| Rank | Institution | 1 | School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing | 2 | China Center for Economic Research (CCER), Peking University, Beijing |
| Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | Justin Yifu Lin | China Center for Economic Research (CCER), Peking University, Beijing |
| 2. | Xiaodong Zhu | School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing |
| 3. | Chong-En Bai | School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing |
| 4. | Liutang Gong | Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing Department of Applied Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing |
| 5. | Anthony Shuquan Ho | International Business and Management School, Shanghai University, Shanghai College of Business, Wuhan University, Hubei |
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