Rankings Penn Economics is currently ranked 10th in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, 10th in the world by The World University Rankings by the Times Higher Education, 8th in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, 7th in the world by Tilburg University Economic Rankings, and 16th in the world by IDEAS. Notable alumni Ignazio Visco, Governor of the Bank of Italy Kim Choongsoo, Governor of the Bank of Korea Joaquin Vial, Board Member Central Bank of Chile Lars-Hendrik Röller, Germany's Chief Economic Adviser Ernesto J. Cordero, Mexico's Minister of Finance José Julián Sidaoui, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mexico Jeffrey Harris, Professor at MIT Alfonso Prat Gay, former Governor of the Central Bank of Argentina Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Morton O. Schapiro, President of Northwestern University Nariman Behravesh, President of Global Insight, the world's largest economics organization Winnie Monsod, former President of the Philippines National Economic and Development Authority Nancy Stokey, Frederick Henry Prince Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Edmond Villani, Director of Cohen & Steers, Inc. Marc Ivaldi, Member of the Toulouse School of Economics Gonzalo Garland, Executive Vice President of IE Foundation and professor at IE Business School References External links Official Page Penn Institute for Economic Research International Economic Review Economics schools University of Pennsylvania