| Rank | Score | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.14 | Edward C. Prescott | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 2. | 1.86 | Patrick Kehoe | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 3. | 3.83 | Ellen R. McGrattan | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 4. | 5.12 | Narayana Kocherlakota | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 5. | 5.28 | Varadarajan Chari | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
| 6. | 5.58 | Timothy J. Kehoe | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 7. | 6.56 | José-Víctor Ríos-Rull | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
| 8. | 7.83 | Larry E. Jones | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 9. | 9.47 | Zvi Eckstein | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 10. | 10.25 | Fabrizio Perri | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 11. | 11.08 | Thomas J. Holmes | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
| 12. | 12.57 | Paul William Glewwe | Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul, St. Paul |