| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1 | [1] | James R. Markusen | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 2. | 2.44 | [2] | Wolfgang Keller | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 3. | 3.29 | [3] | Keith E. Maskus | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 4. | 4.9 | [6] | Yongmin Chen | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 5. | 5.83 | [5] | Stephen Ross Yeaple | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 6. | 7.17 | [8] | Murat F. Iyigun | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 7. | 7.98 | [10] | Charles de Bartolome | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 8. | 8 | [4] | L. Randall Wray | Department of Economics, University of Denver, Denver |