| Rank | Score | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.94 | John Haltiwanger | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 2. | 2.07 | Robert Moffitt | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 3. | 2.13 | Carmen M. Reinhart | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 4. | 3.49 | Christopher Carroll | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 5. | 6.05 | Allan Drazen | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 6. | 8.41 | Enrique Mendoza | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 7. | 8.57 | Carlos A. Végh | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 8. | 8.98 | Peter Cramton | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 9. | 9.06 | Wallace E. Oates | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 10. | 9.4 | Vojislav Maksimovic | Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 11. | 9.91 | John Rust | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 12. | 10.11 | Marc Nerlove | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 13. | 10.87 | Joseph E. Harrington Jr. | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 14. | 10.98 | Katharine Gail Abraham | University of Maryland |
| 15. | 12.5 | H. Peyton Young | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 16. | 14.02 | Maureen L. Cropper | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland |
| 17. | 15.47 | Peter Murrell | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), University of Maryland, College Park |
| 18. | 17.04 | Richard E. Just | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |