| Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | Edward C. Prescott | College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA)
Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA) |
| 2. | James R. Markusen | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (USA) |
| 3. | Jason Shogren | College of Business, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming (USA)
Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming (USA) |
| 4. | Richard Rogerson | College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA)
Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA) |
| 5. | Stephen M. Miller | Department of Economics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) |
| 6. | Sherrill Shaffer | College of Business, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming (USA)
Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming (USA) |
| 7. | Ronald L. Oaxaca | Economics Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (USA) |
| 8. | Hendrik Bessembinder | David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)
Department of Finance, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) |
| 9. | Herbert Gintis | Santa Fe Institute |
| 10. | Lawrence Edward Blume | Santa Fe Institute |
| 11. | Keith E. Maskus | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (USA) |
