
25Gene Grossman26.26
26Antonio Merlo
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
26.57
27Dimitrios Xefteris
University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management → Department of Economics, Nicosia, Cyprus
27.63
28Shmuel Nitzan
Bar Ilan University → Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan, Israel
27.80
29Kai A. Konrad
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany
28.19
30Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
29.63
31Tommaso Nannicini
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Analisi delle Politiche e Management Pubblico, Milano, Italy
29.96
32Urs Fischbacher
Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany
30.49
33Timothy Besley
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
30.54
34James M. Snyder, Jr.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
31.23
35Gérard Roland (Gerard Roland)
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
32.02
36Simon Johnson33.53
37Roberto A. Weber
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
34.02
38Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
34.22
39Martin J. Osborne
University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada
35.33
40Steven M. Shavell
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
35.36
41Roland Benabou36.15
42Walter Bossert
Université de Montréal → Département de Sciences Économiques, Montréal, Canada
Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ), Montréal, Canada
36.48
43Jean-François Laslier (Jean-Francois Laslier)
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
37.29
44Dan Bernhardt
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
38.09
45Frederico Finan
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
38.09
46Mattias K Polborn
Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)
39.75
47Alois Stutzer
Universität Basel → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland
42.96
48James Andreoni
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
44.63
49Thomas Stratmann
George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)
44.76
50Joan Esteban
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
44.83
51Louis Putterman
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
45.31
52John Duggan46.27
53Bruno S. Frey
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland
46.34
54Edward Ludwig Glaeser49.05
55Kotaro Suzumura51.15
56Jean-Robert Tyran
Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wien, Austria
Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Vienna Center for Experimental Economics (VCEE), Wien, Austria
51.99
57Ben Lockwood
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
52.54
58Raymond Fisman
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
57.21
59Benny Moldovanu
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich → Wirtschaftstheoretische Abteilung II, Bonn, Germany
59.63
60John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
60.16
61Brian G. Knight
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
60.39
62Luigi Guiso
Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy
60.63
63James Raymond Vreeland
Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
61.50
64Simon Gächter (Simon Gaechter)
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom
62.02
65Ragnar Torvik
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskaplige universitet (NTNU) → Fakultet for Økonomi → Institutt for Samfunnsøkonomi, Trondheim, Norway
63.99
66Allan Drazen
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
64.12
67Alessandro Lizzeri
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
64.88
68Rajiv Vohra
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
67.91
69Stefano DellaVigna
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
70.43
70Rebecca B. Morton72.67
71Ruben Enikolopov
New Economic School (NES), Moscow, Russia
74.47
72Thomas Fujiwara
Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
74.75
73Patricia Funk
Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche → Istituto di Economia Politica (IdEP), Lugano, Switzerland
75.23
74Pedro Dal Bó (Pedro Dal Bo)
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
75.58
75Arthur Jan Hendricus Christoffel Schram, Jr.76.75
76Steven J. Brams77.08
77Leopoldo Fergusson
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) → Facultad de Economía, Bogotá, Colombia
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) → Facultad de Economía → Centro de Estudios Sobre Desarrollo Económico (CEDE), Bogotá, Colombia
77.16
78Gabrielle Demange
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
77.24
79Amihai Glazer
University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)
80.16
80Cesar Martinelli
George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)
81.99
81Timothy Neal Cason
Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)
82.03
82Laurent Bouton
Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
82.36
83Micael Castanheira
Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium
84.02
84Filipe Campante
Johns Hopkins University → School of Advanced International Studies → International Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
85.37
85James Marvin Walker
Indiana University → Department of Economics, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
85.69
86Ruben Durante
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
86.32
87Gary Charness87.33
88Francesco Caselli
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
87.66
89Bezalel Peleg89.34
90Jordi Brandts
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
89.73
91Horacio Larreguy
Instituto Tecnólogico Autónomo de México (ITAM) → Departamento Académico de Economía → Centro de Investigación Económica (CIE), México, Mexico
91.30
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