| Rank | Score | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.96 | Jay R. Ritter | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 2. | 2.38 | David E. M. Sappington | Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 3. | 2.92 | Glenn W. Harrison | College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando |
| 4. | 3.57 | Mark Jeffrey Flannery | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 5. | 4.58 | David Figlio | Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 6. | 4.77 | Richard Evans Romano | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 7. | 5.52 | Jeffrey I. Bernstein | Department of Economics, Florida International University, Miami |
| 8. | 6.96 | Peter Thompson | Department of Economics, Florida International University, Miami |
| 9. | 7.95 | Philip Kenneth Robins | Department of Economics, School of Business, University of Miami, Coral Gables School of Business, University of Miami, Coral Gables |
| 10. | 9.3 | R. Mark Isaac | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee |
| 11. | 12.59 | David A. Macpherson | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee |
| 12. | 13 | Chunrong Ai | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 13. | 13.56 | Lawrence W. Kenny | Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 14. | 14.06 | Jonathan H. Hamilton | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 15. | 16.71 | Stefan C. Norrbin | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee |
| 16. | 17.87 | Don Edward Schlagenhauf | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee |
| 17. | 18.08 | Bruce L. Benson | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee DeVoe L. Moore Center, Florida State University, Tallahassee |
| 18. | 18.21 | Keith Ihlanfeldt | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee |