| Rank | Institution |
1 | Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (USA) | 2 | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (USA) | 3 | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (USA) | 4 | Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma (USA) | 5 | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston, Texas (USA) | 6 | A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) | 7 | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (USA) | 8 | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (USA) | 9 | Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA) | 10 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (USA) |
| Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | Daniel Hamermesh | Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin |
| 2. | Eric A. Hanushek | University of Texas |
| 3. | Don Fullerton | Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin |
| 4. | Thomas H. Noe | A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans |
| 5. | Timothy Dunne | Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma, Norman |
| 6. | David H. Papell | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 7. | John V. Duca | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas |
| 8. | Kamal Saggi | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 9. | Nathan Balke | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 10. | P. Dean Corbae | Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin |
| 11. | Simon Grant | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston |
| 12. | Bent E. Sorensen | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 13. | Valerie R. Bencivenga | Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, Austin Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin |
| 14. | Alok Bhargava | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 15. | Barry T. Hirsch | Department of Economics, Trinity University, San Antonio |
| 16. | Esfandiar Maasoumi | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 17. | Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 18. | Paul W. Wilson | Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin |
| 19. | Stan J Liebowitz | School of Management, University of Texas, Dallas |
| 20. | Scott E. Hein | Rawls College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University, Lubbock |
| 21. | Kevin Grier | Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma, Norman |
| 22. | Amy Glass | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station |
| 23. | Daniel L. Millimet | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 24. | David VanHoose | Department of Economics, Baylor University, Waco |