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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Industrial Organization, as of May 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France1.38216.56
2University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)1.6220.89
3National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.80241.23
4Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.5240.65
5Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom4.9941.30
6Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)6.8540.43
7London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom7.43130.96
8Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium8.2761.21
-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, Belgium8.2761.21
9Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)8.7320.62
10University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)10.6610.17
-University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Financial Institutions Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)11.7610.17
11University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom11.8720.45
12KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium12.2291.74
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom12.45100.25
13New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)13.2930.58
-Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France13.9610.05
14Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany14.1783.37
15University of Virginia → Department of Economics, Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)14.2431.15
-New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)14.3430.58
16University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)15.5820.12
-Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Düsseldorf, Germany17.12154.52
16Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Düsseldorf, Germany17.12154.52
18Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)17.5610.28
19University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada17.6131.89
20Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)18.8440.50
-KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics, Leuven, Belgium20.3640.70
21Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway20.7971.65
22Universidad de Navarra → IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain21.3220.42
23Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)22.0210.33
24University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada23.0720.28
-Northwestern University → Department of Economics → Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO), Evanston, Illinois (United States)23.0710.33
25Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain24.5361.26
26University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)24.8420.50
27Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy25.8961.50
-Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway27.0241.11
28Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wien, Austria28.5861.80
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain29.0140.91
29Michigan State University → Economics Department, East Lansing, Michigan (United States)29.8920.63
30Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)30.3320.17
31Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany31.0020.26
32University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)32.4131.22
33University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)32.5120.81
34Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland32.9960.37
35University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)33.7510.11
36University of Cambridge → Judge Business School, Cambridge, United Kingdom34.6150.49
37Paris School of Economics, Paris, France35.0630.55
-Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wien, Austria35.6761.69
38University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)36.3920.93
39Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden36.6892.12
40Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom36.68280.75
41WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria37.6231.23
-University of Iowa → Tippie College of Business → Department of Economics, Iowa City, Iowa (United States)38.4210.45
41University of Iowa → Tippie College of Business, Iowa City, Iowa (United States)38.4210.45
43Universidade do Minho → Escola de Economia e Gestão, Braga, Portugal39.6831.39
44Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)42.2910.20
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland42.8420.16
45University of British Columbia → Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, Canada43.5920.31
46DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany43.7651.32
47Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy44.5551.32
48Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)45.4531.15
49Università degli Studi di Firenze → Scuola di Economia e Management, Firenze, Italy45.7930.88
-Università degli Studi di Firenze → Scuola di Economia e Management → Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, Firenze, Italy45.7930.88
-KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics → Centrum voor Economie en Duurzaam Ondernemen (CEDON), Leuven, Belgium46.9610.15
50Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel48.8110.23
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy48.8620.32
51Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)49.8831.49
52Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)50.4110.22
53University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)52.2930.74

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Carl Shapiro
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)
1.17
2Michael Whinston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
6.55
3Mark Armstrong
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
6.90
4Allen N. Berger
Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Financial Institutions Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
6.94
5John Vickers
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom
7.02
6Margaret Slade
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
7.68
7Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
9.14
8Jean Tirole
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France
9.59
9Patrick Rey
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France
10.97
10Bronwyn H Hall
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
11.20
11Jacques Thisse (Jacques François Thisse)
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
13.98
12Simon Anderson
University of Virginia → Department of Economics, Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)
14.63
13Aviv Nevo
Northwestern University → Department of Economics → Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO), Evanston, Illinois (United States)
14.66
14Mark J. Roberts
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
16.12
15Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
17.45
16David Levine18.01
17Marc J. Melitz
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
18.11
18Xavier Vives
Universidad de Navarra → IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
20.21
19Rabah Amir
University of Iowa → Tippie College of Business → Department of Economics, Iowa City, Iowa (United States)
20.72
20Elhanan Helpman
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
21.21
21Arijit Mukherjee
University of Nottingham → Business School, Nottingham, United Kingdom
21.43
22Joel Waldfogel22.98
23Jay Pil Choi
Michigan State University → Economics Department, East Lansing, Michigan (United States)
23.57
24Martin Peitz
Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany
24.66
25Erik Brynjolfsson25.33
26Jean Gabszewicz
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
26.11
27Chad Syverson
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
26.74
28John van Reenen
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
27.41
29Toshihiro Matsumura
University of Tokyo → Institute of Social Science, Tokyo, Japan
28.10
30Klaus M. Schmidt
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany
28.32
31Joshua Gans
University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada
28.33
32Matthew Aaron Gentzkow
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
28.46
33Nicholas S. Economides
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
28.48
34Volker Nocke
Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany
28.73
35Steven Tadelis
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)
29.79
36Paul Joskow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
30.02
37Jan K. Brueckner
University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)
30.30
38Yongmin Chen
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
30.42
39Panle Jia Barwick
University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
30.57
40Massimo Motta
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
30.70
41Jan K. De Loecker
KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics → Centrum voor Economie en Duurzaam Ondernemen (CEDON), Leuven, Belgium
32.05
42Martin Gaynor
Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)
33.52
43Luca Lambertini
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy
34.09
44Lawrence J. White
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
34.87
45Luis M B Cabral
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
36.65
46Gordon M. Phillips
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
37.45
47Paul Klemperer
Oxford University → Department of Economics → Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom
38.64
48Ali Yurukoglu
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)
39.89
49Stephen Morris
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
40.16
50Bruno Jullien
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France
44.86
51Dirk Bergemann
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
45.27
52Odd Rune Straume
Universidade do Minho → Escola de Economia e Gestão, Braga, Portugal
Universidade do Minho → Escola de Economia e Gestão → Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas e Empresariais (NIPE), Braga, Portugal
45.36
53Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
45.72
54David Martimort
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France
45.81
55John Haltiwanger
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
47.42
56Avi Goldfarb
University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada
48.96
57Saul Lach
Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel
50.49
58Andrew Sweeting
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
51.70
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