| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) | 
| 1. | 1.64 | [2] | Paul  Pecorino | Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
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| 2. | 1.92 | [1] | Robert B. Burton Ekelund Jr. | Department of Economics, Auburn University, Auburn | 
| 3. | 3.07 | [3] | Stefan C. Norrbin | School of Business, Samford University, Birmingham | 
| 4. | 3.73 | [5] | James Peery Cover | Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
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