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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.

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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

Description: The Finance Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching 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.

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

Description: History of Finance 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.

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

Description: The Accounting Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching 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.

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

Description: The Behavioral & Experimental Accounting 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.

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

Description: The Financial Accounting 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.

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

Description: The History of Accounting 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.

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

Description: The Managerial Accounting 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.

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.

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending December 4, 2009:

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. Luck Versus Skill in the Cross Section of Mutual Fund Returns
by Eugene F. Fama (University of Chicago - Booth School of Business) and Kenneth R. French (Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))

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

4. The Loser’s Curse: Overconfidence vs. Market Efficiency in the National Football League Draft
by Cade Massey (Yale School of Management; Duke University - Fuqua School of Business) and Richard H. Thaler (University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))

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:

Seattle University, Texas Tech, and University of Warwick, Schools of Law Join LSN Legal Studies Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce that Seattle University School of Law, Texas Tech School of Law, and University of Warwick School of Law have each started a Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

SEATTLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Seattle University School of Law Legal Studies eJournal contains faculty scholarship from the largest and most diverse law school in the Northwest, standing on twin pillars of academic excellence and education for justice. We are home to leading academic programs, dynamic centers and institutes, and an engaged faculty. Our mission is to educate outstanding lawyers to be leaders for a just and humane world.

Seattle University, founded in 1891, continues a 450 year tradition of Jesuit Catholic higher education. The University’s ideals underscore its commitments to the centrality of teaching, learning and scholarship, of values-based education grounded in the Jesuit and Catholic traditions, of service and social justice, of lifelong learning, and of educating the whole person.

TEXAS TECH SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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Established in 1967, the Texas Tech University School of Law is home to approximately 670 law students and over 35 full-time faculty members. We are known for our rigorous curriculum, a collegial faculty, and preparing our graduates for the practice of law. Our faculty reflects a broad spectrum of legal philosophy and diverse legal and professional backgrounds. In the past few years, faculty members have published many well-received books as well as articles appearing in prestigious law reviews and publications. The Texas Tech Law School Research Paper series will showcase this scholarship by supplying abstracts and links to our faculty’s working papers as well as to-be-published and recently published articles.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The University of Warwick School of Law was established in 1969 and has since developed into one of the leading law schools in the UK; ranking amongst the top schools. Its teaching standards and research quality consistently receive high ratings, and the University ranks in the four leading research and teaching institutions in the UK. The contextual approach has been developed at Warwick for over twenty-five years. Our aim is to avoid treating law as if it can be separated from other aspects of society.

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending November 27, 2009:

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

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

3. 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)

4. Why Jack Balkin is Disgusting
by Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern University School of Law)

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:

Seattle University, Texas Tech, and University of Warwick, Schools of Law Join LSN Legal Studies Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce that Seattle University School of Law, Texas Tech School of Law, and University of Warwick School of Law have each started a Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

SEATTLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Seattle University School of Law Legal Studies eJournal contains faculty scholarship from the largest and most diverse law school in the Northwest, standing on twin pillars of academic excellence and education for justice. We are home to leading academic programs, dynamic centers and institutes, and an engaged faculty. Our mission is to educate outstanding lawyers to be leaders for a just and humane world.

Seattle University, founded in 1891, continues a 450 year tradition of Jesuit Catholic higher education. The University’s ideals underscore its commitments to the centrality of teaching, learning and scholarship, of values-based education grounded in the Jesuit and Catholic traditions, of service and social justice, of lifelong learning, and of educating the whole person.

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Established in 1967, the Texas Tech University School of Law is home to approximately 670 law students and over 35 full-time faculty members. We are known for our rigorous curriculum, a collegial faculty, and preparing our graduates for the practice of law. Our faculty reflects a broad spectrum of legal philosophy and diverse legal and professional backgrounds. In the past few years, faculty members have published many well-received books as well as articles appearing in prestigious law reviews and publications. The Texas Tech Law School Research Paper series will showcase this scholarship by supplying abstracts and links to our faculty’s working papers as well as to-be-published and recently published articles.

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The University of Warwick School of Law was established in 1969 and has since developed into one of the leading law schools in the UK; ranking amongst the top schools. Its teaching standards and research quality consistently receive high ratings, and the University ranks in the four leading research and teaching institutions in the UK. The contextual approach has been developed at Warwick for over twenty-five years. Our aim is to avoid treating law as if it can be separated from other aspects of society.

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending November 20, 2009:

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

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

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

4. A Brief Defense of the Written Description Requirement
by Michael Risch (West Virginia University College of Law)

5. Valuing Young, Start-Up and Growth Companies: Estimation Issues and Valuation Challenges
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University - Department of Finance)

iSSRN, our free iPhone App, was released recently.  It provides instant access to the latest Social Science and Humanities research in the SSRN eLibrary from scholars around the world. iSSRN is available from Apple’s iTunes store.

iSSRN allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to search over 250,000 papers and read the full text of the papers directly on their device.

Note: This is an updated version of the previous iSSRN App and this version, not the previous one, will be updated in the future.

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Brown University Joins Law Research Centers Papers; William Mitchell Upgrades Its Legal Studies Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce that Brown University Advanced Research Institute in Law, Social Thought and Global Governance has started a Law Research Centers Papers series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN). William Mitchell College of Law has upgraded its Legal Studies Research Paper Series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) from a basic series to a full series, which includes, but is not limited to, a customized abstracting eJournal distributed to SSRN subscribers.

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The Brown University Advanced Research Institute in Law, Social Thought and Global Governance series seeks to map the structures of power and distribution by analyzing the ways in which global security and insecurity, hegemonic ideas and counter-hegemonic ideas, development, poverty and inequality are reproduced in the world. The series is co-edited by: Vasuki Nesiah, David Kennedy, Nathaniel Berman and Ileana Porras of the Watson Institute in Brown University.

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William Mitchell College of Law was founded in 1900 and is located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mitchell’s “practical wisdom” approach blends critical scholarship and intellectual rigor with vital practice skills, encourages strong connections to the profession, and instills an ethic of service to clients and community. Mitchell’s accessible faculty and flexible scheduling attract a wide variety of full- and part-time students from myriad professional and personal backgrounds. Many Mitchell students have gone on to become distinguished leaders at the bench and bar and in the business and civic arenas, among them the 15th Chief Justice of the United States, Warren E. Burger ‘31 and the first woman to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court, Rosalie E. Wahl ‘67. The college is named for Justice William Mitchell of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1881-1899) whose opinions were regarded as models of brevity and sound judicial reasoning. Today, the college continues its tradition of academic excellence and access to legal education that combines theory, practical skills, professional ethics, and public service.

Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business Joins MRN Business School Research Papers

We are pleased to announce that Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business has started an MRN Business School Research Papers series within the Management Research Network (MRN).

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The Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business Research Paper Series contains abstracts and papers from Leavey School scholars in accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management, and operations and management information systems.

Geoff Bilder, CrossRef’s Director of Strategic Initiatives, and others discussed Trust during their CrossRef Annual Meeting presentations earlier this week and I’ll discuss more on this topic next week.  What I was most impressed with in Bilder’s talk was the list of new projects, such as TOI DOI (a DOI shortener).

I have often thought of CrossRef being a bit old school and it is great to see them sharing its cool new ideas.  Plus, they are making them available at the new CrossRef Labs.  Keep up the good work!

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending November 13, 2009:

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

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

3. 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)

4. Common Errors in the Interpretation of the Ideas of The Black Swan and Associated Papers
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (NYU-Poly Institute)

5. The Death of Big Law
by Larry E. Ribstein (University of Illinois College of Law)