| Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | Daniel Hamermesh | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 2. | Eric A. Hanushek | University of Texas-Dallas |
| 3. | Sheridan Titman | Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 4. | Herve Moulin | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston |
| 5. | Don Fullerton | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 6. | David H. Papell | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 7. | Chinhui Juhn | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 8. | Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 9. | Kamal Saggi | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 10. | Barry T. Hirsch | Department of Economics, Trinity University, San Antonio |
| 11. | Stephen J. Trejo | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 12. | Nathan Balke | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 13. | Mark Wynne | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas |
| 14. | Valerie R. Bencivenga | Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas-Austin, Austin Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 15. | P. Dean Corbae | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 16. | Bent E. Sorensen | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 17. | John V. Duca | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas |
| 18. | Esfandiar Maasoumi | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 19. | Alok Bhargava | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 20. | Simon Grant | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston |
| 21. | Daniel L. Millimet | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 22. | Stan J Liebowitz | School of Management, University of Texas-Dallas, Dallas |
| 23. | David Andrew Kendrick | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 24. | Roberton C. Williams III | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 25. | Kishore Gawande | Texas A&M University |
| 26. | David VanHoose | Department of Economics, Baylor University, Waco |
| 27. | Melvin J. Hinich | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 28. | Fatih Guvenen | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |