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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Intellectual Property Rights, as of April 2026

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  • For Intellectual Property Rights, these are 368 institutions and 330 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand1.3410.31
2University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)2.3010.27
3Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France2.6150.61
4Georgia Institute of Technology → Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)3.4831.43
-Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France4.6110.07
5Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany4.8130.55
6National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)6.25130.40
7London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom6.4750.17
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom7.8240.09
8Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)8.3720.18
9KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium9.1850.95
10Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)9.3231.87
11Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)10.4020.85
12Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem → Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Budapest, Hungary12.4610.58
13Paris School of Economics, Paris, France12.4820.22
14Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany14.76102.47
15University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)16.3020.38
-KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium16.3130.41
-Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)17.0210.31
16Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy18.0250.90
-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy19.0250.90
17Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France19.6452.41
18Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France19.6651.23
19Columbia University → Mailman School of Public Health → Department of Health Policy and Management, New York City, New York (United States)19.9710.53
20New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)20.2020.95
21Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy20.2841.27
22University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada21.0510.60
-New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)21.6110.61
23University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada22.9930.96
24Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)23.0820.17
25École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) → Collège du Management de la Technologie, Lausanne, Switzerland24.5210.80
26Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)26.4810.28
-University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)27.1820.56
26University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)27.1820.56
28Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland27.2263.16
29University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)27.3110.14
30Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)28.5810.07
31United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands29.3730.55
32Mines Paris → Centre d'Économie Industrielle (CERNA), Paris, France30.6830.87
33Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany32.4930.52
34Santa Clara University → Department of Economics, Santa Clara, California (United States)33.6710.67
35Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland34.6331.13
36Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom34.9960.95

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Bronwyn H Hall
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
1.56
2Adam Jaffe
Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand
2.98
3Jean Tirole
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France
3.85
4Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
3.97
5Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
6.19
6Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem → Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Budapest, Hungary
6.26
7Dietmar Harhoff
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany
6.44
8Petra Moser
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
12.70
9Ashish Arora
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
13.15
10Francesco Lissoni
Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France
13.36
11Gaétan de Rassenfosse (Gaetan de Rassenfosse)
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) → Collège du Management de la Technologie, Lausanne, Switzerland
13.65
12Iain M. Cockburn
Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
14.54
13David Levine15.96
14Marie Currie Thursby
Georgia Institute of Technology → Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
16.24
15Keith E. Maskus
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
16.76
16Joel Waldfogel17.36
17Albert N. Link
University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)
18.22
18Jerry Thursby
Georgia Institute of Technology → Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
18.47
19Jean Olson Lanjouw18.49
20Dirk Czarnitzki18.75
21Ufuk Akcigit
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
19.09
22William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
20.03
23Kamal Saggi
Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)
20.18
24Bhaven N. Sampat
Columbia University → Mailman School of Public Health → Department of Health Policy and Management, New York City, New York (United States)
21.01
25Nancy Theresa Gallini
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
21.32
26Katrin Cremers
Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany
25.23
27Christian Helmers
Santa Clara University → Department of Economics, Santa Clara, California (United States)
26.76
28John van Reenen
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
30.58
29David B. Audretsch
Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
30.71
30Angus C. Chu
University of Macau → Department of Economics, Macau, Macao
31.39
31Heidi L. Williams
Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
31.71
32Katrin Hussinger
Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance → Département d'Économie et de Management, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
32.50
33David Hemous
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
33.33
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