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

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There are 9337 institutions with 73707 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For a listing of all economics institutions in Wisconsin (United States), see EDIRC
For Wisconsin (United States), these are 34 institutions with 178 members with a total share of 168.63.

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Entity	Full ranking		Last 10 years		10 best authors		Last 10 years, 10 best authors		Top 5% authors		More
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Top institutions, all authors, all publication years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[1]	University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	1.00	36	31.98
2	[2]	University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	2.23	20	19.30
3	[3]	University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	3.30	29	28.50
4	[4]	University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	3.78	19	17.55
-	[-]	University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	3.97	6	5.35
5	[5]	University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	4.21	10	7.98
6	[6]	Marquette University → College of Business Administration, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	5.83	11	10.89
-	[-]	Marquette University → College of Business Administration → Department of Economics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	7.07	7	6.89
7	[7]	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh → Department of Economics, Oshkosh, Wisconsin (United States)	7.48	6	6
8	[8]	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse → College of Business Administration, La Crosse, Wisconsin (United States)	7.73	5	5

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

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[1]	University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	1.12	36	10
2	[2]	University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	2.27	20	10
3	[3]	University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	2.83	19	10
-	[-]	University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	3.47	6	5.35
4	[4]	University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	3.93	29	10
5	[5]	University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	4.47	10	7.98
6	[6]	Marquette University → College of Business Administration, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	5.74	11	10
-	[-]	Marquette University → College of Business Administration → Department of Economics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	6.97	7	6.89
7	[7]	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh → Department of Economics, Oshkosh, Wisconsin (United States)	7.00	6	6
8	[8]	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse → College of Business Administration, La Crosse, Wisconsin (United States)	7.99	5	5

Top authors, all publications years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[2]	Kenneth D. West University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	2.10
2	[4]	Randall Wright University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States) University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	2.97
3	[3]	Bruce E. Hansen University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	3.40
4	[5]	Charles Engel University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	3.49
5	[8]	Scott R. Baker University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	6.99
6	[1]	Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	7.64
7	[7]	Menzie Chinn University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States) University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	7.85
8	[6]	William A. Brock University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	9.02
9	[10]	Jeffrey Andrew Smith University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	9.48
10	[11]	Jean-Paul Chavas University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	10.10
11	[13]	Lones Smith University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	10.91
12	[14]	Jason Fletcher University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	11.03
13	[17]	Barbara L. Wolfe University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	12.45
14	[15]	P. Dean Corbae University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	12.57
15	[12]	John S. Heywood University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	12.57
16	[9]	Yeon-Koo Che University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	13.67
17	[20]	Kim Ruhl University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	15.60
18	[21]	Thomas F. Rutherford University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	16.05
19	[16]	John Kennan University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	16.36
20	[22]	John Mullahy University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States) Unknown	18.47
21	[24]	Mark J. Ready University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	20.27
22	[18]	John Bryan Davis Marquette University → College of Business Administration → Department of Economics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	20.43
23	[23]	Ananth Seshadri University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	21.00
24	[26]	Yongheng Deng University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	22.25
25	[27]	Edgar L Feige University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	22.92
26	[28]	Abdullah Yavas University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Center for Real Estate, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	24.60
27	[25]	Daniel Wood Bromley University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	25.60
28	[31]	Xiaoxia Shi University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	26.03
29	[32]	Stephen Malpezzi University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	26.05
30	[29]	James R. Walker University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	26.60
31	[30]	Laura Schechter University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	27.46
32	[34]	Erwan Quintin University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	28.90
33	[33]	Jason Allen University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	29.33
34	[19]	Panle Jia Barwick University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	29.47
35	[36]	Gregory F. Nemet University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	31.71
36	[37]	Steven Deller University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	34.55
37	[39]	Nabamita Dutta University of Wisconsin-La Crosse → College of Business Administration → Economics Department, La Crosse, Wisconsin (United States)	35.55
38	[41]	Scott Adams University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	40.21
39	[42]	Daniel J. Phaneuf University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	40.58
40	[44]	Ian Coxhead University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	40.65
41	[49]	Jeremy David Foltz University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	40.87
42	[38]	Anthony A. DeFusco University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	40.91
43	[46]	N Kundan Kishor University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	40.97
44	[45]	Abdur Chowdhury Marquette University → College of Business Administration → Department of Economics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	42.44
45	[50]	Corina Mommaerts University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	43.57

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[2]	Scott R. Baker University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	1.85
2	[1]	Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	3.77
3	[6]	Randall Wright University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States) University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	3.81
4	[5]	Jason Fletcher University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	4.95
5	[7]	Anthony A. DeFusco University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	6.86
6	[8]	Jason Allen University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	7.45
7	[10]	Kim Ruhl University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	8.00
8	[12]	Charles Engel University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	8.23
9	[11]	P. Dean Corbae University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	10.11
10	[4]	Panle Jia Barwick University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	10.78
11	[14]	John S. Heywood University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	12.16
12	[17]	Xiaoxia Shi University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	12.19
13	[13]	Lones Smith University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	13.18
14	[16]	Corina Mommaerts University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	13.31
15	[19]	Bruce E. Hansen University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	14.27
16	[3]	Yeon-Koo Che University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	14.61
17	[22]	Jean-Paul Chavas University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	14.62
18	[18]	Martin O'Connell University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	14.63
19	[23]	Nabamita Dutta University of Wisconsin-La Crosse → College of Business Administration → Economics Department, La Crosse, Wisconsin (United States)	15.13
20	[25]	Gregory F. Nemet University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	16.75
21	[9]	John Bryan Davis Marquette University → College of Business Administration → Department of Economics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	17.05
22	[24]	J. Carter Braxton University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	19.29
23	[29]	N Kundan Kishor University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	20.10
24	[20]	Menzie Chinn University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States) University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	21.25
25	[15]	Jeffrey Andrew Smith University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	22.12
26	[27]	Laura Schechter University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	23.51
27	[26]	Louphou Coulibaly University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	24.34
28	[32]	Bryan Engelhardt University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh → Department of Economics, Oshkosh, Wisconsin (United States)	25.07
29	[30]	Phai Phongthiengtham University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	25.36
30	[28]	Giorgo Sertsios University of Wisconsin → Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	25.56
31	[21]	Kenneth D. West University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	25.91
32	[33]	Tessa Conroy University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	26.55
33	[31]	Roberto Robatto University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	27.02
34	[37]	Yongheng Deng University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	30.68
35	[38]	Philip Mulder University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	32.30
36	[39]	Dominic Paul Parker University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	33.95
37	[36]	Lukasz A. Drozd University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	33.96
38	[46]	Andrew William Stevens University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	35.29
39	[40]	Corbett A. Grainger University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	35.35
40	[42]	Stephen J. Cole Marquette University → College of Business Administration → Department of Economics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	38.39
41	[45]	Matthew McGinty University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	38.57
42	[47]	Andrew G. Meyer Marquette University → College of Business Administration → Department of Economics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)	39.32
43	[55]	Jeremy David Foltz University of Wisconsin-Madison → Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	39.56
44	[34]	Ananth Seshadri University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	40.29
45	[44]	Erwan Quintin University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	40.44

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