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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France1.34216.73
2University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)1.5420.89
3National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.85241.19
4Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.5540.65
5Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom5.0541.31
6London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom6.73131.01
7Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)6.7440.43
-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, Belgium8.0061.17
7Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium8.0061.17
9University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)9.3410.17
10University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom11.6220.44
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom11.91100.25
11KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium12.0491.58
12Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)13.2020.90
-Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France13.3210.05
13Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany13.6183.30
14New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)14.1630.58
-Northwestern University → Department of Economics → Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO), Evanston, Illinois (United States)14.3410.40
15University of Virginia → Department of Economics, Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)14.7731.10
16Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)15.0010.31
-New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)15.2230.58
17University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)16.0420.12
18University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada17.2031.89
19Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)18.0251.00
-Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Düsseldorf, Germany18.47154.52
19Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Düsseldorf, Germany18.47154.52
-KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics, Leuven, Belgium20.4740.69
21Universidad de Navarra → IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain21.7420.40
22Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway22.9961.39
23University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada24.3720.27
24University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)24.5220.50
25Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain25.5751.01
26Nanjing University of Science and Technology → School of Economics and Management, Nanjing, China25.7911
27University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)26.9910.12
-Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway28.8441.11
28Michigan State University → Economics Department, East Lansing, Michigan (United States)28.8720.64
29Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy30.0961.50
30Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)30.1420.17
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain30.2640.91
31Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wien, Austria30.5261.80
32Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany31.6020.26
33University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)32.7220.81
34University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)33.4431.22
35Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland33.6560.36
36Paris School of Economics, Paris, France35.9730.55
37University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)36.2920.93
38University of Cambridge → Judge Business School, Cambridge, United Kingdom36.6350.49
39Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden37.39102.63
40Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom37.88290.75
-Universität Wien → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wien, Austria37.9661.69
41WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria39.2531.22
-University of Iowa → Tippie College of Business → Department of Economics, Iowa City, Iowa (United States)39.6410.45
41University of Iowa → Tippie College of Business, Iowa City, Iowa (United States)39.6410.45
43University of British Columbia → Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, Canada40.1920.31
44Universidade do Minho → Escola de Economia e Gestão, Braga, Portugal42.1031.38
45Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel42.3610.26
46Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)42.8410.20
47Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy44.7461.42
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland45.0620.15
-Università degli Studi di Firenze → Scuola di Economia e Management → Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, Firenze, Italy46.3430.92
47Università degli Studi di Firenze → Scuola di Economia e Management, Firenze, Italy46.3430.92
-KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics → Centrum voor Economie en Duurzaam Ondernemen (CEDON), Leuven, Belgium46.5810.15
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy48.5330.42
49Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)49.9431.48
50Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)50.1230.88
-University of British Columbia → Sauder School of Business → Strategy and Business Economics Division, Vancouver, Canada50.6710.07
51DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany51.3051.32
52Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)51.3310.12
53Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)51.7710.22

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Carl Shapiro
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)
1.09
2Michael Whinston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
6.40
3Allen N. Berger
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
6.77
4Aviv Nevo
Northwestern University → Department of Economics → Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO), Evanston, Illinois (United States)
7.30
5Margaret Slade
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
7.50
6John Vickers
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom
7.62
7Mark Armstrong
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
7.76
8Yaojie Zhang
Nanjing University of Science and Technology → School of Economics and Management, Nanjing, China
8.28
9Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
9.92
10Jean Tirole
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France
10.23
11Patrick Rey
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France
10.76
12Bronwyn H Hall
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
11.17
13Mark J. Roberts
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
15.88
14Jacques 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
16.03
15David Levine17.77
16Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
18.24
17Simon Anderson
University of Virginia → Department of Economics, Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)
18.34
18Marc J. Melitz
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
21.10
19Chad Syverson
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
22.53
20Xavier Vives
Universidad de Navarra → IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
23.30
21Elhanan Helpman
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
23.47
22Arijit Mukherjee
University of Nottingham → Business School, Nottingham, United Kingdom
24.05
23Joel Waldfogel24.40
24Rabah Amir
University of Iowa → Tippie College of Business → Department of Economics, Iowa City, Iowa (United States)
24.84
25Jay Pil Choi
Michigan State University → Economics Department, East Lansing, Michigan (United States)
25.30
26Steven Tadelis
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)
27.25
27Erik Brynjolfsson29.88
28Jean Gabszewicz
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
31.24
29Volker Nocke
Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany
31.71
30Martin Peitz
Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany
32.14
31John van Reenen
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
32.37
32Paul Joskow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
32.39
33Matthew Aaron Gentzkow
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
32.87
34Jan K. Brueckner
University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)
33.31
35Klaus M. Schmidt
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany
33.37
36Jan K. De Loecker
KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics → Centrum voor Economie en Duurzaam Ondernemen (CEDON), Leuven, Belgium
34.04
37Yongmin Chen
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
34.80
38Massimo Motta
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
34.85
39Nicholas S. Economides
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
36.38
40Toshihiro Matsumura
University of Tokyo → Institute of Social Science, Tokyo, Japan
37.80
41Luis M B Cabral
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
39.16
42Gordon M. Phillips
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
39.91
43Joshua Gans
University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada
39.93
44Stephen Morris
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
42.01
45Martin Gaynor
Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)
42.03
46Paul Klemperer
Oxford University → Department of Economics → Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom
42.54
47Lawrence J. White
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
43.43
48Panle Jia Barwick
University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
45.20
49Bruno Jullien
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France
46.36
50Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
46.88
51Dirk Bergemann
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
49.01
52Saul Lach
Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel
49.25
53Avi Goldfarb
University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada
51.62
54John Haltiwanger
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
53.21
55Keith Head
University of British Columbia → Sauder School of Business → Strategy and Business Economics Division, Vancouver, Canada
54.79
56Ali Yurukoglu
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)
54.95
57David Martimort
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France
55.52
58Ashish Arora
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
56.60
59Marius Schwartz †57.48
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