| Rank | Score | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 2 | John Haltiwanger | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 2. | 2.11 | Robert Moffitt | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 3. | 2.18 | Carmen M. Reinhart | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 4. | 3.54 | Christopher Carroll | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 5. | 6.07 | Allan Drazen | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 6. | 8.4 | Enrique Mendoza | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 7. | 8.47 | Carlos A. Végh | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 8. | 8.88 | Peter Cramton | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 9. | 8.98 | Marc Nerlove | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 10. | 9.25 | Vojislav Maksimovic | Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 11. | 9.37 | John Rust | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 12. | 9.44 | Wallace E. Oates | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 13. | 10.68 | Katharine Gail Abraham | University of Maryland |
| 14. | 10.75 | Joseph E. Harrington Jr. | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 15. | 12.28 | H. Peyton Young | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 16. | 15.22 | Peter Murrell | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), University of Maryland, College Park |
| 17. | 16.45 | Richard E. Just | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 18. | 19.25 | Robert G Chambers | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |