Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Innovation, as of July 2026

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For Innovation, these are 990 institutions and 1376 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	1	24	4.50
2	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2.00	54	4.26
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	3	13	2.32
3	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	3.64	3	0.76
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	4.17	3	0.23
5	New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	6.57	5	1.16
6	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	6.78	4	0.74
7	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium	6.90	19	7.07
8	Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	6.90	4	0.86
9	United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	8.02	23	6.53
-	New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	8.19	4	1.14
10	Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	9.39	4	0.50
11	Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	10.03	8	1.61
12	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy	10.95	19	9.28
-	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	12.01	10	5.58
13	Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel	13.15	3	0.93
-	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	15.20	15	7.54
14	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy	16.25	16	5.12
15	Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	16.78	1	0.43
16	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France	17.29	9	1.05
17	Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	17.30	5	1.30
18	Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium	18.64	10	4.21
19	Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	18.67	4	3.31
20	Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	18.67	26	11.17
21	University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	18.97	6	2.89
22	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany	20.11	3	0.81
23	Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	22.28	18	4.11
24	Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	23.03	4	1.85
25	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	25.02	3	1.72
-	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	25.02	3	1.72
26	University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	25.57	2	1.20
27	Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark	26.66	14	6.87
28	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands	27.70	12	2.55
29	University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	28.95	1	0.58
-	University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Management Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	29.97	1	0.58
30	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	30.99	12	4.21
-	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France	31.21	1	0.07
31	Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	31.24	1	0.54
32	Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	31.37	3	1.41
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies (KITeS/CESPRI), Milano, Italy	32.70	4	2.17
33	Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	32.91	9	4.29
34	Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	33.41	3	0.28
35	University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)	33.50	2	0.96
36	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	33.75	14	3.49
37	Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	34.03	4	2.74
-	Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium	34.48	4	1.16
38	Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	36.37	6	1.36
39	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland	36.81	14	6.82
40	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom	39.85	39	0.58
41	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland	40.16	11	4.02
42	Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	41.75	1	0.42
43	Georgia Institute of Technology → Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	43.25	3	1.59
44	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI), Nice, France	44.12	16	5.92
-	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France	44.12	16	5.92
45	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	44.94	8	2.70
46	Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)	45.34	1	0.17
47	Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France	45.52	11	5.92
48	Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	45.91	4	0.49
49	Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	46.42	2	0.33
50	New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	47.42	1	0.16
-	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	48.88	6	2.88
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	49.21	5	1.00
-	Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	49.35	1	0.60
51	George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	50.51	3	0.38
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France	50.93	7	2.96
52	Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	51.01	2	0.61
53	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	54.06	6	3.05
54	Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem → Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Budapest, Hungary	55.19	1	0.77
-	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	55.66	8	2.07
54	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	55.66	8	2.07
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom	56.09	1	0.26
-	Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Department of Finance, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	56.31	3	1.17
-	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau → Center for Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	56.66	8	2.07
56	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	57.89	1	0.33
57	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	58.47	45	2.42
58	European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain	58.94	45	24.97
59	University of Manchester → Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom	59.25	6	3.28
60	Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	59.74	9	3.54
61	Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	60.98	12	4.78
62	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	61.26	1	0.62
63	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	61.61	7	1.16
64	University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	62.22	1	0.07
65	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	62.61	4	1.01
-	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	62.89	5	2.80
66	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain	63.63	9	2.01
67	Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom	64.94	6	1.27
68	Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel	66.58	1	0.52
69	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain	67.20	6	3.35
70	University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	68.26	1	0.08
71	Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden	68.80	8	1.75
-	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Kwantitatieve Economie, Maastricht, Netherlands	69.79	2	0.63
-	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	70.06	42	0.68
72	Columbia University → Mailman School of Public Health → Department of Health Policy and Management, New York City, New York (United States)	70.82	1	0.79
73	Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)	72.26	1	0.55
-	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands	73.91	4	1.29
74	HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France	75.08	3	1.51
75	University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom	75.67	1	0.05
76	Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (SEEDS), Ferrara, Italy	76.48	15	2.44
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	77.18	4	1.07
77	Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	79.78	4	1.56
78	Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany	80.33	2	0.73
79	Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)	81.71	2	0.09
80	Aalborg Universitet → Institut for Økonomi og Ledelse, Aalborg, Denmark	82.16	2	1.57
-	Aalborg Universitet → Institut for Økonomi og Ledelse → IKE Gruppen, Aalborg, Denmark	82.16	2	1.57
81	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	82.69	2	0.16
82	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali, Roma, Italy	83.57	5	2.26
-	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	83.69	2	0.16
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain	84.12	5	2.55
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain	84.12	5	2.55
83	World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	84.55	7	1.56
-	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali → Dipartimento di Economia, Roma, Italy	84.58	5	2.26
84	Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)	86.42	1	0.04
85	Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), Nancy/Strasbourg, France	86.43	9	3.27
-	Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science → Forschungsgemeinschaft für Nationalökonomie, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	86.62	3	1.45
86	Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	86.76	8	1.11
87	Mines Paris → Centre d'Économie et de Décision Publique (CEDP), Paris, France	87.13	4	1.18
88	Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France	87.57	4	0.59
89	American University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	89.23	1	1
90	Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	89.78	4	0.68
91	University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom	90.17	1	0.14
92	Université de Lille → Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et des territoires, Lille, France	92.59	2	1.38
-	Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	93.06	2	1.04
92	Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	93.06	2	1.04
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	94.87	5	0.32
94	University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom	96.01	2	0.67
95	Banca d'Italia, Roma, Italy	96.03	9	3.42
96	Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	97.23	4	0.53
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	98.61	4	0.42
-	Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → TIMES2, Bruxelles, Belgium	98.87	7	2.05
97	Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom	99.15	2	0.60
98	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands	99.24	4	0.80
-	Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) → ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), London, United Kingdom	102.04	3	0.24
99	Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium	103.06	1	0.61

Top Authors

Rank	Author	Score
1	Philippe Aghion London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	2.32
2	Bronwyn H Hall University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	2.67
3	Daron Acemoglu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2.88
4	Paul Michael Romer New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	4.48
5	Adam Jaffe Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	6.31
6	Josh Lerner Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	6.31
7	John van Reenen London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	8.10
8	Richard R. Nelson †	8.79
9	Albert N. Link University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	10.43
10	David B. Audretsch Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	12.39
11	Ufuk Akcigit University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	13.86
12	Manuel Trajtenberg Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel	15.61
13	Zoltan 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)	16.50
14	William Kerr Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	17.64
15	Reinhilde Veugelers KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	20.00
16	Loet Leydesdorff †	22.79
17	Nicholas Bloom Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	23.14
18	Jean Tirole Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France	24.21
19	Sidney Graham Winter Jr. University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Management Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	24.43
20	Donald S. Siegel Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	27.25
21	Dietmar Harhoff Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany	27.93
22	Ashish Arora Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	28.16
23	Marc J. Melitz Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	28.49
24	Cristiano Antonelli Università degli Studi di Torino → Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	28.79
25	Michael Darby University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)	28.85
26	Ron Boschma Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	28.87
27	Mathias Dewatripont Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium	29.49
28	Joseph Stiglitz	30.44
29	Peter Howitt Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	30.73
30	Charles I. Jones Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)	31.57
31	Dirk Czarnitzki	32.03
32	David Levine	33.72
33	Pete Klenow Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	34.44
34	Paul A. David †	34.53
35	Robert J. Gordon	34.71
36	Benjamin F. Jones Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	35.70
37	Jan Ernst Fagerberg Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	38.04
38	Jacques Mairesse	38.14
39	Boyan Jovanovic New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	38.94
40	Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem → Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Budapest, Hungary	39.08
41	Iain M. Cockburn Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	39.47
42	Pierre Mohnen United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	40.28
43	Mike Wright †	40.41
44	Dale T. Mortensen †	42.16
45	Mark J. Roberts Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	42.36
46	Koen Frenken Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	44.45
47	Rachel Griffith University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom	44.53
48	Dimitris Papanikolaou Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Department of Finance, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	44.96
49	Marco Vivarelli Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	46.63
50	Peter Nijkamp Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	47.79
51	Joshua Gans University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	49.97
52	James Adams Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute → Department of Economics, Troy, New York (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	52.90
53	Roland Benabou	54.20
54	Jean Olson Lanjouw †	54.22
55	David Hemous Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	55.08
56	Bart Verspagen United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	55.40
57	David Autor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	55.47
58	Giovanni Dosi Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	55.77
59	Raj Chetty Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	58.84
60	Enrico Moretti University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	59.21
61	Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Andres Rodriguez-Pose) London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	59.60
62	John Haltiwanger University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	59.78
63	Elhanan Helpman Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	60.01
64	Francesco Lissoni Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France	62.81
65	Mark E. Doms	63.01
66	Jerry Thursby Georgia Institute of Technology → Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	63.57
67	Marie Currie Thursby †	63.72
68	Saul Lach Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel	64.23
69	Michael Fritsch Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	69.05
70	John Troy Scott †	69.86
71	Bruno Cassiman KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	70.08
72	Fabrizio Zilibotti Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	70.39
73	Avi Goldfarb University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	71.58
74	Joel Mokyr Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States) Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel	71.99
75	Franco Malerba Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies (KITeS/CESPRI), Milano, Italy	72.19
76	Heidi L. Williams Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	72.24
77	Ajay K. Agrawal University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	72.90
78	Gene Grossman	73.46
79	Franz C. Palm Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Kwantitatieve Economie, Maastricht, Netherlands	74.27
80	Luigi Zingales University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	74.64
81	Antoine Dechezleprêtre (Antoine Dechezlepretre) Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France	75.39
82	Bhaven N. Sampat Columbia University → Mailman School of Public Health → Department of Health Policy and Management, New York City, New York (United States)	77.30
83	Bengt-Åke Lundvall (Bengt-Ake Lundvall) Aalborg Universitet → Institut for Økonomi og Ledelse → IKE Gruppen, Aalborg, Denmark	78.00
84	Olav Sorenson University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)	78.60
85	Lee G. Branstetter Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)	79.35
86	Christian Rammer Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	80.36
87	Tomas Philipson University of Southern California → Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)	82.45
88	Richard Blundell (Richard W. Blundell) University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom	83.75
89	Guido Cozzi Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science → Forschungsgemeinschaft für Nationalökonomie, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	84.52
90	Michele Boldrin Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	85.80
91	Rene Belderbos KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	86.93
92	Walter G. Park American University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	88.98
93	Suzanne Scotchmer †	89.58
94	Angus C. Chu University of Macau → Department of Economics, Macau, Macao	89.68
95	James Bessen	90.26
96	Luc L. Soete United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	95.21
97	Magnus Henrekson Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	96.91
98	Gaétan de Rassenfosse (Gaetan de Rassenfosse) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) → Collège du Management de la Technologie, Lausanne, Switzerland	100.70
99	Francesco Quatraro Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	100.75
100	Uwe Cantner Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	101.16
101	Petra Moser New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	101.66
102	Kenneth Sokoloff †	102.07
103	Jonathan E. Haskel Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	104.72
104	Pascual Restrepo Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	105.28
105	Luigi Orsenigo †	106.97
106	Sandro Montresor Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy	110.08
107	Fulvio Castellacci Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	111.29
108	Ross Levine Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)	113.09
109	Frank Lichtenberg Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	115.15
110	Bettina Peters Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	115.95
111	Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	120.55
112	Vincenzo Denicolo' Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	123.10
113	Alex Coad Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan	125.45
114	Ralf Martin London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	125.60
115	Kamal Saggi Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)	125.97
116	Faïz Gallouj (Faiz Gallouj) Université de Lille → Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et des territoires → Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Économiques et Sociologiques (CLERSE), Lille, France	127.46
117	Stefanie Stantcheva Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	127.64
118	Javier Miranda Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle, Germany	127.67
119	Mariacristina Piva Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	127.91
120	Thomas Hellmann Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom	128.42
121	Ramana Nanda Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	128.74
122	Riccardo Crescenzi London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	128.77
123	Nancy Theresa Gallini University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada	132.91
124	Martin Woerter Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	132.92
125	Boris Lokshin Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands	133.38
126	Douglas J. Cumming Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)	134.22
127	Bart Clarysse Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium	134.97
128	Stephen Roper University of Warwick → Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom	135.95
129	Pontus Brodde Braunerhjelm Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden	137.12
130	Hanna Hottenrott Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	138.33
131	Mark Rogers †	139.73
132	Pierre-Alexandre Balland Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	139.82
133	Lynne Zucker National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	139.90
134	Diego Comin Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	140.82
135	Gerald A. Carlino Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	141.04
136	Frank van Oort Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Capaciteitsgroep Toegepaste Economie, Rotterdam, Netherlands	142.87
137	Tom Broekel	143.52

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