OVERALL RANKING OF ECONOMISTS (TOP 500) 1979-1983

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Note that to compute the rankings I used the same weights I used to compute the 1994-1998 rankings (This implies that it doesn't take into account that the quality of journals might change over time).
Rank Name Average Rank
1 Feldstein,-Martin 2.36364
2 Stiglitz,-Joseph-E. 3.18182
3 Barro,-Robert-J. 11
4 Turnovsky,-Stephen-J. 12.0909
5 Friedman,-Benjamin-M. 23.3636
6 Abel,-Andrew-B. 23.5455
7 Frenkel,-Jacob-A. 24
8 Baumol,-William-J. 25.7273
9 Auerbach,-Alan-J. 25.8182
10 Epstein,-Larry-G. 25.9091
11 Fischer,-Stanley 29.1818
12 Hart,-Oliver 30.3636
13 Mishkin,-Frederic-S. 31.0909
14 Summers,-Lawrence-H. 31.2727
15 White,-Halbert 33.9091
16 Grossman,-Sanford-J. 34.0909
17 Schmalensee,-Richard 35.4545
18 Akerlof,-George-A. 37.5455
19 McCallum,-Bennett-T. 39.1818
20 Obstfeld,-Maurice 46
21 Nickell,-Stephen 48.3636
22 Taylor,-John-B. 54.6364
23 Fair,-Ray-C. 57
24 Jordan,-J.-S. 60.6364
25 Sargan,-J.-Denis 65
26 Crawford,-Vincent 68.5455
27 Sargent,-Thomas-J. 68.9091
28 Mitra,-Tapan 70
29 Blinder,-Alan-S. 72.1818
30 Laffont,-Jean-Jacques 72.3636
31 Fama,-Eugene-F. 72.5455
32 Gordon,-Robert-J. 75.6364
33 Polemarchakis,-Herakles-M. 75.8182
34 Bhagwati,-Jagdish 76.5455
35 Phillips,-Peter-C.-B. 76.7273
36 Hall,-Robert-E. 78.8182
37 Sachs,-Jeffrey-D. 79.1818
38 Blanchard,-Olivier-Jean 80.6364
39 Diewert,-W.-Erwin 80.9091
40 Buiter,-Willem-H. 81.9091
41 Lee,-Lung-fei 82.7273
42 Helpman,-Elhanan 85
43 Whalley,-John 87.7273
44 Plott,-Charles-R. 90.3636
45 Holmstrom,-Bengt 95.6364
46 Williamson,-Oliver-E. 96.5455
47 Leamer,-Edward-E. 97.5455
48 Krugman,-Paul-R. 101.727
49 Roley,-V.-Vance 102
50 Allen,-Beth 102.182
51 Viscusi,-W.-Kip 103.273
52 Cornell,-Bradford 104.545
53 Freeman,-Richard-B. 108.182
54 Baron,-David-P. 108.636
55 Pindyck,-Robert-S. 111.364
56 Calvo,-Guillermo-A. 116.364
57 Rosenzweig,-Mark-R. 116.455
58 Verrecchia,-Robert-E. 119.818
59 Roberts,-Kevin 120
60 Eden,-Benjamin 120.182
61 Sen,-Amartya 122.455
62 Levy,-Haim 123.182
63 Roemer,-John-E. 125.818
64 Shiller,-Robert-J. 126.091
65 Moulin,-Herve 127.182
66 Cukierman,-Alex 128
67 Sims,-Christopher-A. 130.364
68 Barnett,-William-A. 130.909
69 Eaton,-Jonathan 132.545
70 Lazear,-Edward-P. 132.818
71 Ethier,-Wilfred-J. 132.909
72 Rosen,-Harvey-S. 134.909
73 Jovanovic,-Boyan 135.182
74 Hausman,-Jerry-A. 135.273
75 Pollak,-Robert-A. 137.727
76 Willig,-Robert-D. 138.545
77 Leiderman,-Leonardo 138.727
78 Rosen,-Sherwin 139
79 Layard,-Richard 140.273
80 MacDonald,-Glenn-M. 140.636
81 Reinganum,-Jennifer-F. 144.364
82 Borjas,-George-J. 145.636
83 Fisher,-Franklin-M. 145.636
84 Flood,-Robert-P. 145.636
85 Weitzman,-Martin-L. 146.818
86 Ross,-Stephen-A. 148.364
87 Myerson,-Roger-B. 150.727
88 Chamberlain,-Gary 152.455
89 Singleton,-Kenneth-J. 155.364
90 Shorrocks,-Anthony-F. 155.818
91 Riley,-John-G. 156.545
92 Samuelson,-Paul-A. 157.909
93 Amemiya,-Takeshi 161.364
94 Townsend,-Robert-M. 163.455
95 von-Furstenberg,-George-M. 164.364
96 Green,-Jerry-R. 167.636
97 Kotlikoff,-Laurence-J. 173.273
98 Carlton,-Dennis-W. 177.091
99 Weiss,-Laurence 185.909
100 Milgrom,-Paul 187.636
101 Frankel,-Jeffrey-A. 188.455
102 Ram,-Rati 189.455
103 Kiefer,-Nicholas-M. 189.818
104 Dixit,-Avinash 190.091
105 Nelson,-Richard-R. 194.727
106 Dybvig,-Philip-H. 197.727
107 Bewley,-Truman-F. 197.818
108 Grossman,-Gene-M. 197.909
109 Fishburn,-Peter-C. 199.455
110 Guesnerie,-Roger 200
111 Svensson,-Lars-E.-O. 205
112 Stein,-Jerome-L. 205.727
113 Mayer,-Thomas 206.364
114 Hamermesh,-Daniel-S. 210.455
115 Lucas,-Robert-E., Jr. 213.545
116 Pissarides,-Christopher-A. 215.364
117 Muellbauer,-John-N.-J. 217.909
118 West,-Edwin-G. 220.091
119 Karni,-Edi 220.364
120 Smith,-Vernon-L. 225.455
121 Tollison,-Robert-D. 225.727
122 Varian,-Hal-R. 227
123 Laidler,-David 227.364
124 Chichilnisky,-Graciela 227.455
125 Ashenfelter,-Orley 228.364
126 Yitzhaki,-Shlomo 228.636
127 Buchanan,-James-M. 230.182
128 Smith,-Gary 232
129 Bardhan,-Pranab 232.273
130 Hansen,-Lars-Peter 234.727
131 Arnott,-Richard 235.091
132 Dornbusch,-Rudiger 236.727
133 Irvine,-F.-Owen 236.727
134 Kreps,-David-M. 237.091
135 Deardorff,-Alan-V. 238.545
136 Thomson,-William 240.727
137 Das,-Satya-P. 240.909
138 Jonung,-Lars 244
139 Engle,-Robert-F. 245
140 Santomero,-Anthony-M. 246.818
141 Wilde,-Louis-L. 247.273
142 Bhattacharya,-Sudipto 247.455
143 Tobin,-James 249.545
144 Balasko,-Yves 253.091
145 Nelson,-Charles-R. 253.909
146 Henderson,-J.-Vernon 254.545
147 Kane,-Edward-J. 260
148 Heiner,-Ronald-A. 260.818
149 Neary,-J.-Peter 264.273
150 Ng,-Yew-Kwang 266.636
151 Dasgupta,-Partha 271.091
152 Howitt,-Peter 271.091
153 Rotemberg,-Julio-J. 271.818
154 Kohn,-Robert 275.636
155 Gramlich,-Edward-M. 276.636
156 Pesaran,-M.-Hashem 285.545
157 Hendry,-David-F. 288.182
158 Wilson,-Charles-A. 292.545
159 Diamond,-Peter-A. 293.545
160 Laitner,-John 295.182
161 Rasche,-Robert-H. 296.818
162 Young,-Leslie 296.818
163 Conlisk,-John 298.636
164 Morimune,-Kimio 301.364
165 Welch,-Finis 302.636
166 Wallace,-Neil 303.818
167 Chipman,-John-S. 307.364
168 Radner,-Roy 309.909
169 LeRoy,-Stephen-F. 314
170 Weiss,-Andrew-A. 321.636
171 Moffitt,-Robert-A. 325.091
172 Leibenstein,-Harvey 328.545
173 Masulis,-Ronald-W. 331.545
174 Mussa,-Michael 331.545
175 Siegel,-Jeremy-J. 332.727
176 Leffler,-Keith-B. 333.182
177 Clotfelter,-Charles-T. 335
178 Meltzer,-Allan-H. 337
179 Darity,-William, Jr. 337.818
180 Panagariya,-Arvind 340.364
181 Schmidt,-Peter 341
182 Deaton,-Angus 342.273
183 Gallant,-A.-Ronald 342.273
184 Seidman,-Laurence-S. 343.545
185 Constantinides,-George-M. 345.273
186 Bhandari,-Jagdeep-S. 351.636
187 Stokey,-Nancy-L. 353.182
188 Monfort,-Alain 354.636
189 Fields,-Gary-S. 355.091
190 James,-Christopher 355.364
191 King,-Robert-G. 357.364
192 McKinnon,-Ronald-I. 359
193 Gourieroux,-Christian 362.909
194 Loury,-Glenn-C. 365.182
195 Greenberg,-Joseph 370.909
196 Hendershott,-Patric-H. 371.455
197 Figlewski,-Stephen 371.818
198 Razin,-Assaf 372.364
199 Hsiao,-Cheng 374.455
200 Smith,-Clifford-W., Jr. 375.273
201 Starrett,-David-A. 375.636
202 Rodriguez,-Carlos-Alfredo 377.182
203 Ehrenberg,-Ronald-G. 379.455
204 Makowski,-Louis 380.364
205 Gale,-Douglas 381.273
206 Seater,-John-J. 382.364
207 Tomes,-Nigel 384.455
208 Driskill,-Robert-A. 388.273
209 Hashimoto,-Masanori 389.909
210 Christensen,-Laurits-Rolf 392.818
211 Lewis,-Tracy-R. 394.727
212 Long,-James-E. 396.818
213 Medoff,-James-L. 397.455
214 Hu,-Sheng-Cheng 398.182
215 Schwert,-G.-William 399
216 Shavell,-Steven 400.182
217 Flannery,-Mark-J. 401.636
218 Zabalza,-Antonio 404.636
219 Bruno,-Michael 406.909
220 Thompson,-Earl-A. 409.545
221 Bourguignon,-Francois 409.727
222 Hey,-John-D. 414.636
223 Olsen,-Randall-J. 416.909
224 Hellwig,-Martin 417.364
225 Plosser,-Charles-I. 420.909
226 King,-Mervyn 421
227 Rose-Ackerman,-Susan 421
228 Bernanke,-Ben-S. 424
229 Linneman,-Peter 424
230 Wright,-Brian-D. 424
231 Bordo,-Michael-D. 424.273
232 Geweke,-John-F. 426.545
233 Firth,-Michael 430.091
234 Sutton,-John 430.455
235 Minford,-Patrick 431.273
236 Gersovitz,-Mark 433.909
237 Kaneko,-Mamoru 434.727
238 Siegfried,-John-J. 434.727
239 Sunder,-Shyam 438.818
240 Hammond,-Peter-J. 440.909
241 Amihud,-Yakov 441.091
242 Mills,-David-E. 442
243 Cuddington,-John-T. 444.727
244 Becker,-Robert-A. 447.091
245 Sobel,-Joel 447.545
246 Startz,-Richard 449.091
247 Silber,-William-L. 450.182
248 Bryant,-John 450.364
249 Harris,-Milton 450.636
250 Sapir,-Andre 452.909
251 Brecher,-Richard-A. 459
252 Zeckhauser,-Richard 459.364
253 Elliott,-John-E. 463
254 Kohli,-Ulrich 463.545
255 Mas-Colell,-Andreu 465
256 Caves,-Douglas 467.727
257 Cowell,-Frank-A. 477.182
258 Griliches,-Zvi 482.909
259 Robson,-Arthur-J. 483.364
260 Olson,-Mancur, Jr. 489.364
261 Blejer,-Mario-I. 489.909
262 Makin,-John-H. 491.273
263 Musgrove,-Philip 494.636
264 Wilson,-Robert 501.909
265 Srinivasan,-T.-N. 506.273
266 Rosen,-Kenneth-T. 508.182
267 Parsons,-Donald-O. 508.364
268 Weisbrod,-Burton-A. 510.818
269 Kapur,-Basant-K. 511.727
270 Cheng,-Hsueh-Cheng 512.182
271 Malcomson,-James-M. 514
272 Temin,-Peter 515.545
273 Blackorby,-Charles 518.727
274 Rubinstein,-Ariel 521.182
275 Bartel,-Ann-P. 521.455
276 Pesando,-James-E. 524.091
277 MaCurdy,-Thomas 525.364
278 Wright,-Gavin 525.909
279 Balcer,-Yves 527.364
280 Salop,-Steven-C. 528.455
281 Clark,-Kim-B. 528.545
282 Woodland,-Alan-D. 528.818
283 Murrell,-Peter 532.818
284 Mayshar,-Joram 533.818
285 Main,-Brian-G.-M. 535.636
286 Elliott,-J.-Walter 537.364
287 Anderson,-James-E. 539.182
288 Laroque,-Guy 539.364
289 Just,-Richard-E. 543.545
290 Woglom,-Geoffrey 545.091
291 Riddell,-W.-Craig 546
292 Hildenbrand,-W. 550.727
293 Yinger,-John 551
294 Liebowitz,-S.-J. 555.273
295 Lombra,-Raymond-E. 560
296 Grossman,-Herschel-I. 560.455
297 Markusen,-James-R. 560.455
298 Greene,-William-H. 565.182
299 Tatom,-John-A. 565.636
300 Ruback,-Richard-S. 565.818
301 Drazen,-Allan 568.636
302 Norman,-George 568.818
303 Oster,-Sharon-M. 570.636
304 Caves,-Richard-E. 571.364
305 Leland,-Hayne-E. 572.091
306 Heckman,-James-J. 572.727
307 Telser,-Lester-G. 576.091
308 Topel,-Robert-H. 576.364
309 Pagan,-Adrian-R. 577.364
310 Christ,-Carl-F. 577.636
311 Canzoneri,-Matthew-B. 578.727
312 Hillman,-Arye-L. 585.727
313 Koenker,-Roger 586.455
314 Posner,-Richard-A. 587.091
315 Pudney,-Stephen 589.818
316 Ito,-Takatoshi 593.818
317 Wales,-Terence-J. 594.182
318 Wise,-David-A. 594.545
319 Griffin,-James-M. 596.364
320 Azariadis,-Costas 597.091
321 Link,-Albert-N. 597.455
322 Tanzi,-Vito 599
323 Kehoe,-Timothy-J. 599.364
324 Anderson,-Ronald-W. 601.273
325 Taylor,-William-E. 602.273
326 Tirole,-Jean 602.909
327 Spulber,-Daniel-F. 603.273
328 Doherty,-Neil-A. 603.909
329 Kahn,-Lawrence-M. 604.909
330 Kemp,-Murray-C. 605.364
331 Sloan,-Frank-A. 605.636
332 Futia,-Carl-A. 607
333 Inman,-Robert-P. 607.636
334 Rubinfeld,-Daniel-L. 608
335 Small,-Kenneth-A. 608.364
336 Mansfield,-Edwin 609.909
337 Matthews,-Steven-A. 612.364
338 Boland,-Lawrence-A. 614
339 Kalay,-Avner 615
340 Findlay,-Ronald 615.091
341 Garbade,-Kenneth-D. 618
342 Polinsky,-A.-Mitchell 619.182
343 Brueckner,-Jan-K. 619.364
344 Fry,-Maxwell-J. 622
345 Brennan,-Geoffrey 623.091
346 Weymark,-John-A. 623.545
347 Solow,-Robert-M. 630.091
348 Harris,-Richard-G. 630.727
349 Weiss,-Yoram 632.818
350 Fellner,-William-J. 636.364
351 Anderson,-G.-J. 637.091
352 Sandler,-Todd 639.182
353 Manning,-Richard-L. 640.091
354 Scherer,-F.-M. 640.727
355 Ray,-Edward-John 640.818
356 Weber,-Warren-E. 641.273
357 Witte,-Ann-Dryden 641.455
358 Kanbur,-S.-M. 644.273
359 Krasker,-William-S. 645.636
360 Hochman,-Oded 654
361 Hutchens,-Robert-M. 655.636
362 Roth,-Alvin-E. 656.364
363 Khan,-M.-Ali 656.455
364 Hamilton,-Bruce-W. 656.545
365 Panzar,-John-C. 659.364
366 Heal,-Geoffrey-M. 659.636
367 Benhabib,-Jess 659.727
368 Stigler,-George-J. 665.273
369 De-Vany,-Arthur 666.455
370 Boadway,-Robin 666.909
371 Pencavel,-John 668.727
372 Lieberman,-Charles 669.182
373 Salemi,-Michael-K. 675.182
374 Suzumura,-Kotaro 676.364
375 Johnson,-Ronald-N. 677.091
376 Hirsch,-Barry-T. 677.545
377 Newbery,-David-M. 681.545
378 Ordover,-Janusz-A. 681.545
379 Sandmo,-Agnar 681.545
380 Schotter,-Andrew 684.636
381 Lippman,-Steven-A. 685.636
382 Schaefer,-Stephen-M. 686.091
383 Maskin,-Eric-S. 687.091
384 Sumner,-Michael 689.455
385 Davidson,-Russell 690.455
386 Kornai,-Janos 691
387 Ioannides,-Yannis-M. 691.455
388 Stewart,-Marion-B. 694.091
389 McKenzie,-Lionel-W. 694.364
390 Psacharopoulos,-George 694.636
391 Grether,-David-M. 696.545
392 Noam,-Eli-M. 697.364
393 Modigliani,-Franco 699.545
394 Nguyen,-Duc-Tho 700.455
395 Graves,-Philip-E. 701.364
396 Plotnick,-Robert-D. 701.909
397 Rashid,-Salim 705.636
398 Zellner,-Arnold 714
399 Allen,-Robert-C. 718.727
400 Milne,-Frank 719.364
401 Clements,-Kenneth-W. 719.455
402 Bailey,-Martin-J. 724.273
403 Swan,-Peter-L. 726
404 Scarf,-Herbert 728.091
405 Gertler,-Mark 733.182
406 Holly,-Alberto 736.182
407 Magill,-Michael 737.364
408 Weddepohl,-Claus 739.364
409 Sonnenschein,-Hugo 741.182
410 Lancaster,-Tony 741.273
411 Rhoades,-Stephen-A. 744.455
412 Day,-Richard-H. 745.364
413 Nishimura,-Kazuo 745.364
414 Garber,-Peter-M. 746.364
415 Edwards,-Sebastian 746.818
416 Lee,-Dwight-R. 747.455
417 Rosenthal,-Robert-W. 749.091
418 Duncan,-Greg-J. 749.182
419 Mendelson,-Haim 754.455
420 Tullock,-Gordon 754.636
421 Hanson,-James-A. 756.364
422 Gordon,-Roger-H. 756.636
423 Schneider,-Friedrich 758.818
424 Kopp,-Raymond-J. 758.818
425 McKelvey,-Richard-D. 758.909
426 Marvel,-Howard-P. 759.727
427 Gottschalk,-Peter 759.909
428 Lazonick,-William 761.364
429 Officer,-Lawrence-H. 763.545
430 Schultz,-T.-Paul 764.818
431 Khan,-Mohsin-S. 765
432 Pines,-David 768.182
433 Hercowitz,-Zvi 768.909
434 Burkhauser,-Richard-V. 771.091
435 Baltensperger,-Ernst 771.909
436 Leigh,-Duane-E. 773.091
437 Benson,-Bruce-L. 776.818
438 Castanias,-Richard-P. 777.273
439 Denny,-Michael 777.818
440 Lindbeck,-Assar 778.273
441 Lim,-Chin 780.909
442 Mitchell,-Douglas-W. 781.455
443 Stockman,-Alan-C. 787.091
444 Bigman,-David 787.455
445 Behrman,-Jere-R. 790.091
446 Waterson,-Michael 791.727
447 Possen,-Uri-M. 793.364
448 Farber,-Henry-S. 794.273
449 Wolpin,-Kenneth-I. 794.545
450 Galenson,-David-W. 797.182
451 Rivera-Batiz,-Francisco-L. 798.273
452 Ballentine,-J.-Gregory 800.545
453 Neftci,-Salih-N. 800.909
454 Mortensen,-Dale-T. 801
455 Becker,-William-E. 802.091
456 Willett,-Thomas-D. 802.182
457 Kakwani,-Nanak 802.455
458 Saving,-Thomas-R. 807.455
459 Sonstelie,-Jon 808.455
460 Kennan,-John 809.182
461 Ekelund,-Robert-B., Jr. 809.727
462 Berndt,-Ernst-R. 810.364
463 Long,-Ngo-Van 811.545
464 Neumann,-George-R. 811.545
465 Eckalbar,-John-C. 812.545
466 Patinkin,-Don 813.636
467 Holcombe,-Randall-G. 814.727
468 Lipsey,-Richard-G. 815.545
469 Wolff,-Edward-N. 815.818
470 Michel,-Philippe 816.091
471 Granger,-Clive-W.-J. 817.636
472 Groves,-Theodore 819.909
473 Klein,-Benjamin 821.091
474 Barbera,-Salvador 824.364
475 Lee,-Li-Way 824.909
476 Kearl,-J.-R. 825.091
477 Bresnahan,-Timothy-F. 825.727
478 Hodrick,-Robert-J. 825.818
479 Blair,-Douglas-H. 825.818
480 Richard,-Jean-Francois 828.091
481 Feder,-Gershon 830.545
482 Frydman,-Roman 830.636
483 Machina,-Mark-J. 834
484 Wooders,-Myrna-Holtz 834.455
485 Wood,-John-H. 835.091
486 Gisser,-Micha 837.182
487 Weingast,-Barry-R. 838.091
488 Kau,-James-B. 839.545
489 Gerking,-Shelby 840.545
490 Donaldson,-John-B. 843.182
491 Danthine,-Jean-Pierre 843.636
492 Smith,-V.-Kerry 844.909
493 Brown,-Charles 845.545
494 Portes,-Richard 846.182
495 Cogan,-John-F. 847.182
496 Slemrod,-Joel 849.636
497 Schmitz,-Andrew 850
498 Carmichael,-Jeffrey 850.091
499 Kawai,-Masahiro 850.455
500 Sheshinski,-Eytan 851.636