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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Accounting & Auditing, as of March 2013

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Top 10% institutions in the field of Accounting & Auditing

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-ACC (Accounting & Auditing).
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

1.871711.34
2Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

2.296050.03
3Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.724130.02
4Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

4.313221.12
5International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.43309262.44
6Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

6.165743.45
7National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

6.7246852.11
---Centre for Business Taxation, Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

7.62158.29
8Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (USA)

10.6877
---Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

12.22521.2
9Economics Department, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

12.996551.77
10Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

13.414339.11
11Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

14.42194115.71
12London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

15.45235164.09
13Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

17.333631.1
14Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

17.892018.3
15Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

19.932016.67
---Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

20.02129.88
16Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

20.823126.32
17Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

21.711412.49
18Business School, University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

24.1843.62
19Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

24.572218.05
20Department of Economics, University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

25.63229.78
21Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

26.865045.7
---Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

26.9375.68
22Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

27.133935.82
23General Directorate Taxation and Custom Union, European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

27.151110
---Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2811
24Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

28.7387.97
---Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

33.281513.15
25Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

33.522818.81
26CESifo

München, Germany

34.5223930.86
27Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

35.62144121.05
28Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

36.09114107.33
29Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

36.44235.31
30Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

36.763528.86
31World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

37.65351290
32Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

37.984733.2
33Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (USA)

40.053226.63
---Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

40.23824.94
34Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

40.95843.6
35Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

42.015745.31
36Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

42.623328.11
---Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

43.491510.23
37Smeal College of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

44.7798.09
38Economics Department, Southern Illinois University

Edwardsville, Illinois (USA)

46.0844
39Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (USA)

46.224032.91
40Department of Economics, Tulane University

New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

47.571918.95
41McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (USA)

48.0232.5
---Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (USA)

48.0221.5
---Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

48.2694.26
42Economics, Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, Florida (USA)

48.9611
---Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

49.975750.73
43Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

49.977366.54
44Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

51.513832.73
45Economics Department, Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

52.45245.01
---Management Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

52.7844
46CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

53.5812778.49
---Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

54.36132107.08
47Department of Economics, Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina (USA)

54.541918.1
48Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)

56.913230.88
49Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

57.223329.16
50Department of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

57.954135.15
51Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

58.75747.22
52Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

58.779079.82
53Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

59.84178150.24
---International Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

59.861610.18
54Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

60.2727423.69
---Business Economics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

62.57119.29
55School of Business, University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

64.131211.97
56H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

65.2476.66
57Economics Department, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

69.693833.4
58Laboratoire d'Économie et de Gestion (LEG), Université de Bourgogne

Dijon, France

71.453229.54
---Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

71.4798.84
---China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)

Beijing, China

71.692825.34
59Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)

Beijing, China

71.695248.75
60European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

72.83147124.16
---Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

74.2176.13
61Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

76.944835.24
62Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

77.263930.98
63School of Management, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

78.132519.66
64Department of Economics, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

79.974226.46
---Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

81.116352.85
65Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

82.973228.53
66Schulich School of Business, York University

Toronto, Canada

86.5186.92
67Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

87.483827.9
68School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

88.438145
69Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

88.642720.6
---Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

89.59197.96
---Office of Tax Policy Research (OTPR), Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

90.8210.91
70School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

90.922715.4
---Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

91.2132.36
71Department of Economics, University of Kent at Canterbury

Canterbury, United Kingdom

91.564136.82
72Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

93.876448.81
73Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

94.015645.3
74Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

95.575544.08
75Department of Economics, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

98.245345.85
76Department of Economics, University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

98.392216.08
77Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

100.6151117.25
---Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

100.885637.9
78Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

102.232821.11
79Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

102.45933.14
80Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

102.975142.68
81Department of Economics, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

103.636550.23
82Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

104.96145106.55
---Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

105.1510.61
83Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

105.614943.67
84Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

108.3553.15
---Departement Algemene Economie, School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

109.192712.36
85W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (USA)

109.813632.94
86Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

110.613820.59
87Walter Eucken Institut

Freiburg, Germany

111.2721.31
88School of Economics and Political Science, Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

112.726047.87
---Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Brescia

Brescia, Italy

112.751614.71
89Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Brescia

Brescia, Italy

112.751715.71
90Department of Economics, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

113.654434.12
91Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

116.462727
---School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology

Brisbane, Australia

118.442925.53
92Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology

Brisbane, Australia

118.443327.81
93Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

120.8810987.51
94Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

121.134920.82
95Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice, Universitatea "Constantin Brancusi"

Târgu-Jiu, Romania

121.412323
96Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

121.8128120.97
---Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

123.174338.82
97Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

123.7762688.94
98Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University

Cardiff, United Kingdom

123.924440.05
99Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

123.962622.12
---Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

127.1344
100Warrington College of Business, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

127.131111
101IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra

Pamplona, Spain

127.271810.86
102Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

127.292112.34
103Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

127.57456.66
104Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

128.575341.49
---Finance Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

130.6643.99
105Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

130.783729.12
106Business School, University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

132.322826.65
107Department of Economics, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

134.113631.99
108Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

134.133120.21
109Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

134.72118.11
---Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

136.532118.9
110Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

136.953022.6
111Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Oviedo

Oviedo, Spain

137.572321.88
112Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (USA)

139.023129.16
113HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

139.512317.85
114Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

139.825040.53
---ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

140.782312.54
115École des Sciences Économiques de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

141.0313276.04
116Economics Department, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

141.2532.99
117College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

141.4786.32
118Department of Economics, Concordia University

Montréal, Canada

143.032216.92
119Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

143.061413.04
---Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

143.06109.04
120Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

1449771.23
121Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

144.934639.08
---Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

145.621412.8
122University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

145.623732.15
123Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

147.57198.92
---Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Oviedo

Oviedo, Spain

149.441311.38
124Department of Economics, International Business School, Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (USA)

151.732722.3
125Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

152.775736.92
126Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California (USA)

153.113632.06
127Departamento de Economía, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Buenos Aires, Argentina

153.961110.87
---Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

154.2354.13
128College of Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

155.091816.31
---Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

155.091713.08
129Department of Economics, Wellesley College

Wellesley, Massachusetts (USA)

155.571716.91
130Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

161.192015.68
131Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

161.617664.54
132Department of Economics, Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

161.854238

Top 10% authors in the field of Accounting & Auditing

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
1Daniel Kahneman

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

1.46
2Michael Keen

International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.62
3Thomas Piketty

Paris School of Economics, Paris, France

4.96
4Georgios Karras

Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)

6.04
5Michael P. Devereux

Centre for Business Taxation, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

6.15
6James R. Hines Jr.

Economics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

6.72
7S Viswanathan

Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (USA)

7.31
8Maurice David Levi

Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

8.79
9David Hirshleifer

Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California (USA)

8.99
10Jack M. Mintz

Department of Economics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

9.52
11Robert William Faff

Business School, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

9.98
12David Larry Yermack

Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU), New York City, New York (USA)

10.03
13Siew Hong Teoh

Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California (USA)

13.63
14Emmanuel Saez

Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California (USA)

13.77
15Robert Albert Van Order

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

14.95
16James Alm

Department of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

15.87
17Richard M. Bird

Business Economics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

16.46
18Rik Hafer

Economics Department, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois (USA)

16.96
19Steven J. Huddart

Smeal College of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

18.96
20Robert Philip Strauss

H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

19.2
21Randall Morck

School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

19.66
22Clemens Fuest

Centre for Business Taxation, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

20.69
23Richard J. Cebula

Economics, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida (USA)

21.1
24Rosanne Altshuler

Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)

22.15
25Michael McKee

Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina (USA)

23.22
26Christian Leuz

Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)

23.25
27Marianne Ojo

23.98
28Gaëtan J.A. Nicodème

General Directorate Taxation and Custom Union, European Commission, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

25.42
29Marco Pagano

Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Napoli, Italy
Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy

26.62
30Lars P. Feld

Walter Eucken Institut, Freiburg, Germany
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

27.62
31Michael Smart

Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

31.2
32Heng-Fu Zou

China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Beijing, China

32.11
33Ruud Aloysius de Mooij

CESifo, München, Germany

32.39
34Christopher Heady

Department of Economics, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, United Kingdom

32.96
35Bruno S. Frey

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

34.35
36Richard V. Burkhauser

Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR), Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

34.82
37Benno Torgler

School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

36.46
38Gustavo Jaime Ventura

W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA)

36.9
39Friedrich Georg Schneider

Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz, Linz, Austria

37.24
40George R. Zodrow

Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston, Texas (USA)

37.98
41Harry P. Huizinga

Departement Algemene Economie, School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg, Tilburg, Netherlands

38.81
42Martin J. Conyon

Management Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

39
43Thiess Büttner

ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany

39.48
44Daniel Richard Feenberg

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

39.85
45Peter H. Egger

Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ), Zürich, Switzerland
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom

40.49
46John Wilson Dickhaut Jr.†

43.93
47Lawrence W. Kenny

Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (USA)

44.38
48Alexander Daniel Klemm

European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

46.06
49John Creedy

Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

46.08
50Eckhard Janeba

Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

46.65
51John Edwin Anderson

Economics Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

48.2
52Nachum Sicherman

Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York City, New York (USA)

49.24

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