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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Evolutionary Economics, as of April 2026

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  • For Evolutionary Economics, these are 473 institutions and 515 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)192.83
2Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland2.6382.65
3Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)3.2740.67
4University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada3.8931.52
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland3.8982.63
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.5320.18
6Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France4.6483.31
7National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)7.07190.59
8University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)8.5720.08
9Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)9.10112.14
10University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom10.3972.59
-Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France10.7410.07
11Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany11.8530.45
12Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)12.4240.84
-Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)12.4240.84
13Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden12.5940.69
14University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)12.7520.70
-Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden13.6140.69
15Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain13.86102.36
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom15.0472.17
-Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics → Economic Science Institute (ESI), Orange, California (United States)15.9291.19
16Paris School of Economics, Paris, France17.91101.15
17Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg18.42410.64
18Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)18.8130.40
19Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)19.7020.51
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg19.86400.64
20University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)20.2330.21
21Simon Fraser University → Department of Economics, Burnaby, Canada21.4831.44
22University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)22.0420.32
23Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany23.1620.54
24University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)25.2210.10
25University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)25.2410.32
26Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy26.5151.36
27Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany26.5370.49
28Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom27.02270.42
29Université de Lausanne → Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Lausanne, Switzerland27.4330.53
-Université de Lausanne → Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) → Départment d'économétrie et d'économie politique (DEEP), Lausanne, Switzerland28.5630.53
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy28.7641.03
30Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)30.3920.68
31University of East Anglia → School of Economics, Norwich, United Kingdom30.5420.55
32Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom30.6982.30
33Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)32.3020.38
34Georgia State University → J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)32.7010.21
35Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy33.0771.23
-Georgia State University → J. Mack Robinson College of Business → Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)33.7210.21
36University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)38.1320.15
37University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom38.4630.28
38George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)38.7230.95
39Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway38.7530.66
40Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark38.8421.07
-Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway39.7530.66
41Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy40.8520.12
42California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)41.4410.13
43Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics → Experimental Economics Center, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)41.7930.50
44CESifo, München, Germany41.90220.52
45Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia42.6650.60
46University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Economics Department, Santa Cruz, California (United States)42.7120.55
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain43.1761.05
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia43.6750.60
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain45.0920.82
47Southern Methodist University → Department of Economics, Dallas, Texas (United States)45.6520.79

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Oded Galor
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
1.17
2Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
3.82
3Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
3.92
4Jean Tirole
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France
6.94
5Richard R. Nelson6.95
6Arthur Robson
Simon Fraser University → Department of Economics, Burnaby, Canada
9.12
7Alberto Alesina10.43
8David Levine11.05
9B. Douglas Bernheim
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
11.37
10Drew Fudenberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
13.22
11Gary Charness14.12
12Jörgen W. Weibull (Jorgen W. Weibull)
Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
14.18
13Paola Giuliano14.24
14James J. Heckman
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
14.44
15James Andreoni
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
14.74
16John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
16.62
17Glenn W. Harrison
Georgia State University → J. Mack Robinson College of Business → Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
19.24
18Roland Benabou19.92
19Simon Gächter (Simon Gaechter)
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom
20.62
20Avner Greif
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
22.23
21Robert Sugden
University of East Anglia → School of Economics, Norwich, United Kingdom
22.60
22William H. Sandholm23.13
23Armin Falk
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany
23.83
24Aldo Rustichini
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
24.16
25Romain Wacziarg
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
24.57
26David Weil
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
24.66
27Urs Fischbacher
Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany
24.68
28Jeroen C.j.m. van Den Bergh
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain
24.72
29Ulrike Malmendier24.76
30Vernon L. Smith
Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics → Economic Science Institute (ESI), Orange, California (United States)
24.77
31Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
25.07
32Colin Farrell Camerer25.92
33Martin Dufwenberg
Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)
29.49
34Louis Putterman
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
30.08
35James Alan Robinson
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
30.30
36Ryan Oprea
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Learning and Experimental Economics Projects of Santa Cruz (LEEPS), Santa Cruz, California (United States)
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Economics Department, Santa Cruz, California (United States)
30.38
37H. Peyton Young
Government of the United States → Department of the Treasury → Office of Financial Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom
31.19
38Ron Boschma
Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands
35.60
39Quamrul H. Ashraf
Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)
36.69
40Fabrizio Zilibotti
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
38.34
41Alberto Bisin39.65
42David Schmeidler40.78
43Daniel Friedman
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Economics Department, Santa Cruz, California (United States)
40.93
44Thierry A. Verdier
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
42.11
45John Bryan Davis
Marquette University → College of Business Administration → Department of Economics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)
44.67
46Stelios Michalopoulos
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
44.80
47Benjamin Enke
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
45.23
48Stefano DellaVigna
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
47.46
49Enrico Spolaore
Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)
48.30
50Holger Strulik
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Department für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Göttingen, Germany
48.47
51David Huffman
Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
48.69
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