| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | USA | 5.75 |
| 2 | Harvard U | USA | 5.56 |
| 3 | Yale U | USA | 4.99 |
| 4 | Princeton U | USA | 4.76 |
| 5 | U Chicago | USA | 4.64 |
| 6 | U Toulouse I (Sciences Sociales) | France | 3.87 |
| 7 | U California – Berkeley | USA | 3.77 |
| 8 | Northwestern U | USA | 3.73 |
| 9 | New York U (NYU) | USA | 3.66 |
| 10 | London School of Economics | UK | 3.57 |
| 11 | U Pennsylvania | USA | 3.51 |
| 12 | U California – San Diego | USA | 3.25 |
| 13 | U California – Los Angeles | USA | 3.19 |
| 14 | Stanford U | USA | 3.12 |
| 15 | Boston U | USA | 3.08 |
| 16 | U Wisconsin – Madison | USA | 3.07 |
| 17 | U Rochester | USA | 3.03 |
| 18 | U Texas – Austin | USA | 3.01 |
| 19 | Columbia U | USA | 2.93 |
| 20 | Brown U | USA | 2.85 |
Source: Productivity ranking from econphd.net. The ranking is based on the average number of equivalent papers published by a department’s top 15 authors.
Economics in Toulouse is now taught (in English) in the Toulouse School of Economics, research takes place in the excellent Institut D’Economie Industrielle.
July 30, 2007 at 08:38 |
Frankly, I’m a little surprised that Stanford is number 14 and London School of Economics at 10. I would have figured these two schools would have been ranked higher on the list.
July 30, 2007 at 13:43 |
Yes, but note what the ranking is based on. It doesn’t tell you anything about the quality of education, at least not directly.
August 23, 2007 at 14:12 |
I disagree with the rankings becuz i tink University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) is the best school for finanace and economics and University of Berkeley closely follows. What are the rankings based on? Peer assesment or Overall experience?
March 22, 2008 at 22:56 |
lol no offense but a french uni comin high in best economics iunis? not bein races but u ever been 2 france???? im an english french student and let me tell you most of the people i have met dont give a fuck about money do you know how long their weeks r ????
March 25, 2008 at 18:10 |
does anyone know if the international and development econ program at university of san francisco is any good?
June 16, 2008 at 21:31 |
Toulouse is quite good indeed.
July 18, 2008 at 10:24 |
MIT is definitely the best in Economics
August 7, 2008 at 19:44 |
cud someone pls tell me the best schools for international finance & economics or financial economics, and how come its only london school of economics thats on d list from d UK,i expected to see more schools on d list
October 21, 2008 at 22:28 |
i thought havarrd was the best one,i am perplex with this.
February 3, 2009 at 11:33 |
The ranking is based on the average number of equivalent papers published by a department’s top 15 authors.
February 27, 2009 at 07:47 |
The criterion of ranking of the universities is said to be based on the number of papers published by a department’s top 15 authors. I am wondering whether this is an appropriate way of ranking a university in the fields of social sciences.
April 16, 2009 at 05:44 |
I think this is a little bias. How come most of all on the list are colleges from US? Because of the publsher’s nationality, huh?
April 22, 2009 at 01:04 |
Do anyone now the ranking of Oakland University and Wayne State University in Michigan?
September 14, 2009 at 09:40 |
Well, many people acknowledge that LSE is the best in the world in economics.
Rankings generally don’t mean anything. If you look at QS World Rankings you can see that a Swiss university is ranked higher than UC Berkeley.