| Rank | Author | Affiliated with |
| 1 | Tim Bollerslev | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 2 | Eric Ghysels | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| 3 | Campbell Harvey | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham |
| 4 | Craig Burnside | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 5 | MartÃn Uribe | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |