| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1 | [1] | James R. Markusen | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 2. | 2.45 | [2] | Wolfgang Keller | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 3. | 3.07 | [3] | Keith E. Maskus | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 4. | 4.42 | [5] | Yongmin Chen | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 5. | 6.97 | [7] | Charles de Bartolome | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 6. | 7.86 | [4] | L. Randall Wray | Department of Economics, University of Denver, Denver |
| 7. | 7.88 | [8] | Lee J. Alston | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 8. | 8.3 | [9] | Murat F. Iyigun | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |