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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Corporate Finance, 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)1.11321.71
2Ohio State University → Fisher College of Business, Columbus, Ohio (United States)1.8341.37
3University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)392.42
-Ohio State University → Fisher College of Business → Department of Finance, Columbus, Ohio (United States)3.8520.69
4Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.0040.30
5Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)5.5260.87
6Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom5.9851.94
7Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)7.3630.23
8Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)9.3641.09
-Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)9.3641.09
9Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)9.4682.03
10Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)11.1630.58
11Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom11.24401.25
12University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)11.6162.20
13Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden11.8151.34
14London Business School (LBS), London, United Kingdom12.0730.87
-Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Finance, Stockholm, Sweden13.6241.18
-Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)14.4130.65
15Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)14.4961.01
-Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)15.9950.87
16University of Texas-Austin → McCombs School of Business, Austin, Texas (United States)16.3210.36
-University of Texas-Austin → McCombs School of Business → Department of Finance, Austin, Texas (United States)17.3910.36
17University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)17.6840.60
18European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany18.2682.97
19World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)18.9450.71
20Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)19.0451.28
-Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Department of Finance, Evanston, Illinois (United States)19.4940.94
21University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong21.2931.57
22Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)22.0520.88
23Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)22.5041.04
-New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Finance Department, New York City, New York (United States)22.6940.35
23New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)22.6940.35
25University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)23.6720.17
26London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom24.4461.14
-University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Finance Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)25.4941.83
27Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Napoli, Italy27.8461.26
28Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland27.8760.68
29Washington University in St. Louis → Olin School of Business, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)28.1010.29
30Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management, Tilburg, Netherlands28.4850.83
31Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)28.8471.74
32University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada33.0110.23
33Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy33.6151.87
34Swiss Finance Institute, Genève/Zürich, Switzerland33.9680.59
35Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom34.1930.45
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Finance Department, London, United Kingdom34.3121.05
36University of Southern California → Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, California (United States)34.9420.19
-University of Southern California → Marshall School of Business → Department of Finance and Business Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)34.9420.19
37Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France37.3231.00
38Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)37.9410.42
39Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)39.0720.18
40HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France40.6950.97
41Universiteit van Amsterdam → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Amsterdam, Netherlands41.1451.01
42Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark41.1621.02
-University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Financial Institutions Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)41.8410.13
43Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)42.5210.28
-Copenhagen Business School → Institut for Finansiering, København, Denmark43.2610.16
-Universiteit van Amsterdam → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde → Finance Group, Amsterdam, Netherlands44.0920.43
-Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management → CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, Tilburg, Netherlands44.8930.56
44Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy45.9871.00
-HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France46.2830.64
45Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain46.9382.27
46Suomen Pankki, Helsinki, Finland47.6820.34
47Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel48.7710.45
48Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Rotterdam School of Management (RSM Erasmus University), Rotterdam, Netherlands49.0920.86
-Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Rotterdam School of Management (RSM Erasmus University) → Department of Finance, Rotterdam, Netherlands50.1120.86
49Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)51.2620.70
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)52.6110.24
50Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)52.8210.10
51École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) → Collège du Management de la Technologie, Lausanne, Switzerland53.0510.43
52Fordham University → Gabelli School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)53.1610.14
53University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → College of Business, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)53.2120.77
54Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland54.6430.16
55University of New Orleans → College of Business and Administration, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)54.9710.50
56KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium55.5830.27
-University of New Orleans → College of Business and Administration → Department of Economics and Finance, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)55.9910.50
57Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS) → Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DEF), Roma, Italy56.8182.53
58Université de Lausanne → Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Lausanne, Switzerland57.4951.09
-Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management → Departement Algemene Economie, Tilburg, Netherlands59.9310.21
-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → College of Business → Department of Finance, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)60.1410.37
59New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)60.6210.13
60Harvard University → Harvard School of Law → John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)61.2210.18

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1René M. Stulz (Rene M. Stulz)
Ohio State University → Fisher College of Business → Department of Finance, Columbus, Ohio (United States)
1.33
2John Y. Campbell
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
3.63
3Ross Levine
Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)
3.98
4Steven Neil Kaplan
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
5.45
5Michael Steven Weisbach
Ohio State University → Fisher College of Business, Columbus, Ohio (United States)
5.60
6Sheridan Titman
University of Texas-Austin → McCombs School of Business → Department of Finance, Austin, Texas (United States)
7.61
7Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
9.40
8Tim Bollerslev
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
9.89
9M. Kabir Hassan (Mohammad Kabir Hassan)
University of New Orleans → College of Business and Administration → Department of Economics and Finance, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)
11.91
10Anjan V. Thakor
Washington University in St. Louis → Olin School of Business, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)
13.73
11Iftekhar Hasan
Fordham University → Gabelli School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)
Suomen Pankki, Helsinki, Finland
15.80
12Henri Servaes
London Business School (LBS), London, United Kingdom
15.90
13Luigi Zingales
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
16.43
14Jeremy Stein
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
17.07
15Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
17.59
16Luc Laeven
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
17.84
17Paul Alan Gompers
Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
18.08
18Benjamin Hermalin
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
18.46
19Douglas J. Cumming
Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)
19.08
20Malcolm Baker
Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
19.66
21Thomas H. Noe
Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom
21.81
22Bjørn Espen Eckbo (Bjorn Espen Eckbo)
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
22.23
23Viral V. Acharya
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Finance Department, New York City, New York (United States)
London Business School (LBS), London, United Kingdom
22.68
24Asli Demirguc-Kunt
World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
23.45
25Oliver D. Hart
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
24.02
26Campbell Harvey
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
24.89
27Francis Diebold
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
25.37
28Alex Edmans
University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Finance Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
25.91
29Alexander Ljungqvist
Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Finance, Stockholm, Sweden
27.14
30David Hirshleifer
University of Southern California → Marshall School of Business → Department of Finance and Business Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
28.34
31Lasse Heje Pedersen
Copenhagen Business School → Institut for Finansiering, København, Denmark
28.96
32Pablo Fernandez
Universidad de Navarra → IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
31.82
33Randall Morck
University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada
33.04
34Jeffrey Wurgler
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Finance Department, New York City, New York (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
33.55
35Raghuram G. Rajan
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
34.26
36Ravi Jagannathan
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Department of Finance, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
34.67
37Chen Lin
University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
35.09
38Steven Ongena
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Banking und Finance (Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen), Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Finance Institute, Genève/Zürich, Switzerland
35.54
39Lucian Bebchuk
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Harvard University → Harvard School of Law → John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
38.52
40Peter F. Christoffersen39.06
41Gur Huberman
Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
40.76
42Colin Mayer
Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom
41.21
43Marco Pagano
Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Napoli, Italy
41.26
44Lubos Pastor
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
43.26
45Roni Michaely
University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
43.54
46Manju Puri
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
45.17
47G. Andrew Karolyi
Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
45.40
48Mariassunta Giannetti
Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Finance, Stockholm, Sweden
47.27
49S Viswanathan
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
48.37
50Allen N. Berger
Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Financial Institutions Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
48.70
51Thomas Hellmann
Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom
49.70
52Adriano A. Rampini
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
50.89
53Gordon M. Phillips
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
51.67
54Josef Zechner
WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria
52.06
55Luc Renneboog
Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management → CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, Tilburg, Netherlands
52.09
56William Goetzmann
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
54.20
57Ruediger Fahlenbrach
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) → Collège du Management de la Technologie, Lausanne, Switzerland
54.30
58Torben G. Andersen
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
54.36
59Harrison Hong55.19
60Christian Leuz
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
56.72
61Ulrike Malmendier57.98
62Hans Degryse
KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium
59.10
63Eugene Kandel
Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel
59.47
64Hyun Song Shin
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland
59.77
65Lu Zhang
Ohio State University → Fisher College of Business → Department of Finance, Columbus, Ohio (United States)
62.86
66Arnoud Boot
Universiteit van Amsterdam → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde → Finance Group, Amsterdam, Netherlands
63.30
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