| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.41 | [1] | Tim Bollerslev | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 2. | 2.36 | [2] | Campbell Harvey | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham |
| 3. | 4.54 | [3] | Martín Uribe | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 4. | 4.61 | [4] | Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 5. | 4.96 | [6] | Christopher Ruhm | Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro |
| 6. | 5.26 | [5] | Craig Burnside | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 7. | 5.63 | [7] | Eric Ghysels | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill, Chapel Hill |
| 8. | 8.16 | [8] | Duncan Thomas | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 9. | 11.56 | [9] | George Tauchen | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 10. | 12.26 | [10] | James Friedman | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill, Chapel Hill |
| 11. | 12.74 | [12] | John J. Seater | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham Department of Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| 12. | 14.09 | [15] | Frank Allen Sloan | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham Center for Resources and the Environment, Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 13. | 14.1 | [14] | Steven Allen | Department of Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| 14. | 15.06 | [11] | Albert S. Kyle | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham |
| 15. | 15.29 | [13] | Wilbur John Coleman II | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham Economics Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham |
| 16. | 17.29 | [17] | Atsushi Inoue | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| 17. | 17.39 | [16] | Kevin D. Hoover | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 18. | 18.65 | [20] | S Viswanathan | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham |
| 19. | 19.21 | [18] | Alastair Hall | Department of Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| 20. | 19.4 | [19] | Charles T. Clotfelter | Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham |
| 21. | 19.69 | [25] | Edward Tower | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
| 22. | 20.54 | [23] | Jacob Vigdor | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham |
| 23. | 20.76 | [21] | David A. Dickey | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| 24. | 20.95 | [22] | Thomas Nechyba | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |