| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Institution |
1 | 1 | [1] | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin | 2 | 2.62 | [2] | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston | 3 | 3.11 | [3] | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas | 4 | 4.12 | [4] | McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin | (5) | 4.4 | [4] | Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin | 5 | 5.41 | [5] | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston | 6 | 6.09 | [6] | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas | (7) | 7.13 | [6] | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas | 7 | 7.24 | [7] | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station | 8 | 11.5 | [9] | School of Management, University of Texas-Dallas, Dallas |
| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.59 | [1] | Daniel Hamermesh | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 2. | 1.62 | [2] | Eric A. Hanushek | University of Texas-Dallas |
| 3. | 2.99 | [3] | Sheridan Titman | Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 4. | 4.35 | [4] | Herve Moulin | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston |
| 5. | 6.09 | [5] | David H. Papell | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 6. | 7.6 | [6] | Chinhui Juhn | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 7. | 10.51 | [8] | P. Dean Corbae | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 8. | 10.57 | [7] | Kamal Saggi | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 9. | 10.67 | [9] | Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 10. | 11.32 | [10] | Nathan Balke | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 11. | 11.8 | [12] | Bent E. Sorensen | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 12. | 11.81 | [13] | Valerie R. Bencivenga | Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas-Austin, Austin Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 13. | 12.8 | [11] | Mark Wynne | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas |
| 14. | 13.17 | [14] | Stephen J. Trejo | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 15. | 13.54 | [15] | John V. Duca | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas |
| 16. | 14.24 | [16] | Esfandiar Maasoumi | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 17. | 16.22 | [17] | Alok Bhargava | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
| 18. | 17.29 | [18] | Daniel L. Millimet | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas |
| 19. | 17.77 | [19] | Simon Grant | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston |
| 20. | 19.11 | [20] | Stan J Liebowitz | School of Management, University of Texas-Dallas, Dallas |
| 21. | 19.68 | [21] | David Andrew Kendrick | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 22. | 20.61 | [22] | David VanHoose | Department of Economics, Baylor University, Waco |
| 23. | 21.9 | [24] | George R. Zodrow | Rice University |
| 24. | 22.02 | [23] | Kishore Gawande | Texas A&M University |
| 25. | 24.06 | [25] | Roberton C. Williams III | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 26. | 26.33 | [26] | Melvin J. Hinich | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin |
| 27. | 27.02 | [27] | Amy Glass | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station |
| 28. | 28.08 | [28] | Dennis W. Jansen | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station |
| 29. | 29.13 | [30] | Guoqiang Tian | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station |
| 30. | 29.67 | [29] | Scott E. Hein | Rawls College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University, Lubbock |
| 31. | 29.71 | [37] | Thomas Fullerton | Economics & Finance Department, University of Texas-El Paso, El Paso |
| 32. | 30.42 | [31] | Yoosoon Chang | Texas A&M University |