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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Microfinance, as of November 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 317 authors affiliated with 947 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
---Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (IEW), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

1.912117.18
1Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

1.917667.04
---Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

1.912924.62
2World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

3.04345284.99
3Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (USA)

4.472620.79
---Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

5.28132107.46
4Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

6.289471.34
5Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

8.632112.21
---Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

8.683323.6
6Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

10.915947.35
7Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

10.993833.04
8London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

11.21224152.36
9Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

13.533831.7
10Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

15.199479.93
11National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

17.4146446.16
12Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

17.575743.56
13Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel

Kiel, Germany

18.612516.82
---Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

19.8494.26
14Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

20.452924.34
15CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

20.5912677.07
16International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

20.69304259.05
17Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

20.896544.66
---Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

215536.32
18Department of Economics, European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

23.493722.93
19Department of Economics, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada (USA)

23.5564.89
20Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

24.085845.69
21Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Lüneburg, Germany

24.2108.23
22Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

New York City, New York (USA)

25.49119.6
23Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

25.893933.52
24Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

25.944435.91
25School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

26.7210276.37
26Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

28.413226.1
27Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

28.447663.92
---Dipartimento di Economia, Diritto e Istituzioni, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

29.562922.7
28Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

29.96150116.73
29Department of Economics, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

29.975547.56
30Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

34.545030.33
31Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

34.995933.26
32Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

35.172721.72
---Vakgroep Algemene Economie, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

36.273016.25
33Department of Economics, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

38.326549.1
---Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Essen, Germany

41.371411.33
34Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Essen, Germany

41.372016.82
---Pacific Island New Zealand Migration Study, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

42.5920.47
35Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

44.1520.75
36Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

44.55045.7
37Department of Economics, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

46.714337.86
---Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

48.683227.55
38Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

48.73627.93
39Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

53.185848.23
40Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

54.775241.15
41Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

56.864331.47
---Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

57.8398.84
---Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

58.281513.14
42Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

58.283935.23
43Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

60.615935.61
44Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

60.813834.88
44Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

60.813931.12
---Unidade de Estudos sobre Complexidade e Economia (UECE), Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

61.092818.45
46Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

61.737052.68
47Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

61.92321.27
---Department of Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

61.955
48Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (USA)

63.912217.38
---Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

64.72319.23
49Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

65.653020.56
---Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research, Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

66.8696.34
50Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

66.914739.53
---Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

67.572318.99
---Interdisciplinary Institute of Management (IIM), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

67.7111
---Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

68.56115.27
51Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

69.458712.6
---Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

70.312615.38
---Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

70.485545.7
---Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

73.04129.07
52Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

73.356243.66
53Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

74.682613.29
54DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

74.7212581.22
55Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

74.74217.85
56Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

75.474838.78
---Institute for Economic Development, Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

76.3163.57
57Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

78.5110368.64
58Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan

Stockholm, Sweden

78.71208.9
59Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

79.11144100.78
60Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Beijing, China

79.353027.61
---Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

79.85954.98
61Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

79.87367.64
62Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

80.52521.09
63Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

82.474719.26
64Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

84.321713.51
65Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

84.46109.85
---Finance Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

84.4665.85
66Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

84.572821.97
---Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

85.136544.3
67Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG), Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix

Namur, Belgium

85.682621.96
68Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

88.287049.54
---Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

91.874317.5
---Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

93.11122.79
---Sonderforschungsbereich 373, Quantifikation und Simulation ökonomischer Prozesse, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

93.8330.9
---Institut für Statistik und Ökonometrie (ISÖ), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

93.832112.26
69Center for Applied Statistics and Econometrics (CASE), Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

93.83218.73
70Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

94.8740.68
71Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

96.667248.32
72School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

96.827852.98
73Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

97.472717.74
74International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

97.78121107.48
---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

99.471413.54
75Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

100.4351.31
76Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Peradeniya

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

103.1433
77Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

104.797555.24
---Département économie et finance, Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

105.671611.07
78Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

105.671912.99
79Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

105.915938.64
80Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

106.5714830.61
81Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

107.333027.96
82Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

109.0827523.49
83Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

109.384318.01
84Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

110.0511
85Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

110.45218.28
86Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

1122218.76
87John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (USA)

112.192119.31
88Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

112.565444.97
89Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

113.073719.65
90Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

113.294936.76
91Department of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

114.264235.85
92School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

116.022715.4
---Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

116.0686.38
93European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

118144122.88
94Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

118.564439.12

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)

2.35
2Ross Levine

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

2.4
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)

3.65
4Peter M. Robinson

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

4.76
5Leonardo Becchetti

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

5.51
6Thorsten Beck

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

5.89
7Nazrul Islam

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

6.03
8Allen N. Berger

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

6.09
9Dean S. Karlan

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

6.14
10Asli Demirguc-Kunt

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

6.6
11Christopher Woodruff

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

9.09
12Arthur Hosios

Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

15.73
13Keith Blackburn

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

16.32
14David de Meza

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

16.42
15Robert P. Flood

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

16.55
16Jonathan Zinman

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

17.58
17Beatriz Armendáriz

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

20.02
18Varouj Aram Aivazian

Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

20.15
19Robert Cull

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

21.01
20Shahidur Rahman Khandker

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

21.32
21Donald Cox

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

21.64
22Inessa Love

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

21.88
23Oliver Bruce Linton

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

22.01
24Jean-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

24.75
25Mark Schreiner

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

25.19
26Xavier Gine

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

25.73
27Suresh de Mel

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

27.16
28Marcel Fafchamps

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

28.05
29Steven B Caudill

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

30.32
30Dipak Mazumdar

30.83
31Enrico Perotti

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

31.21

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