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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Economic Growth, as of August 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
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1Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)161.20
2London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom2.00233.76
3Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)330.41
4Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.2120.11
5National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.77250.55
6Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)6.2510.33
7University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)7.7430.35
8University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada7.8231.15
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom9.1780.23
9Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)9.6740.76
10Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)10.3441.46
11Paris School of Economics, Paris, France11.05111.67
12University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom12.1471.11
13University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)13.2320.29
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom14.6550.27
14Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)15.7630.75
15Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom16.47460.36
16University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)16.9210.11
17University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)18.5030.36
18University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)18.9420.20
19Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland19.2350.96
20Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)20.9410.09
21Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg21.39360.68
22University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)21.5030.19
23Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)22.2921.15
24Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark22.7531.24
25Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France23.7161.00
26Columbia University → School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), New York City, New York (United States)24.4620.06
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom25.0820.15
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France25.1040.99
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland25.1550.91
27Southern Methodist University → Department of Economics, Dallas, Texas (United States)25.5431.03
28Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom28.7271.44
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg29.12350.57
29Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)29.7370.39
30Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium29.9581.20
31Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)30.8620.19
32Korea University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea32.2920.27
-Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium32.5471.18
33Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Beijing, China33.9430.75
34Aix-Marseille Université → École d'Économie d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France34.4782.40
35Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)34.7910.38
-Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) → China Economics and Management Academy, Beijing, China35.3530.75
36WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria35.5961.25
37Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany37.4730.13
38Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)37.7610.02
39George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)38.2730.89
40Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)38.8210.02
-Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)38.8210.02
-Oxford University → Department of Economics → Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom39.5710.47
-University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management → Center for Global Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)39.8120.23
41Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy41.5961.31
42Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy43.1550.78
-Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis → Research Division, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)43.5830.32
42Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)43.5830.32
44Tel-Hai College → Department of Economics and Management, Upper Galilee, Israel44.2810.66
45Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)44.8020.21
-Princeton University → Department of Economics → International Economics Section, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)44.8510.05
46Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)45.0820.17
47University of Houston → Department of Economics, Houston, Texas (United States)45.6520.34
-WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft, Wien, Austria45.6840.74
48Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)46.6930.61
49Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany46.8840.21
50Georg-August-Universität Göttingen → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Göttingen, Germany49.6610.20
51Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain50.5381.75
-Georg-August-Universität Göttingen → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Department für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Göttingen, Germany50.7210.20
52Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)50.9710.34
53ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany52.3150.76
-University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia52.8410.25
53University of Western Australia → Business School, Perth, Australia52.8410.25
55Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy52.8930.34
-WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft → Institut für Makroökonomie, Wien, Austria53.3820.43
56World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)54.6540.72
-University of Macau → Department of Economics, Macau, Macao55.1631.99
56University of Macau → Faculty of Business Administration, Macau, Macao55.1631.99
58Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland55.3530.41
59United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands55.9520.51

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Oded Galor
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)		1.37
2Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		2.54
3Charles I. Jones
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)		3.52
4Elhanan Helpman
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		4.85
5Joseph Stiglitz6.45
6Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada		8.16
7David Weil
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)		8.58
8Alberto Alesina †8.61
9Gene Grossman10.20
10Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France		12.40
11Nicholas Crafts †14.21
12Stephen Broadberry
Oxford University → Department of Economics → Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom		14.36
13Joel Mokyr
Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel		16.32
14Avner Greif
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)		16.37
15Isaac Ehrlich16.90
16Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		18.43
17Romain Wacziarg
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		18.46
18Ufuk Akcigit
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		20.14
19James Alan Robinson
University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		20.69
20Mohammad Hashem Pesaran
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		23.60
21Thomas Chaney
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		25.02
22Paola Giuliano25.35
23Dani Rodrik
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		26.52
24J. Vernon Henderson
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom		29.15
25David de la Croix
Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium		29.80
26Pietro F. Peretto
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)		30.17
27Pascual Restrepo
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)		32.78
28Raphael Franck
Tel-Hai College → Department of Economics and Management, Upper Galilee, Israel		32.99
29Enrico Spolaore
Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)		33.04
30Jorn-Steffen Pischke33.32
31Quamrul H. Ashraf
Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)		33.50
32Kiminori Matsuyama
Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)		33.82
33Timothy Besley
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom		35.31
34Emi Nakamura
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)		35.56
35Jakob B. Madsen
University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia		35.95
36Heng-fu Zou
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) → China Economics and Management Academy, Beijing, China		38.34
37Holger Strulik
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Department für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Göttingen, Germany		40.29
38Omer Moav
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom		40.77
39Klaus Prettner
WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft → Institut für Makroökonomie, Wien, Austria		40.99
40Sascha O. Becker
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom		42.04
41Jong-Wha Lee
Korea University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea		43.69
42Stelios Michalopoulos
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)		43.85
43Ömer Özak (Omer Ozak)
Southern Methodist University → Department of Economics, Dallas, Texas (United States)		47.01
44John van Reenen
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom		47.52
45Ezra Oberfield
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)		48.96
46Muhammad Shahbaz
Beijing Institute of Technology → Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing, China		49.26
47Jonathan Temple †50.36
48Cormac Ó Gráda (Cormac O Grada)
University College Dublin → School of Economics, Dublin, Ireland		52.33
49Moritz Schularick
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France		53.31
50Remi Jedwab
George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)		53.39
51Angus C. Chu
University of Macau → Department of Economics, Macau, Macao		54.07
52Leandro Prados de la Escosura
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Madrid, Spain
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Madrid, Spain		55.85
53Harald Uhlig
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		56.19
54Sefa Awaworyi Churchill
RMIT University → School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, Melbourne, Australia		58.32
55Jared Rubin
Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)		58.66
56Marc Klemp
Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark		59.32
57Enrico Moretti
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)		62.31
58Jeremy Greenwood
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)		65.53
59Jacob Louis Weisdorf
"Sapienza" Università di Roma → Facoltà di Economia → Dipartimento di Metodi e modelli per l'economia, il territorio e la finanza (MEMOTEF), Roma, Italy		65.66
60Nancy Qian
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Evanston, Illinois (United States)		66.39
61Nicholas Bloom
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)		66.95
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