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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Informal and Underground Economics, as of July 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)1214.60
2Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria2.3620.46
3Paris School of Economics, Paris, France3.17101.51
4University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)3.8510.14
5Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)4.3220.47
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)4.47102.08
-University of Michigan → Ross School of Business → Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)4.8610.14
5University of Michigan → Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)4.8610.14
7Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)7.4620.10
8Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France8.8120.26
9Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)9.0010.50
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France9.8220.26
10Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)11.1510.40
11Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)12.8530.39
12National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)13.1750.08
13Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro → Departamento de Economia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil13.3621.12
14Universidad de San Andrés → Departamento de Economía, Buenos Aires, Argentina15.1741.33
15Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)16.4410.07
16University of Tennessee-Knoxville → Haslam College of Business, Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)17.7420.40
-University of Tennessee-Knoxville → Haslam College of Business → Department of Economics, Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)17.7420.40
17University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom18.0510.90
18University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)18.3410.21
19Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom18.8631.55
20Banco de la Republica de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia19.31103.37
-University of Wyoming → College of Business → Department of Economics, Laramie, Wyoming (United States)19.3410.09
20University of Wyoming → College of Business, Laramie, Wyoming (United States)19.3410.09
22Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)19.4310.05
23Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland20.5520.63
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland21.6020.63
24University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)21.9010.35
25Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg22.56290.48
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg22.56290.48
26Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain26.6610.09
27University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)27.7310.19
28Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom27.9510.08
29Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)29.5320.42
30Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany29.6620.09
31Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)29.8810.06
32CESifo, München, Germany32.56180.37
33London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom33.1040.46
34Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)33.9710.07
35Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark34.3420.27
36Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)34.4662.73
37Boğaziçi Üniversitesi → İktisat Bölümü, İstanbul, Turkey34.4710.57
38Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom36.0150.03
-Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) → ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), London, United Kingdom37.7130.03
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom37.7610.16
39Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany38.6630.82
40University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill → Department of Economics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)39.2621.28
41Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium40.1740.52

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Joel Slemrod
University of Michigan → Ross School of Business → Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
1.38
2Friedrich Georg Schneider
Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria
2.23
3James Alm
Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)
2.50
4Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg5.91
5David N. Margolis
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
8.09
6Michael McKee
Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)
8.76
7Rafael Dix-Carneiro
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
9.25
8Ravi Kanbur
Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
11.61
9Ricardo Perez-Truglia
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
12.46
10Costas Meghir
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
12.57
11Gabriel Zucman
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
12.76
12Gabriel Ulyssea
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom
13.14
13Jean-Marc Robin
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
15.73
14Niels Johannesen
Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark
CESifo, München, Germany
15.89
15Guillermo Cruces
Universidad de San Andrés → Departamento de Economía, Buenos Aires, Argentina
16.47
16David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
19.07
17Ceyhun Elgin
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi → İktisat Bölümü, İstanbul, Turkey
19.47
18Benjamin Olken
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
20.03
19Mazhar Waseem
University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom
20.20
20John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
20.35
21Dina D. Pomeranz
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
22.28
22Renata Narita
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro → Departamento de Economia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
22.50
23Firouz Gahvari
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)
22.87
24Jason Shogren
University of Wyoming → College of Business → Department of Economics, Laramie, Wyoming (United States)
23.79
25Andreas Buehn26.33
26Monica Singhal
University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)
27.30
27William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
27.88
28Richard J. Cebula
University of Tennessee-Knoxville → Haslam College of Business → Department of Economics, Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)
28.49
29Christopher Woodruff
Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom
30.04
30Luca Flabbi
University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill → Department of Economics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)
32.01
31Kai A. Konrad
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany
32.49
32Miriam Bruhn
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
33.06
33Juan J. Dolado
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain
33.47
34Stefanie Stantcheva
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
34.71
35Badi H. Baltagi
Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)
36.45
36Johannes Spinnewijn
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
37.65
37Annette Alstadsæter (Annette Alstadsaeter)
Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelig universitet → School of Economics and Business, Ås, Norway
Paris School of Economics → International Tax Observatory, Paris, France
40.67
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