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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Accounting and Auditing, as of April 2026

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  • For Accounting and Auditing, these are 407 institutions and 414 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)1.2450.33
2International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)1.86167.50
3University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)2.5320.50
4University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)4.9830.82
5University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)5.0420.72
6University of Michigan → Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)6.4910.19
-University of Michigan → Ross School of Business → Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)6.4910.19
-University of Southern California → Marshall School of Business → Department of Finance and Business Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)6.7810.20
6University of Southern California → Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, California (United States)6.7810.20
8Paris School of Economics, Paris, France7.44102.20
9Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom8.0530.55
-Oxford University → Saïd Business School → Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford, United Kingdom9.0830.55
10Ohio State University → Fisher College of Business, Columbus, Ohio (United States)10.4420.24
11University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)10.8510.29
-Ohio State University → Fisher College of Business → Department of Finance, Columbus, Ohio (United States)11.4520.24
-University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics → Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, Berkeley, California (United States)12.7110.11
12Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)13.4010.05
13University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada13.9910.13
14Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)15.0720.31
15European Commission → Directorate-General Taxation and Custom Union, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium15.3432.32
16ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany17.23101.20
17Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom17.4320.14
18European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany17.7020.08
19Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland18.4920.12
20National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)20.6790.23
21Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)22.4610.25
22Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)22.6710.25
23Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)22.6910.21
24University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)22.8120.11
25Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, Tübingen, Germany22.8131.79
26Queen's University → Economics Department, Kingston, Canada25.1630.35
27Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)25.6610.67
28CESifo, München, Germany26.49330.79
29Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland26.7750.88
30University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada26.8410.12
31Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)28.7410.45
32Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany29.7592.27
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland32.3930.80
33University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom33.7220.33
34Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland34.1820.25
35Universität Münster → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Münster Center for Economic Policy → Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik und Regionalökonomik, Münster, Germany34.3610.68
36Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway35.2792.67
37Victoria University of Wellington → Wellington School of Business and Government, Wellington, New Zealand36.1220.35
-Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)38.8120.06
37Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)38.8120.06
39Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden39.5480.65
40Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)39.6110.05

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Joel Slemrod
University of Michigan → Ross School of Business → Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
1.35
2Christian Leuz
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
3.35
3Michael Keen
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
4.63
4Emmanuel Saez
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
4.81
5Siew Hong Teoh
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
5.48
6Michael P. Devereux
Oxford University → Saïd Business School → Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford, United Kingdom
5.81
7David Hirshleifer
University of Southern California → Marshall School of Business → Department of Finance and Business Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
5.92
8James R. Hines, Jr.
University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
6.85
9Roger H. Gordon
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
11.96
10Alan Auerbach
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics → Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, Berkeley, California (United States)
12.33
11James Alm
Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)
13.65
12Ross Levine
Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)
15.70
13Walter Erwin Diewert
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
17.74
14Franklin Allen
Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom
18.57
15Stefanie Stantcheva
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
18.69
16Gabriel Zucman
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
18.78
17Amit Seru
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)
19.70
18Randall Morck
University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada
21.06
19Wojciech Kopczuk
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
21.52
20Robin Boadway
Queen's University → Economics Department, Kingston, Canada
22.27
21Gaetan J.a. Nicodeme (Gaetan Nicodeme)
European Commission → Directorate-General Taxation and Custom Union, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium
23.01
22Dhammika Dharmapala23.49
23Bronwyn H Hall
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
25.29
24Ruud A. de Mooij
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
25.57
25Thomas Piketty
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
26.02
26Clemens Fuest
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
26.66
27Luc Laeven
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
27.14
28Lu Zhang
Ohio State University → Fisher College of Business → Department of Finance, Columbus, Ohio (United States)
27.60
29Michael McKee
Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)
27.64
30René M. Stulz (Rene M. Stulz)
Ohio State University → Fisher College of Business → Department of Finance, Columbus, Ohio (United States)
29.81
31Rosanne Altshuler
Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)
30.89
32Richard M. Bird31.24
33Nadine Riedel
Universität Münster → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Münster Center for Economic Policy → Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik und Regionalökonomik, Münster, Germany
33.74
34Peter H. Egger
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland
36.55
35Niels Johannesen
Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark
CESifo, München, Germany
38.77
36Varadarajan Chari
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
38.85
37Alexander Daniel Klemm
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
40.46
38Ellen R. McGrattan
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
41.00
39Ben Lockwood
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
41.35
40Claudio Borio
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland
41.53
41Richard J. Cebula
University of Tennessee-Knoxville → Haslam College of Business → Department of Economics, Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)
42.37
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