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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Forecasting, as of March 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
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1Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1.4030.26
2University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)2.1420.50
3Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia3.37156.83
4Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)4.2320.66
5University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)4.3830.40
6Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)4.7930.86
7Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands5.6431.24
-Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Econometrisch Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands6.8931.24
8Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom7.6071.67
9European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany7.70144.45
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Melbourne, Australia8.11146.23
10Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy9.9161.14
11University of Strathclyde → Economics Department, Glasgow, United Kingdom10.8920.63
12Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)11.3610.12
13Aarhus Universitet → Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus, Denmark12.83154.00
14University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)15.0620.23
15Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio (United States)15.2261.88
16Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain16.1940.78
-University of Reading → Henley Business School → ICMA Centre for Financial Markets, Reading, United Kingdom16.5610.72
16University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom16.5610.72
-Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland → Economic Research, Cleveland, Ohio (United States)16.6261.41
-Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis → Research Division, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)17.7420.76
16Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)17.7420.76
-Oxford University → Department of Economics → Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom19.2010.28
-Aarhus Universitet → Institut for Økonomi → Center for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES), Aarhus, Denmark19.87132.83
19George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)20.1291.29
20Politechnika Wrocławska → Katedra Badań Operacyjnych i Inteligencji Biznesowej, Wrocław, Poland20.1864.21
21Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (United States)20.9730.26
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain22.2310.44
22University of California-Riverside → Department of Economics, Riverside, California (United States)22.2841.42
23University of Pretoria → Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Pretoria, South Africa23.3020.35
24Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)23.4810.09
25University of Glasgow → Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow, United Kingdom24.2420.64
-University of Glasgow → Adam Smith Business School → Department of Economics, Glasgow, United Kingdom24.2420.64
26Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany24.4463.20
-University of Pretoria → Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences → Department of Economics, Pretoria, South Africa24.4720.35
27Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)25.7410.14
28Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)26.0031.60
29Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom28.8820.65
30Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)31.5861.69
31Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden32.3610.08
32International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)33.5872.08
33Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)34.3210.34
34University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom35.5110.45
35University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) → Department of Economics, Albany, New York (United States)36.0310.53
36University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)36.9310.32
-University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) → Department of Economics → Econometric Research Institute, Albany, New York (United States)37.1210.53
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy37.2920.20
37National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)37.3980.10
38Università Ca' Foscari Venezia → Dipartimento di Economia, Venezia, Italy38.9440.77
39Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium39.1020.78
-Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium39.1020.78
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy39.2710.19
40Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences → Department of Economic and Regional Development, Athens, Greece39.5820.83
41Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom39.98100.17
42King's College London → Business School, London, United Kingdom40.1250.61
-George Washington University → Department of Economics → Center for Economic Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)41.1690.52
-George Washington University → Department of Economics → Center for Economic Research → H.O. Stekler Research Program on Forecasting, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)41.2090.52
43University of Cambridge → Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, United Kingdom43.4640.22
44Banca d'Italia, Roma, Italy44.41123.83
45Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy44.7610.64
46Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → School of Business and Economics, Amsterdam, Netherlands47.0420.23
47University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)47.0920.41
48University of Warwick → Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom47.8331.83
49London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom48.9240.31
50Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)49.0820.09
-Brookings Institution → Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)49.0820.09
51London Business School (LBS), London, United Kingdom49.5110.12
-London Business School (LBS) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom50.5510.12
52Banco de España, Madrid, Spain51.7351.48
53Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia → Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Modena, Italy51.9720.22
54Centre for Econometrics and Applied Research, Ibadan, Nigeria52.3231.29
55University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Rady School of Management, La Jolla, California (United States)53.9110.11
56Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy54.5410.24

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Kenneth D. West
University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)		2.98
2Francis Diebold
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)		4.35
3Todd Clark
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland → Economic Research, Cleveland, Ohio (United States)
Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)		5.28
4Gary Koop
University of Strathclyde → Economics Department, Glasgow, United Kingdom		6.12
5Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria → Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences → Department of Economics, Pretoria, South Africa		7.21
6Kenneth S Rogoff
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		7.28
7Andrew Patton
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)		7.48
8Philip Hans Franses
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Econometrisch Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands		8.48
9Michael Peter Clements
University of Reading → Henley Business School → ICMA Centre for Financial Markets, Reading, United Kingdom		8.95
10David F. Hendry
Oxford University → Department of Economics → Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom		9.18
11Tim Bollerslev
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)		9.32
12Barbara Rossi
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain		9.57
13Domenico Giannone
Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)		11.84
14Mark W. Watson
Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)		12.54
15Massimiliano Marcellino
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy		13.12
16Frank Schorfheide
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)		13.78
17Allan Timmermann14.26
18Mohammad Hashem Pesaran
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		14.45
19Michael McCracken
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis → Research Division, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)		16.57
20James H. Stock
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		18.26
21Lutz Kilian
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (United States)		20.26
22Rob J Hyndman
Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Melbourne, Australia		22.11
23Rafał Weron (Rafal Weron)
Politechnika Wrocławska → Katedra Badań Operacyjnych i Inteligencji Biznesowej, Wrocław, Poland		23.01
24Kajal Lahiri
University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) → Department of Economics → Econometric Research Institute, Albany, New York (United States)		24.62
25Jeffrey Alexander Frankel
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		26.33
26Serena Ng
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)		27.64
27Lucrezia Reichlin
London Business School (LBS) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom		28.07
28Michael McAleer †30.04
29Pierre Perron
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)		31.75
30Dimitris Korobilis
University of Glasgow → Adam Smith Business School → Department of Economics, Glasgow, United Kingdom		32.61
31Christiane Baumeister
University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)		33.11
32Jonathan Wright
Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)		33.31
33Norman R. Swanson
Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)		33.87
34George Kapetanios
King's College London → Business School, London, United Kingdom		35.86
35Lars E.o. Svensson
Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden		36.40
36Raffaella Giacomini
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom		36.61
37Paresh Kumar Narayan
Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia		38.00
38Marta Banbura
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany		39.83
39Afees Adebare Salisu
Centre for Econometrics and Applied Research, Ibadan, Nigeria		40.37
40Francesco Ravazzolo
Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy		40.52
41Richard Paap
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Econometrisch Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands		44.03
42Justin Wolfers44.63
43Herman O. Stekler †44.68
44Andrea Carriero
Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom		45.42
45Stelios Bekiros
Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), Athens, Greece		47.87
46Luc Bauwens
Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium		49.03
47Neil R. Ericsson
George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
George Washington University → Department of Economics → Center for Economic Research → H.O. Stekler Research Program on Forecasting, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)		49.17
48Charles Engel
University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)		51.01
49Menzie Chinn51.07
50Christian Pierdzioch
Helmut Schmidt Universität Hamburg → Fächergruppe Volkswirtschaftslehre, Hamburg, Germany		51.23
51Fulvio Corsi
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia → Dipartimento di Economia, Venezia, Italy		51.32
52Dick van Dijk
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Econometrisch Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands		55.96
53Peter F. Christoffersen †58.04
54Siem Jan Koopman
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → School of Business and Economics → Afdeling Econometrie and Operations Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands		58.64
55Glenn Rudebusch
Brookings Institution → Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)		60.55
56Tae Hwy Lee
University of California-Riverside → Department of Economics, Riverside, California (United States)		62.63
57Michele Lenza
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany		62.73
58Herman K. van Dijk †63.09
59John M. Maheu
McMaster University → DeGroote School of Business, Hamilton, Canada		64.29
60Helmut Lütkepohl (Helmut Luetkepohl)
DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany		65.32
61John Muellbauer
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom		65.39
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