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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Collective Decision-Making, as of June 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1.00311.67
2Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.8650.56
3Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)3.2320.76
4Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy3.8092.01
5Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)5.3681.83
6London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom5.55144.05
7University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)5.6351.34
8Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain7.59226.65
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom8.3750.61
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy8.6350.66
9Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom8.96370.83
10Paris School of Economics, Paris, France9.98192.89
11University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)10.3420.67
12California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)11.3231.82
13SKEMA Business School, Lille, France11.8620.46
14University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom14.86133.32
15Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland15.2292.37
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland16.3271.92
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain16.6882.60
16Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)17.8920.56
17University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom18.56101.66
18University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)18.8920.63
19Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)19.2150.84
20Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)19.3820.39
21New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)20.2420.86
22Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)21.4551.37
23University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada23.7341.12
24ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany23.95151.80
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica → Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain25.2452.35
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain25.2452.35
25Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)27.1510.19
26Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)27.3362.78
27Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)27.8730.70
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Analisi delle Politiche e Management Pubblico, Milano, Italy28.0541.00
28Stockholms Universitet → Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm, Sweden28.8610.16
29Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia29.2881.26
30University of Cambridge → Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, United Kingdom29.5231.66
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia30.2881.26
31George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)30.8430.89
32Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg31.21560.61
33Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany32.3230.51
34Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy33.1872.06
35Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wien, Austria33.5552.50
36Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Beijing, China34.7410.12
-Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) → China Economics and Management Academy, Beijing, China35.7710.12
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom36.2170.66
37Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)36.4720.93
38Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium37.0060.96
39Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France37.0881.51
40University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)37.5920.14
-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, Belgium40.3650.88
41Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany41.4630.52
42Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France41.8871.87
43Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy42.1240.34
44Bar Ilan University → Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan, Israel42.2620.52
45UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia42.4341.37
46Universität Basel → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland42.7230.49
-UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia43.4341.37
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg43.93540.38
47Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium44.1172.06
48Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)44.9320.51
49University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)44.9420.34
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France45.0361.82
50New York University Abu Dhabi → Economics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates45.0452.22
51Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland45.9250.41
52Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)52.7250.75
53Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany53.6110.28
54University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management, Nicosia, Cyprus53.6231.53
-University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management → Department of Economics, Nicosia, Cyprus53.6231.53
-Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich → Wirtschaftstheoretische Abteilung II, Bonn, Germany54.6210.28
55Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom54.7951.47
-Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium54.8340.91
56CESifo, München, Germany54.96460.84
57Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg → Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Heidelberg, Germany55.4240.88
-Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg → Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften → Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Heidelberg, Germany55.4240.88
58University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)55.6620.34
59Université de Lyon → Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Lyon, France57.92103.03
60Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany58.05122.12
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain58.3980.83
61New Economic School (NES), Moscow, Russia61.2430.44
62Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)62.5580.39
63Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands63.1230.61
-Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wien, Austria64.0931.25
64Indiana University → Department of Economics, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)66.1210.22
65Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France67.2041.61
-Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Vienna Center for Experimental Economics (VCEE), Wien, Austria69.8141.25
66Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche, Lugano, Switzerland71.0420.62
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Milano, Italy71.1610.23
67Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)71.2720.44
68Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)71.4310.61
-Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche → Istituto di Economia Politica (IdEP), Lugano, Switzerland72.0720.62
-Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Evanston, Illinois (United States)72.2820.44
69Università degli Studi di Verona → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Verona, Italy72.8162.07
70University of Birmingham → Department of Economics, Birmingham, United Kingdom73.2351.61
71Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden73.4941.01
72Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)74.7530.27
-Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics → Economic Science Institute (ESI), Orange, California (United States)74.7530.27
73Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)75.6110.19
-Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)75.6110.19
74BI Handelshøyskolen, Oslo, Norway75.6630.64
75KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium75.7470.74

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
1.53
2Thomas R. Palfrey
California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)
4.26
3Alberto Alesina4.41
4Guido Tabellini
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy
4.97
5Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
6.44
6Eric S. Maskin
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
6.54
7Pranab K. Bardhan
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
7.28
8James Alan Robinson
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
8.38
9Torsten Persson
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
Stockholms Universitet → Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm, Sweden
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
10.45
10Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes
SKEMA Business School, Lille, France
11.25
11Rafael La Porta
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
11.61
12Francesco Trebbi
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)
12.66
13Hans Gersbach16.43
14Elhanan Helpman
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
17.27
15Matthew O. Jackson (Matthew Owen Jackson)
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
17.64
16Stephen Coate
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
18.84
17Philip Keefer
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
19.94
18Marco Battaglini
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
21.76
19Salvador Barberà (Salvador Barbera)
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica → Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain
21.92
20Niklas Potrafke
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
22.48
21Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
22.59
22Massimo Morelli
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Milano, Italy
23.12
23Toke S Aidt
University of Cambridge → Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, United Kingdom
23.32
24Antonio Merlo
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
25.67
25Alessandra Casella26.21
26Gene Grossman26.50
27Dimitrios Xefteris
University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management → Department of Economics, Nicosia, Cyprus
28.32
28Kai A. Konrad
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany
28.95
29Shmuel Nitzan
Bar Ilan University → Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan, Israel
28.99
30Tommaso Nannicini
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Analisi delle Politiche e Management Pubblico, Milano, Italy
29.38
31Timothy Besley
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
29.94
32Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
29.95
33James M. Snyder, Jr.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
30.60
34Urs Fischbacher
Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany
30.97
35Gérard Roland (Gerard Roland)
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
32.10
36Simon Johnson33.79
37Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
33.88
38Roberto A. Weber
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
34.48
39Martin J. Osborne
University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada
34.92
40Roland Benabou35.46
41Steven M. Shavell
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
35.58
42Walter Bossert
Université de Montréal → Département de Sciences Économiques, Montréal, Canada
Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ), Montréal, Canada
37.20
43Dan Bernhardt
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
37.34
44Frederico Finan
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
38.56
45Jean-François Laslier (Jean-Francois Laslier)
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
39.06
46Mattias K Polborn
Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)
40.68
47Alois Stutzer
Universität Basel → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland
42.86
48Louis Putterman
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
44.61
49Joan Esteban
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
44.66
50James Andreoni
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
44.93
51Thomas Stratmann
George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)
46.13
52John Duggan46.32
53Bruno S. Frey
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland
46.74
54Edward Ludwig Glaeser50.71
55Kotaro Suzumura51.96
56Jean-Robert Tyran
Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wien, Austria
Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Vienna Center for Experimental Economics (VCEE), Wien, Austria
52.17
57Ben Lockwood
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
56.01
58Raymond Fisman
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
57.28
59Brian G. Knight
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
57.50
60Benny Moldovanu
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich → Wirtschaftstheoretische Abteilung II, Bonn, Germany
58.42
61James Raymond Vreeland
Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
61.71
62Luigi Guiso
Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy
61.83
63Simon Gächter (Simon Gaechter)
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom
62.30
64Rajiv Vohra
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
63.01
65Ragnar Torvik
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskaplige universitet (NTNU) → Fakultet for Økonomi → Institutt for Samfunnsøkonomi, Trondheim, Norway
63.11
66Alessandro Lizzeri
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
64.10
67Leopoldo Fergusson
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) → Facultad de Economía, Bogotá, Colombia
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) → Facultad de Economía → Centro de Estudios Sobre Desarrollo Económico (CEDE), Bogotá, Colombia
64.16
68John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
64.16
69Allan Drazen
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
64.54
70Thomas Fujiwara
Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
71.13
71Stefano DellaVigna
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
71.52
72Rebecca B. Morton73.25
73Ruben Enikolopov
New Economic School (NES), Moscow, Russia
73.71
74Patricia Funk
Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche → Istituto di Economia Politica (IdEP), Lugano, Switzerland
74.50
75Pedro Dal Bó (Pedro Dal Bo)
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
74.85
76Gabrielle Demange
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
76.34
77Amihai Glazer
University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)
78.51
78Arthur Jan Hendricus Christoffel Schram, Jr.80.56
79Filipe Campante
Johns Hopkins University → School of Advanced International Studies → International Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
81.56
80Timothy Neal Cason
Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)
81.94
81Cesar Martinelli
George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)
82.74
82Steven J. Brams83.08
83Micael Castanheira
Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium
83.10
84Laurent Bouton
Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
84.29
85Ruben Durante
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
84.97
86James Marvin Walker
Indiana University → Department of Economics, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
85.97
87Francesco Caselli
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
87.55
88Gary Charness87.68
89Bezalel Peleg90.39
90Jordi Brandts
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
92.73
91Tomas Sjostrom
Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)
93.73
92Jacob K Goeree
UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia
94.33
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