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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Entrepreneurship, 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)1.00412.27
2Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.2150.99
3Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)3.2921.38
4London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom3.57182.09
5World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)4.77204.49
6Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)6.58154.67
7University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)6.7831.15
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)7.97144.40
8University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)9.2430.76
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)9.5971.04
9Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)10.3262.38
10Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden10.42175.04
11Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)11.9110.14
12Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)12.1840.44
13University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)12.3051.18
14George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)13.1830.77
15Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany13.2752.21
-Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)14.4320.41
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau → Center for Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)14.96123.06
16University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)16.2531.25
17Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)16.7420.09
18Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium17.9174.05
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom18.1510.45
19University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)18.2142.41
20Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France18.5410.67
21Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom18.5710.73
22Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands19.2542.06
23University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)22.6130.50
-University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Financial Institutions Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)23.8210.19
24University of Maryland → Robert H. Smith School of Business, College Park, Maryland (United States)24.9420.65
25University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)25.6531.17
-University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)25.6531.17
26KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium25.96111.93
27University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)26.8330.26
28Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)27.6110.50
29Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom29.0310.73
30University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)30.3230.72
31University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, California (United States)30.6230.52
-University of Maryland → Robert H. Smith School of Business → Finance Department, College Park, Maryland (United States)31.5310.38
32Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)32.1330.85
33University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)32.5640.62
34Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)33.1310.38
35European University Institute → Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), Firenze, Italy33.1520.17
36Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden33.3561.60
37University of Western Ontario → Ivey School of Business, London, Canada33.5811
38Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom34.1410.45
-University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs → Public Policy Department, Los Angeles, California (United States)36.6410.42
39Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom37.46330.63
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Financial Markets Group (FMG), London, United Kingdom39.5110.19
40Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)39.6520.04
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom40.38121.04
41Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)40.8031.42
42University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)40.8520.36
43Paris School of Economics, Paris, France41.6430.48
-University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business → Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Berkeley, California (United States)41.8720.36
44New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)42.0710.14
45Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy42.1561.73
46Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)43.4430.82
47Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle, Germany43.9330.74
48Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy44.4671.49
49Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands44.5662.06
-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy47.6851.43
50SKEMA Business School, Lille, France48.6341.88
51Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden50.4861.12
52Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy50.9851.22
53Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management, Tilburg, Netherlands51.6641.11
54Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan53.9710.57
-Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan55.0110.57
55Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Jena, Germany55.2031.97
56Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands55.7341.64
-Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Finance, Stockholm, Sweden55.9930.33
57University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada56.7450.50
-Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Capaciteitsgroep Toegepaste Economie, Rotterdam, Netherlands56.7541.64
58Trinity College Dublin → School of Business, Dublin, Ireland57.2510.73
-Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management → CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, Tilburg, Netherlands57.6931.06
59Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)59.0810.23
60Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg59.67481.14
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg59.67481.14
61Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany59.8710.60
62Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)60.0320.18
63European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany62.5130.48
64DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany62.9751.41
65Florida Atlantic University → College of Business, Boca Raton, Florida (United States)65.0921.51
66University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)65.0920.24
-University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management → Finance Group, Los Angeles, California (United States)67.1210.13
-Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands67.4010.65
67Indiana University → Kelley School of Business, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)68.0610.18
68Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy68.1430.99
69Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands68.5531.76
70Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)68.6640.92
-Indiana University → Kelley School of Business → Department of Finance, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)69.1310.18
71EMLYON Business School, Lyon, France69.1621.13
72Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark69.2851.81
73University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)70.9330.26
74University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada71.9610.12
75Brock University → Goodman School of Business, St. Catherines, Canada72.9110.83
76Universitetet i Bergen → Institutt for Økonomi, Bergen, Norway73.6510.71
77Universität Potsdam → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschafltiche Fakultät, Potsdam, Germany73.6930.37
-Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)74.8810.19
78Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy75.3950.84

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1David B. Audretsch
Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
1.71
2Zoltan 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)
3.66
3John Haltiwanger
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
5.00
4Steven Klepper5.19
5Mike Wright5.40
6Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
5.64
7William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
9.85
8Ross Levine
Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)
10.64
9Roy Thurik
Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France
11.12
10Paul Alan Gompers
Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
12.41
11David Scharfstein
Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
14.48
12Thomas Hellmann
Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom
14.54
13Douglas J. Cumming
Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)
16.35
14Michael Fritsch
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany
17.43
15Peter Howitt
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
18.30
16Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
19.75
17Albert N. Link
University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)
19.87
18Erik Stam
Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands
20.25
19Ufuk Akcigit
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
20.77
20Ivo Welch
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management → Finance Group, Los Angeles, California (United States)
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
20.78
21Simon C. Parker
University of Western Ontario → Ivey School of Business, London, Canada
20.80
22Robert W. Fairlie
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs → Public Policy Department, Los Angeles, California (United States)
20.89
23Christopher Woodruff
Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom
21.21
24Ramana Nanda
Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom
21.53
25Javier Miranda
Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle, Germany
22.12
26Vojislav Maksimovic
University of Maryland → Robert H. Smith School of Business → Finance Department, College Park, Maryland (United States)
22.71
27Michael Darby
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
23.54
28James E. Rauch
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
24.60
29David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
25.77
30Magnus Henrekson
Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden
26.25
31Allen 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)
26.96
32Michael L. Katz
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business → Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Berkeley, California (United States)
27.36
33Joern H. Block
Universität Trier → Fach Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Trier, Germany
29.77
34Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
29.91
35Donald S. Siegel
Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)
30.56
36Edward Lazear30.72
37Boyan Jovanovic
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
31.10
38Mirjam van Praag (Celine Mirjam van Praag)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → Amsterdam Global Change Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
31.22
39Thorsten Beck
European University Institute → Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), Firenze, Italy
32.83
40Alex Coad
Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan
33.04
41Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
34.00
42André van Stel (Andre van Stel)
Trinity College Dublin → School of Business, Dublin, Ireland
35.89
43Timothy Dunne
University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)
36.62
44Steven Neil Kaplan
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
38.79
45Alexander Kritikos
DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany
40.38
46Simeon Djankov
London School of Economics (LSE) → Financial Markets Group (FMG), London, United Kingdom
42.84
47Erik E. Lehmann
Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany
44.04
48Hugo A. Hopenhayn
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
45.85
49Wim Naudé (Wim Naude)
Universidade do Coimbra → Faculdade de Economia → Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER), Coimbra, Portugal
46.81
50Roger H. Gordon
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
47.37
51Friederike Welter
Universität Siegen → Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht, Siegen, Germany
47.95
52Bronwyn H Hall
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
48.09
53Leora F. Klapper
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
48.95
54Hans Hvide
Universitetet i Bergen → Institutt for Økonomi, Bergen, Norway
50.40
55Asli Demirguc-Kunt
World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
50.90
56Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
51.05
57Benjamin F. Jones
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
51.31
58Ron S. Jarmin
Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
52.03
59Olav Sorenson
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
52.26
60Dirk De Clercq
Brock University → Goodman School of Business, St. Catherines, Canada
52.41
61Marco Caliendo
Universität Potsdam → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschafltiche Fakultät → Lehrstuhl für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Potsdam, Germany
54.71
62Pontus Brodde Braunerhjelm
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden
57.17
63László A. Szerb (Laszlo A. Szerb)
Pécsi Tudományegyetem → Közgazdaságtudományi Kar, Pécs, Hungary
57.55
64Frank M. Fossen
University of Nevada-Reno → College of Business → Economics Department, Reno, Nevada (United States)
58.88
65Edward Ludwig Glaeser59.11
66Antoinette Schoar61.43
67Martin Anthony Carree
Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands
64.12
68Andrew B. Bernard
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
64.28
69Erzo G.j. Luttmer
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
66.20
70Christopher John Boudreaux
Florida Atlantic University → College of Business → Department of Economics, Boca Raton, Florida (United States)
67.30
71Bart Clarysse
Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium
68.05
72Armin Schwienbacher
SKEMA Business School, Lille, France
69.63
73Marco Vivarelli
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy
69.94
74Michael Wyrwich
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands
71.04
75Mark J. Roberts
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
73.29
76Joachim Wagner
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg → Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Lüneburg, Germany
Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany
74.13
77Niels Bosma
Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics → Research Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands
76.15
78Michael Frese
Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
76.29
79Sophie Manigart
Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium
78.30
80Manju Puri
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
78.44
81Dilip Mookherjee
Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
79.64
82Dean Karlan
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
80.00
83Rolf Sternberg
Leibniz Universität Hannover → Institut für Wirtschafts- und Kulturgeographie, Hannover, Germany
80.82
84Luc Laeven
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
81.32
85Gregory Udell
Indiana University → Kelley School of Business → Department of Finance, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
81.85
86Benjamin Wild Pugsley
University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)
83.11
87Michael Ewens
Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)
83.43
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