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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Evolutionary Economics, as of September 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)192.83
2Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)2.6240.71
3Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland3.1592.90
4University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada3.7631.51
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland4.2392.87
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.3620.17
6Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France5.7683.51
7National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)7.22180.59
8Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden8.5240.82
9University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)8.6320.08
10Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)9.44112.12
-Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden9.5640.82
-Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France10.6210.07
11University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom10.9972.58
12Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany12.2530.45
13University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)13.4320.67
-Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)13.5551.84
13Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)13.5551.84
15Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain13.87102.36
-Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics → Economic Science Institute (ESI), Orange, California (United States)16.1591.18
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom16.2472.16
16Paris School of Economics, Paris, France18.21101.15
17Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg18.70400.63
18Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)19.4920.50
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg19.98390.63
19Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)20.2130.39
20University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)20.2530.20
21Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany20.6370.52
22Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy20.9651.36
23Simon Fraser University → Department of Economics, Burnaby, Canada21.8731.44
24Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany23.7620.54
25University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)24.0520.32
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy24.1041.04
26Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics → Experimental Economics Center, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)25.4740.64
27University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)26.8310.32
28University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)27.8110.10
29Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom28.81270.42
30Université de Lausanne → Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Lausanne, Switzerland30.7730.52
31Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)31.5220.67
-Université de Lausanne → Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) → Départment d'économétrie et d'économie politique (DEEP), Lausanne, Switzerland31.7730.52
32University of East Anglia → School of Economics, Norwich, United Kingdom31.8020.55
33Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom32.6582.05
34Georgia State University → J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)33.2610.21
35Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)33.8120.37
-Georgia State University → J. Mack Robinson College of Business → Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)34.2810.21
36Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy34.8371.21
37University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom36.7430.30
38Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway36.8630.66
-Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway37.8730.66
39Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark39.7321.05
40University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)41.0220.14
41Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy41.1130.13
42California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)41.2810.13
43CESifo, München, Germany42.21220.52
44University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Economics Department, Santa Cruz, California (United States)43.0920.55
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain43.1061.05
45Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia43.1850.59
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia44.1950.59
46Southern Methodist University → Department of Economics, Dallas, Texas (United States)44.7320.78
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain45.0320.82
47Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research Centre (SPEAR), Canberra, Australia45.5010.04

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Oded Galor
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
1.05
2Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
3.95
3Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
3.99
4Jean Tirole
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France
6.67
5Richard R. Nelson †6.77
6Arthur Robson
Simon Fraser University → Department of Economics, Burnaby, Canada
9.16
7David Levine11.00
8Alberto Alesina †11.05
9B. Douglas Bernheim
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
11.59
10Jörgen W. Weibull (Jorgen W. Weibull)
Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
13.43
11Gary Charness †13.87
12Paola Giuliano13.96
13James J. Heckman
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
14.30
14Drew Fudenberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
14.60
15James Andreoni
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
15.20
16John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
16.43
17Glenn W. Harrison
Georgia State University → J. Mack Robinson College of Business → Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
18.20
18Avner Greif
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
18.83
19Roland Benabou19.74
20Robert Sugden
University of East Anglia → School of Economics, Norwich, United Kingdom
21.54
21William H. Sandholm †21.96
22Simon Gächter (Simon Gaechter)
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom
22.87
23Aldo Rustichini
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
23.68
24Jeroen C.j.m. van den Bergh
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain
23.78
25Armin Falk
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany
24.21
26Urs Fischbacher
Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany
24.95
27Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
25.19
28Ulrike Malmendier25.23
29Colin Farrell Camerer25.28
30David Weil
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
25.46
31Vernon L. Smith
Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics → Economic Science Institute (ESI), Orange, California (United States)
25.54
32Romain 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)
26.23
33Ryan Oprea
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Learning and Experimental Economics Projects of Santa Cruz (LEEPS), Santa Cruz, California (United States)
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Economics Department, Santa Cruz, California (United States)
27.54
34Louis Putterman
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
30.08
35Martin Dufwenberg
Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)
31.08
36H. Peyton Young
Government of the United States → Department of the Treasury → Office of Financial Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom
31.89
37James Alan Robinson
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
32.69
38Ron Boschma
Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands
32.99
39Quamrul H. Ashraf
Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)
37.91
40Alberto Bisin38.01
41Fabrizio Zilibotti
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
39.14
42Thierry A. Verdier
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
39.72
43David Schmeidler †41.90
44Daniel Friedman
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Economics Department, Santa Cruz, California (United States)
41.93
45Joel Mokyr
Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel
42.66
46Benjamin Enke
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
45.02
47John Bryan Davis
Marquette University → College of Business Administration → Department of Economics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)
46.83
48Stefano DellaVigna
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
48.12
49Holger Strulik
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Department für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Göttingen, Germany
48.15
50Omer Moav
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
49.09
51Enrico Spolaore
Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)
49.14
52Ömer Özak (Omer Ozak)
Southern Methodist University → Department of Economics, Dallas, Texas (United States)
49.24
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