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Top Institutions and Economists in Colorado (United States), as of June 2026

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  • For Colorado (United States), these are 23 institutions with 159 members with a total share of 146.09.

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Top institutions, all authors, all publication years

Rank W.Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1[1]University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)1.004037.78
2[2]Colorado State University → Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)2.561917.42
3[3]Colorado State University → Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)3.122624.44
4[5]University of Colorado Denver → Economics Department, Denver, Colorado (United States)3.99118.83
5[4]Colorado School of Mines → Division of Economics and Business, Golden, Colorado (United States)4.011110.90

Top institutions, 10 best authors for each, publications last 10 years

Rank W.Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1[1]University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)1.004010
2[2]Colorado State University → Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)2.271910
3[3]University of Colorado Denver → Economics Department, Denver, Colorado (United States)3.23118.83
4[4]Colorado State University → Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)3.502610
5[5]Colorado School of Mines → Division of Economics and Business, Golden, Colorado (United States)4.891110

Top authors, all publications years

Rank W.Rank Author Score
1[2]James R. Markusen
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
1.56
2[5]Miles Spencer Kimball
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
2.40
3[3]Edward B. Barbier
Colorado State University → Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
3.62
4[8]Yongmin Chen
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
4.64
5[7]Keith E. Maskus
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
5.17
6[9]Ann Huff Stevens
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
5.70
7[10]John Loomis
Colorado State University → Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
8.13
8[6]Wolfgang Keller
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
9.99
9[12]Daniel I. Rees
University of Colorado Denver → Economics Department, Denver, Colorado (United States)
11.76
10[15]John T. Cuddington
Colorado School of Mines → Division of Economics and Business, Golden, Colorado (United States)
11.89
11[14]Francisco Rodríguez (Francisco Rodriguez)
University of Denver → Korbel School of International Studies, Denver, Colorado (United States)
13.66
12[18]Michael J. Stutzer
University of Colorado → Leeds School of Business → Department of Finance, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
14.63
13[17]Francisca M. Antman
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
14.72
14[16]Jian Yang
University of Colorado Denver → Business School, Denver, Colorado (United States)
15.88
15[20]Xiaodong Liu
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
16.81
16[19]Jack Strauss
University of Denver → Daniels School of Business, Denver, Colorado (United States)
17.15
17[25]Stephen B. Billings
University of Colorado → Leeds School of Business, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
19.90
18[22]Jeffrey Zax
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
20.54
19[26]Terra McKinnish
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
21.22
20[28]Carol Hua Shiue
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
22.57
21[24]Carol A. Dahl
Colorado School of Mines → Division of Economics and Business, Golden, Colorado (United States)
23.64
22[21]Graham Anthony Davis
Colorado School of Mines → Division of Economics and Business, Golden, Colorado (United States)
24.21
23[30]Daniel Kaffine
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
24.90
24[23]Dawn D. Thilmany
Colorado State University → Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
25.62
25[13]Haider Khan
Unknown
25.88
26[32]Robert McNown
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
26.37
27[34]Sergey Nigai
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
27.08
28[33]Edward R. Morey
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
27.22
29[31]Brian C. Cadena
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
27.25
30[38]Charles de Bartolome
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
27.66
31[39]Scott James Savage
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
30.25
32[29]Nicholas E. Flores
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
30.56
33[40]Jeronimo Carballo
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
30.59
34[43]Adam McCloskey
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
31.08
35[37]Hani Mansour
University of Colorado Denver → Economics Department, Denver, Colorado (United States)
31.09
36[41]E. Woodrow Eckard
University of Colorado Denver → Business School, Denver, Colorado (United States)
31.65
37[42]Jared C. Carbone
Colorado School of Mines → Division of Economics and Business, Golden, Colorado (United States)
33.65
38[36]William Kaempfer
University of Colorado → Department of Economics → Carl McGuire Center for International Studies, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
34.24
39[45]Nancy Ammon Jianakoplos
Colorado State University → Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
34.82
40[44]Ann M. Carlos
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
35.99

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank W.Rank Author Score
1[2]Edward B. Barbier
Colorado State University → Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
2.14
2[6]Ryan Brown
University of Colorado Denver → Economics Department, Denver, Colorado (United States)
4.70
3[11]Daniel Kaffine
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
7.66
4[8]Adam McCloskey
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
7.94
5[10]Yongmin Chen
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
8.12
6[14]Stephen B. Billings
University of Colorado → Leeds School of Business, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
8.38
7[12]Chloe N. East
University of Colorado Denver → Economics Department, Denver, Colorado (United States)
8.87
8[13]Robert McNown
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
10.25
9[18]Constantin Gurdgiev
University of Northern Colorado → Monfort College of Business, Greeley, Colorado (United States)
10.93
10[7]Francisca M. Antman
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
11.12
11[16]Daniele Tavani
Colorado State University → Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
12.08
12[15]Miles Spencer Kimball
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
12.34
13[22]Jeronimo Carballo
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
12.39
14[4]James R. Markusen
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
12.43
15[17]Marwil Jhonatan Dávila-Fernández (Marwil Jhonatan Davila-Fernandez)
Colorado State University → Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
13.14
16[20]Daniel I. Rees
University of Colorado Denver → Economics Department, Denver, Colorado (United States)
13.83
17[24]Xiaodong Liu
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
14.25
18[27]Hong Miao
Colorado State University → Department of Finance and Real Estate, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
15.65
19[25]Richard K. Mansfield
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
15.91
20[21]Sergey Nigai
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
16.02
21[28]Joanne C. Burgess
Colorado State University → Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
16.41
22[26]Jian Yang
University of Colorado Denver → Business School, Denver, Colorado (United States)
17.35
23[30]Taylor Jaworski
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
17.80
24[32]Ben Gilbert
Colorado School of Mines → Division of Economics and Business, Golden, Colorado (United States)
18.49
25[29]Nicholas Magnan
Colorado State University → Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
18.61
26[9]Andrea Velasquez
University of Colorado Denver → Economics Department, Denver, Colorado (United States)
19.48
27[34]Tianyang Wang
Colorado State University → Department of Finance and Real Estate, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
19.66
28[35]Dawn D. Thilmany
Colorado State University → Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
23.18
29[31]Matt Woerman
Colorado State University → Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
23.60
30[33]Ramaa Vasudevan
Colorado State University → Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
23.77
31[23]Haider Khan
Unknown
24.70
32[38]Ian Andrew Lange
Colorado School of Mines → Division of Economics and Business, Golden, Colorado (United States)
25.93
33[5]Wolfgang Keller
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
26.39
34[39]Hani Mansour
University of Colorado Denver → Economics Department, Denver, Colorado (United States)
28.27
35[42]Jordan F. Suter
Colorado State University → Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
28.45
36[41]Terra McKinnish
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
28.88
37[49]J. Anthony Cookson
University of Colorado → Leeds School of Business, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
31.66
38[43]Steven Michael Smith
Colorado School of Mines → Division of Economics and Business, Golden, Colorado (United States)
32.01
39[44]Anders Fremstad
Colorado State University → Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado (United States)
32.43
40[36]Keith E. Maskus
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
32.61
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