| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.88 | [2] | John Haltiwanger | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 2. | 2.06 | [1] | Carmen M. Reinhart | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 3. | 2.42 | [3] | Robert Moffitt | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 4. | 3.16 | [4] | Christopher Carroll | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 5. | 6.13 | [5] | Allan Drazen | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 6. | 8.17 | [6] | Carlos A. Végh | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 7. | 8.49 | [7] | Enrique Mendoza | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 8. | 9.23 | [10] | Peter Cramton | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 9. | 9.4 | [9] | John Rust | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 10. | 9.52 | [8] | Wallace E. Oates | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 11. | 9.72 | [13] | Marc Nerlove | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 12. | 9.73 | [12] | Vojislav Maksimovic | Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 13. | 10.72 | [14] | Joseph E. Harrington Jr. | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 14. | 10.79 | [11] | Katharine Gail Abraham | University of Maryland |
| 15. | 12.26 | [15] | H. Peyton Young | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 16. | 14.78 | [16] | Maureen L. Cropper | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 17. | 15.37 | [17] | Peter Murrell | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), University of Maryland, College Park |
| 18. | 15.48 | [18] | Richard E. Just | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |