Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Law and Economics, as of September 2026

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For Law and Economics, these are 720 institutions and 788 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	47	3.41
2	Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2.46	3	0.22
3	London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	2.49	15	3.66
4	Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)	4.75	4	2.20
5	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France	5.00	10	2.04
6	SKEMA Business School, Lille, France	5.00	1	0.31
7	University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)	7.43	2	0.83
8	Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	9.77	2	0.29
9	University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	9.81	4	0.96
-	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France	10.84	1	0.08
10	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom	10.87	29	0.73
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	11.14	3	0.74
11	Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	12.17	5	0.61
12	University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	12.68	2	0.30
13	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain	12.70	9	2.43
14	Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)	13.03	1	0.11
15	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	13.16	3	0.71
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Financial Markets Group (FMG), London, United Kingdom	15.20	1	0.26
16	Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Napoli, Italy	15.49	10	1.98
17	Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, California (United States)	15.93	1	0.80
18	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy	15.99	9	1.85
-	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain	16.71	6	1.90
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	16.78	7	1.92
19	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	18.63	1	0.12
20	Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	19.32	1	0.41
-	Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	20.35	1	0.41
21	University of Connecticut → Department of Economics, Storrs, Connecticut (United States)	21.04	6	1.67
22	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	22.21	69	1.83
-	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	23.21	68	1.33
23	University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)	26.17	5	1.86
24	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	26.29	12	1.58
25	Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	26.55	2	0.35
26	Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)	26.72	3	1.20
27	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	27.00	4	0.90
28	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France	27.62	6	0.98
-	Brookings Institution → Global Economy and Development Program, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	27.83	1	0.35
29	Harvard University → Harvard School of Law → John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	27.88	3	0.60
30	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	28.60	1	0.10
-	Göteborgs Universitet → Handelshögskolan → Institutionen för Nationalekonomi med Statistik, Göteborg, Sweden	29.80	3	1.11
30	Göteborgs Universitet → Handelshögskolan, Göteborg, Sweden	29.80	3	1.11
-	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	31.41	3	0.78
32	Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	31.83	7	0.93
33	New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	34.39	3	0.49
34	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	35.32	8	3.72
35	Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria	35.35	1	0.22
36	University of Chicago → NORC, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	35.36	1	0.27
-	New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)	35.40	3	0.49
37	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany	36.72	2	0.25
38	Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)	37.87	1	0.23
39	Università degli Studi di Torino → Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy	37.90	5	1.14
40	Universität Hamburg → Institut für Recht und Ökonomik, Hamburg, Germany	41.12	10	6.93
41	Columbia University → School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), New York City, New York (United States)	41.31	3	0.39
42	European University Institute → Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), Firenze, Italy	43.67	2	0.10
43	Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	45.29	3	0.37
44	Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" → Facoltà di Economia, Roma, Italy	45.71	4	0.71
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Finanza, Milano, Italy	45.82	2	0.17
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS), Paris, France	46.51	2	0.51
-	Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" → Facoltà di Economia → Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Roma, Italy	46.74	4	0.71
45	University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada	48.15	1	0.10
46	George Mason University → Law and Economics Center, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	48.49	1	0.74
47	Louisiana State University → Ourso College of Business, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (United States)	49.15	2	0.87
48	Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia	49.44	3	0.39
49	Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	49.77	4	0.12
-	Louisiana State University → Ourso College of Business → Department of Economics, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (United States)	50.26	2	0.87
-	Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia	50.45	3	0.39
50	Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany	50.60	2	0.24
-	Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), Toulouse, France	51.70	2	0.56
51	Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy	51.82	6	0.31
52	Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway	51.92	6	1.75
53	Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)	52.03	2	0.08
54	Banca d'Italia, Roma, Italy	54.80	9	3.29
55	Università degli Studi di Bergamo → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bergamo, Italy	55.08	3	0.77
56	New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	56.70	2	0.62
57	The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies → International Economics Section, Genève, Switzerland	58.02	1	0.55
58	University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong	58.83	1	0.15
59	University of Oregon → Department of Economics, Eugene, Oregon (United States)	61.84	2	1.45
60	Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany	62.13	1	0.07
61	City St George's → Bayes Business School, London, United Kingdom	62.55	1	0.36
62	Georgia Institute of Technology → School of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)	63.62	2	1.12
63	University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	63.91	1	0.38
64	Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)	64.22	2	0.73
65	University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	65.02	1	0.11
66	Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)	65.44	2	0.28
67	Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany	66.17	5	1.90
68	University of Texas-Austin → School of Civic Leadership, Austin, Texas (United States)	66.48	1	0.41
69	Texas A&M University → Department of Economics, College Station, Texas (United States)	67.97	2	1.01
70	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland	68.55	5	0.84
71	CESifo, München, Germany	68.60	30	1.21
72	Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	69.83	6	1.06

Top Authors

Rank	Author	Score
1	Andrei Shleifer Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	1.33
2	Carl Shapiro University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)	3.58
3	Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes SKEMA Business School, Lille, France	4.35
4	Jennifer Reinganum Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)	5.92
5	Rafael La Porta National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	6.45
6	Steven M. Shavell National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	7.75
7	Jean Tirole Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, France	9.53
8	Stephen Machin London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	9.61
9	Oliver D. Hart Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	10.64
10	Ross Levine Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)	12.77
11	Richard A. Posner	13.15
12	Steven Levitt University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	14.61
13	Stefan Voigt Universität Hamburg → Institut für Recht und Ökonomik, Hamburg, Germany	16.58
14	A. Mitchell Polinsky Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, California (United States)	17.02
15	Simeon Djankov London School of Economics (LSE) → Financial Markets Group (FMG), London, United Kingdom	17.31
16	Lucian Bebchuk Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) Harvard University → Harvard School of Law → John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	17.38
17	Christian Leuz University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	17.46
18	W Kip Viscusi Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)	19.01
19	Sendhil Mullainathan Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	20.00
20	Andrew F. Daughety Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)	20.92
21	Timothy Besley London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	22.14
22	Rafael Di Tella Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	22.14
23	Joseph Stiglitz	23.13
24	W. Bentley Macleod Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	23.42
25	Bronwyn H Hall University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	23.60
26	Suzanne Scotchmer †	23.83
27	Friedrich Georg Schneider Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria	24.33
28	David Evans	25.66
29	Nuno Garoupa George Mason University → Law and Economics Center, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	27.52
30	Randi Hjalmarsson Göteborgs Universitet → Handelshögskolan → Institutionen för Nationalekonomi med Statistik, Göteborg, Sweden	28.90
31	Alma Cohen	30.97
32	Daniel Kaufmann Brookings Institution → Global Economy and Development Program, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	31.65
33	Tim Friehe Philipps-Universität Marburg → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Marburg, Germany	32.58
34	John J. Donohue	33.66
35	Douglas J. Cumming Stevens Institute of Technology → School of Business, Hoboken, New Jersey (United States)	37.40
36	Thomas Miceli University of Connecticut → Department of Economics, Storrs, Connecticut (United States)	37.85
37	Adam Jaffe Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	39.12
38	Louis Kaplow National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	39.61
39	Luigi Zingales University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	40.46
40	Massimo Motta Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain	40.56
41	Marco Pagano Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Napoli, Italy	40.90
42	Nicola Gennaioli Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Finanza, Milano, Italy	44.02
43	Alan Schwartz	44.25
44	Jens Ludwig University of Chicago → NORC, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	45.45
45	Edward Ludwig Glaeser	45.46
46	Roland Benabou	45.99
47	Rajeev K. Goel FLAME University → Department of Economics, Pune, India	46.49
48	Orley Ashenfelter Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States) Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	46.96
49	Daniel Li Chen Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) → Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), Toulouse, France	51.01
50	Alberto Alesina †	51.75
51	Christoph Engel Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern, Bonn, Germany	53.29
52	Damien J. Neven The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies → International Economics Section, Genève, Switzerland	54.37
53	Raymond Fisman Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	56.21
54	Will Dobbie Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	57.66
55	Jennifer Hunt Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)	58.14
56	Naci H. Mocan Louisiana State University → Ourso College of Business → Department of Economics, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (United States)	59.75
57	Benito Arruñada (Benito Arrunada) Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain	60.67
58	Peter Murrell University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	62.77
59	Stefano Scarpetta Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS), Paris, France	63.19
60	Chen Lin University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong	65.31
61	Matthieu Chemin McGill University → Department of Economics, Montréal, Canada	65.33
62	Janet Currie Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	65.97
63	Mark Hoekstra University of Texas-Austin → School of Civic Leadership, Austin, Texas (United States)	66.40
64	Thorsten Beck European University Institute → Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), Firenze, Italy	66.46
65	Dietmar Harhoff Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany	66.72
66	Winand Emons Universität Bern → Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Bern, Switzerland	67.95
67	Rodrigo R. Soares Insper → Unidade do Negócios e Economia, São Paulo, Brazil	68.34
68	Giancarlo Spagnolo Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" → Facoltà di Economia → Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Roma, Italy	68.68
69	Henrik Horn Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	69.94
70	Nicola Persico New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States) Università degli Studi di Torino → Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy	72.18
71	Bruno S. Frey Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland	72.90
72	Gordon B. Dahl University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)	73.21
73	Aaron Edlin University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	74.61
74	James Anderson Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)	75.31
75	Benjamin Hansen University of Oregon → Department of Economics, Eugene, Oregon (United States)	76.05
76	Urs Fischbacher Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany	76.23
77	Yeon-Koo Che University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States) Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	77.03
78	Michelle White †	78.50

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