| Rank | Author | Affiliated with |
| 1 | Ekaterina Zhuravskaya | Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), Moscow |
| 2 | Shlomo Weber | Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC), Moscow Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), Moscow |
| 3 | Stanislav Kolenikov | Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), Moscow |