| Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | Patrick Kehoe | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 2. | Ross Levine | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
| 3. | Edward C. Prescott | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 4. | Narayana Kocherlakota | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 5. | Ellen R. McGrattan | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 6. | Varadarajan Chari | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
| 7. | Ronald A. Wirtz | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 8. | Timothy J. Kehoe | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |