| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.72 | [1] | David E. M. Sappington | Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 2. | 1.83 | [2] | Jay R. Ritter | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 3. | 3.33 | [3] | Glenn W. Harrison | College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando |
| 4. | 3.7 | [4] | Mark Jeffrey Flannery | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 5. | 5.08 | [5] | David Figlio | Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 6. | 5.88 | [6] | Richard Evans Romano | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 7. | 6.14 | [7] | Jeffrey I. Bernstein | Department of Economics, Florida International University, Miami |
| 8. | 7.88 | [8] | Philip Kenneth Robins | Department of Economics, School of Business, University of Miami, Coral Gables School of Business, University of Miami, Coral Gables |
| 9. | 8.07 | [9] | Peter Thompson | Department of Economics, Florida International University, Miami |
| 10. | 9 | [10] | R. Mark Isaac | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee |
| 11. | 12.2 | [11] | David A. Macpherson | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee |
| 12. | 13.56 | [12] | Lawrence W. Kenny | Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 13. | 13.72 | [13] | Chunrong Ai | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 14. | 14.43 | [14] | Jonathan H. Hamilton | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 15. | 16.4 | [15] | Bruce L. Benson | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee DeVoe L. Moore Center, Florida State University, Tallahassee |
| 16. | 17.06 | [16] | Keith Ihlanfeldt | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee |
| 17. | 17.32 | [17] | Stefan C. Norrbin | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee |
| 18. | 18.55 | [18] | Don Edward Schlagenhauf | Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee |