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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Corporate Finance, as of January 2026

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Top 10% institutions in the field of Corporate Finance

For Corporate Finance, these are 656 authors affiliated with 2245 institutions.
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RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

1.38655.4
2National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

2.365172.72
3Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

4.46573.21
4Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

4.73111.7
5Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

9.12352.41
6Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

9.2720.8
---Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

10.25192.34
7Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

10.46875.32
---Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

11.1120.69
8Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

12.06602.18
9Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

12.49263.28
10African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

12.8461.01
---Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

13.48304.26
11Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

13.73603.02
12Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

16.65532.91
13Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

18.34451.65
14London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

19.383574.7
15International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

19.65417.7
16Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (USA)

20.41190.58
17London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

20.85322.26
18Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

20.9137521.6
---Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

21.55172.55
19European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

21.812777.6
20World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

24.586384.5
21Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

25.96212.44
---Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

27.5392.32
22Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

27.67633.6
23School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

29.451423.29
24Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

29.871043.47
25Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

30.82630.98
---Finance and Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

31.88261.32
---Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

34.31101.36
26Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

34.32323.27
27School of Management, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

35.97421.56
28Department of Economics, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

36.14531.08
29Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

39.61620.45
---Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

41.2882.05
30Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

41.711844.26
31Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

43.281632.57
32Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

44.87500.9
33David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)

46.25162.31
34Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

47.982095.77
35Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

49.043971.87
---Department of Finance, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)

50.02102.03
36Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

51.841013.41
37Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

52.93280.96
38McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (USA)

54.84160.44
---Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (USA)

54.8480.44
39Business School, Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

56.28501.53
40UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

57.2862.81
41PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

57.26131.32
42Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

57.36241.63
43HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

58.68412.81
44Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

59.481558.87
---Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

60.78141.13
45Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

61.21520.47
46Economics Department, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

61.32630.75
47Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

62.53131.1
48Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

63.07713.4
---School of Banking and Finance, UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

63.4581.5
49College of Business and Administration, University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

64.7960.5
---Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business and Administration, University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

64.7940.5
---CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

66.64931.85
50Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

69.86320.91
51Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

72.02262.1
52Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

72.8821912.63
53Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (USA)

73.67111.05
54Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

74.12161.33
55Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

75.05521.15
56Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

76.31281.05
57Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (USA)

76.98111.72
58IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra

Barcelona, Spain

77.55182.22
59Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

77.9202.38
60Graduate School of Management, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

78.6440.65
61Warrington College of Business, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

80.6171.47
---Finance Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

83.05111.34
62Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

83.46342.26
63Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

83.93193.24
64Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Shatin, Hong Kong

84.1950.66
---Department of Finance, Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Shatin, Hong Kong

84.1910.66
---Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

85.891471.67
65Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

87.2580.36
---Département Comptabilité, Droit, Finance et Économie, Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

89.47121.77
66Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

89.86560.71
67Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

90.33121.39
68Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

90.561062.36
69SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

91.26450.89
70School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey (USA)

94.2480.66
71Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

94.81642.95
---Finance Department, Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

95.45110.8
72Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

96.2480.36
73Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

96.541834.61
74William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (USA)

96.98120.44
75Monash Business School, Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

97.012022.4
76Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

98.13811.59
77Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

101.651713.19
78LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

103.15331.48
79Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

104.67522.32
---Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

105.39661.93
80College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

105.39171.51
81Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

111.09551.13
---Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

111.6171.26
82Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

112.69660.19
---Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

113.97121.53
83Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

114.951892.71
84Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

115.53481.58
85Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (USA)

115.78510.39
86Bangor Business School, Bangor University

Bangor, United Kingdom

116.47435.25
---Department of Finance, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

120.2841.25
87BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

121.52564.21
---Dipartimento di Finanza, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

121.88302.39
88Department of Economics, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

124.49720.94
89Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

124.81752.6
90Banque de France

Paris, France

124.862015.76
91Essex Business School, University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

130.57292.03
---Finance Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

131.5770.47
92Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

131.68300.76
93Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

131.8571.49
94Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

132.26840.44
95School of Business, University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

133.73140.25
---European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

134.95641.2
96Bayes Business School, City St George's

London, United Kingdom

135.27461.7
---Department of Finance, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

135.6190.83
97Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

137.781324.06
98College of Business, Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida (USA)

137.8191.87
---Finance Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

138.3460.87
---Institutt for Finans, BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

139.48234.1
99Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DEF), Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

143.52503.28
100Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio (USA)

144.2881.57
101Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

144.3150.31
102Department of Economics, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

147.64751.61
103Suomen Pankki

Helsinki, Finland

148.16380.75
104Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

149.44371.16
105Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

149.891785.91
---Finance Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

150.5390.62
106Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

150.53160.62
---Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

150.94301.28
107Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

152.36731.82
108Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

152.791765.44
---Institut for Finansiering, Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

153.240.16
109Smeal College of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

156.89111.36
---Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

157.471022.68
110Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

158.09380.57
111Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California (USA)

158.23410.97
112Collège du Management de la Technologie, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Lausanne, Switzerland

159.34170.71
113Questrom School of Business, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

159.85251.01
---Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

160900.5
114School of Finance, Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

160.04434.89
115Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

160.3600.88
116Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

161.84974.49
---Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion (LaRGE), Institut de Finance de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg

Strasbourg, France

164.06254.62
117Institut de Finance de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg

Strasbourg, France

164.06254.62
---Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

164.13510.87
118University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

166.53250.51
119Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

1681291.33
120Rotterdam School of Management (RSM Erasmus University), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

169.66281.19
---Department of Finance, Rotterdam School of Management (RSM Erasmus University), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

172.73121.06
121Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

172.84610.62
---Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

173.64550.45
122Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

174.491033.05
123School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

174.83350.42
---Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

175.49170.87
124Business School, University of Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

176.8261.14
---Institute of Business Research, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

176.8440.5
125INSEAD

Fontainebleau, France

178.21240.7
126University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

186.01772.47
---Department of Accounting and Finance, Business School, University of Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

187.311
127Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

187.451222.18
---Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

188.44521.12
128Department of Economics, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

189.88720.35
---Institut de Banque et Finance (IBF), Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

190.4370.65
129Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina (USA)

190.81291.75
130Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

193.2752.39
131School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

194.21571.16
132DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

194.971401.11
133Department of Economics, McGill University

Montréal, Canada

197.43360.35
134Economics Department, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

197.46540.7
135Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University

New York City, New York (USA)

197.7970.13
---Institut für Banking und Finance (Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

198.81150.23
136CESifo

München, Germany

201.523420.66
137Centre de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations (CREGO), Université Bourgogne Europe

Dijon, France

201.74151.89
138Business School, University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

204.61352.53
139Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

205.051533.56
140School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

206.05150.29
---Schweizerisches Institut für Banken und Finanzen (SBF), School of Finance, Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

206.49254.53
---Departement Algemene Economie, School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

206.73230.23
141Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

207.49922.18
142Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

207.881160.46
143Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

208.432220.91
144Department of Economics, University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

208.77560.68
---Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

209.92480.59
---Department of Finance, Questrom School of Business, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

210.3650.77
---Department of Banking and Finance, Monash Business School, Monash University

Caulfield, Australia

211.16341.38
145Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

211.66160.75
146Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

212.19370.29
147Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

212.26710.19
148Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

212.37300.79
---School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

213.14111.9
---Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California (USA)

213.8330.64
---Department of Finance, Graduate School of Business, DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

213.9270.77
149Graduate School of Business, DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

213.92160.77
150Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)

216.27201
---Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

216.74130.36
151Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

216.771841.58
---Discipline of Finance, Business School, University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

217.9992.05
---Department of Economics, Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia (USA)

221.5391.02
152Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia (USA)

221.53121.02
153John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard School of Law, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

225.3860.32
---Essex Finance Center, Essex Business School, University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

229.3651
154Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

229.85322.02
155Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio (USA)

231.81880.98
156Argyros College of Business and Economics, Chapman University

Orange, California (USA)

232.95490.75
157Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

233.77260.4
158Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (USA)

237.05330.28
159WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

238.451080.42
160Griffith Business School, Griffith University

Brisbane, Australia

239.9433.28
161Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

240.82430.5
162Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

241.19550.31
163Woody L. Hunt College of Business, University of Texas-El Paso

El Paso, Texas (USA)

246.49151
---Economics and Finance Department, Woody L. Hunt College of Business, University of Texas-El Paso

El Paso, Texas (USA)

246.49101
164Business School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Kowloon, Hong Kong

246.74330.42
---Institutt for finans, Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

247.1561.2
165Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

249.19300.78
---Department of Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

249.4380.14
166Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

252.69690.2
---Department of Finance, Business School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Kowloon, Hong Kong

254.3660.4
167School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

254.51350.78
168Business School, University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

254.74914.1
169Department of Quantitative Finance, National Tsing Hua University

Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

255.25131.26
---Faculty of Finance, Bayes Business School, City St George's

London, United Kingdom

255.8181.06
---Center for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES), Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

255.86390.23
170Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

256.62560.54
171Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Dallas, Texas (USA)

257.48460.8
172Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

257.57511.87
---Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

257.82571.49
---Finance Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

258.1150.75
173Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

258.42270.06
174Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (USA)

261.4160.79
---Finance Group, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

262.5650.18
---Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith Business School, Griffith University

Brisbane, Australia

265.48303.08
---Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

267.05241.18
---Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

268.9370.14
175Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

270.611200.33
176DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

272.0780.75
---Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e Strategie d'Impresa (DEMS), Scuola di Economia e Statistica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

272.13511.64
177Scuola di Economia e Statistica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

272.13611.64
178Institut ekonomických studií, Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

272.721302.01
179Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

272.97911.93
180Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

273.82581.3
---Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

275.24220.53
---Department of Economics, London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

277.36120.29
---Finance Discipline Group, Business School, University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

277.68372.95
181Leibniz-Institut für Finanzmarktforschung SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe)

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

278.94191.07
182Norges Bank

Oslo, Norway

279.04272
---Abteilung Finanzen, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

279.29150.82
---Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

279.65190.34
183Economics Department, Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

280.24520.79
---Dipartimento di Management e Tecnologia, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

281.3120.62
184Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Augsburg

Augsburg, Germany

281.51190.6
185Faculté Économie, Management, Communication, Sciences Po, Université de Namur

Namur, Belgium

281.69361.31
186Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

282.29700.69
187Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Brescia

Brescia, Italy

283.15251.19
188Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

283.29110.81
189Leeds University Business School (LUBS), University of Leeds

Leeds, United Kingdom

283.38300.91
190Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

283.542532.96
191IE Business School, Universidad IE

Madrid, Spain

284.19230.85
---Financial Markets Group (FMG), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

289.11121.47
192Department of Economics, Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

289.89521.63
193Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

290.4271.38
---Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

290.52440.79
194Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

291.381171.9
---Área de Dirección Financiera, IE Business School, Universidad IE

Madrid, Spain

291.6130.52
195Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

291.87420.67
196Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University

Cardiff, United Kingdom

292.82581.62
197Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

293.07401
198Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

294.319570.46
199Management School, Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

294.32691.78
200Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)

Halle, Germany

296.2501.07
201Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance, Université du Luxembourg

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

296.55712.11
202Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York

York, United Kingdom

297.24931.1
---Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Brescia

Brescia, Italy

297.82121.1
203Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

299.391373.63
204Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa

Manoa, Hawaii (USA)

299.6250.17
---Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

301.461122.42
205School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

305.061040.79
206Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

305.38440.24
---Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Business School, Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

306.77400.83
207Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

312.081251.56
---Departamento de Fundamentos da Análise Económica, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

31580.22
208Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

316.59671.45
209Department of the Treasury, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

317.9361.56
210Business School, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

318.23271.38
---Department of Economics, Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

319.28540.2
211Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University

Shanghai, China

320.8380.19
---Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

321.14160.24
212Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York (USA)

321.7321
213International Economics Department, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

322.22200.5
214Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau

Macau, Macao

323.12201.86
215School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

323.221190.8
216Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Modena, Italy

323.83472.43
217Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University

Singapore, Singapore

323.95110.66
---Division of Banking and Finance, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University

Singapore, Singapore

323.9540.66
218Business School, King's College London

London, United Kingdom

325.3420.9
219College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

325.8520.5
220de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

326.72822.37
---Escuela de Administración, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

327.48140.87
221European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

London, United Kingdom

328.5130.51
222Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

328.55180.05
---Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

329.870.08
223Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

330.16810.08
224Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

333.3340.12

The rankings

Top 10% authors in the field of Corporate Finance

For Corporate Finance, these are 656 authors affiliated with 2245 institutions.
All authors classified in this field.

RankAuthorScore
1Rene M. Stulz

Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (USA)

1.71
2Simplice A Asongu

African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé, Cameroun

3.5
3Ross Levine

Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (USA)

4.58
4John Y. Campbell

Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

4.74
5Michael Steven Weisbach

Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (USA)

5.89
6Steven Neil Kaplan

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

6.28
7Sheridan Titman

Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA)

9.33
8Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

9.79
9M. Kabir Hassan

Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business and Administration, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

11.56
10Tim Bollerslev

Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (USA)

12.53
11Anjan V. Thakor

Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

13.23
12Douglas J. Cumming

School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey (USA)

16.79
13Henri Servaes

London Business School (LBS), London, United Kingdom

16.8
14Iftekhar Hasan

Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, New York City, New York (USA)
Suomen Pankki, Helsinki, Finland

17.49
15Luc Laeven

European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

18.46
16Luigi Zingales

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

19.28
17Andrei Shleifer

Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

19.36
18Jeremy C. Stein

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)
Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

20.36
19Paul Alan Gompers

Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

21.04
20Benjamin E. Hermalin

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

21.43
21Viral V. Acharya

Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU), New York City, New York (USA)
London Business School (LBS), London, United Kingdom

21.95
22Bjorn Espen Eckbo

Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

23.14
23Asli Demirguc-Kunt

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

23.48
24Malcolm Baker

Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

24.08
25Francis X. Diebold

Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

25.38
26Thomas H. Noe

Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

25.74
27Pablo Fernandez

IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, Barcelona, Spain

26.12
28Campbell R. Harvey

Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (USA)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

26.67
29Alex Edmans

Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

28.45
30Oliver D. Hart

Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

28.76
31Alexander Ljungqvist

Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

28.83
32David Hirshleifer

Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (USA)

29.26
33Lasse Heje Pedersen

Institut for Finansiering, Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark

33.44
34Steven Ongena

Institut für Banking und Finance (Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Finance Institute, Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

34.89
35Randall Karl Morck

School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

36.39
36Chen Lin

Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

37.25
37Raghuram G. Rajan

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

38.78
38Jeffrey Wurgler

Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU), New York City, New York (USA)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

39.06
39Colin Mayer

Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

39.11
40Ravi Jagannathan

Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (USA)

39.72
41Peter F. Christoffersen †

40.49
42Marco Pagano

Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Napoli, Italy

41.27
43Christopher F Baum

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

41.4
44Lucian Bebchuk

John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard School of Law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

44.08
45Gur Huberman

Finance and Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York City, New York (USA)

44.13
46Roni Michaely

Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

46.26
47G. Andrew Karolyi

Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)

47.67
48Hyun Song Shin

Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland

47.96
49Luc Renneboog

CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg, Tilburg, Netherlands

49.29
50Lubos Pastor

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

49.94
51Ruediger Fahlenbrach

Collège du Management de la Technologie, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

50.34
52Allen N. Berger

50.52
53Manju Puri

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

50.53
54Franco Fiordelisi

Essex Finance Center, Essex Business School, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

50.83
55Thomas Hellmann

Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

51.04
56S Viswanathan

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

51.95
57Adriano A. Rampini

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

52.06
58Mariassunta Giannetti

Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

52.97
59William N. Goetzmann

School of Management, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

53.07
60Josef Zechner

WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria

54.86
61Hans Degryse

Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

55.3
62Gordon M. Phillips

Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

56.15
63Christian Leuz

Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Leibniz-Institut für Finanzmarktforschung SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

57.86
64Tim Jenkinson

Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

58.92
65Eugene Kandel

Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

59.69

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