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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Utility Models and Prospect Theory, as of May 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1.0071.56
2Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)2.5551.33
3Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy2.66155.40
4McGill University → Department of Economics, Montréal, Canada4.2731.13
5Paris School of Economics, Paris, France4.84195.04
6National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)5.88240.74
7University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)6.7030.25
8Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland9.10102.68
9Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands9.9921.41
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy10.0471.52
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland10.6482.30
-Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Econometrisch Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands11.3110.83
10University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)11.6020.48
11Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)12.2552.26
12Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France13.08112.14
13University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)13.7250.47
14Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)14.2230.93
15Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany15.7051.80
16California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)15.8930.64
17Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom16.1562.21
18University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)16.5040.62
19Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)16.6340.38
20Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)17.8662.70
-Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)17.9540.37
21Georgia State University → J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)18.8020.55
22New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)20.0250.83
23University of East Anglia → School of Economics, Norwich, United Kingdom22.3320.84
24Lille Économie et Management (LEM), Lille, France23.5242.32
25Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom23.5452.44
-University of Glasgow → Adam Smith Business School → Department of Economics, Glasgow, United Kingdom26.7531.68
25University of Glasgow → Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow, United Kingdom26.7531.68
27Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics → Experimental Economics Center, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)28.0151.11
28University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Rady School of Management, La Jolla, California (United States)28.2820.39
29Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)28.4310.53
30Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)29.2762.65
-Universidad de Alicante → Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales → Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico, Alicante, Spain30.9531.26
30Universidad de Alicante → Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Alicante, Spain30.9531.26
-Georgia State University → J. Mack Robinson College of Business → Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)31.2510.28
32National University of Singapore (NUS) → Department of Economics, Singapore, Singapore32.7942.85
33University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)33.0110.23
34HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France33.4351.69
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Scienze delle Decisioni, Milano, Italy33.6342.18
35Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland33.70144.70
36Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France33.9451.98
37Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)34.5641.14
38University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)38.1110.32
39Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)38.3280.56
-Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics → Economic Science Institute (ESI), Orange, California (United States)38.3280.56
40London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom38.3491.32
41University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom39.5050.80
42Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium40.9941.03
43University of Southern California → Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)41.6510.17
44Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)43.8430.15
45Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark44.3151.78
46Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)44.9310.29
47Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg45.88410.79
48Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)46.4710.05
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg46.97410.79
49Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) → Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Paris, France47.60133.25
50Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Rotterdam, Netherlands48.9832.58
51KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium49.0461.05
-KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics, Leuven, Belgium49.0461.05
52Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel49.7820.27
53Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX), Paris, France50.9320.75
54University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)51.2720.18
55University of York → Department of Economics and Related Studies, York, United Kingdom51.7231.64
56Université de Cergy-Pontoise → Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application (THEMA), Cergy-Pontoise, France52.0282.67
57Aix-Marseille Université → École d'Économie d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France52.2693.41
-Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)53.6510.33
57Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)53.6510.33
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia55.1730.92
57Australian National University → College of Business and Economics, Canberra, Australia55.1730.92
60Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)56.2031.98
61Northwestern University → Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Evanston, Illinois (United States)57.2810.07
62Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)57.6720.78
63Université de Lyon → Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Lyon, France61.15103.53
64University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada61.8720.66
65California Institute of Technology → Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience, Pasadena, California (United States)62.2210.11
66Leicester University → School of Business, Leicester, United Kingdom62.2362.81
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom62.2540.43
67Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain62.3341.42
-Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord) → Département Comptabilité, Droit, Finance et Économie, Lille/Paris, France63.6820.48
67Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord), Lille/Paris, France63.6820.48
69Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy63.7010.08
-California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences → Laboratory for Experimental Economics and Political Science, Pasadena, California (United States)64.3810.11
70Università degli Studi di Torino → Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy64.6551.00
71Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands65.3292.14
-Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium66.3130.90
72Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research Centre (SPEAR), Canberra, Australia67.4710.04
73Danmarks Nationalbank, København, Denmark67.7010.42
-Danmarks Nationalbank → Forskning, København, Denmark69.4310.41
74University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)70.1320.23

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Larry Epstein
McGill University → Department of Economics, Montréal, Canada
2.21
2Robert J. Barro
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
2.33
3Peter P. Wakker
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Econometrisch Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands
4.79
4Colin Farrell Camerer9.71
5Edi Karni
Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)
10.14
6Massimo Marinacci
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Scienze delle Decisioni, Milano, Italy
10.88
7Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
10.90
8James Andreoni
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
11.32
9Herve Moulin
University of Glasgow → Adam Smith Business School → Department of Economics, Glasgow, United Kingdom
11.81
10Olivier Blanchard
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
12.09
11Michael Woodford
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
12.22
12Robert Sugden
University of East Anglia → School of Economics, Norwich, United Kingdom
12.55
13Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
13.35
14Glenn W. Harrison
Georgia State University → J. Mack Robinson College of Business → Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
13.45
15Lars Peter Hansen
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
13.87
16Charles Manski
Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
Northwestern University → Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Evanston, Illinois (United States)
14.39
17Jean-Michel Grandmont
Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France
14.83
18John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
15.95
19Uzi Segal
Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)
17.68
20Itzhak Gilboa
Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel
HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France
18.05
21Graciela Chichilnisky
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
18.80
22Tim Bollerslev
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
18.98
23Han Bleichrodt
Universidad de Alicante → Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales → Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico, Alicante, Spain
22.22
24Daniel L. McFadden
University of Southern California → Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
26.56
25Ariel Rubinstein26.87
26Miles Spencer Kimball
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
27.10
27Louis Eeckhoudt
Lille Économie et Management (LEM), Lille, France
27.95
28David Huffman
Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
28.24
29Aldo Rustichini
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
28.88
30Wing-Keung Wong
Asia University → College of Management → Department of Finance, Wufeng, Taiwan
29.01
31Sujoy Mukerji
Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom
29.05
32Tomasz Strzalecki
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
30.18
33David Schmeidler30.34
34Joseph Stiglitz31.43
35Werner B.f. Brouwer
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Rotterdam, Netherlands
33.98
36Uri Gneezy
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Rady School of Management, La Jolla, California (United States)
34.26
37Vernon L. Smith
Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics → Economic Science Institute (ESI), Orange, California (United States)
34.66
38Bernard Salanié (Bernard Salanie)
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
35.25
39Armin Falk
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany
36.39
40Marcos Escobar Anel37.95
41Xavier Gabaix
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
39.28
42Thomas Dohmen
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany
39.77
43B. Douglas Bernheim
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
40.49
44John Hey
University of York → Department of Economics and Related Studies, York, United Kingdom
41.72
45Simon Grant
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia
41.85
46Stefan Nagel
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
43.37
47Jean-Marc Tallon
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
43.39
48Christian Gollier
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France
43.68
49Federico Echenique
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
44.22
50Geert Bekaert
Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
44.54
51Oded Stark
Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland
44.78
52John K.-h. Quah
National University of Singapore (NUS) → Department of Economics, Singapore, Singapore
45.27
53Yoram Halevy
University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada
48.95
54Heng-fu Zou
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) → China Economics and Management Academy, Beijing, China
51.33
55Emmanuel Saez
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
52.22
56Arthur Lewbel
Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)
53.93
57Roland Benabou54.14
58Fabio Maccheroni
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy
55.20
59Charles David Sprenger
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Rady School of Management, La Jolla, California (United States)
55.37
60Marc Fleurbaey
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
56.70
61Raman Uppal
Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord) → Département Comptabilité, Droit, Finance et Économie, Lille/Paris, France
57.20
62Alain Jacques Chateauneuf
Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la Gestion (IPAG), Paris, France
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
58.76
63Ravi Bansal
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business → Finance Area, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
59.03
64Jianjun Miao
Zhejiang University → School of Economics, Hangzhou, China
60.27
65Sydney C. Ludvigson
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
61.10
66Steffen Andersen
Danmarks Nationalbank → Forskning, København, Denmark
61.21
67David Laibson
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
61.79
68Geoffrey Heal
Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
63.15
69André Jean-Louis de Palma (Andre de Palma)
Université de Cergy-Pontoise → Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application (THEMA), Cergy-Pontoise, France
63.31
70Uwe Sunde
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany
63.74
71Ulrich Schmidt64.91
72Elisabet Rutstrom
Georgia State University → J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
65.21
73Soren Johansen
Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark
65.24
74Irina Georgescu
Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti → Facultatea de Cibernetica, Statistica şi Informatica Economica, Bucureşti, Romania
65.46
75Massimo Guidolin
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Finanza, Milano, Italy
66.25
76Andrew Postlewaite
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
66.36
77Luigi Guiso
Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy
67.23
78Peter Hammond
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
67.74
79Francoise Forges
Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) → Centre de Recherches en Mathématiques de la Décision (CEREMADE), Paris, France
Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) → Laboratoire d'Économie de Dauphine (LEDa), Paris, France
68.39
80Harald Uhlig
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
69.16
81Mark Dean
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
70.19
82Pietro Ortoleva
Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
70.22
83Pierre Chiappori
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
70.42
84Daniel Friedman
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Economics Department, Santa Cruz, California (United States)
71.12
85Andrew Caplin
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
73.57
86Ferdinand Vieider
Universiteit Gent → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde → Vakgroep Economie, Gent, Belgium
74.19
87Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
74.48
88Robin Cubitt74.66
89Todd Sarver
Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
76.21
90Paolo Ghirardato
Università degli Studi di Torino → Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy
Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Scienze Economico-Sociali e Matematico-Statistiche, Torino, Italy
78.68
91Paul Klemperer
Oxford University → Department of Economics → Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom
80.38
92Yves Sprumont
Deakin University → Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia
80.70
93Jörg Stoye (Joerg Stoye)
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
81.89
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