| Rank | Author | Affiliated with |
| 1 | James J. Heckman | Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago
American Bar Foundation (ABF), Chicago |
| 2 | Gary S. Becker | Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago |
| 3 | Martin Eichenbaum | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago
Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston
Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago |
| 4 | Lawrence Christiano | Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston |
| 5 | Robert E. Lucas Jr. | Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago |
| 6 | Steven Levitt | Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago |
| 7 | John H. Cochrane | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago |
| 8 | Robert J. Gordon | Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston |
| 9 | Raghuram G. Rajan | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago
Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago
Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago |
| 10 | Douglas W. Diamond | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago |
| 11 | Sajal Lahiri | Economics Department, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale |
| 12 | Charles Manski | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University, Evanston
Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston |
