| Rank | Institution | 
1 | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 2 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 3 | Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla | 4 | Department of Economics, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 5 | Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles | 6 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 7 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley | 8 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco | (9) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco | 9 | Economics Department, University of California, Davis | 10 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University, Palo Alto | (11) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley | 11 | Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara | 12 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles | 13 | Economics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz | (14) | Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University, Palo Alto | (14) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles | 14 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena | (15) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles | 
| Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) | 
| 1. | Maurice  Obstfeld  | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 2. | Sebastian  Edwards  | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles | 
| 3. | John B. Taylor  | Department of Economics, Stanford University, Palo Alto Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University, Palo Alto Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University, Palo Alto Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 4. | Barry Julian Eichengreen  | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 5. | Gary S. Becker  | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 6. | David E. Card  | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 7. | M Hashem Pesaran  | University of Southern California | 
| 8. | Thomas J. Sargent  | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 9. | Joshua  Aizenman  | University of California | 
| 10. | George A. Akerlof  | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 11. | Paul  Milgrom  | Department of Economics, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 12. | Edward  Lazear  | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Palo Alto Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 13. | Andrew  Rose  | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 14. | Robert  Hall  | Department of Economics, Stanford University, Palo Alto Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 15. | Clive W. J. Granger  | Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla | 
| 16. | Halbert  White  | Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla | 
| 17. | Paul Michael Romer  | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University, Palo Alto Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Palo Alto Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 18. | David  Neumark  | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), San Francisco | 
| 19. | Robert C. Feenstra  | Economics Department, University of California, Davis | 
| 20. | Charles I. Jones  | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 21. | James  Hamilton  | Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla | 
| 22. | Matthew O. Jackson  | Department of Economics, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 23. | Glenn D. Rudebusch  | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco | 
| 24. | Robert Butler Wilson  | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 25. | Gordon  Hanson  | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla | 
| 26. | Joseph  Farrell  | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 27. | Pranab K. Bardhan  | University of California | 
| 28. | Finn E. Kydland  | Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara | 
| 29. | Carl  Walsh  | Economics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz | 
| 30. | Guido  Imbens  | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 31. | Eric A. Hanushek  | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 32. | Janet  Currie  | Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles | 
| 33. | Michael  Darby  | School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles | 
| 34. | Ted  Bergstrom  | Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara | 
| 35. | Vincent P. Crawford  | Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla | 
| 36. | Henning  Bohn  | Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara | 
| 37. | John  McMillan  | Stanford University | 
| 38. | Roger H. Gordon  | Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla | 
| 39. | Randolph Preston McAfee  | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena | 
| 40. | A. Michael Spence  | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 41. | Alan M. Taylor  | Economics Department, University of California, Davis | 
| 42. | Milton  Friedman  | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 43. | Kenneth L. Judd  | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 44. | David  Levine  | Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles | 
| 45. | Gérard  Roland  | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 46. | Bronwyn Hughes Hall  | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 47. | Myron S. Scholes  | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 48. | Menzie  Chinn  | Santa Cruz Center for International Economics (SCCIE), University of California, Santa Cruz | 
| 49. | Gary D. Hansen  | Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles | 
| 50. | David  Hirshleifer  | Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | 
| 51. | Valerie Ann Ramey  | Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla | 
| 52. | Daniel L. McFadden  | Econometrics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 53. | James P. Smith  | RAND, Santa Monica | 
| 54. | Michael L. Katz  | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 55. | John C. Williams  | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco | 
| 56. | James  Andreoni  | Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla | 
| 57. | Cheng  Hsiao  | Department of Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles | 
| 58. | Hal  Varian  | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 59. | Lee Edward Ohanian  | Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles | 
| 60. | Michael D. Hurd  | RAND, Santa Monica | 
| 61. | James E. Rauch  | Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego / La Jolla | 
| 62. | Roger E. A. Farmer  | Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles | 
| 63. | Severin  Borenstein  | Center for the Study of Energy Markets (CSEM), University of California Energy Institute (UCEI), University of California, Berkeley Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley University of California Energy Institute (UCEI), University of California, Berkeley | 
| 64. | A. Mitchell  Polinsky  | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 65. | Larry S. Karp  | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 66. | William R. Zame  | Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles | 
| 67. | Pablo T. Spiller  | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 68. | Mark M Spiegel  | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco | 
| 69. | Hayne Ellis Leland  | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 70. | John M. Quigley  | Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 71. | Harold  Demsetz  | University of California | 
| 72. | Douglass C. North  | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Palo Alto | 
| 73. | Reuven  Glick  | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco | 
| 74. | Philippe  Jorion  | Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine |