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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1311.67
2Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.8650.56
3Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.9020.76
4Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy3.9592.01
5London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom5.52144.05
6University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)5.9151.34
7Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)6.0081.83
8Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain6.15227.00
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom8.7450.61
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy8.7450.66
9Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom9.00370.83
10University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)10.8620.67
11Paris School of Economics, Paris, France10.99192.88
12California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)11.4031.82
13SKEMA Business School, Lille, France12.1220.45
14Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland15.0492.37
15University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom15.14133.32
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland16.1471.92
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain16.8682.60
16Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)17.9920.56
17University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)18.7220.63
18University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom19.17101.65
19Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)19.2050.84
20Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)19.3220.39
21New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)20.5020.86
22Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)21.1051.37
23University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada23.7241.11
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica → Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain26.5852.35
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain26.5852.35
24ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany26.91151.79
25Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)27.2273.28
26Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)27.2410.18
27Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)27.5930.70
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Analisi delle Politiche e Management Pubblico, Milano, Italy28.1040.99
28Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia28.6191.56
29Stockholms Universitet → Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm, Sweden28.8610.16
30University of Cambridge → Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, United Kingdom29.3531.66
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia30.2281.25
31Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg31.29560.61
32George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)31.4530.89
33Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany32.0630.51
34Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy33.7572.06
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain34.4781.18
35Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Beijing, China34.6410.12
-Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) → China Economics and Management Academy, Beijing, China35.6710.12
36Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)36.3120.93
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom36.5270.66
37University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)37.2620.14
38Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France37.5581.51
39Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium39.7160.96
40Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany41.2530.52
41Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy41.2940.33
42Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France41.7771.86
43Universität Basel → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland41.9630.49
44UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia42.1441.34
45Bar Ilan University → Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan, Israel42.6820.52
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg42.88540.38
-UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia43.1541.34
-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, Belgium43.4450.88
46University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)44.4420.34
47New York University Abu Dhabi → Economics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates44.4652.22
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France44.5161.81
48Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium45.0972.06
49Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland45.1750.41
50Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)46.9420.51
51Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wien, Austria48.4752.36
52Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)52.4550.75
53Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany53.0610.28
-Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich → Wirtschaftstheoretische Abteilung II, Bonn, Germany54.0710.28
54Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom54.6851.47
-Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg → Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften → Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Heidelberg, Germany55.0740.88
54Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg → Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Heidelberg, Germany55.0740.88
56CESifo, München, Germany55.39460.84
-Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium55.4040.91
57University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)57.2920.34
58University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management, Nicosia, Cyprus57.5331.52
-University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management → Department of Economics, Nicosia, Cyprus57.5331.52
59Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany58.13122.11
60Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)62.1180.39
61Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands63.1230.61
62Indiana University → Department of Economics, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)65.4310.22
63Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France66.9041.61
64Université de Lyon → Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Lyon, France70.57103.03
65Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche, Lugano, Switzerland70.5920.62
66Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)70.8210.61
67Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)70.9820.44
-Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche → Istituto di Economia Politica (IdEP), Lugano, Switzerland71.6220.62
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Milano, Italy71.7510.23
68Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden71.7640.95
-Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Evanston, Illinois (United States)71.9920.44
69Universidade do Minho → Escola de Economia e Gestão, Braga, Portugal72.7941.79
-Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics → Economic Science Institute (ESI), Orange, California (United States)73.2330.28
69Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)73.2330.28
71University of Birmingham → Department of Economics, Birmingham, United Kingdom75.3851.61
-Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)75.3810.19
71Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)75.3810.19
73University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)75.4230.43
74BI Handelshøyskolen, Oslo, Norway76.0430.64
75Università degli Studi di Verona → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Verona, Italy76.9962.07

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
1.36
2Alberto Alesina4.08
3Thomas R. Palfrey
California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)
4.42
4Guido Tabellini
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy
4.71
5Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
5.33
6Eric S. Maskin
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
6.11
7Pranab K. Bardhan
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
7.33
8James Alan Robinson
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
8.01
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)
10.86
10Rafael La Porta
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
11.05
11Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes
SKEMA Business School, Lille, France
11.45
12Francesco Trebbi
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)
13.66
13Elhanan Helpman
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
16.99
14Hans Gersbach17.43
15Matthew O. Jackson (Matthew Owen Jackson)
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
17.85
16Stephen Coate
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
19.19
17Philip Keefer
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
20.73
18Salvador 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
22.78
19Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
22.83
20Toke S Aidt
University of Cambridge → Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, United Kingdom
24.04
21Massimo 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
24.85
22Niklas Potrafke
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
25.20
23Marco Battaglini
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
25.35
24Gene Grossman26.01
25Alessandra Casella26.65
26Antonio Merlo
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
27.76
27Timothy Besley
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
29.67
28Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
30.46
29Tommaso Nannicini
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Analisi delle Politiche e Management Pubblico, Milano, Italy
30.59
30James M. Snyder, Jr.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
31.49
31Shmuel Nitzan
Bar Ilan University → Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan, Israel
31.81
32Gérard Roland (Gerard Roland)
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
32.13
33Kai A. Konrad
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany
32.60
34Urs Fischbacher
Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany
32.79
35Dimitrios Xefteris
University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management → Department of Economics, Nicosia, Cyprus
34.28
36Simon Johnson34.47
37Roberto A. Weber
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
36.36
38Roland Benabou36.45
39Martin J. Osborne
University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada
37.08
40Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
37.16
41Frederico Finan
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
38.69
42Steven M. Shavell
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
40.10
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
41.28
44Mattias K Polborn
Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)
43.01
45Alois Stutzer
Universität Basel → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland
45.07
46Walter Bossert
Université de Montréal → Département de Sciences Économiques, Montréal, Canada
Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ), Montréal, Canada
45.10
47James Andreoni
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
45.47
48Louis Putterman
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
45.54
49Joan Esteban
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
46.48
50Bruno S. Frey
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland
48.61
51Edward Ludwig Glaeser50.92
52John Duggan51.08
53Jean-François Laslier (Jean-Francois Laslier)
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
52.95
54Jean-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
53.40
55Thomas Stratmann
George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)
54.17
56Ben Lockwood
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
55.83
57Raymond Fisman
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
58.73
58Benny Moldovanu
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich → Wirtschaftstheoretische Abteilung II, Bonn, Germany
60.56
59Brian G. Knight
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
60.64
60James Raymond Vreeland
Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
64.30
61Luigi Guiso
Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy
64.61
62Allan Drazen
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
65.82
63Alessandro Lizzeri
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
66.28
64Simon Gächter (Simon Gaechter)
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom
66.49
65Kotaro Suzumura66.87
66Ragnar Torvik
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskaplige universitet (NTNU) → Fakultet for Økonomi → Institutt for Samfunnsøkonomi, Trondheim, Norway
67.56
67Rajiv Vohra
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
73.21
68Pedro Dal Bó (Pedro Dal Bo)
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
73.98
69Stefano DellaVigna
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
74.15
70Gary Charness78.46
71Patricia Funk
Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche → Istituto di Economia Politica (IdEP), Lugano, Switzerland
78.74
72Thomas Fujiwara
Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
79.61
73Arthur Jan Hendricus Christoffel Schram, Jr.81.20
74Rebecca B. Morton81.47
75Filipe Campante
Johns Hopkins University → School of Advanced International Studies → International Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
86.06
76Timothy Neal Cason
Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)
86.40
77Gabrielle Demange
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
86.62
78Romain 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)
87.94
79Ruben Enikolopov
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
87.95
80Cesar Martinelli
George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)
89.03
81James Marvin Walker
Indiana University → Department of Economics, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
91.18
82Francesco Caselli
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
91.59
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
91.60
84Jordi Brandts
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
92.21
85Steven J. Brams93.33
86Ruben 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
93.64
87Bezalel Peleg94.43
88Laurent Bouton
Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
94.66
89Jacob K Goeree
UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia
97.03
90Horacio Larreguy
Instituto Tecnólogico Autónomo de México (ITAM) → Departamento Académico de Economía → Centro de Investigación Económica (CIE), México, Mexico
99.25
91Giovanni Peri
University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)
101.09
92Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
102.12
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