| Rank | Score | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1 | Ross Levine | Economics Department, Brown University, Providence |
| 2. | 2.8 | David N. Weil | Economics Department, Brown University, Providence |
| 3. | 3.01 | Oded Galor | Economics Department, Brown University, Providence |
| 4. | 3.56 | Peter Howitt | Economics Department, Brown University, Providence |
| 5. | 4.53 | Ivo Welch | Economics Department, Brown University, Providence |
| 6. | 6.25 | Glenn Cartman Loury | Economics Department, Brown University, Providence |
| 7. | 7.64 | Louis Putterman | Economics Department, Brown University, Providence |
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