| Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | Carmen M. Reinhart | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 2. | John Haltiwanger | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 3. | Robert Moffitt | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 4. | Christopher Carroll | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 5. | Allan Drazen | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 6. | Carlos A. Végh | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 7. | Enrique Mendoza | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 8. | John Rust | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 9. | Peter Cramton | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 10. | Vojislav Maksimovic | Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 11. | Katharine Gail Abraham | University of Maryland |
| 12. | Marc Nerlove | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 13. | Joseph E. Harrington Jr. | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 14. | H. Peyton Young | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 15. | Peter Murrell | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), University of Maryland, College Park |
| 16. | Richard E. Just | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 17. | Louis John Maccini | Johns Hopkins University |