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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Informal and Underground Economics, as of April 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)1194.11
2Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria2.4120.46
3Paris School of Economics, Paris, France3.17101.51
4University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)3.6310.14
5Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)4.4210.45
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)4.47102.09
6University of Michigan → Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)4.6610.14
-University of Michigan → Ross School of Business → Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)4.6610.14
7Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)7.4420.11
8Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France8.5320.26
9Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)9.2410.50
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France9.5420.26
10Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)12.5930.40
11Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)12.5910.35
12National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)12.6950.09
13Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro → Departamento de Economia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil13.5121.12
14Universidad de San Andrés → Departamento de Economía, Buenos Aires, Argentina14.2430.84
15University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)15.1110.24
16Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)16.5710.07
17University of Tennessee-Knoxville → Haslam College of Business, Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)17.6320.40
-University of Tennessee-Knoxville → Haslam College of Business → Department of Economics, Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)17.6320.40
18University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom18.1310.90
19University of Wyoming → College of Business, Laramie, Wyoming (United States)19.1910.09
-University of Wyoming → College of Business → Department of Economics, Laramie, Wyoming (United States)19.1910.09
20Banco de la Republica de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia19.67103.33
21Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)20.1410.05
22Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom21.0331.55
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg22.01300.48
22Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg22.01300.48
24Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland22.0920.63
25University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)22.2910.35
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland23.1320.63
26University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)26.7910.19
27Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom28.1810.08
28Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain29.3810.08
29Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)29.4710.06
30Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany29.6720.09
31Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)29.8320.42
32Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom32.6120.56
33CESifo, München, Germany32.82180.36
34Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)34.4163.13
35Boğaziçi Üniversitesi → İktisat Bölümü, İstanbul, Turkey34.9210.58
36Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)35.0310.07
37London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom35.1630.42
38Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark35.3820.27
39Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom36.0950.03

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Joel Slemrod
University of Michigan → Ross School of Business → Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
1.38
2Friedrich Georg Schneider
Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria
2.19
3James Alm
Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)
2.44
4Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg5.55
5David N. Margolis
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
8.11
6Michael McKee
Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)
8.58
7Ravi Kanbur
Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
11.11
8Ricardo Perez-Truglia
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)
11.43
9Costas Meghir
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
11.69
10Rafael Dix-Carneiro
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
11.90
11Gabriel Zucman
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
12.99
12Gabriel Ulyssea
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom
14.54
13Guillermo Cruces
Universidad de San Andrés → Departamento de Economía, Buenos Aires, Argentina
15.27
14Jean-Marc Robin
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
15.37
15Niels Johannesen
Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark
CESifo, München, Germany
16.58
16Ceyhun Elgin
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi → İktisat Bölümü, İstanbul, Turkey
18.49
17Mazhar Waseem
University of Manchester → School of Social Sciences → Department of Economics, Manchester, United Kingdom
18.95
18David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
18.96
19John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
19.69
20Benjamin Olken
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
20.29
21Dina D. Pomeranz
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
21.35
22Renata Narita
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro → Departamento de Economia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
22.02
23Firouz Gahvari
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)
22.87
24Jason Shogren
University of Wyoming → College of Business → Department of Economics, Laramie, Wyoming (United States)
23.28
25Andreas Buehn24.66
26Monica Singhal
University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)
26.67
27William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
28.13
28Richard J. Cebula
University of Tennessee-Knoxville → Haslam College of Business → Department of Economics, Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)
29.30
29Christopher Woodruff
Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom
30.20
30Luca Flabbi
University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill → Department of Economics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)
31.23
31Kai A. Konrad
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Steuerrecht und öffentliche Finanzen, München, Germany
32.24
32Miriam Bruhn
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
32.66
33Juan J. Dolado
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain
35.72
34Stefanie Stantcheva
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
35.77
35Badi H. Baltagi
Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)
37.26
36Johannes Spinnewijn
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
38.31
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