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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Collective Decision-Making, as of March 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)2.5450.56
3Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)3.2120.76
4Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy4.0092.09
5Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)5.4181.83
6London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom5.47144.03
7University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)5.9151.34
8Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain7.89215.69
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom8.1350.61
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy8.6250.70
9Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom9.00370.83
10University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)10.6720.66
11Paris School of Economics, Paris, France10.99192.88
12SKEMA Business School, Lille, France11.3020.46
13California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)11.4031.82
14University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom14.92133.40
15Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland14.9792.46
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland16.1072.00
16Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)17.9720.56
17University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom18.61101.66
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain18.6571.97
18Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)19.2050.85
19Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)19.2320.39
20University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)19.3820.62
21New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)19.5820.87
22Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)21.0841.04
23University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada24.8741.10
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica → Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain26.2151.90
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona → Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Barcelona, Spain26.2151.90
24ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany26.51151.83
25Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)27.2510.19
26Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)27.6630.70
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Analisi delle Politiche e Management Pubblico, Milano, Italy27.9140.99
27Stockholms Universitet → Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm, Sweden28.5610.16
28Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia28.9681.26
29University of Cambridge → Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, United Kingdom29.5131.66
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia29.9781.26
30George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)30.9930.89
31Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg31.46570.61
32Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany31.8930.51
33Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy32.7572.06
34Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Beijing, China33.2010.12
35Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wien, Austria33.2652.50
-Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) → China Economics and Management Academy, Beijing, China34.2310.12
36Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)36.7220.93
37University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)37.2320.14
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom37.5570.56
38Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France37.8781.51
39Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium38.4960.96
40Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)39.0552.27
41Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany40.9030.52
42Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy41.8740.34
43Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France42.2971.88
44Universität Basel → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland42.6030.49
-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, Belgium42.7150.89
45Bar Ilan University → Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan, Israel42.9920.52
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg43.07550.40
46UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia43.1541.34
47University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)43.9420.34
-UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia44.1541.34
48New York University Abu Dhabi → Economics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates44.2552.22
49Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)45.3320.52
50Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium45.3672.06
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France45.9161.83
51Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland46.0850.41
52Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany52.8010.28
-Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich → Wirtschaftstheoretische Abteilung II, Bonn, Germany53.8110.28
-Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium54.8040.91
53Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom54.8251.47
-Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg → Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften → Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Heidelberg, Germany55.0740.88
53Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg → Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Heidelberg, Germany55.0740.88
55CESifo, München, Germany55.49460.85
56University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)56.7420.34
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain57.5180.83
57Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany57.79122.13
-University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management → Department of Economics, Nicosia, Cyprus58.1531.53
57University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management, Nicosia, Cyprus58.1531.53
59Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)59.7191.39
60New Economic School (NES), Moscow, Russia59.9930.44
-Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wien, Austria62.8731.25
61Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands63.1630.61
62Indiana University → Department of Economics, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)64.8710.22
63Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France67.3041.68
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Milano, Italy67.5510.27
-Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Vienna Center for Experimental Economics (VCEE), Wien, Austria68.5441.25
64Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche, Lugano, Switzerland71.3320.62
65Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)71.4710.61
66Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)71.4920.44
67Université de Lyon → Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Lyon, France71.89103.05
-Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche → Istituto di Economia Politica (IdEP), Lugano, Switzerland72.3520.62
-Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Evanston, Illinois (United States)72.5020.44
68Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)72.9530.27
-Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics → Economic Science Institute (ESI), Orange, California (United States)72.9530.27
-Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)73.9310.19
68Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)73.9310.19
70Universidade do Minho → Escola de Economia e Gestão, Braga, Portugal74.4030.97
71University of Birmingham → Department of Economics, Birmingham, United Kingdom74.4051.61
72Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden75.5941.01
73Università degli Studi di Verona → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Verona, Italy76.4562.07
74KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium76.4970.74
75Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy77.3431.03

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
1.30
2Thomas R. Palfrey
California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)
4.08
3Alberto Alesina4.49
4Guido Tabellini
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy
4.56
5Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
5.23
6Eric S. Maskin
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
6.33
7Pranab K. Bardhan
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
6.83
8James Alan Robinson
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
8.09
9Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes
SKEMA Business School, Lille, France
10.10
10Torsten 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)
10.32
11Rafael La Porta
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
12.52
12Francesco Trebbi
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)
14.24
13Elhanan Helpman
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
16.18
14Hans Gersbach17.49
15Matthew O. Jackson (Matthew Owen Jackson)
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
17.96
16Stephen Coate
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
18.80
17Philip Keefer
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
21.50
18Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
21.94
19Salvador 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
22.26
20Toke S Aidt
University of Cambridge → Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, United Kingdom
23.73
21Niklas Potrafke
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
24.51
22Gene Grossman26.55
23Alessandra Casella26.76
24Antonio Merlo
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
26.86
25Marco Battaglini
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
27.06
26Massimo 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
27.20
27Timothy Besley
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
29.22
28Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
29.78
29Tommaso Nannicini
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Analisi delle Politiche e Management Pubblico, Milano, Italy
30.67
30James M. Snyder, Jr.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
31.76
31Shmuel Nitzan
Bar Ilan University → Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan, Israel
32.10
32Gérard Roland (Gerard Roland)
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
32.20
33Urs Fischbacher
Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany
32.78
34Simon Johnson33.94
35Dimitrios Xefteris
University of Cyprus → Faculty of Economics and Management → Department of Economics, Nicosia, Cyprus
34.28
36Kai A. Konrad
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany
34.43
37Roland Benabou35.32
38Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
36.97
39Martin J. Osborne
University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada
37.22
40Roberto A. Weber
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
37.95
41Frederico Finan
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
39.38
42Steven M. Shavell
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
39.38
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
41.76
44Mattias K Polborn
Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)
42.90
45Walter Bossert
Université de Montréal → Département de Sciences Économiques, Montréal, Canada
Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ), Montréal, Canada
43.62
46Alois Stutzer
Universität Basel → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland
43.99
47Louis Putterman
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
44.93
48Joan Esteban
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
45.21
49James Andreoni
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
46.00
50Bruno S. Frey
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland
47.96
51John Duggan48.84
52Edward Ludwig Glaeser49.75
53Jean-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
53.09
54Jean-François Laslier (Jean-Francois Laslier)
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
53.47
55Ben Lockwood
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
54.20
56Thomas Stratmann
George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)
54.80
57Raymond Fisman
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
58.82
58Benny Moldovanu
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich → Wirtschaftstheoretische Abteilung II, Bonn, Germany
60.11
59Brian G. Knight
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
61.34
60Simon Gächter (Simon Gaechter)
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom
64.61
61Alessandro Lizzeri
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
64.74
62Luigi Guiso
Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy
65.48
63Allan Drazen
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
65.64
64Kotaro Suzumura67.51
65James Raymond Vreeland
Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
67.52
66Ragnar Torvik
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskaplige universitet (NTNU) → Fakultet for Økonomi → Institutt for Samfunnsøkonomi, Trondheim, Norway
69.81
67Gary Charness70.09
68Rajiv Vohra
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
71.89
69Pedro Dal Bó (Pedro Dal Bo)
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
73.93
70Stefano DellaVigna
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
76.61
71Patricia Funk
Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche → Istituto di Economia Politica (IdEP), Lugano, Switzerland
78.02
72Rebecca B. Morton79.49
73Ruben Enikolopov
New Economic School (NES), Moscow, Russia
79.94
74Thomas Fujiwara
Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
81.35
75Arthur Jan Hendricus Christoffel Schram, Jr.82.01
76Timothy Neal Cason
Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)
84.81
77Cesar Martinelli
George Mason University → Economics Department, Fairfax, Virginia (United States)
86.28
78Filipe Campante
Johns Hopkins University → School of Advanced International Studies → International Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
86.80
79Gabrielle Demange
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
87.81
80Steven J. Brams88.44
81James Marvin Walker
Indiana University → Department of Economics, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
88.58
82Jordi Brandts
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
88.66
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
89.16
84Francesco Caselli
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
89.98
85Laurent Bouton
Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
92.29
86Romain 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)
92.58
87Jacob K Goeree
UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia
92.77
88Bezalel Peleg93.24
89Ruben 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
95.95
90Giovanni Peri
University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)
97.53
91Amihai Glazer
University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)
100.48
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