| 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. | 3.04 | [3] | Keith E. Maskus | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 4. | 4.4 | [5] | Yongmin Chen | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 5. | 6.94 | [8] | Charles de Bartolome | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 6. | 7.8 | [7] | Lee J. Alston | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 7. | 7.95 | [4] | L. Randall Wray | Department of Economics, University of Denver, Denver |
| 8. | 7.99 | [9] | Murat F. Iyigun | Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder |