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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Economic Growth, as of June 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
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1Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)1.0061.21
2London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom1.96233.78
3Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)3.0030.41
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.44260.56
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.5120.10
6Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)6.2510.34
7University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada7.5131.16
8University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)7.8630.35
9Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)9.1540.77
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom9.2880.23
10Paris School of Economics, Paris, France11.18111.67
11Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)11.5741.41
12University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom12.2071.11
13University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)13.1320.29
14Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)14.7740.76
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom15.9750.26
15Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom16.18460.36
16University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)17.1310.11
17University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)17.7130.36
18University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)19.1620.20
19Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland20.5150.94
20Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg20.87360.68
21Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)20.9910.09
22Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark21.5031.27
23Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)21.5521.17
24University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)21.5930.19
25Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France23.3761.13
26Columbia University → School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), New York City, New York (United States)24.0220.06
27Southern Methodist University → Department of Economics, Dallas, Texas (United States)24.6031.03
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom24.7920.16
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France24.7941.13
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland25.5350.90
28Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom25.6071.45
29Aix-Marseille Université → École d'Économie d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France27.0782.41
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg28.80350.57
30Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium29.5881.20
31Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)29.6170.39
32Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)31.1320.19
-Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium32.0471.18
33Korea University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea32.2720.27
34Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)34.0210.38
35WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria34.0450.86
-Oxford University → Department of Economics → Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom35.3610.48
36Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Beijing, China36.2530.75
37Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)37.1410.02
-Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) → China Economics and Management Academy, Beijing, China37.5230.75
38Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany37.6530.13
-Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)38.1910.02
38Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)38.1910.02
40George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)38.2430.89
-WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft, Wien, Austria39.2540.74
-University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management → Center for Global Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)40.1420.22
41Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy41.6750.78
42Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy42.2261.27
43Tel-Hai College → Department of Economics and Management, Upper Galilee, Israel43.0410.66
44Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)43.0930.32
-Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis → Research Division, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)43.0930.32
-Princeton University → Department of Economics → International Economics Section, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)44.7410.05
45University of Houston → Department of Economics, Houston, Texas (United States)44.8620.34
46Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)45.0620.17
-WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft → Institut für Makroökonomie, Wien, Austria46.0020.43
47Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany46.6240.21
48United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands46.9420.51
49Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)47.4230.62
50Georg-August-Universität Göttingen → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Göttingen, Germany47.8910.21
-Georg-August-Universität Göttingen → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Department für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Göttingen, Germany48.9510.21
51University of Macau → Faculty of Business Administration, Macau, Macao49.3031.99
-University of Macau → Department of Economics, Macau, Macao49.3031.99
52World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)49.7740.72
53Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)50.0120.19
54ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany50.6150.76
55Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy50.9130.35
56University College Dublin → School of Economics, Dublin, Ireland50.9220.27
57Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)51.3210.34
-University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia51.7910.25
57University of Western Australia → Business School, Perth, Australia51.7910.25
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)53.9020.13
59Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland54.1830.42

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Oded Galor
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)		1.60
2Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		2.86
3Charles I. Jones
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)		3.37
4Elhanan Helpman
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		5.01
5Joseph Stiglitz6.36
6David Weil
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)		8.23
7Alberto Alesina †8.56
8Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada		9.06
9Gene Grossman10.60
10Nicholas Crafts †12.61
11Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France		12.64
12Joel Mokyr
Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel		13.80
13Stephen Broadberry
Oxford University → Department of Economics → Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom		14.63
14Isaac Ehrlich15.65
15Romain Wacziarg
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		17.32
16Avner Greif
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)		17.96
17Ufuk Akcigit
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		19.40
18Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		19.45
19James Alan Robinson
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		20.32
20Mohammad Hashem Pesaran
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		20.87
21Thomas Chaney
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		23.22
22Dani Rodrik
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		25.28
23David de la Croix
Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium		27.07
24Paola Giuliano27.15
25Pietro F. Peretto
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)		27.32
26J. Vernon Henderson
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom		28.54
27Kiminori Matsuyama
Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)		29.11
28Jakob B. Madsen
University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia		29.78
29Raphael Franck
Tel-Hai College → Department of Economics and Management, Upper Galilee, Israel		31.00
30Emi Nakamura
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)		32.48
31Quamrul H. Ashraf
Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)		32.68
32Jorn-Steffen Pischke32.93
33Pascual Restrepo
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)		33.00
34Enrico Spolaore
Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)		33.76
35Timothy Besley
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom		34.50
36Klaus Prettner
WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft → Institut für Makroökonomie, Wien, Austria		35.25
37Holger Strulik
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Department für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Göttingen, Germany		37.04
38Ömer Özak (Omer Ozak)
Southern Methodist University → Department of Economics, Dallas, Texas (United States)		37.17
39Heng-fu Zou
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) → China Economics and Management Academy, Beijing, China		37.70
40Stelios Michalopoulos
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)		38.91
41Omer Moav
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom		38.99
42Sascha O. Becker
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom		39.08
43Cormac Ó Gráda (Cormac O Grada)
University College Dublin → School of Economics, Dublin, Ireland		39.29
44Jong-Wha Lee
Korea University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea		39.97
45Ching-chong Lai
Academia Sinica → Institute of Economics, Taipei, Taiwan		41.66
46Peter Nijkamp
Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands		42.44
47Muhammad Shahbaz
Beijing Institute of Technology → Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing, China		43.87
48Jonathan Temple †44.31
49Ezra Oberfield
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)		47.84
50Angus C. Chu
University of Macau → Department of Economics, Macau, Macao		49.32
51John van Reenen
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom		49.38
52Leandro Prados de la Escosura
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Madrid, Spain
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Madrid, Spain		49.50
53Moritz Schularick
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France		50.44
54Remi Jedwab
George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)		50.94
55Marc Klemp
Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark		51.15
56Jared Rubin
Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)		53.10
57Sefa Awaworyi Churchill
RMIT University → School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, Melbourne, Australia		54.23
58Harald Uhlig
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		54.34
59Thomas Ziesemer
United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands		55.38
60Hiroaki Sasaki
Kyoto University → Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto, Japan		57.04
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