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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Financial Literacy and Education, as of March 2026

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  • For Financial Literacy and Education, these are 151 institutions and 129 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, California (United States)120.42
2Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)2.1410.11
3National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)3.8720.04
4University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)4.9010.04
5Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands5.2110.13
6Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria5.4710.41
-University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Pension Research Council, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)5.9310.04
-Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde → Vakgroep Econometrie, Groningen, Netherlands6.3310.13
7Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland6.6230.61
8African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé, Cameroun7.2320.10
9Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany8.0820.16
10Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)9.1310.06
11de Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands10.0821.13
12Universidade Nova de Lisboa → School of Business and Economics, Lisboa, Portugal11.8020.24
13Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Kaiserslautern, Germany12.2010.73
14University of South Africa (UNISA) → College of Economic and Management Sciences, Pretoria, South Africa12.9821.10
15DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany13.3720.41

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Annamaria Lusardi
Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, California (United States)
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)
1.17
2Peterson K. Ozili
Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
3.20
3Olivia Mitchell
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Pension Research Council, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
3.36
4Lukas Menkhoff
Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany
4.33
5Rob Alessie
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde → Vakgroep Econometrie, Groningen, Netherlands
5.34
6Tim Kaiser
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Kaiserslautern, Germany
8.33
7Nicholas M. Odhiambo
University of South Africa (UNISA) → College of Economic and Management Sciences → Department of Economics, Pretoria, South Africa
9.12
8Gopi Shah Goda
Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, California (United States)
9.34
9Jonathan Zinman
Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
9.38
10Simplice A. Asongu
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé, Cameroun
9.66
11Leonardo Gambacorta
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland
9.84
12Maarten van Rooij
de Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands
10.91
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