| Rank | Score | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.42 | Tim Bollerslev | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 2. | 2.32 | Campbell Harvey | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham |
| 3. | 4.05 | Martín Uribe | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 4. | 4.34 | Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 5. | 4.83 | Eric Ghysels | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill, Chapel Hill |
| 6. | 4.89 | Craig Burnside | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 7. | 5.91 | Christopher Ruhm | Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro |
| 8. | 9.76 | George Tauchen | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 9. | 11.06 | John J. Seater | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham Department of Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| 10. | 11.32 | James Friedman | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill, Chapel Hill |
| 11. | 12.74 | Wilbur John Coleman II | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham Economics Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham |
| 12. | 12.84 | Atsushi Inoue | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| 13. | 13.2 | Steven Allen | Department of Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| 14. | 13.25 | Albert S. Kyle | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham |
| 15. | 15.5 | Kevin D. Hoover | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 16. | 16.76 | Thomas Nechyba | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 17. | 18.1 | Alastair Hall | Department of Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| 18. | 18.12 | Edward Tower | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 19. | 18.63 | William Alexander Darity Jr. | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham |
| 20. | 19.3 | David A. Dickey | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |