| Rank | Author | Affiliated with |
| 1 | Daniel Hamermesh | Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin |
| 2 | Don Fullerton | Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin |
| 3 | Badi H. Baltagi | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station |
| 4 | Nathan Balke | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 5 | Barry T. Hirsch | Department of Economics, Trinity University, San Antonio |
| 6 | Valerie R. Bencivenga | Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, Austin Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin |
| 7 | Simon Grant | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston |