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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1412.27
2Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.5550.99
3Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)2.6821.38
4London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom3.69182.11
5World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)4.81204.51
6Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)6.61154.73
7University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)6.7431.15
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)7.87144.45
8University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)9.0430.77
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)9.7171.04
9Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)10.1662.39
10Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden10.89175.07
11Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)11.4810.14
12University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)11.9351.18
13Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)12.4240.44
-Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)13.8820.41
14George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)13.8830.77
15Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany14.8652.20
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau → Center for Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)15.23123.12
16University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)15.3931.25
17Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)16.5620.09
18Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom18.3210.73
19University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)18.4042.41
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom18.5810.45
20Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium19.0174.05
21Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France19.1910.68
22University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)21.8630.51
-University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Financial Institutions Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)23.2210.19
23University of Maryland → Robert H. Smith School of Business, College Park, Maryland (United States)24.5920.65
24University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)25.6230.26
25KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium25.79111.93
-University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)27.4631.17
25University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)27.4631.17
27Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands28.5341.88
28Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)28.8810.50
29University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)29.4030.75
30University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)30.6340.62
31Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom31.3810.73
32European University Institute → Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), Firenze, Italy31.3820.17
-University of Maryland → Robert H. Smith School of Business → Finance Department, College Park, Maryland (United States)32.1410.38
33Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom32.7010.45
34Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)32.7910.38
35Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)32.8030.85
36Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden33.6661.64
37University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, California (United States)33.8130.52
38University of Western Ontario → Ivey School of Business, London, Canada34.4511
39Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom36.77330.63
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Financial Markets Group (FMG), London, United Kingdom37.4910.19
40Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)37.7620.04
-University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs → Public Policy Department, Los Angeles, California (United States)38.6410.42
41University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)40.1620.36
42Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)40.9731.42
-University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business → Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Berkeley, California (United States)41.1920.36
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom41.39121.06
43New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)41.5810.14
44Paris School of Economics, Paris, France41.7530.48
45Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)43.7030.82
46Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle, Germany43.8630.74
47Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy45.2961.73
48Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy45.4571.49
49Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands47.2062.07
50Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy50.3451.22
51SKEMA Business School, Lille, France50.7341.88
-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy50.8451.43
52Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management, Tilburg, Netherlands51.5141.12
53Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden53.3861.12
54Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Jena, Germany55.2331.97
-Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Finance, Stockholm, Sweden56.5830.33
55Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan56.7510.57
56Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)56.9710.24
-Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management → CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, Tilburg, Netherlands57.5131.07
-Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan57.7510.57
57Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands58.6341.64
58Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)59.2620.18
-Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Capaciteitsgroep Toegepaste Economie, Rotterdam, Netherlands59.6441.64
59University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada60.0550.47
60Trinity College Dublin → School of Business, Dublin, Ireland60.1110.73
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg60.44481.15
60Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg60.44481.15
62Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany60.7810.60
63European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany61.0130.48
64University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)64.4920.24
65Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)66.3930.47
-University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management → Finance Group, Los Angeles, California (United States)66.4910.13
66Indiana University → Kelley School of Business, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)67.3610.18
-Indiana University → Kelley School of Business → Department of Finance, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)68.4310.18
67Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)69.6741.43
-Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands70.1410.67
68Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy70.8230.99
69University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)71.0730.26
70EMLYON Business School, Lyon, France71.4821.13
71University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada71.5210.12
72Florida Atlantic University → College of Business, Boca Raton, Florida (United States)72.7321.51
73Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark72.8451.81
74DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany74.2951.42
75Universitetet i Bergen → Institutt for Økonomi, Bergen, Norway74.6810.71
76Universität Potsdam → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschafltiche Fakultät, Potsdam, Germany75.3230.37
77Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands75.5531.76
-Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)75.6410.19
78Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy76.5150.84

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1David B. Audretsch
Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
1.48
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)
3.25
3John Haltiwanger
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
4.26
4Mike Wright4.64
5Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
4.99
6Steven Klepper5.21
7Ross Levine
Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)
9.69
8William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
9.73
9Roy Thurik
Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France
11.05
10Paul Alan Gompers
Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
11.91
11David Scharfstein
Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Finance Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
14.09
12Thomas Hellmann
Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom
14.45
13Douglas J. Cumming
Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)
17.09
14Michael Fritsch
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany
18.51
15Peter Howitt
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
19.26
16Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
20.27
17Ufuk Akcigit
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
21.34
18Simon C. Parker
University of Western Ontario → Ivey School of Business, London, Canada
21.68
19Albert N. Link
University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)
22.58
20Ivo 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)
23.02
21Christopher Woodruff
Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom
23.19
22Ramana Nanda
Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom
23.77
23Javier Miranda
Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle, Germany
24.21
24Robert W. Fairlie
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs → Public Policy Department, Los Angeles, California (United States)
24.31
25James 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)
25.56
26Erik Stam
Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands
26.49
27David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
26.50
28Vojislav Maksimovic
University of Maryland → Robert H. Smith School of Business → Finance Department, College Park, Maryland (United States)
26.64
29Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
27.44
30Magnus Henrekson
Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden
27.47
31Allen 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)
27.54
32Michael Darby
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
28.91
33Michael L. Katz
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business → Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Berkeley, California (United States)
30.64
34Donald S. Siegel
Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)
31.62
35Mirjam van Praag (Celine Mirjam van Praag)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → Amsterdam Global Change Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
32.75
36Thorsten Beck
European University Institute → Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), Firenze, Italy
33.30
37Boyan Jovanovic
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
33.38
38Edward Lazear33.83
39Alex Coad
Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan
34.75
40Joern H. Block
Universität Trier → Fach Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Trier, Germany
35.38
41Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
35.87
42Steven Neil Kaplan
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
38.91
43Timothy Dunne
University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)
39.24
44André van Stel (Andre van Stel)
Trinity College Dublin → School of Business, Dublin, Ireland
40.30
45Simeon Djankov
London School of Economics (LSE) → Financial Markets Group (FMG), London, United Kingdom
41.81
46Bronwyn H Hall
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
46.40
47Erik E. Lehmann
Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany
47.03
48Asli Demirguc-Kunt
World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
51.66
49Hugo A. Hopenhayn
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
52.74
50Benjamin F. Jones
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
53.00
51Hans Hvide
Universitetet i Bergen → Institutt for Økonomi, Bergen, Norway
53.16
52Alexander Kritikos
DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany
53.61
53Wim Naudé (Wim Naude)
Universidade do Coimbra → Faculdade de Economia → Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER), Coimbra, Portugal
54.30
54Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
55.55
55Roger H. Gordon
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
56.73
56Olav Sorenson
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
57.24
57Ron S. Jarmin
Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
59.77
58Edward Ludwig Glaeser61.01
59Marco Caliendo
Universität Potsdam → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschafltiche Fakultät → Lehrstuhl für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Potsdam, Germany
61.68
60Pontus Brodde Braunerhjelm
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden
63.36
61Friederike Welter
Universität Siegen → Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht, Siegen, Germany
64.63
62Antoinette Schoar64.72
63Leora F. Klapper
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
66.36
64Andrew B. Bernard
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
67.33
65Frank M. Fossen
University of Nevada-Reno → College of Business → Economics Department, Reno, Nevada (United States)
67.47
66László A. Szerb (Laszlo A. Szerb)
Pécsi Tudományegyetem → Közgazdaságtudományi Kar, Pécs, Hungary
70.40
67Mark J. Roberts
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
71.38
68Dirk De Clercq
Brock University → Goodman School of Business, St. Catherines, Canada
71.98
69Martin Anthony Carree
Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands
72.60
70Bart Clarysse
Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium
72.73
71Armin Schwienbacher
SKEMA Business School, Lille, France
73.05
72Marco Vivarelli
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy
75.08
73Erzo G.j. Luttmer
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
76.14
74Luc Laeven
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
79.56
75Gregory Udell
Indiana University → Kelley School of Business → Department of Finance, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
81.10
76Dean Karlan
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
83.46
77Niels Bosma
Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics → Research Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands
83.50
78Manju Puri
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
83.51
79Michael Wyrwich
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands
84.39
80Christopher John Boudreaux
Florida Atlantic University → College of Business → Department of Economics, Boca Raton, Florida (United States)
87.25
81Dilip Mookherjee
Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
87.27
82Nicholas Bloom
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
89.44
83Benjamin Wild Pugsley
University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)
90.07
84Michael Ewens
Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)
90.34
85Karl Jonas Wennberg
Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Ratioinstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden
90.90
86Sophie Manigart
Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium
91.37
87Chad Syverson
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
91.51
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