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Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending March 12, 2010:

1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

2. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)

3. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased))

4. Patinformatics – An Emerging Scientific Discipline
by Mamta Kumari Raturi (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India) and Prabhat Kumar Sahoo (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India) and Susmita Mukherjee (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India) and Amit Kumar Tiwari (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India)

5. Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications - The 2010 Edition
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University - Department of Finance)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing New LSN Sponsored Subject Matter eJournal

We are pleased to announce a new Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Sponsored Subject Matter eJournal — Reproductive Justice, Law & Policy, co-sponsored by the Center for Reproductive Rights and American University Washington College of Law.

REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, LAW & POLICY
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Editors: Pamela D. Bridgewater, Professor of Law, American University - Washington College of Law, and Diana Hortsch, Director of the Law School Initiative, Center for Reproductive Rights

Sponsors:
For more than 15 years, the Center for Reproductive Rights has used the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill. Since 1992, our attorneys have boldly used legal and human rights tools to create this world. We are the only global legal advocacy organization dedicated to reproductive rights, with expertise in both U.S. constitutional and international human rights law. Our groundbreaking cases before national courts, United Nations committees, and regional human rights bodies have expanded access to reproductive healthcare, including birth control, safe abortion, prenatal and obstetric care, and unbiased information. We influence the law outside the courtroom as well, documenting abuses, working with policymakers to promote progressive measures, and fostering legal scholarship and teaching on reproductive health and human rights.
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In 1898, Washington College of Law became the first law school in the world founded by women - a time when women were generally excluded from the legal profession. Today, its program in lawyer training along with its commitment to human rights, WCL is deeply involved in discourse about governmental policymaking, social change, and rights in the polity. Moreover, the school has attracted outstanding visiting, distinguished and adjunct faculty members who play critical roles in public and private sector organizations. Our location in the nation’s capital offers unparalleled externship opportunities with federal and local agencies, courts, and public interest organizations. The law school’s diverse curriculum offers students a myriad of opportunities to pursue their own professional and academic goals. While assisting students in gaining cutting-edge legal knowledge and skills, the LL.M. Program encourages them to investigate the relevant history, political theory, and ethical questions relevant to their interests.

Description: Reproductive Justice, Law and Policy is an interdisciplinary e-journal covering a vast range of issues, both domestic and international, related to reproductive rights, gender, human rights, sexuality, medicine, race and class. The editors invite scholarship from all disciplines, including law, political science, history, economics, medicine, reproductive technology and other social sciences.

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending March 5, 2010:

1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

2. Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus
by Dan M. Kahan (Yale University - Law School) and Hank Jenkins-Smith (University of Oklahoma) and Donald Braman (Cultural Cognition Project; George Washington University - Law School)

3. Pension Funds in Spain, 1994-2009 (Fondos De Pensiones)
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra - IESE Business School) and Javier Del Campo Baonza (University of Navarra - IESE Business School)

4. Seven Sins of Fund Management
by James Montier (Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Global Equity Strategy)

5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing New LSN Partners in Publishing Journals

UTRECHT LAW REVIEW
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The Utrecht Law Review is an electronic open-access journal which aims to offer an international scientific platform for cross-border legal research. In the first place, this concerns research in which the boundaries of the classic branches of the law (private law, criminal law, constitutional and administrative law, European and public international law) are crossed and connections are made between these areas of the law, amongst others from a comparative law perspective. In addition, the journal welcomes research in which classic law is brought face to face with not strictly legal disciplines such as economics, political sciences and public administration science. The Utrecht Law Review is not a specialist journal. Each year, in January, a general issue appears including contributions on a variety of (legal) topics. In June, a special issue appears on a specific theme which is based on one of the research programmes at the Utrecht School of Law.

The Editorial Board consists of renowned and young researchers, representing the various disciplines at the Utrecht School of Law, and one student member. Academic quality and the international character of the journal are guaranteed by the Scientific Council, which consists of national and foreign experts in all branches of legal science. All academic articles that are submitted are subjected to anonymous peer review.

POTCHEFSTROOM ELECTRONIC LAW JOURNAL
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PER publishes contributions relevant to Development in the South African Constitutional State, also in a comparative context. Contributions in four languages (English, Afrikaans, Dutch and German) are accepted, although most articles, and all summaries, appear in English. This open access electronic journal is the first of its kind in South Africa and first appeared in 1998. The journal maintains stringent peer review procedures. PER is published by the Faculty of Law of the North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa, assisted by a long list of external referees from reputable institutions in various countries. The editors are Professors Francois Venter, Christa Rautenbach and Anel du Plessis and the editorial board consists of legal scholars all over the globe.

REVIEW OF EUROPEAN & ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (REALAW)
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Review of European Administrative Law (REALaw) is a scholarly peer reviewed law journal, published twice a year (online and in print), in the English language edited at the Department of Administrative Law and Public Administration of the University of Groningen and the Institute of Constitutional and Administrative Law and the Europa Instituut of Utrecht University. Review of European Administrative Law provides a forum for the discussion of issues in the development of European administrative law. The journal aims to cover all aspects of European administrative law, reflecting the role of the European Union, the role of domestic legal orders and their mutual relation and influence.

The editorial board consists of Prof. J.H. Jans, Prof. A. Prechal, Prof. R.J.G.M. Widdershoven, Dr. K.J. de Graaf (managing editor) and associate editors: Dr. A. Tollenaar (book reviews), Dr. A.P.W. Duijkersloot (case law). The editorial board is assisted by an Advisory Board of well known specialists in the field: J.-B. Auby, Paris; Ch.W. Backes, Maastricht; T. Barkhuysen, Leyden C. Boch, Edinburgh; R. Caranta, Turin; M. Dougan, Liverpool; X. Groussot, Lund; Ch.J. Hilson, Reading; H. Hofmann, Luxembourg; J. Komarek, Oxford/Prague; M. Kuennecke, Hull; M.C. Plaza Martin, Toledo; J. Prinssen, Antwerp; W. den Ouden, Leyden; M. Ruffert, Jena; E. Steyger, Amsterdam; P. Wenneras, Oslo; G. Winter, Bremen.

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending February 26, 2010:

1. Manufacturing Tail Risk: A Perspective on the Financial Crisis of 2007-09
by Viral V. Acharya (Stern School of Business; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)) and Thomas F. Cooley (Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Matthew P. Richardson (New York University - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Ingo Walter (New York University - Stern School of Business)

2. An Empirical Study of the Role of the Written Description Requirement in Patent Prosecution
by Dennis D. Crouch (University of Missouri School of Law)

3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

4. Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus
by Dan M. Kahan (Yale University - Law School) and Hank Jenkins-Smith (University of Oklahoma) and Donald Braman (Cultural Cognition Project; George Washington University - Law School)

5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing New ERN Partners in Publishing Journal

We are pleased to announce that Journal of Economics, Finance & Administrative Science has joined our Partners in Publishing Journals within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE
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The Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science is the Journal of Universidad ESAN. It was formerly called Cuadernos de Difusion. The Journal of Economics Finance and Administrative Science aims to provide the most relevant research and current developments in all the fields of the administrative sciences worldwide. In order to accomplish our purpose, the articles go through a rigorous process of evaluation and selection, according to international editorial conventions.

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending February 19, 2010:

1. The Copenhagen Conference - A Post-Mortem
by Daniel Bodansky (University of Georgia Law School)

2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

3. Economists, Crises and Cartoons
by David M. Levy (Center for Study of Public Choice) and Sandra J. Peart (Jepson School of Leadership Studies)

4. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)

5. Conspiracy Theories
by Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University - Harvard Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University - Harvard Law School)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing Lawyers, Drugs & Money: A Prescription for Antitrust Enforcement in the Pharmaceutical Industry on SSRN

In cooperation with The University of San Francisco School of Law and the Rutgers Law Journal, the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is pleased to announce the Lawyers, Drugs & Money: A Prescription for Antitrust Enforcement in the Pharmaceutical Industry Online Proceedings. These proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of the meeting’s papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

One of the most pressing issues of our time is how to encourage medical innovation while containing the costs of medication. Judges grapple with this challenge in litigation over patent rights and antitrust law. The result is a potent dose of lawyers, drugs and money, the topic of our symposium.

The University of San Francisco School of Law hosted a day-long symposium on Friday, September 25, 2009 in Fromm Hall. The symposium included five panels addressing cutting edge issues relevant to enforcement of the antitrust laws in the pharmaceutical industry. These panels considered topics such as reverse payments (or pay-for-delay settlements), product hopping, standing and preemption, burdens of proof, and class certification in antitrust cases.

You can browse all Lawyers, Drugs & Money: A Prescription for Antitrust Enforcement in the Pharmaceutical Industry Symposium abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. The current drafts of the papers are available now and the final versions should be uploaded soon. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.

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Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending February 12, 2010:

1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

2. Underwater and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis
by Brent T. White (University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law)

3. Conspiracy Theories
by Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University - Harvard Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University - Harvard Law School)

4. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)

5. Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications - A Post-Crisis Update
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University - Department of Finance)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing Expansion of ERN Microeconomics Subject Matter eJournal

We are pleased to announce the expansion of Economics Research Network (ERN) Microeconomics: General Equilibrium & Disequilibrium into the following eJournals:

MICROECONOMICS: GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM & DISEQUILIBRIUM MODELS
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Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on macroeconomic models that emphasize microeconomic foundations using a “bottom-up” approach, starting with individual markets and agents. Included in this category are computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, a class of economic models that use actual economic data to estimate how an economy might react to changes in policy, technology or other external factors. The topics in this journal include topics D51, D52, D58 and D59 from Section D5 of the JEL classification system.

MICROECONOMICS: GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM & DISEQUILIBRIUM MODELS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
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Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers that includes the analysis of markets that allow people to buy and sell (trade) financial securities (such as stocks and bonds), commodities (such as precious metals or agricultural goods), and other fungible items of value at low transaction costs and at prices that may or may not be consistent with the efficient market hypothesis. The topics in this journal include topics D53 from Section D5 of the JEL classification system.

MICROECONOMICS: INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES & ANALYSIS
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Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers that use the technique known as input-output tables to analyze and trace the flows of resources and products within an economy. The topics in this journal include topics D57 from Section D5 of the JEL classification system.

Announcing LSN Editor’s Choice eJournals

We are pleased to announce the following Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Editor’s Choice eJournals — Law & Psychology (Editor’s Choice) sponsored by Cornell Law School, and Law & Economics (Editor’s Choice).

LAW & PSYCHOLOGY (EDITOR’S CHOICE)
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Editors: Valerie P. Hans, Cornell Law School, and Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Cornell Law School

Description: The Law & Psychology Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

LAW & ECONOMICS (EDITOR’S CHOICE)
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Editors: Ronald J. Gilson, Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School, and A. Mitchell Polinsky, Stanford Law School, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Description: The Law & Economics Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending February 5, 2010:

1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

2. Underwater and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis
by Brent T. White (University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law)

3. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be…Lawyers
by Herwig J. Schlunk (Vanderbilt University School of Law)

4. Ranking of the Mutual Fund Industry in Spain: 1994-2009 (Ranking de Gestoras de Fondos de Inversión en España 1994-2009) (Spanish)
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra - IESE Business School) and Javier Del Campo Baonza (University of Navarra - IESE Business School)

5. Return of Mutual Funds in Spain 1991-2009 (Rentabilidad de los Fondos de Inversión en España 1991-2009) (Spanish)
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra - IESE Business School) and Javier Del Campo Baonza (University of Navarra - IESE Business School)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing New Sponsored LSN Subject Matter eJournal

We are pleased to announce a new Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Sponsored Subject Matter eJournal — Sustainability Law & Policy, sponsored by Florida State University College of Law.

SUSTAINABILITY LAW & POLICY
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Editors: Robin Kundis Craig, Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law, David L. Markell, Steven M. Goldstein Professor, Florida State University College of Law, and J. B. Ruhl, Matthews & Hawkins Professor of Property, Florida State University College of Law

Sponsor: The Florida State University College of Law, located in Tallahassee, draws J.D. students from over 125 undergraduate institutions across the country. Its Program in Environmental and Land Use Law is ranked #11 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report, and offers both a Certificate Program in Environmental and Land Use Law for J.D. students and an LL.M. degree in Environmental Law and Policy. Students in the Program produce the Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, one of the nation’s top 15 environmental law reviews. Our law faculty have recently served as visiting professors at the Harvard Law School (2), University of Virginia School of Law, Columbia University School of Law, and the the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. SSRN routinely ranks the Florida State University College of Law as a top 30 law school in terms of article downloads.

Description: Sustainability Law & Policy is an interdisciplinary e-journal covering all aspects of sustainable resource use and development. The editors invite scholarship from all disciplines, including law, political science, economics, and the physical and other social sciences.

Announcing AAA 2010 Financial Accounting & Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the American Accounting Association, the Accounting Research Network (ARN) is pleased to announce the AAA 2010 Financial Accounting & Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting ejournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The objective of the Financial Accounting & Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association is to give greater attention to financial accounting and reporting and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education, research, and professional practice by: (1) disseminating and evaluating teaching methods and materials; (2) encouraging, facilitating, and publicizing research interests and projects; and (3) creating opportunities for interchange and cooperation between academics and practitioners. This abstracting ejournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the meeting. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific ejournals within ARN and, where appropriate, in the ejournals of our sister networks.

You can browse all AAA 2010 Financial Accounting & Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. There are currently approximately 35 such papers publicly available in the system. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.

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Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending January 29, 2010:

1. Underwater and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis
by Brent T. White (University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law)

2. Conspiracy Theories
by Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University - Harvard Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University - Harvard Law School)

3. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)

4. IBEX 35: 1991-2009 - Value Creation and Return
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra - IESE Business School) and Javier Del Campo Baonza (University of Navarra - IESE Business School)

5. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending January 22, 2010:

1. Conspiracy Theories
by Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University - Harvard Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University - Harvard Law School)

2. Constraining Dominant Shareholders’ Self-Dealing: The Legal Framework in France, Germany, and Italy
by Pierre-Henri Conac (University of Luxembourg - Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance) and Luca Enriques (University of Bologna - Faculty of Law) and Martin Gelter (Fordham University School of Law)

3. In Vino Veritas: The Economics of Drinking
by Jan Heufer (TU Dortmund University)

4. A True Story About Civil Courts and Company Valuation
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra - IESE Business School)

5. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing New LSN Subject Matter eJournal

We are pleased to announce a new Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Subject Matter eJournal — Transitional Justice.

TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
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Editor: Bernadette Atuahene, Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago-Kent College of Law

Description: Transitional justice is the study of those mechanisms, judicial and non-judicial, employed by communities, states and the international community to deal with a legacy of systematic human rights abuses and authoritarianism in order to promote social reconstruction. The SSRN Transitional Justice Journal provides a forum where cross-disciplinary discourse about transitional justice can take place between activists, practitioners and academics. Topics covered by the journal include (but are not limited to): reparations, peace agreements, truth commissions, victim and perpetrator studies, international and domestic prosecutions, institutional transformation, and ex-combatant reintegration.

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending January 8, 2010:

1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

2. Buying You: The Government’s Use of Fourth-Parties to Launder Data about ‘The People’
by Joshua L. Simmons (Columbia Law School)

3. Integrity: Without it Nothing Works
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.)

4. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)

5. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester (Deceased))

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2009

In cooperation with the Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2009 Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting ejournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The AFBC is an annual event organized by the School of Banking and Finance in conjunction with the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales. The event aims to promote discussion and interaction among researchers, academics, and practitioners interested in finance and banking fields, and draws a large crowd of both international and Australian participants to the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney every December. The conference runs over three days and includes plenary sessions with distinguished keynote speakers, break-out sessions, social events, a Business Forum, a special issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance, a session for PhD students, and other initiatives such as the Networking Women in Finance session that discusses gender initiatives in the field. This abstracting ejournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the Annual Conference. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific ejournals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the ejournals of our sister networks.

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Announcing AAA 2010 MAS Meeting Abstracts & Papers on SSRN

In cooperation with the American Accounting Association (AAA), the Accounting Research Network (ARN) is pleased to announce the AAA 2010 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting ejournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The Management Accounting Section strives to stimulate and improve the teaching, research, and practice of accounting, which assists in the effective and efficient management of entities. This abstracting ejournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the Midyear Meeting. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific ejournals within ARN and, where appropriate, in the ejournals of our sister networks.

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The Shelf Project Joins LSN Law Research Centers Papers Series

We are pleased to announce that The Shelf Project has started a Law Research Centers Papers series in the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

THE SHELF PROJECT
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The proposal is made as a part of the Shelf Project, which is a collaboration among tax professionals to develop and perfect proposals to help Congress raise revenue. The current deficit, now at $1.6 trillion or 11.2 percent of GDP, cannot be sustained. In the impending revenue crisis, base-protecting revenue provisions that were not possible under ordinary politics become political necessities. Shelf projects defend the tax base and improve the rationality and efficiency of the tax system. Shelf Project proposals are intended to raise revenue without raising rates because the best tax systems have the broadest possible base to reach the lowest feasible tax rates.

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing ERN Editor’s Choice eJournal

We are pleased to announce the following Economics Research Network (ERN) Editor’s Choice eJournal — Behavioral & Experimental Economics (Editor’s Choice).

Behavioral & Experimental Economics (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Victor Ricciardi, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Description: The Behavioral & Experimental Economics Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing New FEN Editor’s Choice eJournals

We are pleased to announce the following Financial Economics Network (FEN) Editor’s Choice eJournals — Finance Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching (Editor’s Choice), and History of Finance (Editor’s Choice).

Finance Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching (Editor’s Choice)
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Editors: Benjamin C. Esty, Harvard Business School, Michael J. Schill, University of Virginia - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and Kent L. Womack, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business

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History of Finance (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Victor Ricciardi, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

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Announcing New ERN Research Paper Series Journals

We are pleased to announce that NYU Wagner School of Public Service has started an ERN Public Policy Centers Research Papers series, and Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration Department of Economics has started an Economics Departments Research Papers series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

NYU WAGNER SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE
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The challenges of public service in the 21st century require thoughtful, innovative research programs designed to maximize both scholarly and public impact.

Wagner School faculty strive to produce and disseminate research that changes the way in which people frame, understand, analyze, manage, and act on public issues and policies of vital importance.

NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
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At NHH, the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, the first chairs in economics were created at its foundation in 1936. The Department of Economics itself was not established until 1951/52. From the beginning, a broad range of research interests were represented, and from the outset academic research has occupied a central place in the activities of the Department. Since the late 1960s, its members have been very active contributors to international economics journals. Many of them have also taken a strong interest in matters of economic policy, sometimes as members or experts on government committees, and sometimes as contributors to public debate about current economic issues.

Announcing ARN Editor’s Choice eJournals

We are pleased to announce the following Accounting Research Network (ARN) Editor’s Choice eJournals — Accounting Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching (Editor’s Choice), Behavioral & Experimental Accounting (Editor’s Choice), Financial Accounting (Editor’s Choice), History of Accounting (Editor’s Choice), and Managerial Accounting (Editor’s Choice).

Accounting Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Ross L. Watts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Behavioral & Experimental Accounting (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Victor Ricciardi, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

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Financial Accounting (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Ross L. Watts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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History of Accounting (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Victor Ricciardi, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

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Managerial Accounting (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Ross L. Watts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Two recent articles in the Journal of Wine Economics by Roger Hodgson and discussed in Leonard Mlodinow’s Wall Street Journal article A Hint of Hype, A Taste of Illusion throw cold water on expert ratings and wine competition awards.

The articles, An Analysis of the Concordance Among 13 U.S. Wine Competitions (abstract, PDF) and An Examination of Judge Reliability at a Major U.S. Wine Competition (abstract, PDF) provide some of the best empirical data about the awarding of medals and the variability of wine judges’ scoring. Based on a fair bit of experience, I can’t say that I am surprised. Most knowledgeable wine people I know pay attention to ratings and medals but don’t treat them as gospel. They believe as I do that the best bottle of wine is the one you drink with friends.

For oenophiles, the Journal of Wine Economics looks like an interesting journal. For SSRN, it looks like I need to follow up with the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) to get their articles into the SSRN eLibrary.