| Rank | Score | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.17 | Edward C. Prescott | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 2. | 1.82 | Patrick Kehoe | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 3. | 3.83 | Ellen R. McGrattan | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 4. | 5.08 | Narayana Kocherlakota | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 5. | 5.23 | Varadarajan Chari | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
| 6. | 5.24 | Timothy J. Kehoe | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 7. | 6.83 | José-Víctor Ríos-Rull | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
| 8. | 7.87 | Larry E. Jones | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 9. | 9.24 | Zvi Eckstein | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 10. | 10.4 | Fabrizio Perri | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 11. | 11.37 | Thomas J. Holmes | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 12. | 12.18 | James Schmitz | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |