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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Informal and Underground Economics, as of May 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)1.00204.36
2Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria2.4920.46
3Paris School of Economics, Paris, France3.24101.51
4University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)3.6010.14
5Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)4.3120.47
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)4.31102.09
6University of Michigan → Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)4.6110.14
-University of Michigan → Ross School of Business → Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)4.6110.14
7Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)7.5620.11
8Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France8.5520.26
9Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)9.2310.50
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France9.5620.26
10Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)11.7210.40
11Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)12.4130.39
12National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)13.1450.09
13Universidad de San Andrés → Departamento de Economía, Buenos Aires, Argentina13.9330.84
14University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)14.0210.24
15Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)16.3110.07
16University of Tennessee-Knoxville → Haslam College of Business, Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)16.6720.40
-University of Tennessee-Knoxville → Haslam College of Business → Department of Economics, Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)16.6720.40
17Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)17.4710.05
18University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom17.5710.90
19Banco de la Republica de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia18.17103.33
-University of Wyoming → College of Business → Department of Economics, Laramie, Wyoming (United States)18.3310.09
19University of Wyoming → College of Business, Laramie, Wyoming (United States)18.3310.09
21Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom20.4631.55
22Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland21.2420.63
23University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)21.5210.35
24Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg21.62300.48
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg21.62300.48
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland22.2920.63
25Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro → Departamento de Economia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil23.3721.12
26University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)26.7510.19
27Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom27.7510.08
28Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)28.9820.42
29Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)29.2310.06
30Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany29.2720.09
31Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain29.7010.08
32Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom29.8520.58
33Boğaziçi Üniversitesi → İktisat Bölümü, İstanbul, Turkey32.3510.57
34CESifo, München, Germany33.02180.36
35Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)33.9463.13
36London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom34.5530.42
37Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)35.1610.07
38Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark35.3420.27
39Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom36.6250.03

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)
1.56
2Friedrich Georg Schneider
Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria
2.41
3James Alm
Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)
2.48
4Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg6.30
5David N. Margolis
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
8.44
6Michael McKee
Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)
8.72
7Rafael Dix-Carneiro
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
9.75
8Ravi Kanbur
Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
11.03
9Ricardo Perez-Truglia
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
11.04
10Costas Meghir
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
12.54
11Gabriel Zucman
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
13.17
12Gabriel Ulyssea
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom
14.38
13Jean-Marc Robin
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
14.44
14Guillermo Cruces
Universidad de San Andrés → Departamento de Economía, Buenos Aires, Argentina
15.46
15Niels Johannesen
Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark
CESifo, München, Germany
16.67
16Ceyhun Elgin
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi → İktisat Bölümü, İstanbul, Turkey
18.16
17David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
18.57
18John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
19.42
19Mazhar Waseem
University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom
19.67
20Benjamin Olken
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
20.85
21Firouz Gahvari
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)
21.48
22Dina D. Pomeranz
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
21.81
23Jason Shogren
University of Wyoming → College of Business → Department of Economics, Laramie, Wyoming (United States)
23.19
24Andreas Buehn23.35
25Richard J. Cebula
University of Tennessee-Knoxville → Haslam College of Business → Department of Economics, Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)
25.81
26William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
25.92
27Monica Singhal
University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)
26.07
28Renata Narita
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro → Departamento de Economia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
29.15
29Christopher Woodruff
Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom
29.42
30Kai A. Konrad
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany
29.77
31Luca Flabbi
University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill → Department of Economics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)
31.05
32Miriam Bruhn
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
32.29
33Cristina Fernandez
Universidad del Rosario → Facultad de Economía, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia
33.22
34Juan J. Dolado
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain
33.63
35Badi H. Baltagi
Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)
34.29
36Johannes Spinnewijn
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
34.33
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