For Illinois (United States), there are 573 authors affiliated with 67 institutions. 
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| Rank | W.Rank | Author | Score | 
| 1 | [1] | James J. Heckman  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 1.21 | 
| 2 | [4] | Robert E. Lucas Jr. Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 4.35 | 
| 3 | [2] | Eugene F. Fama Sr. Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 4.94 | 
| 4 | [11] | Charles F. Manski  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University, Evanston  | 7.02 | 
| 5 | [7] | Luigi  Zingales  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 7.41 | 
| 6 | [8] | Lars Peter Hansen  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 7.67 | 
| 7 | [5] | Robert W. Vishny  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 7.99 | 
| 8 | [3] | John  List  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 8.06 | 
| 9 | [12] | Lawrence J. Christiano  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 8.87 | 
| 10 | [9] | Richard H. Thaler  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 9.82 | 
| 11 | [15] | James Alan Robinson  Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 11.68 | 
| 12 | [13] | Marianne  Bertrand  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 12.02 | 
| 13 | [18] | Steven  Levitt  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 12.02 | 
| 14 | [16] | Michael  Kremer  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 13.56 | 
| 15 | [20] | Harald  Uhlig  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 15.45 | 
| 16 | [22] | Steven N. Durlauf  Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 15.84 | 
| 17 | [27] | Roger B. Myerson  Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 17.99 | 
| 18 | [28] | Michael  Greenstone  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 20.22 | 
| 19 | [14] | Sendhil  Mullainathan  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 20.51 | 
| 20 | [24] | Douglas W. Diamond  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 21.86 | 
| 21 | [29] | Steven Neil Kaplan  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 24.03 | 
| 22 | [10] | Martin  Eichenbaum  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 27.04 | 
| 23 | [33] | Chad  Syverson  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 28.19 | 
| 24 | [37] | Kiminori  Matsuyama  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 28.75 | 
| 25 | [32] | Robert  Shimer  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 29.42 | 
| 26 | [38] | Erik  Hurst  Applied Economics Workshop, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 30.61 | 
| 27 | [39] | Lubos  Pastor  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 33.35 | 
| 28 | [36] | Charles L. Evans  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago  | 34.19 | 
| 29 | [6] | Raghuram G. Rajan  George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 34.3 | 
| 30 | [72] | Ali M. Kutan  Department of Economics and Finance, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville  | 35.61 | 
| 31 | [26] | Anil K Kashyap  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 36.28 | 
| 32 | [40] | Esteban  Rossi-Hansberg  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 37.58 | 
| 33 | [43] | Ravi  Jagannathan  Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 38.23 | 
| 34 | [65] | Patric H. Hendershott  Department of Finance, Graduate School of Business, DePaul University, Chicago  | 38.78 | 
| 35 | [50] | Ali  Hortacsu  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 40.43 | 
| 36 | [47] | Magne  Mogstad  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 42.29 | 
| 37 | [45] | Matthias  Doepke  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 43.11 | 
| 38 | [46] | George M. Constantinides  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 44 | 
| 39 | [44] | Stefan  Nagel  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 44.19 | 
| 40 | [48] | Christopher R. Udry  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 45.14 | 
| 41 | [19] | Robert J. Gordon  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 46.92 | 
| 42 | [100] | Geoffrey J. D. Hewings  Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (REAL), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 47.14 | 
| 43 | [49] | Robert B Barsky  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago  | 47.95 | 
| 44 | [54] | Jonas D.M. Fisher  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago  | 48.84 | 
| 45 | [35] | Paola  Sapienza  Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 49.86 | 
| 46 | [56] | Asher  Wolinsky  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 50.79 | 
| 47 | [53] | Robert H. Topel  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 51.23 | 
| 48 | [21] | Steven J. Davis  Applied Economics Workshop, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 51.44 | 
| 49 | [62] | David S. Evans  | 51.93 | 
| 50 | [64] | Daniel F. Spulber  Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 52.36 | 
| 51 | [55] | Nancy L. Stokey  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 53.16 | 
| 52 | [58] | Zhiguo  He  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 53.32 | 
| 53 | [60] | Greg Warren Kaplan  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 53.78 | 
| 54 | [66] | Ray  Ball  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 54.19 | 
| 55 | [23] | Kevin M. Murphy  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 54.39 | 
| 56 | [81] | David  Figlio  Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University, Evanston  | 54.98 | 
| 57 | [51] | Giorgio E. Primiceri  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 56.56 | 
| 58 | [67] | Guido  Lorenzoni  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 56.96 | 
| 59 | [25] | Robert M. Townsend  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 57.19 | 
| 60 | [68] | Mikhail  Golosov  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 58.78 | 
| 61 | [73] | Philip J. Reny  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 59.53 | 
| 62 | [76] | Sam  Peltzman  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 61.4 | 
| 63 | [70] | Scott R. Baker  Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 63.32 | 
| 64 | [80] | Ufuk  Akcigit  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 65.1 | 
| 65 | [30] | Dean S. Karlan  Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 65.23 | 
| 66 | [69] | Milton  Harris  Applied Economics Workshop, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 65.6 | 
| 67 | [83] | Brent  Neiman  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 66.98 | 
| 68 | [77] | Jeffrey Robert Brown  College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 68.56 | 
| 69 | [78] | Aviv  Nevo  Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO), Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 69.39 | 
| 70 | [79] | Dan A. Black  Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago NORC, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 69.65 | 
| 71 | [17] | Sergio T Rebelo  Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 70.21 | 
| 72 | [93] | Ehud  Kalai  Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 71.1 | 
| 73 | [95] | Dennis W. Carlton  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 71.89 | 
| 74 | [112] | Daniel  McMillen  Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 71.92 | 
| 75 | [122] | Sajal  Lahiri  Economics Department, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale  | 73.34 | 
| 76 | [86] | Christian  Hansen  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 75.46 | 
| 77 | [85] | Fernando  Alvarez  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 75.78 | 
| 78 | [63] | Christian  Leuz  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 76.3 | 
| 79 | [91] | Rajeev K. Goel  Department of Economics, Illinois State University, Normal  | 76.78 | 
| 80 | [99] | Daniel  Aaronson  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago  | 76.92 | 
| 81 | [82] | Benjamin F. Jones  Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 79.56 | 
| 82 | [103] | Bhashkar  Mazumder  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago  | 79.84 | 
| 83 | [34] | Mitchell  Petersen  Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 80.85 | 
| 84 | [96] | Efraim  Benmelech  Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 83.04 | 
| 85 | [104] | Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach  Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University, Evanston  | 84.06 | 
| 86 | [94] | Daniel G. Sullivan  Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago  | 84.31 | 
| 87 | [121] | Dhammika  Dharmapala  Institute of Law and Economics, Law School, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 84.71 | 
| 88 | [41] | Bruce D. Meyer  Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 85.38 | 
| 89 | [42] | Casey B. Mulligan  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 85.94 | 
| 90 | [108] | David  Dranove  Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 87.68 | 
| 91 | [105] | Stephane  Bonhomme  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 89.32 | 
| 92 | [106] | Alessandro  Pavan  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 89.36 | 
| 93 | [97] | Seema  Jayachandran  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 90.3 | 
| 94 | [110] | Francois  Gourio  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago  | 90.89 | 
| 95 | [126] | Pradeep K. Chintagunta  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 91.08 | 
| 96 | [118] | Firouz  Gahvari  Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 93.31 | 
| 97 | [102] | Roger  Koenker  Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 93.92 | 
| 98 | [109] | Richard  Hornbeck  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 94.34 | 
| 99 | [31] | Torben G. Andersen  Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 94.82 | 
| 100 | [114] | George G. Pennacchi  Department of Finance, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 94.86 | 
| 101 | [111] | Steven G. Rivkin  Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago  | 95.15 | 
| 102 | [141] | Scott H. Irwin  Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 96.19 | 
| 103 | [101] | Gilbert W. Bassett Jr. Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago  | 97.15 | 
| 104 | [52] | Don  Fullerton  Department of Finance, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 98.16 | 
| 105 | [107] | Matthew J. Notowidigdo  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 100.77 | 
| 106 | [120] | Leonardo  Bursztyn  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 101.21 | 
| 107 | [119] | Roy  Wada  Health Policy Center, Institute of Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago  | 101.69 | 
| 108 | [116] | Derek A. Neal  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 105.39 | 
| 109 | [146] | Georgios  Karras  Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago  | 107.57 | 
| 110 | [128] | Azeem M. Shaikh  Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 108.03 | 
| 111 | [124] | Mark  Mitchell  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 109.85 | 
| 112 | [125] | Robert  Korajczyk  Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 111.19 | 
| 113 | [90] | Nancy  Qian  Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 111.7 | 
| 114 | [144] | John F. McDonald  Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago  | 112.01 | 
| 115 | [129] | David  Besanko  Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 112.37 | 
| 116 | [61] | Charles Milton Kahn  Department of Finance, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 112.9 | 
| 117 | [57] | Amir  Sufi  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 113.51 | 
| 118 | [136] | Devin  Pope  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 113.85 | 
| 119 | [132] | Lars A Stole  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 114.83 | 
| 120 | [75] | Robert John Kaestner  Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 115.86 | 
| 121 | [163] | Madhu  Khanna  Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 118.05 | 
| 122 | [151] | Richard  Rosen  Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago  | 118.2 | 
| 123 | [59] | Dan  Bernhardt  Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 118.2 | 
| 124 | [138] | Alireza  Tahbaz-Salehi  Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 119.08 | 
| 125 | [145] | Jeffrey C. Ely  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 119.96 | 
| 126 | [133] | Joel L. Horowitz  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 120.32 | 
| 127 | [143] | Raaj Kumar Sah  Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 121.63 | 
| 128 | [172] | Riza  Demirer  Department of Economics and Finance, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville  | 122.14 | 
| 129 | [134] | Elie  Tamer  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 122.57 | 
| 130 | [142] | Dimitris  Papanikolaou  Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 124.44 | 
| 131 | [149] | Christopher  Blattman  Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 125.65 | 
| 132 | [153] | Sam  Schulhofer-Wohl  Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago  | 125.83 | 
| 133 | [158] | Deirdre N. McCloskey  Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago  | 126.33 | 
| 134 | [147] | Murillo  Campello  Department of Finance, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 127 | 
| 135 | [140] | Joseph  Vavra  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 127.56 | 
| 136 | [150] | Robert James Weber  Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 129.22 | 
| 137 | [139] | Andrea  Frazzini  Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 130.47 | 
| 138 | [182] | Philip  Garcia  Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign  | 133.22 | 
| 139 | [152] | Bruno H. Strulovici  Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO), Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 136.12 | 
| 140 | [160] | Bernard S. Black  Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 136.22 | 
| 141 | [87] | Bob  Chirinko  Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago  | 136.62 | 
| 142 | [74] | Eddie  Dekel  Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston  | 136.87 | 
| 143 | [88] | Tomas J Philipson  Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago  | 137.13 |