| Rank | Author | Affiliated with |
| 1 | J. Peter Neary | Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin, Dublin Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin, Dublin |
| 2 | Philip Lane | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin |
| 3 | Kevin H. O'Rourke | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin |