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

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For Innovation, these are 986 institutions and 1363 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	1.00	24	4.51
2	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2	53	4.27
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	3.00	13	2.32
3	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	3.74	3	0.76
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	4.29	3	0.23
5	Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	6.62	4	0.86
6	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium	6.87	19	7.07
7	New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	7.00	5	1.16
8	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	7.13	3	0.74
9	United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	8.00	23	6.53
-	New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	8.56	4	1.14
10	Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	9.39	4	0.50
11	Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	9.83	8	1.61
12	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy	10.14	19	9.21
-	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	11.86	10	5.59
13	Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel	13.54	3	0.94
-	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	14.06	15	7.47
14	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy	16.19	15	4.13
15	Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	17.08	1	0.43
16	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France	17.13	9	1.07
17	Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	17.72	26	11.16
18	Georgia Institute of Technology → Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	17.79	4	2.26
19	Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	18.25	4	0.80
20	Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	18.34	4	3.31
21	Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium	18.75	10	4.21
22	University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	19.62	5	2.05
23	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany	20.60	3	0.81
24	Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	22.55	18	4.11
-	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	24.44	3	1.72
24	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	24.44	3	1.72
26	Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	24.83	4	1.85
27	University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	26.41	2	1.20
28	Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark	27.49	14	6.87
29	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands	27.59	12	2.62
30	University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	28.08	1	0.59
-	University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Management Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	30.82	1	0.58
31	Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	31.52	9	4.29
-	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France	32.14	1	0.07
32	Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	32.52	3	1.41
33	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	32.86	12	4.21
34	Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	32.96	1	0.54
35	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	33.16	14	3.49
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies (KITeS/CESPRI), Milano, Italy	33.64	4	2.19
36	Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	33.92	4	2.72
37	Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	34.46	3	0.27
38	University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)	34.69	2	0.96
-	Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium	35.17	4	1.16
39	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland	37.68	11	4.02
40	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland	38.02	15	7.08
41	Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	38.33	6	1.36
-	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France	38.67	16	5.99
41	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI), Nice, France	38.67	16	5.99
43	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom	40.06	38	0.58
44	Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France	41.47	11	5.90
45	Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	41.60	1	0.44
46	European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain	43.01	45	24.96
47	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	43.02	8	2.71
48	Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	43.82	4	0.49
49	Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)	46.32	1	0.17
50	Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	46.78	2	0.33
51	New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	47.52	1	0.16
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	47.72	5	1.01
-	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	48.86	6	2.88
-	Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	48.98	1	0.60
52	George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	50.17	3	0.38
53	Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	50.40	2	0.62
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France	50.84	7	2.96
54	Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem → Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Budapest, Hungary	53.62	1	0.77
55	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	54.46	8	2.08
-	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	54.46	8	2.08
56	Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	55.30	9	3.54
-	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau → Center for Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	55.47	8	2.08
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom	55.82	1	0.26
57	University of Manchester → Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom	56.36	6	3.28
58	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	56.37	43	2.54
-	Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Department of Finance, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	58.30	3	1.17
59	Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	58.71	12	4.80
-	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	59.26	5	2.80
60	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	60.33	4	1.02
61	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	60.33	1	0.32
62	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	61.05	7	1.16
63	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	61.18	5	2.77
64	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	61.29	1	0.62
65	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain	61.95	9	2.02
66	Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel	62.38	1	0.55
67	University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	62.92	1	0.07
68	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain	63.78	6	3.35
69	Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom	64.48	6	1.27
-	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Kwantitatieve Economie, Maastricht, Netherlands	65.40	2	0.69
70	Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden	66.02	8	1.75
71	Universitetet i Stavanger → Handelshøgskolen, Stavanger, Norway	67.49	4	1.97
72	University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	67.79	1	0.08
-	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	67.86	40	0.80
73	Columbia University → Mailman School of Public Health → Department of Health Policy and Management, New York City, New York (United States)	71.78	1	0.79
74	Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)	72.28	1	0.55
75	Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (SEEDS), Ferrara, Italy	74.09	15	2.44
76	University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom	74.17	1	0.05
77	HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France	74.50	3	1.51
-	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands	74.53	4	1.29
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	77.49	4	1.06
78	Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	78.20	4	1.56
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain	80.52	5	2.55
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain	80.52	5	2.55
79	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali, Roma, Italy	80.79	5	2.26
80	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	80.89	2	0.16
81	Université de Lille → Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et des territoires, Lille, France	80.95	2	1.38
82	Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), Nancy/Strasbourg, France	81.57	9	3.27
-	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali → Dipartimento di Economia, Roma, Italy	81.85	5	2.26
-	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	81.90	2	0.16
83	Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)	82.48	2	0.09
-	Aalborg Universitet → Institut for Økonomi og Ledelse → IKE Gruppen, Aalborg, Denmark	82.53	2	1.57
83	Aalborg Universitet → Institut for Økonomi og Ledelse, Aalborg, Denmark	82.53	2	1.57
85	Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany	83.02	2	0.73
86	World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	84.07	7	1.57
-	Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science → Forschungsgemeinschaft für Nationalökonomie, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	85.15	3	1.45
87	Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France	86.67	4	0.61
88	Mines Paris → Centre d'Économie Industrielle (CERNA), Paris, France	87.22	4	1.18
89	Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)	87.82	1	0.04
90	American University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	89.72	1	1
91	University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom	90.55	1	0.14
-	Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	91.19	2	1.12
91	Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	91.19	2	1.12
93	Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	92.13	4	0.68
-	Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → TIMES2, Bruxelles, Belgium	92.96	7	2.05
94	Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	94.62	4	0.54
95	Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	95.11	8	0.91
96	Banca d'Italia, Roma, Italy	96.85	9	3.42
97	University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom	97.10	2	0.67
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	97.43	5	0.32
98	Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	98.19	7	0.32

Top Authors

Rank	Author	Score
1	Philippe Aghion London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	2.77
2	Bronwyn H Hall University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	2.98
3	Daron Acemoglu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	3.22
4	Paul Michael Romer New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	5.46
5	Josh Lerner Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	6.27
6	Adam Jaffe Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	6.73
7	John van Reenen London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	8.17
8	Richard R. Nelson †	8.57
9	Albert N. Link University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	12.07
10	David B. Audretsch Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	12.63
11	Ufuk Akcigit University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	13.76
12	Manuel Trajtenberg Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel	15.96
13	Zoltan J. Acs London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	16.64
14	William Kerr Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	16.93
15	Reinhilde Veugelers KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	18.06
16	Loet Leydesdorff †	20.81
17	Jean Tirole Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France	24.10
18	Sidney Graham Winter Jr. University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Management Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	24.48
19	Cristiano Antonelli Università degli Studi di Torino → Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	25.01
20	Ashish Arora Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	25.35
21	Nicholas Bloom Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	25.66
22	Michael Darby University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)	25.71
23	Marc J. Melitz Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	26.03
24	Donald S. Siegel Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	26.69
25	Robert J. Gordon	27.01
26	Dietmar Harhoff Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany	27.37
27	Ron Boschma Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	28.25
28	Peter Howitt Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	28.81
29	Joseph Stiglitz	29.53
30	Mathias Dewatripont Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium	29.56
31	Dirk Czarnitzki	29.70
32	Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem → Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Budapest, Hungary	29.74
33	Charles I. Jones Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)	29.91
34	David Levine	30.81
35	Paul A. David †	32.46
36	Jan Ernst Fagerberg Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	32.90
37	Pete Klenow Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	33.17
38	Mike Wright †	34.70
39	Iain M. Cockburn Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	35.55
40	Jacques Mairesse	35.60
41	Boyan Jovanovic New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	35.77
42	Mark J. Roberts Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	36.39
43	Benjamin F. Jones Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	36.66
44	Peter Nijkamp Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	36.92
45	Pierre Mohnen United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	37.69
46	Dale T. Mortensen †	39.05
47	Marco Vivarelli Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	39.38
48	Dimitris Papanikolaou Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Department of Finance, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	41.33
49	Rachel Griffith University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom	43.49
50	Koen Frenken Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	43.59
51	Joel Mokyr Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States) Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel	45.22
52	Joshua Gans University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	45.84
53	James Adams Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute → Department of Economics, Troy, New York (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	47.38
54	Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Andres Rodriguez-Pose) London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	47.95
55	David Autor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	49.50
56	Mark E. Doms	50.12
57	David Hemous Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	50.57
58	Giovanni Dosi Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	51.89
59	Bart Verspagen United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	51.97
60	Roland Benabou	52.69
61	Jean Olson Lanjouw †	54.07
62	Elhanan Helpman Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	54.31
63	Saul Lach Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel	54.65
64	Jerry Thursby Georgia Institute of Technology → Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	55.37
65	Raj Chetty Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	55.48
66	John Haltiwanger University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	56.10
67	Enrico Moretti University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	57.25
68	John Troy Scott †	57.46
69	Christian Rammer Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	58.92
70	Marie Currie Thursby Georgia Institute of Technology → Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	59.80
71	Heidi L. Williams Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	60.03
72	Michael Fritsch Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	61.66
73	Bengt-Åke Lundvall (Bengt-Ake Lundvall) Aalborg Universitet → Institut for Økonomi og Ledelse → IKE Gruppen, Aalborg, Denmark	63.41
74	Francesco Lissoni Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France	63.68
75	Bruno Cassiman KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	65.27
76	Franco Malerba Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies (KITeS/CESPRI), Milano, Italy	65.66
77	Franz C. Palm Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Kwantitatieve Economie, Maastricht, Netherlands	65.83
78	Sandro Montresor Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy	69.28
79	Ajay K. Agrawal University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	69.61
80	Fabrizio Zilibotti Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	70.28
81	Antoine Dechezleprêtre (Antoine Dechezlepretre) Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France	70.28
82	Angus C. Chu University of Macau → Department of Economics, Macau, Macao	71.03
83	Gene Grossman	71.35
84	Faïz Gallouj (Faiz Gallouj) Université de Lille → Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et des territoires → Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Économiques et Sociologiques (CLERSE), Lille, France	71.36
85	Uwe Cantner Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	72.06
86	Avi Goldfarb University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	72.25
87	Luigi Zingales University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	72.98
88	Michele Boldrin Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	73.07
89	Olav Sorenson University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)	73.66
90	Guido Cozzi Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science → Forschungsgemeinschaft für Nationalökonomie, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	74.71
91	Bhaven N. Sampat Columbia University → Mailman School of Public Health → Department of Health Policy and Management, New York City, New York (United States)	75.69
92	Tomas Philipson University of Southern California → Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)	76.31
93	Richard Blundell (Richard W. Blundell) University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom	77.13
94	Lee G. Branstetter Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)	77.58
95	Rene Belderbos KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	79.33
96	Luc L. Soete United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	83.34
97	Francesco Quatraro Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	85.56
98	Walter G. Park American University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	86.03
99	Suzanne Scotchmer †	86.10
100	James Bessen	88.16
101	Gaétan de Rassenfosse (Gaetan de Rassenfosse) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) → Collège du Management de la Technologie, Lausanne, Switzerland	89.79
102	Frank Lichtenberg Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	91.32
103	Magnus Henrekson Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	92.92
104	Kenneth Sokoloff †	96.74
105	Jonathan E. Haskel Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	99.31
106	Martin Woerter Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	101.02
107	Petra Moser New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	101.58
108	Luigi Orsenigo †	102.56
109	Vincenzo Denicolo' Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	104.00
110	Bettina Peters Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	104.78
111	Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	105.16
112	Pascual Restrepo Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	105.76
113	Douglas J. Cumming Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)	106.96
114	Camilla Lenzi	107.03
115	Ross Levine Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)	109.59
116	Fulvio Castellacci Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	110.46
117	Kazuyuki Motohashi Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER), Tokyo, Japan Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan	113.21
118	Spyros Arvanitis Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	114.64
119	Javier Miranda Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle, Germany	115.91
120	Kamal Saggi Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)	116.33
121	Mariacristina Piva Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	120.93
122	Douglas Hanley University of Pittsburgh → Department of Economics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)	121.59
123	Wim Naudé (Wim Naude) Universidade do Coimbra → Faculdade de Economia → Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER), Coimbra, Portugal	122.86
124	Stefanie Stantcheva Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	123.05
125	Alex Coad Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan	123.50
126	Ralf Martin London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	124.10
127	Boris Lokshin Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands	125.80
128	Gerald A. Carlino Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	126.65
129	Thomas Hellmann Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom	126.72
130	Pierre-Alexandre Balland Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	126.83
131	Tom Broekel Universitetet i Stavanger → Handelshøgskolen, Stavanger, Norway	127.13
132	Stephen Roper University of Warwick → Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom	127.35
133	Nancy Theresa Gallini University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada	128.47
134	Pontus Brodde Braunerhjelm Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden	128.88
135	Diego Comin Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	129.62
136	Ramana Nanda Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	129.67

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