Top Institutions and Economists in Minnesota (United States), as of August 2026

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There are 9358 institutions with 74012 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For a listing of all economics institutions in Minnesota (United States), see EDIRC
For Minnesota (United States), these are 32 institutions with 183 members with a total share of 174.09.

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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]	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	1	41	31.58
2	[2]	University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	2.00	22	17.19
-	[-]	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	3.13	21	15.44
3	[3]	University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	3.42	42	39.90
4	[4]	University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	3.46	19	16.10
-	[-]	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	4.67	4	2.55
5	[5]	Macalester College → Economics Department, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	5.20	8	7.50
6	[6]	University of Minnesota → Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	6.27	6	4.60
-	[-]	University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management → Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	6.43	2	2
7	[8]	University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics → International Science and Technology Practice and Policy (InSTePP), St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	7.59	1	1
8	[7]	Carleton College → Economics Department, Northfield, Minnesota (United States)	7.66	9	8.50

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

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[1]	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	1	41	10
-	[-]	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	2.00	21	10
1	[2]	University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	2.00	22	10
-	[-]	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	2.89	4	2.55
3	[4]	University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	3.24	42	10
4	[3]	University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	3.67	19	10
5	[5]	University of Minnesota → Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	5.00	6	4.60
6	[6]	Macalester College → Economics Department, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	6.11	8	7.50
7	[7]	St. Olaf College → Department of Economics, Northfield, Minnesota (United States)	7.73	8	7.66
8	[8]	University of Minnesota-Morris → Economics Discipline, Morris, Minnesota (United States)	8.57	2	1.74

Top authors, all publications years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[2]	Varadarajan Chari University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	3.24
2	[4]	Ellen R. McGrattan University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	3.37
3	[5]	Andrew Goodman-Bacon (Andrew Jacob Goodman-Bacon) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	4.59
4	[3]	Timothy J. Kehoe University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	4.72
5	[6]	Jonathan Heathcote Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	5.90
6	[9]	Fabrizio Perri Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	7.02
7	[10]	Fatih Guvenen University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	7.03
8	[7]	Aldo Rustichini University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	7.34
9	[17]	Larry E. Jones University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	7.72
10	[12]	Rachel Toni Algaze Croson University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	7.78
11	[8]	Kjetil Storesletten University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	7.99
12	[13]	Paul William Glewwe University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	10.34
13	[1]	Patrick J. Kehoe Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	12.20
14	[15]	Mariacristina De Nardi University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	12.23
15	[14]	Loukas Karabarbounis University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	13.47
16	[16]	Javier Bianchi Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	14.97
17	[11]	Joel Waldfogel University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	15.52
18	[18]	Thomas Holmes University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	17.84
19	[19]	Manuel Amador University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	19.96
20	[20]	Cristina Arellano Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	20.82
21	[21]	Alessandra Fogli Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	22.04
22	[27]	Marc F. Bellemare University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	22.29
23	[23]	Christopher Phelan University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	22.81
24	[25]	Alisdair McKay Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	23.45
25	[22]	Michael E. Waugh Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	23.92
26	[26]	Erzo G.j. Luttmer University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	25.31
27	[28]	Marco Bassetto Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	26.03
28	[24]	Juan Pablo Nicolini Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	26.06
29	[30]	Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	27.05
30	[33]	Murray Frank University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	27.71
31	[31]	James Schmitz Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	29.30
32	[34]	Todd Schoellman Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	29.49
33	[35]	Abigail Wozniak Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	32.27
34	[37]	Xiaoji Lin University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	34.17
35	[40]	Philip G. Pardey University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics → International Science and Technology Practice and Policy (InSTePP), St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	34.25
36	[39]	Gordon J. Alexander University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	34.99
37	[41]	Rajesh K. Aggarwal University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	36.06
38	[38]	Simon Mongey Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	36.22
39	[48]	Caroline Krafft University of Minnesota → Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	36.87
40	[42]	Terry J Fitzgerald Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	38.98
41	[43]	Andrea Raffo Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	39.43
42	[45]	Avner Ben-Ner University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management → Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	41.59
43	[32]	Kyle Frederic Herkenhoff University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	44.63
44	[51]	Sarah E. West Macalester College → Economics Department, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	45.20
45	[50]	Benjamin Andrew Malin Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	46.11
46	[54]	John Budd University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management → Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	46.54

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Andrew Goodman-Bacon (Andrew Jacob Goodman-Bacon) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	2.01
2	[2]	Javier Bianchi Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	2.97
3	[4]	Simon Mongey Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	4.21
4	[8]	Marc F. Bellemare University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	4.94
5	[6]	Fatih Guvenen University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	5.72
6	[5]	Jonathan Heathcote Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	5.74
7	[9]	Mariacristina De Nardi University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	5.81
8	[7]	Loukas Karabarbounis University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	5.82
9	[10]	Todd Schoellman Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	7.92
10	[14]	Alisdair McKay Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	9.95
11	[20]	Caroline Krafft University of Minnesota → Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	10.34
12	[13]	Manuel Amador University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	11.74
13	[15]	Marco Bassetto Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	12.26
14	[3]	Kyle Frederic Herkenhoff University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	12.39
15	[12]	Joel Waldfogel University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	12.40
16	[16]	Michael E. Waugh Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	14.36
17	[17]	Kjetil Storesletten University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	14.89
18	[18]	Fabrizio Perri Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	15.45
19	[21]	Juan Pablo Nicolini Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	18.17
20	[23]	Timothy J. Kehoe University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	19.49
21	[11]	Venky Venkateswaran Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	19.71
22	[26]	Xiaoji Lin University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	19.95
23	[25]	Ellen R. McGrattan University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	20.64
24	[24]	Cristina Arellano Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	21.05
25	[29]	Paul William Glewwe University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	22.12
26	[27]	Andrea Raffo Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	22.30
27	[31]	Abigail Wozniak Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	27.17
28	[30]	Doireann Fitzgerald Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	27.48
29	[32]	Alan Benson University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	28.01
30	[33]	Richard Todd Thakor University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	28.23
31	[36]	Illenin Onyadouh Kondo Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	31.03
32	[37]	Amanda M. Michaud Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	32.96
33	[39]	Varadarajan Chari University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	35.20
34	[34]	Ragui A. Assaad University of Minnesota → Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	35.37
35	[38]	Alessandra Fogli Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	35.73
36	[41]	Gabriel Lade Macalester College → Economics Department, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	36.25
37	[43]	Philip G. Pardey University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics → International Science and Technology Practice and Policy (InSTePP), St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	36.87
38	[19]	Patrick J. Kehoe Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	37.81
39	[40]	Christopher Phelan University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	39.51
40	[42]	Martin Szydlowski University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	40.79
41	[45]	Rachel Toni Algaze Croson University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	42.37
42	[47]	Felix Laurence Friedt Macalester College → Economics Department, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)	44.68
43	[49]	Krishnamurthy Iyer Unknown	45.49
44	[44]	Stephen V. Burks University of Minnesota-Morris → Economics Discipline, Morris, Minnesota (United States) University of Minnesota → Center for Transportation Studies, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	46.76
45	[50]	John Budd University of Minnesota → Carlson School of Management → Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	46.81
46	[35]	Jennifer La'O Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	47.87

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