Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Public Finance, as of August 2026

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There are 9358 institutions with 74012 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For Public Finance, these are 696 institutions and 758 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	1	39	2.22
2	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	2.00	10	2.79
3	Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	3.17	6	0.67
4	University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)	4.21	3	0.92
5	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	4.93	4	1.06
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	6.33	5	0.40
7	International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	6.41	11	5.62
-	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics → Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, Berkeley, California (United States)	7.18	1	0.38
8	University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)	8.51	2	0.72
9	London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	8.81	7	0.82
-	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	10.18	3	0.75
10	Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	10.24	4	1.67
-	University of Michigan → Ross School of Business → Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)	11.09	1	0.32
10	University of Michigan → Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)	11.09	1	0.32
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	11.71	3	0.62
12	Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	11.90	13	2.19
13	ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany	13.03	12	1.80
14	University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	13.97	6	1.36
15	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom	14.18	25	0.68
16	Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom	16.21	6	0.76
17	Michigan State University → Economics Department, East Lansing, Michigan (United States)	16.44	2	1.40
-	Oxford University → Saïd Business School → Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford, United Kingdom	17.21	6	0.76
18	Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	18.39	1	0.25
19	Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)	19.59	4	0.39
20	University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	19.61	5	0.38
21	Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	20.98	2	0.61
22	Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)	22.72	5	2.30
23	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy	24.14	4	0.27
24	Queen's University → Economics Department, Kingston, Canada	25.36	3	0.61
25	Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)	25.47	2	0.46
26	Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	26.65	2	0.07
27	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland	26.68	6	1.70
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy	29.02	1	0.11
28	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain	29.89	6	1.44
29	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	30.33	5	0.23
30	University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	31.62	3	1.16
31	Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	33.10	2	0.56
32	CESifo, München, Germany	33.53	55	1.39
33	Uppsala Universitet → Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala, Sweden	33.87	7	1.45
34	Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel	33.91	1	0.33
35	Stockholms Universitet → Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm, Sweden	34.89	1	0.10
36	University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)	35.43	3	0.80
37	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France	36.66	5	1.22
-	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	36.79	3	1.52
38	Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management, Tilburg, Netherlands	37.14	2	0.35
39	University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	37.79	1	0.17
40	UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia	38.53	3	0.54
-	Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management → CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, Tilburg, Netherlands	39.88	1	0.26
-	Brookings Institution → Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	41.19	1	0.38
41	University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada	42.27	2	0.58
-	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	43.59	3	0.42
42	University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)	44.19	2	0.79
-	UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia	44.19	3	0.48
43	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	44.34	42	2.64
44	University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom	44.63	4	1.04
45	Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)	44.84	1	0.53
46	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	45.01	8	2.45
-	Uppsala Universitet → Nationalekonomiska Institutionen → Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies (UCFS), Uppsala, Sweden	45.27	5	0.67
47	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France	45.29	4	0.50
48	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	45.37	8	2.95
49	University of Rochester → William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, Rochester, New York (United States)	46.41	1	0.15
50	Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway	46.74	9	4.21
51	Victoria University of Wellington → Wellington School of Business and Government, Wellington, New Zealand	46.76	3	1.07
52	Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	48.06	5	0.89
53	European Commission → Directorate-General Taxation and Custom Union, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	49.13	3	1.74
-	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	49.30	38	0.85
54	Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	51.85	1	0.56
55	Rice University → Department of Economics, Houston, Texas (United States)	52.15	1	0.63
56	Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)	52.48	1	0.22
-	Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	52.86	1	0.56
-	Arizona State University → W.P. Carey School of Business → Department of Economics, Tempe, Arizona (United States)	56.38	1	0.29
56	Arizona State University → W.P. Carey School of Business, Tempe, Arizona (United States)	56.38	1	0.29
58	University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom	56.78	2	0.18
59	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland	57.44	5	1.11
-	Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for foretaksøkonomi, Bergen, Norway	59.27	3	1.24
-	University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	62.67	1	0.82
60	University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom	63.26	4	0.57
61	European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain	63.63	11	3.16
62	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	64.11	1	0.37
63	Helsingin Yliopisto → Valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta → Politiikan ja Talouden Tutkimuksen Laitos, Helsinki, Finland	66.61	2	0.72
-	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	66.93	3	0.08
64	Stony Brook University - SUNY → Economics Department, Stony Brook, New York (United States)	67.06	1	0.32
65	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern, Bonn, Germany	67.15	2	0.12
66	Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics → International Center for Public Policy, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	67.83	5	1.50
67	Tampereen Yliopisto → Johtamisen ja talouden tiedekunta, Tampere, Finland	69.65	2	0.69
-	Tampereen Yliopisto → Johtamisen ja talouden tiedekunta → Kansantaloustieteen laitos, Tampere, Finland	70.66	2	0.69
-	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain	71.23	2	0.16
68	Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)	71.69	1	0.36
69	Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel	73.13	2	0.17

Top Authors

Rank	Author	Score
1	Joel 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)	1.70
2	Martin S. Feldstein †	2.25
3	Emmanuel Saez University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	2.87
4	Alan Auerbach University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics → Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, Berkeley, California (United States)	3.98
5	James Poterba Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	7.35
6	Lawrence H. Summers	8.02
7	N. Gregory Mankiw Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	10.72
8	Stephen Coate National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)	11.62
9	James Alm Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)	11.69
10	Roger H. Gordon University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)	11.90
11	Michael Keen International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	12.58
12	James R. Hines, Jr. University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)	12.75
13	Stephen P. Zeldes Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	13.66
14	John Douglas Wilson Michigan State University → Economics Department, East Lansing, Michigan (United States)	13.97
15	Michael P. Devereux Oxford University → Saïd Business School → Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford, United Kingdom	14.21
16	Robert Glenn Hubbard Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	17.46
17	Laurence Kotlikoff Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	19.67
18	Alberto Alesina †	19.72
19	Xavier Sala-i-Martin Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	20.64
20	Joseph Stiglitz	21.16
21	Gabriel Zucman Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	21.29
22	Robin Boadway Queen's University → Economics Department, Kingston, Canada	22.16
23	Andrei Shleifer Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	22.42
24	Torsten Persson Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom Stockholms Universitet → Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm, Sweden National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	23.29
25	Guy Laroque University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	24.00
26	Stefanie Stantcheva Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	24.42
27	Whitney Newey Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	26.19
28	Hans-Werner Sinn ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany	29.68
29	Gilbert Metcalf Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)	31.99
30	Raj Chetty Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	32.22
31	Timothy Besley London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	34.92
32	Wojciech Kopczuk Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	34.94
33	Guido Tabellini Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy	35.41
34	Ruud A. de Mooij International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	41.43
35	William Glenn Gale Brookings Institution → Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	42.03
36	Eytan Sheshinski Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel	42.50
37	Clemens Fuest ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany	42.84
38	Andrew Samwick Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	43.58
39	Kevin Allen Hassett Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)	44.47
40	George R. Zodrow Rice University → Department of Economics, Houston, Texas (United States)	44.88
41	Richard M. Bird †	45.25
42	John Creedy Victoria University of Wellington → Wellington School of Business and Government, Wellington, New Zealand	47.12
43	Louis Kaplow National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	47.77
44	A.L.Bovenberg Universiteit van Tilburg → School of Economics and Management → CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business, Tilburg, Netherlands	49.12
45	James Andreoni University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)	49.42
46	Thomas Sargent	49.52
47	David E. Card	49.90
48	Bruce D. Meyer	50.08
49	Bronwyn H Hall University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	51.07
50	Owen Zidar Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)	51.21
51	Dirk Krueger University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	52.16
52	Sören Blomquist (Soren Blomquist) Uppsala Universitet → Nationalekonomiska Institutionen → Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies (UCFS), Uppsala, Sweden	52.28
53	Matthew C Weinzierl Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	55.06
54	Thomas Piketty Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	55.52
55	Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato (Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato) Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	56.25
56	Ray Rees †	57.04
57	Narayana Kocherlakota University of Rochester → William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, Rochester, New York (United States)	57.51
58	Iván Werning (Ivan Werning) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	58.19
59	Casey Mulligan University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	59.84
60	David R. Agrawal University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)	60.50
61	Matthew D. Shapiro University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)	60.78
62	Florian Scheuer Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	60.81
63	Andreas Peichl ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany	62.55
64	Andreas Haufler Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	65.22
65	Edward Ludwig Glaeser	65.65
66	Pierre Pestieau 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	69.11
67	Jorge Martinez-Vazquez Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics → International Center for Public Policy, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	69.71
68	Helmuth Cremer Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France	70.23
69	Firouz Gahvari University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	71.84
70	James J. Heckman University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	72.17
71	Benjamin B Lockwood University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	73.17
72	Danny Yagan University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	73.43
73	Don Fullerton National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → College of Business → Department of Finance, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	74.04
74	Jonathan Heathcote Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	74.21
75	Michael Grossman	74.62

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