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

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Top 10% institutions in the field of Corporate Finance

For Corporate Finance, these are 658 authors affiliated with 2253 institutions.
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RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

1.38655.5
2National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

2.335232.79
3Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

4.56111.7
4Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

4.86583.17
5Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

8.93720.8
6Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

9.27352.41
7Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

10.03865.29
---Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

10.35192.31
---Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

10.8420.69
8Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

11.86602.18
9Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

12.53263.28
10African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

12.861.01
---Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

13.15304.26
11Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

13.84603.03
12Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

17.14532.85
13International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

17.925418.2
14Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

18.32451.65
15Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (USA)

19.95190.58
16Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

20.3237721.75
17London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

20.99322.26
18London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

21.023584.37
19European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

22.542787.6
---Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

22.57172.5
20World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

24.76394.48
21Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

25.74212.44
22Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

26.86633.6
---Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

27.3592.32
23School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

29.791413.2
24Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

30.81063.58
---Finance and Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

31.79261.33
25Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

34.31630.92
---Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

34.49101.36
26Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

34.73323.27
27School of Management, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

36.25421.54
28Department of Economics, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

36.88531.07
29Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

39.99620.43
---Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

40.9182.05
30Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

41.891854.26
31Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

44.951652.56
32Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

45.08500.9
33David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)

46162.31
34Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

46.254001.9
35Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

47.942085.73
---Department of Finance, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)

49.39102.03
36Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

49.491013.54
37Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Shatin, Hong Kong

52.951
---Department of Finance, Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Shatin, Hong Kong

52.911
38Business School, Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

56.19511.44
39UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

56.41872.81
40HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

56.59412.79
41McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (USA)

57.74160.44
---Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (USA)

57.7480.44
42Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

57.92280.93
43Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

59.641558.83
44PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

60.89131.28
45Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

61.21241.62
46Economics Department, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

61.65640.75
---School of Banking and Finance, UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

62.0281.5
47Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

63.11520.47
48Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

63.43131.1
49Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

63.81713.39
50College of Business and Administration, University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

64.8760.5
---Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business and Administration, University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

64.8740.5
---Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

64.87141.12
---CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

65.86931.87
51Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

71.17320.91
52Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

71.49262.1
53Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

71.96161.33
54Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (USA)

72.54111.05
55Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

74.321912.63
56Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

75.86281.04
57Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

76.51521.15
58Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

77.03202.38
59IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra

Barcelona, Spain

78.51182.22
60Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (USA)

79.7111.72
61Graduate School of Management, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

80.1440.65
62Warrington College of Business, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

81.86171.47
---Finance Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

84.33111.34
63Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

84.4193.24
64Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

85.11342.26
---Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

86.11471.67
65Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

87.6580.36
---Département Comptabilité, Droit, Finance et Économie, Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

88.61121.77
66Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

90.42121.39
67Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

90.87560.72
68Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

91.191062.36
69SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

92.41450.86
---Finance Department, Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

94.53110.8
70William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (USA)

94.63120.44
71Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

95.281642.95
72Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

95.321834.64
73School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey (USA)

95.7680.66
74Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

96.47480.36
75Monash Business School, Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

97.062022.41
76Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

100.91713.19
---Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

101.6662
77Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

101.85821.56
78College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

102.74171.55
79Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

103.89522.32
80LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

104.96331.49
---Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

110.18171.26
81Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

111.71551.13
82Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

112.5660.19
83Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

114.51892.71
84Bangor Business School, Bangor University

Bangor, United Kingdom

116.32435.25
---Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

116.92121.52
85Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

117.3481.58
86Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (USA)

117.34510.38
87Department of Economics, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

117.75740.96
88Banque de France

Paris, France

120.012025.93
---Department of Finance, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

121.341.25
89BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

122.03564.21
---Dipartimento di Finanza, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

122.43302.38
90Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

125.63752.6
91Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

128.37571.56
92Essex Business School, University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

129.94302.53
---Department of Finance, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

130.590.86
93College of Business, Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida (USA)

131.92192.12
94Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

132.62300.66
---Finance Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

132.7270.47
---European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

133.82641.2
---Finance Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

135.2960.87
95Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

135.88840.44
96Bayes Business School, City St George's

London, United Kingdom

136.06461.7
97School of Business, University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

137.91140.25
98Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

138.381314.06
---Institutt for Finans, BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

140.15234.1
99Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio (USA)

140.5581.57
100Suomen Pankki

Helsinki, Finland

144.6380.76
101Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DEF), Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

146.34503.25
102Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

147.64160.31
103Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

147.92361.17
---Finance Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

149.2890.62
104Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

149.28160.62
105Department of Economics, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

149.95751.61
106Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

151.961795.84
---Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

153.37301.27
---Institut for Finansiering, Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

153.4740.16
107Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

156.221755.46
108Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

156.3751.8
109Questrom School of Business, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

158.37251.01
---Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

158.61012.68
---Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

160.23900.5
110Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

160.3964.5
111Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California (USA)

160.89410.95
112Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

161.06380.57
113School of Finance, Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

161.26434.87
114Rotterdam School of Management (RSM Erasmus University), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

161.35281.3
115Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

161.52600.88
116Collège du Management de la Technologie, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Lausanne, Switzerland

162.33170.71
---Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion (LaRGE), Institut de Finance de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg

Strasbourg, France

163.24254.61
117Institut de Finance de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg

Strasbourg, France

163.24254.61
---Department of Finance, Rotterdam School of Management (RSM Erasmus University), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

163.75121.13
118CESifo

München, Germany

164.883420.69
---Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

165.4510.86
119University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

168.53240.51
120Business School, University of Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

172.56261.14
121Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

173.121033.05
122Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

173.48610.62
123School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

174.78350.44
---Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

176.13550.45
---Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

176.25170.87
124INSEAD

Fontainebleau, France

179.42230.7
---Institute of Business Research, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

179.6440.5
---Department of Accounting and Finance, Business School, University of Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

182.7411
---Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

185.9521.1
125Department of Economics, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

186.49720.35
126University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

187.8772.47
---Institut de Banque et Finance (IBF), Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

189.4270.65
127Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University

New York City, New York (USA)

191.6270.14
128Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

193.69752.39
129Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina (USA)

194.08291.75
---Institut für Banking und Finance (Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

194.83150.23
130School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

195.16571.16
131DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

195.411401.1
132Department of Economics, McGill University

Montréal, Canada

198.12360.35
133Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

199.051543.62
134Economics Department, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

200.62540.69
135School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

204.64150.29
---Departement Algemene Economie, School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

205.26230.24
136Business School, University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

205.99352.52
---Department of Finance, Questrom School of Business, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

206.9550.77
137Centre de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations (CREGO), Université Bourgogne Europe

Dijon, France

207.2151.89
138Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

207.24922.2
---Schweizerisches Institut für Banken und Finanzen (SBF), School of Finance, Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

207.8254.51
---Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

208.52480.59
139Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

209.082210.91
140Department of Economics, University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

209.57560.68
141Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

210.871160.46
---Department of Banking and Finance, Monash Business School, Monash University

Caulfield, Australia

211.09341.38
142Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

211.34160.75
---Department of Finance, Graduate School of Business, DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

211.5670.77
143Graduate School of Business, DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

211.56160.77
---School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

212.18111.9
144Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

212.56300.79
145Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

215.281851.58
146Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

215.71710.19
147Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, CEPS/INSTEAD)

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

216.1710290.63
---IZA Network @ LISER, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, CEPS/INSTEAD)

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

216.179870.63
148Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)

217.47201
---Discipline of Finance, Business School, University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

218.4192.04
---Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California (USA)

219.04330.63
149Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Augsburg

Augsburg, Germany

219.28190.68
150Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

219.47370.29
---Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

220.9130.36
151John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard School of Law, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

225.9160.32
---Department of Economics, Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia (USA)

226.4391.02
152Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia (USA)

226.43121.02
153Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

226.78322.02
154Argyros College of Business and Economics, Chapman University

Orange, California (USA)

228.54480.75
155Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (USA)

229.15330.28
156Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio (USA)

229.37880.98
157WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

229.791090.42
---Essex Finance Center, Essex Business School, University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

230.2351
158Smeal College of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

230.66111.16
159Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

232.54260.4
160Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

236.75440.5
161Griffith Business School, Griffith University

Brisbane, Australia

242.34433.28
162Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

243.26550.31
---Institutt for finans, Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

244.3261.2
163Woody L. Hunt College of Business, University of Texas-El Paso

El Paso, Texas (USA)

244.82151
---Economics and Finance Department, Woody L. Hunt College of Business, University of Texas-El Paso

El Paso, Texas (USA)

244.82101
164Business School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Kowloon, Hong Kong

245.06320.42
---Department of Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

247.6380.14
165Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

249.67300.78
166Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (USA)

252.47160.79
---Department of Finance, Business School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Kowloon, Hong Kong

252.6360.4
---Faculty of Finance, Bayes Business School, City St George's

London, United Kingdom

253.84181.06
167Business School, University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

254.58914.11
168Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

254.88690.2
169Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

255.43511.87
---Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

256.48571.49
170Department of Quantitative Finance, National Tsing Hua University

Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

256.55131.26
171Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Dallas, Texas (USA)

257.32460.81
---Finance Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

258.24150.75
172Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

260.5270.06
173Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

261.12560.54
---Finance Group, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

263.750.18
---Center for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES), Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

264390.23
---Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

265.5770.14
---Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith Business School, Griffith University

Brisbane, Australia

265.98303.08
174Institut ekonomických studií, Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

268.711302
---Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

268.84241.18
175Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

270.81911.91
---Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e Strategie d'Impresa (DEMS), Scuola di Economia e Statistica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

271.41511.64
176Scuola di Economia e Statistica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

271.41611.64
177DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

272.4280.75
178Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

272.741200.32
179Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

274.09581.3
---Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

275.16220.53
---Abteilung Finanzen, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

276.51150.82
---Finance Discipline Group, Business School, University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

277.49372.95
---Department of Economics, London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

278.01120.29
---Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

278.34190.34
180Economics Department, Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

278.88520.79
181IE Business School, Universidad IE

Madrid, Spain

279.68240.85
---Dipartimento di Management e Tecnologia, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

280.2320.62
182Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Brescia

Brescia, Italy

280.42251.2
183Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

280.43110.82
184Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa

Manoa, Hawaii (USA)

280.81250.19
185Leibniz-Institut für Finanzmarktforschung SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe)

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

280.85191.07
186Leeds University Business School (LUBS), University of Leeds

Leeds, United Kingdom

282.13300.91
187Faculté Économie, Management, Communication, Sciences Po, Université de Namur

Namur, Belgium

282.27361.31
188Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

283.11700.7
189Norges Bank

Oslo, Norway

285.39261.96
190Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

286.272532.93
---Área de Dirección Financiera, IE Business School, Universidad IE

Madrid, Spain

286.7140.52
---Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

287.48450.79
191Department of Economics, Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

289.32521.64
192Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

289.48271.38
193Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

290.941171.9
194Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

294.35401
195Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance, Université du Luxembourg

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

294.43712.13
---Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Brescia

Brescia, Italy

295.33121.11
196Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University

Cardiff, United Kingdom

296.23581.62
197Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)

Halle, Germany

298.36501.04
198Management School, Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

298.76691.76
199Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York

York, United Kingdom

298.78941.1
---Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

299.2160.27
---Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

299.781122.42
200Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

299.971373.61
201Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

303.98440.24
202Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

304.611221.58
203Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

304.891290.61
---Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Business School, Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

305.72400.83
204Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

312.061251.56
---Departamento de Fundamentos da Análise Económica, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

314.5280.22
205Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York (USA)

316.4521
206Business School, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

316.47271.39
207Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University

Shanghai, China

318.180.18
208Department of the Treasury, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

318.23361.56
209School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

318.461050.73
210Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

318.84671.45
211Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Modena, Italy

320.15462.43
212European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

London, United Kingdom

320.91130.51
213International Economics Department, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

321.04200.5
214School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

321.951190.8
215de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

322.37812.39
216College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

324.5320.5
217Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau

Macau, Macao

324.62201.86
---Department of Economics, Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

324.69540.19
218Business School, King's College London

London, United Kingdom

324.92420.9
219Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University

Singapore, Singapore

328.01110.66
---Division of Banking and Finance, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University

Singapore, Singapore

328.0140.66
---Escuela de Administración, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

328.55140.87
220Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

329.011474.37
---Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

330.8470.08
221Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Statistiche e Finanziarie "Giovanni Anania", Università degli Studi della Calabria

Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

332.45211.5
222Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

332.52190.05
223Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

332.91810.08
224Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

334.12340.12
---Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

335.56350.54
---Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

336.95661.54
---Finance, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

339.66121.64
225Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Richmond, Virginia (USA)

339.67300.87

The rankings

Top 10% authors in the field of Corporate Finance

For Corporate Finance, these are 658 authors affiliated with 2253 institutions.
All authors classified in this field.

RankAuthorScore
1Rene M. Stulz

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

1.67
2Simplice A Asongu

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

3.47
3John Y. Campbell

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

4.57
4Ross Levine

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

4.6
5Michael Steven Weisbach

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

5.81
6Steven Neil Kaplan

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

6.5
7Sheridan Titman

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

9.38
8Josh Lerner

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

10.8
9M. Kabir Hassan

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

11.22
10Tim Bollerslev

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

12.72
11Iftekhar Hasan

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

15.8
12Anjan V. Thakor

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

16.07
13Douglas J. Cumming

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

16.76
14Henri Servaes

London Business School (LBS), London, United Kingdom

17.08
15Bjorn Espen Eckbo

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

18.07
16Luc Laeven

European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

18.54
17Luigi Zingales

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

18.66
18Andrei Shleifer

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

19.45
19Jeremy C. Stein

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

19.95
20Benjamin E. Hermalin

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

20.37
21Paul Alan Gompers

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

21.37
22Viral 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

22.72
23Asli Demirguc-Kunt

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

23.02
24Malcolm Baker

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

23.09
25Campbell R. Harvey

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

25.39
26Pablo Fernandez

IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, Barcelona, Spain

25.41
27Francis X. Diebold

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

26.37
28Thomas H. Noe

Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

26.45
29Alex Edmans

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

27.12
30Oliver D. Hart

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

27.59
31Alexander Ljungqvist

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

30.5
32David Hirshleifer

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

32.38
33Lasse Heje Pedersen

Institut for Finansiering, Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark

33.86
34Steven Ongena

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

33.91
35Chen Lin

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

35.4
36Randall Karl Morck

School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

37.45
37Jeffrey 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)

37.9
38Peter F. Christoffersen †

38.34
39Raghuram G. Rajan

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

38.73
40Marco Pagano

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

39.42
41Colin Mayer

Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

41.66
42Ravi Jagannathan

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

41.76
43Lucian Bebchuk

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

42.96
44Christopher F Baum

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

44.02
45Luc Renneboog

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

45.33
46Gur Huberman

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

45.8
47Lubos Pastor

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

46.34
48Manju Puri

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

47.62
49Roni Michaely

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

48.54
50G. Andrew Karolyi

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

50.33
51Allen N. Berger

50.5
52Mariassunta Giannetti

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

50.52
53Franco Fiordelisi

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

50.6
54Josef Zechner

WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria

51.44
55Adriano A. Rampini

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

51.52
56William N. Goetzmann

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

52.04
57Thomas Hellmann

Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

52.54
58S Viswanathan

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

52.74
59Ruediger Fahlenbrach

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

54.12
60Hans Degryse

Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

55.16
61Hyun Song Shin

Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland

56.23
62Gordon M. Phillips

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

57.39
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

58.79
64Torben G. Andersen

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

59.81
65Leonardo Gambacorta

Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland

62.05

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