| Rank | Score | Institution | 1 | 1.71 | Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge | 2 | 1.81 | Department of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans |
| Rank | Score | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.76 | Thomas H. Noe | A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans |
| 2. | 2.23 | Areendam Chanda | Louisiana State University |
| 3. | 2.86 | Douglas Russell Nelson | Department of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans |
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