| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Institution | 3 | 1 | [1] | Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge | 2 | 2.41 | [2] | Department of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans |
| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.21 | [1] | Naci H. Mocan | Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge |
| 2. | 3.04 | [2] | Areendam Chanda | Louisiana State University |
| 3. | 3.47 | [4] | Douglas Russell Nelson | Department of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans |
| 4. | 3.72 | [3] | Myeong-Su Yun | Department of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans |
| 5. | 4.66 | [5] | David Brasington | Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Department of Economics, Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge |
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