Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Innovation, as of October 2026

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For Innovation, these are 1002 institutions and 1387 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	1	24	4.48
2	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2.00	53	4.23
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	3	13	2.31
3	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	3.64	3	0.76
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	4.17	3	0.22
5	New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	6.42	5	1.16
6	Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	6.90	4	0.86
7	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	6.95	4	0.72
8	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium	6.98	19	7.06
-	New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	8.00	4	1.14
9	United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	8.02	23	6.55
10	Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	9.44	4	0.49
11	Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	9.95	8	1.61
12	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy	11.41	19	9.28
-	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	12.10	10	5.58
13	Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel	13.12	3	0.92
14	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy	14.18	16	4.67
-	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	14.95	15	7.55
15	Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	16.75	1	0.43
16	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France	17.34	8	1.07
17	Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	17.65	5	1.05
18	Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	18.21	4	3.28
19	Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	18.64	26	11.18
20	University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	19.58	6	2.87
21	Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium	19.96	10	4.20
22	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany	20.36	3	0.81
23	Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	22.21	4	1.83
24	Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	22.71	18	4.10
-	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	24.73	3	1.72
24	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	24.73	3	1.72
26	University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	25.80	2	1.20
27	Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark	26.81	14	6.86
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies (KITeS/CESPRI), Milano, Italy	27.28	4	2.33
28	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands	28.48	12	2.55
29	University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	29.45	1	0.58
-	University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Management Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	30.51	1	0.58
30	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	31.08	12	4.19
31	Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)	31.94	2	0.27
-	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France	32.08	1	0.07
32	Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	32.23	1	0.54
33	Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	32.91	3	1.41
34	Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	33.56	9	4.28
35	University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)	33.60	2	0.96
36	Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	33.70	3	0.28
37	Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	33.79	4	2.74
38	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	34.64	14	3.50
39	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland	37.32	14	6.71
40	Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	37.68	6	1.34
-	Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium	38.04	4	1.14
41	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland	39.99	11	4.02
42	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom	40.94	38	0.58
43	Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	43.04	1	0.42
-	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France	43.72	15	5.81
43	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI), Nice, France	43.72	15	5.81
45	Georgia Institute of Technology → Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	44.02	3	1.59
46	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	44.07	8	2.73
47	Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France	45.43	11	5.92
48	Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	46.17	2	0.33
49	Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	46.40	4	0.49
50	New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	48.68	1	0.16
-	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	49.26	6	2.85
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France	49.52	7	2.96
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	49.56	5	0.99
-	Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	49.91	1	0.60
51	Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	50.11	2	0.63
52	George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	51.02	3	0.38
53	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	52.19	5	1.27
54	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	54.19	6	3.04
55	Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem → Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Budapest, Hungary	55.53	1	0.77
-	Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Department of Finance, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	56.54	3	1.15
56	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	56.58	1	0.33
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom	58.03	1	0.26
57	European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain	58.41	46	25.43
58	University of Manchester → Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom	58.88	6	3.30
59	Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	59.02	9	3.54
60	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	59.99	1	0.62
61	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	60.18	43	2.40
62	Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	61.87	12	4.69
63	University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	62.62	1	0.07
64	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	62.79	7	1.15
65	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain	63.08	10	2.18
-	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	63.23	5	2.80
66	Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom	65.12	6	1.27
67	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain	66.68	6	3.35
68	Columbia University → Mailman School of Public Health → Department of Health Policy and Management, New York City, New York (United States)	67.33	1	0.80
69	Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel	68.15	1	0.52
70	HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France	68.48	3	1.52
71	Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden	68.95	8	1.75
72	University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	69.79	1	0.08
-	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Kwantitatieve Economie, Maastricht, Netherlands	70.98	2	0.63
73	Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)	71.55	1	0.55
-	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	72.19	40	0.66
-	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands	73.30	4	1.29
74	Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (SEEDS), Ferrara, Italy	75.25	16	2.69
75	University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom	76.40	1	0.05
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	76.83	4	0.97
76	Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany	78.44	2	0.73
-	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	79.70	7	1.86
76	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	79.70	7	1.86
78	Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	80.09	4	1.56
-	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau → Center for Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	80.72	7	1.86
79	Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)	80.79	2	0.09
-	Aalborg Universitet → Institut for Økonomi og Ledelse → IKE Gruppen, Aalborg, Denmark	81.88	2	1.57
79	Aalborg Universitet → Institut for Økonomi og Ledelse, Aalborg, Denmark	81.88	2	1.57
81	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali, Roma, Italy	82.02	5	2.26
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain	82.49	5	2.55
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain	82.49	5	2.55
-	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali → Dipartimento di Economia, Roma, Italy	83.02	5	2.26
82	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	83.18	2	0.16
83	Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	83.60	8	1.09
-	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	84.18	2	0.16
84	Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), Nancy/Strasbourg, France	85.04	9	3.26
-	Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science → Forschungsgemeinschaft für Nationalökonomie, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	86.49	3	1.45
85	Mines Paris → Centre d'Économie et de Décision Publique (CEDP), Paris, France	86.50	4	1.18
86	Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)	86.58	1	0.04
87	Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France	88.06	4	0.59
88	American University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	89.10	1	1
89	University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom	90.63	1	0.14
90	Université de Lille → Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et des territoires, Lille, France	90.92	2	1.39
-	Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	90.92	2	1.04
90	Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	90.92	2	1.04
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	91.99	5	0.31
92	University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom	94.09	2	0.67
93	Banca d'Italia, Roma, Italy	94.28	9	3.42
94	Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	95.92	4	0.60
95	Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	97.48	3	0.53
96	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands	98.36	4	0.80
97	Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom	98.45	2	0.60
-	Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → TIMES2, Bruxelles, Belgium	99.58	7	2.06
-	Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) → ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), London, United Kingdom	100.96	3	0.24
98	Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium	101.32	1	0.61
99	Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy	102.54	2	0.92
100	Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) → Social Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy	102.98	5	3.07

Top Authors

Rank	Author	Score
1	Philippe Aghion London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	2.25
2	Bronwyn H Hall University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	2.75
3	Daron Acemoglu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2.87
4	Paul Michael Romer New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	4.57
5	Josh Lerner Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	6.11
6	Adam Jaffe Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	6.30
7	John van Reenen London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	8.04
8	Richard R. Nelson †	8.69
9	Albert N. Link University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	10.35
10	David B. Audretsch Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	12.75
11	Ufuk Akcigit University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	14.27
12	Manuel Trajtenberg Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel	15.02
13	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)	16.53
14	William Kerr Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	17.19
15	Reinhilde Veugelers KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	20.58
16	Michael Darby University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)	21.89
17	Jean Tirole Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France	23.70
18	Loet Leydesdorff †	23.84
19	Nicholas Bloom Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	24.00
20	Sidney Graham Winter Jr. University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Management Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	25.12
21	Ron Boschma Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	26.70
22	Donald S. Siegel Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	27.11
23	Cristiano Antonelli Università degli Studi di Torino → Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	27.26
24	Dietmar Harhoff Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany	28.19
25	Ashish Arora Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	28.22
26	Marc J. Melitz Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	28.97
27	Joseph Stiglitz	30.46
28	Dirk Czarnitzki	31.10
29	Charles I. Jones Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)	31.10
30	Peter Howitt Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	31.89
31	Mathias Dewatripont Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium	33.76
32	Pete Klenow Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	34.93
33	David Levine	35.24
34	Benjamin F. Jones Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	35.49
35	Robert J. Gordon	36.86
36	Paul A. David †	37.85
37	Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem → Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Budapest, Hungary	38.09
38	Iain M. Cockburn Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	38.99
39	Jan Ernst Fagerberg Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	39.25
40	Boyan Jovanovic New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	39.73
41	Mike Wright †	39.96
42	Jacques Mairesse	39.97
43	Pierre Mohnen United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	41.73
44	Dale T. Mortensen †	43.31
45	Rachel Griffith University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom	43.61
46	Dimitris Papanikolaou Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Department of Finance, Evanston, Illinois (United States)	44.45
47	Koen Frenken Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	44.92
48	Marco Vivarelli Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	45.97
49	Mark J. Roberts Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	46.15
50	Peter Nijkamp Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	48.33
51	Roland Benabou	52.73
52	David Hemous Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	53.59
53	James Adams Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute → Department of Economics, Troy, New York (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	55.10
54	Joshua Gans University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	55.28
55	Jean Olson Lanjouw †	56.18
56	Giovanni Dosi Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	56.21
57	Enrico Moretti University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	56.50
58	Bart Verspagen United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	57.17
59	Raj Chetty Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	58.12
60	David Autor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	58.77
61	Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Andres Rodriguez-Pose) London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	58.98
62	Elhanan Helpman Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	60.76
63	Jerry Thursby Georgia Institute of Technology → Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	61.39
64	John Haltiwanger University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	62.10
65	Francesco Lissoni Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France	63.56
66	Mark E. Doms	64.05
67	Saul Lach Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel	65.25
68	Marie Currie Thursby †	66.94
69	Heidi L. Williams Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	67.71
70	Avi Goldfarb University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada	69.07
71	Ajay K. Agrawal University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	70.19
72	Michael Fritsch Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	70.35
73	Antoine Dechezleprêtre (Antoine Dechezlepretre) Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France	70.51
74	Fabrizio Zilibotti Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	70.59
75	John Troy Scott †	71.53
76	Bhaven N. Sampat Columbia University → Mailman School of Public Health → Department of Health Policy and Management, New York City, New York (United States)	71.59
77	Bruno Cassiman KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	71.86
78	Gene Grossman	73.45
79	Luigi Zingales University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	73.96
80	Joel Mokyr Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States) Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel	74.72
81	Franco Malerba Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies (KITeS/CESPRI), Milano, Italy	74.85
82	Christian Rammer Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	76.09
83	Olav Sorenson University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)	76.57
84	Bengt-Åke Lundvall (Bengt-Ake Lundvall) Aalborg Universitet → Institut for Økonomi og Ledelse → IKE Gruppen, Aalborg, Denmark	78.28
85	Franz C. Palm Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Kwantitatieve Economie, Maastricht, Netherlands	80.08
86	Lee G. Branstetter Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)	80.81
87	Tomas Philipson University of Southern California → Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)	83.57
88	Michele Boldrin Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	84.44
89	Guido Cozzi Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science → Forschungsgemeinschaft für Nationalökonomie, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	84.79
90	Rene Belderbos KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	87.22
91	Richard Blundell (Richard W. Blundell) University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom	87.57
92	James Bessen	91.41
93	Angus C. Chu University of Macau → Department of Economics, Macau, Macao	91.42
94	Walter G. Park American University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	92.99
95	Luc L. Soete United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	93.10
96	Suzanne Scotchmer †	94.30
97	Pascual Restrepo Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	96.33
98	Petra Moser New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	96.88
99	Francesco Quatraro Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	97.56
100	Gaétan de Rassenfosse (Gaetan de Rassenfosse) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) → Collège du Management de la Technologie, Lausanne, Switzerland	102.09
101	Magnus Henrekson Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	103.21
102	Kenneth Sokoloff †	103.28
103	Uwe Cantner Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	103.56
104	Sandro Montresor Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy	106.76
105	Jonathan E. Haskel Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	108.46
106	Stefano Breschi Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies (KITeS/CESPRI), Milano, Italy	111.06
107	Pierre-Alexandre Balland Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	111.37
108	Luigi Orsenigo †	111.90
109	Ross Levine Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)	116.73
110	Frank Lichtenberg Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	117.33
111	Fulvio Castellacci Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	117.92
112	Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	118.86
113	Bettina Peters Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	120.70
114	Douglas Hanley University of Pittsburgh → Department of Economics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)	120.83
115	Vincenzo Denicolo' Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	121.26
116	Martin Woerter Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	124.65
117	Thomas Hellmann Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom	125.45
118	Alex Coad Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan	125.72
119	Ralf Martin London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	125.81
120	Ramana Nanda Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom	127.05
121	Antonin Bergeaud HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France	127.15
122	Stefanie Stantcheva Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	127.59
123	Mariacristina Piva Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	129.47
124	Douglas J. Cumming Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)	130.87
125	Riccardo Crescenzi London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	132.06
126	Boris Lokshin Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands	132.26
127	Faïz Gallouj (Faiz Gallouj) Université de Lille → Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et des territoires → Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Économiques et Sociologiques (CLERSE), Lille, France	132.52
128	Kamal Saggi Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)	133.11
129	Diego Comin Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	133.17
130	Hanna Hottenrott Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	135.13
131	Javier Miranda Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle, Germany	136.13
132	Bart Clarysse Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium	137.65
133	Stephen Roper University of Warwick → Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom	138.17
134	Pontus Brodde Braunerhjelm Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden	138.33
135	Tom Broekel	139.29
136	Nancy Theresa Gallini University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada	140.27
137	Wim Naudé (Wim Naude) Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Aachen, Germany	144.05
138	Xavier Jaravel London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	144.15

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