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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1402.26
2Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.1450.97
3Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)3.2921.38
4London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom3.69182.07
5World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)4.81235.42
6University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)6.4631.15
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)7.8381.18
7University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)8.0430.76
8Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)9.28144.44
9Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)9.8510.14
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)10.42134.17
10Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)10.5040.45
11Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden10.55175.02
12University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)10.5551.18
-Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)12.0720.40
13George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)12.6830.77
14Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany14.0052.21
15University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)15.0631.25
16Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)15.5220.09
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom16.7410.45
17Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom16.7910.73
18Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium17.7474.05
19Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France18.9710.67
20Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands19.1542.06
21University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)21.1810.19
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau → Center for Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)22.48112.84
22University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)22.8130.50
23Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)23.1141.19
24University of Maryland → Robert H. Smith School of Business, College Park, Maryland (United States)23.9820.65
25Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom25.2310.73
26University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)25.9030.26
27KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium26.07111.93
-University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)27.6631.17
27University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)27.6631.17
29University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, California (United States)30.8330.54
-University of Maryland → Robert H. Smith School of Business → Finance Department, College Park, Maryland (United States)31.1310.38
30Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden31.4561.72
31Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)31.6210.43
32University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)32.4830.70
33University of Western Ontario → Ivey School of Business, London, Canada32.6411
34University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)32.7240.61
35Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)33.0310.38
36Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom33.8120.95
37European University Institute → Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), Firenze, Italy34.7720.16
38Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom35.86330.62
-University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs → Public Policy Department, Los Angeles, California (United States)35.9710.43
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom39.32121.04
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Financial Markets Group (FMG), London, United Kingdom39.3310.19
39Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)39.4420.04
40Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)39.5331.41
41Paris School of Economics, Paris, France40.7430.48
42University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)40.8820.36
43New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)41.1210.14
-University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business → Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Berkeley, California (United States)41.9120.36
44Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle, Germany42.3930.74
45Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)42.7430.82
46Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands44.8362.06
47Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy45.2461.72
48Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy45.2971.49
49Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)46.9652.19
50SKEMA Business School, Lille, France47.5141.88
51Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy50.1951.22
52Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management, Tilburg, Netherlands50.4741.11
-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy51.2651.42
53Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden52.9361.12
54Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan54.4510.57
55Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands55.0841.64
-Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan55.4510.57
-Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Finance, Stockholm, Sweden55.5230.33
-Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Capaciteitsgroep Toegepaste Economie, Rotterdam, Netherlands56.0941.64
-Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management → CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, Tilburg, Netherlands56.7931.06
56University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada57.0150.49
57Trinity College Dublin → School of Business, Dublin, Ireland58.3010.73
58Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)58.3910.23
59Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany58.9610.60
60Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)59.0920.18
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg59.90481.14
60Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg59.90481.14
62University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)64.0520.24
63European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany64.5330.47
-University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management → Finance Group, Los Angeles, California (United States)65.7210.13
64Indiana University → Kelley School of Business, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)66.2110.18
-Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands66.7610.65
-Indiana University → Kelley School of Business → Department of Finance, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)67.2810.18
65Florida Atlantic University → College of Business, Boca Raton, Florida (United States)67.6721.51
66EMLYON Business School, Lyon, France68.0921.13
67Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)68.6540.92
68Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark69.7451.81
69University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada70.3710.12
70DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany70.6661.43
71Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy71.2230.95
72Universität Potsdam → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschafltiche Fakultät, Potsdam, Germany72.3930.36
73Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands73.3031.75
74Brock University → Goodman School of Business, St. Catherines, Canada73.9910.83
75Universitetet i Bergen → Institutt for Økonomi, Bergen, Norway74.0710.71
-Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)74.4910.18
76Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany75.2480.65
-Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics → Research Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands75.5520.99
77Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)76.5821.04
78University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)77.2220.24
79Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → Amsterdam Global Change Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands77.2710.40
80Universität Trier → Fach Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Trier, Germany77.7110.46

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1David B. Audretsch
Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
1.51
2Zoltan J. Acs
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom
George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)
3.18
3Mike Wright †4.60
4John Haltiwanger
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
4.71
5Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
4.78
6Steven Klepper †5.36
7William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
9.61
8Ross Levine
Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)
10.62
9Roy Thurik
Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France
11.10
10Paul Alan Gompers
Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
11.93
11David Scharfstein
Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
14.23
12Thomas Hellmann
Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom
14.73
13Michael Fritsch
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany
18.03
14Peter Howitt
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
19.52
15Ramana Nanda
Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom
19.73
16Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
20.37
17Michael Darby
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
20.70
18Simon C. Parker
University of Western Ontario → Ivey School of Business, London, Canada
20.95
19Douglas J. Cumming
Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)
21.52
20Robert W. Fairlie
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs → Public Policy Department, Los Angeles, California (United States)
21.96
21Erik Stam
Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands
22.34
22Albert N. Link
University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)
22.65
23Ivo Welch
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management → Finance Group, Los Angeles, California (United States)
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
23.54
24Ufuk Akcigit
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
24.06
25Vojislav Maksimovic
University of Maryland → Robert H. Smith School of Business → Finance Department, College Park, Maryland (United States)
24.34
26Christopher Woodruff
Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom
24.45
27Javier Miranda
Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle, Germany
24.65
28Joern H. Block
Universität Trier → Fach Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Trier, Germany
26.27
29James E. Rauch
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
26.77
30Allen N. Berger
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
27.60
31David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
27.66
32Magnus Henrekson
Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden
28.26
33Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
28.95
34Michael L. Katz
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business → Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Berkeley, California (United States)
30.27
35Mirjam van Praag (Celine Mirjam van Praag)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → Amsterdam Global Change Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
31.63
36Donald S. Siegel
Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)
32.01
37Alex Coad
Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan
32.68
38Boyan Jovanovic
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
33.24
39Thorsten Beck
European University Institute → Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), Firenze, Italy
35.22
40Edward Lazear †35.48
41Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
35.68
42Steven Neil Kaplan
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
38.00
43André van Stel (Andre van Stel)
Trinity College Dublin → School of Business, Dublin, Ireland
40.48
44Timothy Dunne
University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)
42.04
45Simeon Djankov
London School of Economics (LSE) → Financial Markets Group (FMG), London, United Kingdom
43.87
46Erik E. Lehmann
Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany
46.74
47Bronwyn H Hall
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
46.95
48Wim Naudé (Wim Naude)
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Aachen, Germany
48.36
49Benjamin F. Jones
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
52.67
50Asli Demirguc-Kunt
World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
52.78
51Hugo A. Hopenhayn
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
52.88
52Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
53.79
53Olav Sorenson
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
53.82
54Alexander Kritikos
DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany
53.91
55Hans Hvide
Universitetet i Bergen → Institutt for Økonomi, Bergen, Norway
55.80
56Roger H. Gordon
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
58.31
57Ron S. Jarmin
Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
59.47
58Friederike Welter
Universität Siegen → Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht, Siegen, Germany
59.74
59Antoinette Schoar62.40
60Marco Caliendo
Universität Potsdam → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschafltiche Fakultät → Lehrstuhl für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Potsdam, Germany
63.36
61Frank M. Fossen
University of Nevada-Reno → College of Business → Economics Department, Reno, Nevada (United States)
63.84
62Pontus Brodde Braunerhjelm
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden
63.91
63Edward Ludwig Glaeser64.06
64Leora F. Klapper
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
65.63
65László A. Szerb (Laszlo A. Szerb)
Pécsi Tudományegyetem → Közgazdaságtudományi Kar, Pécs, Hungary
67.16
66Dirk De Clercq
Brock University → Goodman School of Business, St. Catherines, Canada
67.32
67Andrew B. Bernard
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
69.71
68Martin Anthony Carree
Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands
69.77
69Bart Clarysse
Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium
69.78
70Armin Schwienbacher
SKEMA Business School, Lille, France
69.89
71Marco Vivarelli
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy
76.44
72Christopher John Boudreaux
Florida Atlantic University → College of Business → Department of Economics, Boca Raton, Florida (United States)
78.39
73Erzo G.j. Luttmer
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
79.02
74Mark J. Roberts
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
79.59
75Niels Bosma
Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics → Research Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands
80.63
76Gregory Udell
Indiana University → Kelley School of Business → Department of Finance, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
81.21
77Manju Puri
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
81.49
78Michael Wyrwich
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands
83.93
79Luc Laeven
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
85.88
80Dean Karlan
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
85.99
81Sophie Manigart
Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium
86.48
82Karl Jonas Wennberg
Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Ratioinstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden
86.78
83Dilip Mookherjee
Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
88.72
84Michael Ewens
Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)
90.78
85Michael Frese
Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
91.44
86Benjamin Wild Pugsley
University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)
92.45
87Nicholas Bloom
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
92.63
88Chad Syverson
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
93.38
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