| Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | Edward C. Prescott | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA) College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA) |
| 2. | James R. Markusen | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (USA) |
| 3. | Richard Rogerson | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA) College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA) |
| 4. | 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) |
| 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. | Josef C. Brada | College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA) Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (USA) |
| 9. | Lawrence Edward Blume | Santa Fe Institute |
| 10. | Herbert Gintis | Santa Fe Institute |
| 11. | Robert Innes | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (USA) Economics Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (USA) |
| 12. | Keith E. Maskus | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (USA) |