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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Payment Systems and Financial Technology, as of July 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)1.2871.20
2Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France2.3881.97
3Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland2.63135.54
4Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)3.8730.59
5Bank of Canada, Ottawa, Canada4.502715.78
6National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)6.16130.41
7Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City, New York (United States)6.33143.41
8Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)7.3240.52
-Federal Reserve Bank of New York → Research and Statistics Group, New York City, New York (United States)8.99112.62
9University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)9.1641.16
-Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France10.2420.52
10New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)10.2561.30
11Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)11.88128.82
12Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)12.0761.38
13Bank of Korea, Seoul, South Korea12.5220.63
14Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)13.5782.96
-New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Finance Department, New York City, New York (United States)14.6420.41
15Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy14.7582.82
16University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)15.2020.59
17Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)15.7210.26
-Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)15.7210.26
18Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon19.7010.37
19Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom20.4031.40
20University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada21.7120.26
21Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)21.9810.23
22University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)22.8720.14
23Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France23.4110.44
24International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)23.52103.86
25Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)23.9630.46
26African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé, Cameroun27.4030.57
27Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)28.2110.57
28de Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands28.7784.32
29Universität Bern → Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Bern, Switzerland29.4040.51
30University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → College of Business, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)29.8010.20
-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → College of Business → Department of Finance, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)30.8410.20
31Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)30.9630.86
32Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)31.2420.94
33SKEMA Business School, Lille, France31.2731.39
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy31.5130.18
34Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom32.60190.35
-Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta → Economic Research Department, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)32.9420.67
35Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)33.1842.05
36Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany36.0010.32
37European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany36.0992.55
38KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium36.7640.33
39Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)38.1320.36
40Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)39.0030.61
41University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) → Department of Economics, Santa Barbara, California (United States)39.6520.93
42Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, California (United States)41.0710.11
-Princeton University → Department of Economics → Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)42.0920.12
43University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)43.0640.82
-International Monetary Fund (IMF) → Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)43.1520.64
44Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management, Tilburg, Netherlands43.9771.06
45Bank for International Settlements → Representative Office for the Americas, México, Mexico44.0510.53
46London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom44.6940.60
47Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom45.6930.96
48Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium46.7352.87
-Federal Reserve Bank of Boston → Economic Research, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)46.7763.60
49HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France46.8610.13
50World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)47.7483.67
-HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France47.8710.13
-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, Belgium48.1331.86
51Bond University → School of Business, Gold Coast, Australia48.9111
52Bank of England, London, United Kingdom49.6951.06
53Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel51.0220.88
54École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) → Collège du Management de la Technologie, Lausanne, Switzerland51.8920.20
55University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)52.6610.10
56Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria52.9410.56
57Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France53.2061.75
-University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)53.7510.10
58Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany54.3110.91
59Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)56.1320.35
60University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)56.3810.08
-KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics, Leuven, Belgium57.5620.27
61New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)59.3621.10
62Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium59.4832.26
63University of South Africa (UNISA) → College of Economic and Management Sciences, Pretoria, South Africa60.2131.51
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom60.7120.16
64European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain60.87186.34
-Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management → CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, Tilburg, Netherlands61.6760.68
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)62.7320.77
65Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)62.7510.23
-Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business → Center for Business and Public Policy, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)63.7810.23
-University of South Africa (UNISA) → College of Economic and Management Sciences → Department of Economics, Pretoria, South Africa64.2831.49
-Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → TIMES2, Bruxelles, Belgium64.4532.20
66Michigan State University → Economics Department, East Lansing, Michigan (United States)64.6310.16

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
2.26
2Harald Uhlig
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
4.41
3Hyun Song Shin
Bank of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
7.48
4Jean Tirole
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France
8.13
5Erik Brynjolfsson8.24
6Peterson K. Ozili
Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
8.57
7Barry Eichengreen
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
8.62
8Charles Milton Kahn
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → College of Business → Department of Finance, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)
9.42
9Markus K. Brunnermeier
Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
10.44
10Leonardo Gambacorta
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland
11.16
11Simplice A. Asongu
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé, Cameroun
11.78
12Elie I. Bouri
Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon
12.23
13Manju Puri
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
13.09
14David Roubaud
Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France
14.04
15Lin William Cong
Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
14.90
16Douglas J. Cumming
Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)
16.35
17Joanna Stavins
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
16.50
18Oz Shy
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta → Economic Research Department, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
17.52
19Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
17.90
20Susan Athey
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)
17.94
21Darrell Duffie
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)
18.07
22Alex O. Acheampong
Bond University → School of Business, Gold Coast, Australia
19.60
23Pascual Restrepo
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
19.92
24Martin Peitz
Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany
19.93
25David Larry Yermack
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Finance Department, New York City, New York (United States)
23.19
26Matthew Aaron Gentzkow
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
23.85
27Jon Frost
Bank for International Settlements → Representative Office for the Americas, México, Mexico
24.87
28Joel Waldfogel24.88
29Nicholas M. Odhiambo
University of South Africa (UNISA) → College of Economic and Management Sciences → Department of Economics, Pretoria, South Africa
25.96
30Joshua Gans
University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada
26.52
31Zhiguo He
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)
27.24
32Amit Seru
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)
28.08
33Rodney John Garratt
University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) → Department of Economics, Santa Barbara, California (United States)
28.49
34Raphael Auer
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland
29.07
35Luigi Zingales
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
29.57
36Armin Schwienbacher
SKEMA Business School, Lille, France
32.05
37Bernd Skiera
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
34.33
38Tommaso Valletti
Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom
36.56
39Christopher Waller
Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
37.33
40Jonathan Chiu
Bank of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
37.49
41Antoinette Schoar40.07
42Paul Belleflamme
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
41.05
43Catherine Tucker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
42.11
44Guido Tabellini
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy
43.71
45Scott R. Baker
University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business → Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)
44.45
46Johannes Stroebel
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)
45.95
47Wei Xiong
Princeton University → Department of Economics → Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
50.56
48Stijn Claessens
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom
51.63
49Wilbert H van der Klaauw
Federal Reserve Bank of New York → Research and Statistics Group, New York City, New York (United States)
52.28
50Bruno R Biais
HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France
52.75
51Ramana Nanda
Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom
54.14
52Kim P. Huynh
Indiana University → Department of Economics, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
Université d'Orléans → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de gestion → Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orléans (LEO), Orléans, France
54.29
53Bruno Jullien
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France
54.92
54Thomas Philippon
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Finance Department, New York City, New York (United States)
57.42
55Jay Pil Choi
Michigan State University → Economics Department, East Lansing, Michigan (United States)
58.24
56Alistair Milne
Loughborough University → Business School → Economics Group, Loughborough, United Kingdom
59.30
57Ro'ee Levy
Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel
60.41
58Julapa A. Jagtiani
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
60.76
59Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
60.97
60Avi Goldfarb
University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada
61.33
61Catherine Casamatta
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France
62.62
62David Argente
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
63.39
63Yiping Huang
Peking University → China Center for Economic Research (CCER), Beijing, China
Peking University → Institute of Digital Finance, Beijing, China
63.65
64Frank Verboven (F Verboven)
KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics, Leuven, Belgium
64.39
65Eswar Prasad
Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
65.89
66Michael Kumhof
Bank of England, London, United Kingdom
66.09
67Scott Schuh
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston → Economic Research, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
70.87
68Carol A. Corrado
Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business → Center for Business and Public Policy, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
72.68
69Leora F. Klapper
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
73.20
70Giulio Cornelli
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland
73.20
71Nicole Jonker
de Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands
73.30
72Dirk Niepelt
Universität Bern → Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Bern, Switzerland
73.92
73Linda Schilling
Washington University in St. Louis → Olin School of Business, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)
73.99
74Jacques Bughin
Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → TIMES2, Bruxelles, Belgium
78.03
75Pierpaolo Benigno
Universität Bern → Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Bern, Switzerland
78.89
76Ricardo Lagos
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
79.26
77Alessandro Bonatti
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
80.76
78Nicola Cetorelli
Federal Reserve Bank of New York → Research and Statistics Group, New York City, New York (United States)
81.62
79Maria Soledad Martinez Peria
International Monetary Fund (IMF) → Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
83.75
80David M. Byrne
Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
84.20
81Nicholas S. Economides
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
84.79
82Michael Ewens
Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)
87.13
83Jacinta Nwachukwu
University of Central Lancashire → Lancashire Business School, Preston, United Kingdom
87.94
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