| Rank | Score | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.56 | Kenneth D. West | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
| 2. | 1.91 | Charles Engel | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
| 3. | 3.24 | William A. Brock | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
| 4. | 3.58 | Bruce E. Hansen | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
| 5. | 4.5 | Steven N. Durlauf | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
| 6. | 5.57 | Menzie Chinn | Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
| 7. | 6.69 | Robert W. Staiger | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
| 8. | 9.75 | Barbara L. Wolfe | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
| 9. | 10.32 | Christopher Flinn | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
| 10. | 10.37 | Robert H. Haveman | Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
| 11. | 10.94 | Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
| 12. | 11 | John Kennan | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |