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

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For Economic Geography, these are 974 institutions and 1210 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	1	40	10.46
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	2.00	15	6.00
2	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2.13	38	0.99
3	University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	2.85	5	2.10
-	University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Real Estate Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	4.07	4	1.70
4	Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	4.51	6	0.87
5	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	5.04	4	0.59
6	University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	6.73	4	1.53
7	Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)	7.44	3	1.60
8	Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	8.24	7	2.11
9	Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	8.24	3	0.86
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	8.56	19	1.13
-	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, Belgium	10.01	4	1.98
10	University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)	10.43	4	0.74
11	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France	10.53	5	0.98
-	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	11.87	3	0.76
12	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	12.18	2	1.37
13	Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Madrid, Spain	12.38	1	0.70
14	Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	14.86	3	0.20
15	Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom	15.57	6	1.12
16	Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	16.66	5	0.87
17	University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	17.28	1	0.45
18	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands	17.48	7	3.95
19	Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	19.38	9	1.00
20	Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	19.74	15	2.67
21	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain	19.92	15	4.28
22	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom	20.64	36	0.56
23	Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia	22.11	3	0.32
24	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy	22.59	5	0.98
25	Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) → Social Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy	22.97	13	6.83
-	Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia	23.11	3	0.32
26	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	25.73	6	1.96
27	World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	26.81	15	4.97
28	University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)	27.90	3	0.34
29	Kyoto University → Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto, Japan	28.10	3	1.83
30	Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	28.11	6	1.94
31	University of Manchester → Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom	32.15	2	1.01
32	Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	34.14	1	0.17
33	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	35.05	1	0.69
34	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → School of Business and Economics, Amsterdam, Netherlands	35.64	12	4.21
-	Government of Japan → Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) → Institute of Developing Economies, CHiba, Japan	36.07	8	2.05
34	Government of Japan → Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Tokyo, Japan	36.07	8	2.05
36	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	36.39	54	2.07
37	Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	36.84	2	0.78
38	University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	37.20	2	0.42
39	Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)	40.49	3	0.91
40	Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS), Cagliari, Italy	41.63	12	4.02
41	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	41.75	2	0.07
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain	42.67	9	2.45
-	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	43.47	53	1.70
42	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain	44.09	7	2.15
43	Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) → École des Sciences de la Gestion (ESG), Montréal, Canada	44.69	4	1.43
44	Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	44.76	2	0.11
45	University of Cambridge → Department of Land Economy, Cambridge, United Kingdom	44.94	4	2.35
46	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg, Germany	45.70	12	3.53
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	46.81	1	0.15
47	Universitetet i Stavanger → Handelshøgskolen, Stavanger, Norway	46.93	3	1.90
-	Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) → École des Sciences de la Gestion (ESG) → Département des Sciences Économiques, Montréal, Canada	47.63	3	1.06
48	Banca d'Italia, Roma, Italy	48.04	11	4.44
49	University of British Columbia → Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, Canada	50.10	1	0.16
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain	50.18	7	2.18
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	50.57	5	2.00
50	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland	51.14	5	1.55
-	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia → Research Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	51.24	4	1.14
51	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	51.30	2	0.79
52	WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria	51.46	9	3.20
53	Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	53.15	2	1.29
54	University of Waikato → Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand	53.65	7	1.48
55	W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, Michigan (United States)	53.72	1	0.36
56	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France	54.03	3	0.76
-	University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand	55.69	7	1.43
-	University of British Columbia → Sauder School of Business → Strategy and Business Economics Division, Vancouver, Canada	56.79	1	0.14
-	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	57.00	1	0.17
57	Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands	57.45	4	1.17
58	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands	58.18	3	1.46
59	Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri (United States)	58.42	2	1.04
60	University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada	60.20	3	0.98
61	Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	60.55	8	2.00
62	London Business School (LBS), London, United Kingdom	61.33	2	0.54
63	Jönköping Universitet → Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping, Sweden	61.71	8	3.17
-	Oklahoma State University → Spears School of Business → Department of Economics, Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)	63.28	3	1.67
63	Oklahoma State University → Spears School of Business, Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)	63.28	3	1.67
65	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	63.51	1	0.30
-	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	64.56	1	0.30
66	Chuo University → Faculty of Global Management, Tokyo, Japan	64.62	1	0.64
67	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	65.61	6	2.21
-	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → School of Business and Economics → Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Amsterdam, Netherlands	66.35	6	1.99
-	Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City → Economic Research, Kansas City, Missouri (United States)	67.63	1	0.70
68	Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	68.47	2	0.29
69	Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	68.89	2	0.65
70	University of Toledo → Economics Department, Toledo, Ohio (United States)	70.11	1	0.65
71	Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	70.13	1	0.28
-	University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management → Business Economics, Toronto, Canada	70.66	1	0.47
72	Southern Methodist University → Department of Economics, Dallas, Texas (United States)	70.92	2	0.77
73	State University of New York-Buffalo (SUNY) → Department of Economics, Buffalo, New York (United States)	72.78	1	0.67
74	University of Bristol → School of Economics, Bristol, United Kingdom	73.07	3	0.75
75	University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	75.07	2	0.33
-	Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Düsseldorf, Germany	75.60	1	0.40
75	Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Düsseldorf, Germany	75.60	1	0.40
77	University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, California (United States)	76.24	1	1
78	Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy	76.43	2	0.91
-	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain	76.95	5	1.15
79	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Center for Real Estate, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	77.06	3	0.71
80	Universidad de Oviedo → Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Oviedo, Spain	78.16	7	3.32
81	Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	78.40	3	0.75
82	Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	79.89	3	1.54
-	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Capaciteitsgroep Toegepaste Economie, Rotterdam, Netherlands	82.43	1	0.53
83	ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany	83.01	7	1.98
84	Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden	83.85	9	1.69
85	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia (United States)	83.88	3	0.67
86	Universität Bern → Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Bern, Switzerland	83.89	3	1.55
-	WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Sozioökonomie, Wien, Austria	85.09	3	1.29
87	Université de Lyon → Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Lyon, France	85.24	6	2.92
88	University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)	87.65	1	0.09
-	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis → Research Division, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	89.43	4	0.81
88	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	89.43	4	0.81
90	Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy	89.52	6	2.88
-	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond → Economic Research Division, Richmond, Virginia (United States)	90.44	2	0.55
-	WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Sozioökonomie → Institut für Wirtschaftsgeographie und Geoinformatik, Wien, Austria	91.02	2	0.81
91	University of Kentucky → Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, Lexington, Kentucky (United States)	91.52	1	0.24
92	University of Rochester → Economics Department, Rochester, New York (United States)	92.12	1	0.36
93	Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	92.12	1	0.07
94	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy	92.29	5	1.55
-	University of Kentucky → Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics → Department of Economics, Lexington, Kentucky (United States)	92.53	1	0.24
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Barcelona, Spain	92.88	5	1.18
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	93.22	5	0.59
-	University of Chicago → Booth School of Business → Applied Economics Workshop, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	93.84	1	0.10
-	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), Toulouse, France	95.23	1	0.34
95	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland	95.28	6	0.64
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom	95.75	1	0.10
95	George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	95.75	1	0.10
97	Université de Cergy-Pontoise → Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application (THEMA), Cergy-Pontoise, France	95.79	3	0.32

Top Authors

Rank	Author	Score
1	Edward Ludwig Glaeser	2.89
2	Ron Boschma Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	3.94
3	Gilles Duranton University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Real Estate Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	3.96
4	Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Andres Rodriguez-Pose) London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	4.74
5	Jacques Thisse (Jacques François Thisse) 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, Belgium	4.91
6	Stephen James Redding	5.73
7	Enrico Moretti University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	6.60
8	Diego Puga Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Madrid, Spain	7.89
9	Esteban Rossi-Hansberg University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	8.12
10	Peter Nijkamp Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	9.92
11	William C. Strange University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	10.98
12	J. Vernon Henderson London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	11.34
13	Anthony J. Venables Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom	11.51
14	Gordon Hanson Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	12.09
15	Ronald Leonard Martin	13.17
16	Stuart S. Rosenthal Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)	13.80
17	David Autor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	17.22
18	Philip McCann University of Manchester → Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom	17.30
19	Henry G. Overman London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	21.70
20	Joseph Gyourko University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Real Estate Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	24.36
21	Pierre-Philippe Combes Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	24.61
22	Koen Frenken Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	27.00
23	Yves Zenou Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia	29.36
24	David Weil Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	29.92
25	William Kerr Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	30.55
26	Matthew Turner Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	31.06
27	Michael Storper London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	36.43
28	Mark D. Partridge	36.93
29	Badi H. Baltagi Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)	37.08
30	Bernard Fingleton University of Cambridge → Department of Land Economy, Cambridge, United Kingdom	38.59
31	Laurent Gobillon Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	39.27
32	Michael Fritsch Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	39.61
33	Piet Rietveld †	40.65
34	David B. Audretsch Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	41.11
35	Andrei Shleifer Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	41.28
36	Riccardo Crescenzi London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	41.43
37	Masahisa Fujita Kyoto University → Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto, Japan	42.31
38	J.Paul Elhorst Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde → SOM Research Institute, Groningen, Netherlands	42.47
39	Thierry Mayer Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	43.75
40	Kristian Behrens Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) → École des Sciences de la Gestion (ESG) → Département des Sciences Économiques, Montréal, Canada	43.78
41	Timothy J. Bartik W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, Michigan (United States)	44.58
42	Frank van Oort Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Capaciteitsgroep Toegepaste Economie, Rotterdam, Netherlands	44.85
43	David Neumark University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)	47.00
44	Allen J. Scott University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, California (United States)	47.03
45	John M. Quigley †	47.30
46	Jan K. Brueckner University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)	47.55
47	David E. Card	47.83
48	Patrick Kline University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	48.53
49	Costas Arkolakis Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	48.59
50	Albert Saiz	49.66
51	James P. LeSage University of Toledo → Economics Department, Toledo, Ohio (United States)	50.34
52	Roberta Capello	53.90
53	Gianmarco I.p. Ottaviano Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	53.91
54	Nathaniel Baum-Snow University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management → Business Economics, Toronto, Canada	55.10
55	Simona Iammarino Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) → Social Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy	55.23
56	Richard Arnott †	56.37
57	Klaus Desmet Southern Methodist University → Department of Economics, Dallas, Texas (United States)	58.58
58	Takatoshi Tabuchi Chuo University → Faculty of Global Management, Tokyo, Japan	60.04
59	Alex Anas State University of New York-Buffalo (SUNY) → Department of Economics, Buffalo, New York (United States)	60.12
60	David Dorn Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	60.55
61	Zoltan 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)	61.38
62	Andrew B. Bernard Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	62.87
63	Richard Hornbeck University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	63.84
64	Sjoerd Beugelsdijk Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands	64.56
65	Mohammad Hashem Pesaran University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)	64.74
66	Pierre-Alexandre Balland Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	64.96
67	Keith Head University of British Columbia → Sauder School of Business → Strategy and Business Economics Division, Vancouver, Canada	65.11
68	Jordan Rappaport Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City → Economic Research, Kansas City, Missouri (United States)	65.30
69	Donald R. Davis Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	65.64
70	Geoffrey J. D. Hewings Universidad de Oviedo → Facultad de Economía y Empresa → Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Oviedo, Spain University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (REAL), Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	66.25
71	Cesar A. Hidalgo Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), Toulouse, France	66.45
72	Kenneth A. Small University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)	67.20
73	Dan Rickman Oklahoma State University → Spears School of Business → Department of Economics, Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)	67.42
74	Jens Suedekum Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Düsseldorf, Germany	70.68
75	Stephan Heblich University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada	74.10
76	Daniel McMillen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	75.26
77	Matthew Kahn University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)	75.28
78	Marcus Berliant Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	75.68
79	William A. Brock University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States) University of Missouri → Department of Economics, Columbia, Missouri (United States)	76.82
80	Christopher Mayer Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	77.18
81	Alan Manning London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	78.71
82	Ugo Fratesi	79.60
83	Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	80.28
84	Daniel M. Sturm	80.85
85	Raymond J.g.m. Florax †	81.36
86	Patrick Bayer Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	87.57
87	Fernando Parro University of Rochester → Economics Department, Rochester, New York (United States)	89.85
88	Yannis M. Ioannides Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)	90.69
89	Jeffrey Lin Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia → Research Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	92.81
90	Peter H. Egger Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland	93.12
91	Attila Varga †	93.20
92	Stephen Gibbons	94.11
93	Tom Broekel	94.62
94	Giovanni Peri University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)	94.87
95	Treb Allen Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	95.56
96	Robert Andrew Margo Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	97.29
97	Alberto Alesina †	99.96
98	David Wildasin University of Kentucky → Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics → Department of Economics, Lexington, Kentucky (United States)	100.23
99	Manfred M. Fischer WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Sozioökonomie → Institut für Wirtschaftsgeographie und Geoinformatik, Wien, Austria	102.46
100	Todd Sinai University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Real Estate Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	103.05
101	Jonathan Ivan Dingel Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	103.70
102	Maximilian von Ehrlich Universität Bern → Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Bern, Switzerland	106.22
103	Avi Goldfarb University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	109.96
104	Josh Lerner Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	110.81
105	Raffaele Paci Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS), Cagliari, Italy	111.38
106	Erik Hurst University of Chicago → Booth School of Business → Applied Economics Workshop, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	111.85
107	Martin Andersson Blekinge Tekniska Högskola → Institutionen för Industriell Ekonomi, Karlskrona, Sweden	114.59
108	Pierre Daniel Sarte Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond → Economic Research Division, Richmond, Virginia (United States)	115.39
109	Gerald A. Carlino Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	115.90
110	Nicholas Crafts †	117.89
111	John van Reenen London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	118.32
112	Stephen Ross University of Connecticut → Department of Economics, Storrs, Connecticut (United States)	118.74
113	Christopher H. Wheeler	119.28
114	Guy Michaels London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	119.89
115	Jesse Rothstein	120.33
116	Henri L.f. de Groot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → School of Business and Economics → Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Amsterdam, Netherlands	120.77
117	Iain M. Cockburn Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	122.18
118	Bjørn Terje Asheim (Bjorn Terje Asheim) Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	122.86
119	Michaela Trippl	125.62
120	Frank Neffke Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Wien, Austria	126.80
121	Frederic Robert-Nicoud Université de Genève → Geneva School of Economics and Management, Genève, Switzerland	127.43

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