Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Informal and Underground Economics, as of January 2026

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Top 10% institutions in the field of Informal and Underground Economics

For Informal and Underground Economics, these are 356 authors affiliated with 1591 institutions.
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Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	World Bank Group Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	1.56	638	17.7
2	African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) Yaoundé, Cameroun	3.64	6	0.96
3	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	4.31	517	0.38
---	Economics Research, World Bank Group Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	4.73	147	4.28
4	Economics Department, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	6.04	63	0.38
5	Department of Economics, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	7.26	72	0.37
6	International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	9.02	541	8.89
7	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz Linz, Austria	9.44	46	0.53
8	Paris School of Economics Paris, France	9.69	222	2.04
9	Department of Economics, Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)	9.76	36	0.94
10	London School of Economics (LSE) London, United Kingdom	10.89	357	1.45
11	Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	12.51	27	0.25
---	Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	12.51	7	0.25
12	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	16.31	78	1.82
13	Banco de la Republica de Colombia Bogotá, Colombia	17.89	124	5.28
14	Department of Economics, Oxford University Oxford, United Kingdom	19.85	184	1.89
15	Management School, University of Sheffield Sheffield, United Kingdom	19.94	14	1
16	Sciences économiques, Sciences Po Paris, France	23.34	120	0.51
17	Inter-American Development Bank Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	24.17	178	5.32
18	Economics Department, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut (USA)	24.33	69	0.16
---	Department of Economics, Sciences économiques, Sciences Po Paris, France	24.77	54	0.5
---	Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	24.85	72	1.66
19	Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Bonn, Germany	25.07	957	1.43
20	Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	25.15	62	0.1
21	Department of Economics, Cornell University Ithaca, New York (USA)	28.87	51	0.41
22	Department of Economics, Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina (USA)	34.07	26	0.68
---	Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE) London, United Kingdom	35.19	55	0.21
23	Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)	35.29	32	0.75
24	Economics Department, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island (USA)	35.44	61	0.05
25	Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University Ithaca, New York (USA)	37.96	40	0.51
26	Economics Department, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)	38.52	43	0.18
27	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) Paris, France	39.39	253	2.61
28	Department of Economics, Duke University Durham, North Carolina (USA)	39.86	53	0.43
29	Department of Economics, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland (USA)	40.12	47	0.17
30	Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	41.48	89	0.12
31	Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Madrid, Spain	44.89	59	0.56
32	Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal	45.74	61	1.03
33	İktisat Bölümü, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi İstanbul, Turkey	46.34	25	1.22
---	Department of Economics, Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)	46.34	24	0.45
34	Department of Economics, George Washington University Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	46.36	81	0.9
35	Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet København, Denmark	46.47	80	0.89
36	Department of Economics, Stanford University Stanford, California (USA)	49.06	66	0.14
37	Departamento de Economía, Universidad de San Andrés Buenos Aires, Argentina	49.43	44	1.01
38	Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	51.49	21	1.11
39	Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) Napoli, Italy	51.91	71	0.91
40	Harvard Business School, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	52.63	45	0.11
41	Department of Economics, Maxwell School, Syracuse University Syracuse, New York (USA)	52.86	25	2.48
42	Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich Zürich, Switzerland	53.59	189	0.76
---	Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics (LSE) London, United Kingdom	55.21	30	0.06
43	CESifo München, Germany	55.78	342	0.68
44	Department of Economics, University College London (UCL) London, United Kingdom	57.04	67	0.55
---	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich Zürich, Switzerland	58.09	112	0.74
45	Economics Department, University of California-Davis Davis, California (USA)	60.01	50	0.38
46	Facultad de Economía, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) Bogotá, Colombia	60.14	78	1.3
47	Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California (USA)	61.44	35	0.22
48	Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom	62.87	60	1.05
49	Department of Economics, University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois (USA)	67.03	84	0.15
50	Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Università degli Studi di Milano Milano, Italy	69.84	61	1.15
51	Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia	70.57	45	2.7
52	Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Université Catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	71.28	134	1.34
53	School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London London, United Kingdom	71.68	72	0.86
54	Departamento Académico de Economía, Instituto Tecnólogico Autónomo de México (ITAM) México, Mexico	73.37	27	1.17
55	SKEMA Business School Lille, France	77.42	45	0.02
56	Department of Economics, Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts (USA)	77.63	31	0.23
57	Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)	79.27	87	0.86
---	Experimental Economics Center, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	80.96	6	0.2
---	International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), World Bank Group Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	81.65	107	1.66
58	H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)	82.27	23	0.61
---	International Center for Public Policy, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	82.89	20	0.95
59	Escola de Economia de São Paulo (EESP), Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) São Paulo, Brazil	82.9	48	1.48
60	Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) Mannheim, Germany	84.42	191	2.78
---	Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming (USA)	85.48	18	0.08
61	College of Business, University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming (USA)	85.48	21	0.08
62	Banco de México México, Mexico	89.7	48	2.37
63	Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	89.88	79	1.51
64	United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) Maastricht, Netherlands	90.48	107	2.49
65	Johtamisen ja talouden tiedekunta, Tampereen Yliopisto Tampere, Finland	91.73	10	0.64
66	Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)	91.81	45	0.19
67	Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD) La Jolla, California (USA)	92.79	51	0.74
---	School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	92.88	77	1.51
68	School of Economics, University of Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom	92.92	119	0.68
69	Department of Economics, University of Montana Missoula, Montana (USA)	93.85	5	0.66
70	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) Barcelona, Spain	94.48	183	1.38
71	Department of Economics, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	97.45	71	0.07
72	Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Venezia, Italy	99.06	91	1.51
73	ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V. München, Germany	99.63	202	0.8
---	Kansantaloustieteen laitos, Johtamisen ja talouden tiedekunta, Tampereen Yliopisto Tampere, Finland	99.68	5	0.47
74	Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna Bologna, Italy	100.29	125	0.72
75	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) Toulouse, France	100.93	163	0.39
---	Real Estate Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)	101.88	10	0.66
76	Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de la Administración, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay	102.46	58	2.73
77	Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana (USA)	103.55	62	0.46
78	School of Economics, Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain	103.89	146	2.07
---	Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) Paris, France	105.15	77	0.95
79	Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata La Plata, Argentina	105.79	69	2.43
---	Centro de Investigación Económica (CIE), Departamento Académico de Economía, Instituto Tecnólogico Autónomo de México (ITAM) México, Mexico	106.67	20	0.93
80	Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University New York City, New York (USA)	107.22	56	0.19
81	Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) Bergen, Norway	108.78	132	2.17
82	Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft München, Germany	111.48	5	0.09
83	Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford University Oxford, United Kingdom	112.13	24	0.1
84	Geneva School of Economics and Management, Université de Genève Genève, Switzerland	112.35	35	0.48
85	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Milano, Italy	112.6	184	0.34
---	Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de la Administración, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay	112.75	44	2.64
86	Business School, University of Technology Sydney Sydney, Australia	114.38	91	0.27
87	School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana (USA)	114.76	15	0.72
88	Department of Economics, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California (USA)	115.3	72	0.74
89	Department of Economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA)	115.59	23	1.29
---	Centro de Estudios Economicos Regionales (CEER), Banco de la Republica de Colombia Cartagena, Colombia	116.26	16	1.15
---	Finance Discipline Group, Business School, University of Technology Sydney Sydney, Australia	116.91	37	0.25
---	Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank Group Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	119.6	19	0.62
90	Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) London, United Kingdom	122.91	81	0.08
91	Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo) Bogotá, Colombia	123.35	30	1.93
92	National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) New Delhi, India	124.02	38	1.16
93	EPGE Escola Brasileira de Economia e Finanças, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	127.13	57	2.36
94	Department of Economics, University of Calgary Calgary, Canada	127.43	43	0.48
95	Department of Economics, University of California-Riverside Riverside, California (USA)	129.33	36	0.43
96	Unidade do Negócios e Economia, Insper São Paulo, Brazil	130.96	62	1.57
97	College of Business and Economics, Australian National University Canberra, Australia	131.18	54	0.39
---	Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University Canberra, Australia	131.18	46	0.39
98	Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) Santa Barbara, California (USA)	131.27	34	0.49
99	Közgazdaság- és Regionális Tudományi Kutatóközpont Budapest, Hungary	132.22	77	1.43
---	Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és Regionális Tudományi Kutatóközpont Budapest, Hungary	132.22	68	1.43
100	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	132.31	187	1.35
101	Division of International Banking & Finance Studies, Texas A&M International University Laredo, Texas (USA)	137.18	3	0.14
102	Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)	137.23	52	0.2
103	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) London, United Kingdom	137.62	397	0.14
104	Escuela de Economía y Finanzas, Universidad EAFIT Medellín, Colombia	137.94	65	2.23
105	Sussex Business School, University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom	138.3	91	0.94
106	Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina	138.37	63	1.26
107	Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del Pacífico Lima, Peru	138.39	57	2.56
108	Monash Business School, Monash University Melbourne, Australia	138.49	202	0.28
109	Banca d'Italia Roma, Italy	139.34	375	2.58
110	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München München, Germany	139.58	105	0.88
111	Department of Commerce, Government of the United States Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	140.62	96	0.4
---	Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, Government of the United States Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	140.62	75	0.4
112	Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom	142.31	9	0.41
113	Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF) Roma, Italy	142.8	37	0.03
114	Banco de España Madrid, Spain	144.06	155	0.53
115	Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski Warszawa, Poland	144.8	175	2.35
---	Department of Economics, Sussex Business School, University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom	145.03	58	0.78
---	ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) London, United Kingdom	146.76	34	0.05
116	African Development Bank Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	147.09	31	0.89
117	Department of Economics, University of Crete Rethymnon, Greece	147.1	25	1.88
118	Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute Firenze, Italy	149.45	27	0.33
119	School of Economics, Adelaide University Adelaide, Australia	153.9	53	0.49
120	European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS) Liège, Belgium	154.91	2	0.05
---	Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research Centre (SPEAR), Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University Canberra, Australia	156.54	1	0.01
121	Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California (USA)	156.98	63	1.85
122	Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia	157.99	100	0.82
123	Economics, New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	161.18	47	0.13
124	RAND Santa Monica, California (USA)	164.19	27	0.63
125	Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) Madrid, Spain	164.24	30	0.1
126	Department of Economics, Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan (USA)	165.99	5	0.4
---	Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Université Catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	166.14	56	1.12
127	Saïd Business School, Oxford University Oxford, United Kingdom	166.98	26	0.23
128	Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Canberra, Australia	167.59	188	1.88
129	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) New Delhi, India	168.51	26	0.13
---	Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata La Plata, Argentina	170.67	42	2
130	Argyros College of Business and Economics, Chapman University Orange, California (USA)	171.18	49	2.03
131	Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials, Universitat Rovira I Virgili Tarragona Reus, Spain	173.6	43	2.37
---	Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences (CARESS), Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)	173.65	1	0.02
---	Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University Oxford, United Kingdom	175.88	28	0.07
132	Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Paris, France	176.39	15	0.49
133	Departamento de Economía, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Buenos Aires, Argentina	176.5	18	0.58
134	Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia, Bulgaria	177.42	29	1.11
135	Department of Economics, University of California-Irvine Irvine, California (USA)	177.82	49	0.2
136	Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government of Finland Helsinki, Finland	178.82	23	0.58
137	School of Economics, University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom	179.86	59	0.48
138	Kenan Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA)	181.97	12	0.37
139	Department of Economics, University of Toronto Toronto, Canada	183.15	75	0.28
140	Dipartimento di Studi Economici e Giuridici, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Parthenope" Napoli, Italy	183.7	6	0.82
141	Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası Ankara, Turkey	186.77	108	3
142	School of Economics, University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland	187.74	53	0.35
143	Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet Stockholm, Sweden	188.18	28	0.08
144	Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois (USA)	189.66	35	0.87
---	Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, Scuola di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Firenze Firenze, Italy	190.44	66	0.61
145	Scuola di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Firenze Firenze, Italy	190.44	90	0.61
---	Department of Economics, School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Canada	190.66	29	0.28
146	School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Canada	190.66	33	0.28
147	School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University New York City, New York (USA)	191.13	35	0.09
148	Departamento de Fundamentos del Analisis Económico, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Madrid, Spain	191.22	8	1
---	Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) Barcelona, Spain	191.25	44	0.98
---	Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica, Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) Barcelona, Spain	191.25	35	0.98
149	Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research (PIER) Bangkok, Thailand	191.86	15	0.81
150	Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Kolkata, India	192.46	9	0.78
151	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University Helsinki, Finland	194.45	14	0.87
152	College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois (USA)	195.06	5	0.49
153	Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin (USA)	195.43	37	0.13
---	Dipartimento di Economia e Diritto, Facoltà di Economia, "Sapienza" Università di Roma Roma, Italy	195.79	64	0.95
154	Facoltà di Economia, "Sapienza" Università di Roma Roma, Italy	195.79	160	0.95
---	Center for Economic Studies, Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, Government of the United States Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	198.91	54	0.27
155	UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney Sydney, Australia	199.83	86	0.42
156	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri (USA)	200.89	60	0.18
157	Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) Santa Cruz, California (USA)	204.46	45	0.53
---	Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	204.97	52	0.87
158	Facultad de Economía y Administración, Universidad Católica del Norte Antofagasta, Chile	205.82	17	1
---	Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri (USA)	208.17	51	0.13
159	Economics Department, Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	208.43	51	0.1

The rankings

Top 10% authors in the field of Informal and Underground Economics

For Informal and Underground Economics, these are 356 authors affiliated with 1591 institutions.
All authors classified in this field.

Rank	Author	Score
1	Simplice A Asongu African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé, Cameroun	1.82
2	Joel Slemrod Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) Economics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	2.04
3	James Alm Department of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)	3.06
4	Friedrich Georg Schneider Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz, Linz, Austria	3.07
5	Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) Economics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (USA)	7.53
6	David N. Margolis Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	9.69
7	Michael McKee Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina (USA)	9.83
8	Ravi Kanbur Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA) Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)	11.93
9	Costas Meghir Economics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (USA)	13.79
10	John List Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)	13.93
11	Rafael Dix-Carneiro Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (USA)	15.09
12	Guillermo Cruces Departamento de Economía, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina	15.31
13	Gabriel Ulyssea Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom	15.55
14	Ricardo Perez-Truglia Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California (USA)	16.09
15	Gabriel Zucman Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	16.49
16	Jean-Marc Robin Department of Economics, Sciences économiques, Sciences Po, Paris, France	16.92
17	Ceyhun Elgin İktisat Bölümü, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Turkey	17.12
18	Niels Johannesen Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet, København, Denmark CESifo, München, Germany	19.33
19	Mazhar Waseem Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom	20.29
20	David McKenzie Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	20.41
21	Jason Shogren Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming (USA)	22.85
22	Benjamin Olken Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	23.36
23	Renata Narita Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	23.78
24	Andreas Buehn	23.93
25	Dina D. Pomeranz Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland	25.96
26	Firouz Gahvari Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)	26.39
27	William Kerr Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	29.42
28	Monica Singhal Economics Department, University of California-Davis, Davis, California (USA)	29.99
29	Richard J. Cebula Department of Economics, Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)	30.65
30	Kai A. Konrad Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, München, Germany	32.73
31	Badi H. Baltagi Department of Economics, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York (USA)	34.46
32	Luca Flabbi Department of Economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn, Germany	34.58
33	Juan J. Dolado Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain	35.12
34	Christopher Woodruff Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom	35.23
35	Miriam Bruhn Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	35.44

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