| Rank | Score | Institution |
1 | 1 | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin | 2 | 2.47 | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston | 3 | 3.06 | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas | 4 | 4.07 | McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin | (5) | 4.36 | Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin | 5 | 5.11 | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston | 6 | 6.23 | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas | (7) | 7.35 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas | 7 | 8.66 | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station | 8 | 11.73 | Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| Rank | Score | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.38 | Daniel Hamermesh | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 2. | 1.93 | Eric A. Hanushek | University of Texas-Dallas |
| 3. | 3.42 | Sheridan Titman | Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 4. | 4.62 | Don Fullerton | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 5. | 4.71 | Herve Moulin | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston |
| 6. | 6.16 | David H. Papell | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 7. | 7.89 | Chinhui Juhn | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 8. | 9.77 | Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 9. | 11.13 | Kamal Saggi | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 10. | 11.19 | Stephen J. Trejo | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 11. | 12.28 | Valerie R. Bencivenga | Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas-Austin, Austin Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 12. | 12.78 | Nathan Balke | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 13. | 12.91 | P. Dean Corbae | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 14. | 13.37 | Bent E. Sorensen | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 15. | 13.92 | John V. Duca | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas |
| 16. | 14.24 | Mark Wynne | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas |
| 17. | 15.58 | Esfandiar Maasoumi | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 18. | 16.61 | Alok Bhargava | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 19. | 18.49 | Daniel L. Millimet | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 20. | 19.11 | Simon Grant | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston |
| 21. | 21.09 | David Andrew Kendrick | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 22. | 21.53 | Stan J Liebowitz | School of Management, University of Texas-Dallas, Dallas |
| 23. | 22.02 | Roberton C. Williams III | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 24. | 22.66 | Kishore Gawande | Texas A&M University |
| 25. | 24.53 | David VanHoose | Department of Economics, Baylor University, Waco |
| 26. | 26.02 | Melvin J. Hinich | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 27. | 26.75 | Amy Glass | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station |
| 28. | 28.27 | Guoqiang Tian | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station |