Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:
Announcing Western Political Science Association 2010 Annual Meeting
In cooperation with the Western Political Science Association (WPSA), the Political Science Network (PSN) is pleased to announce the WPSA 2010 Meetings Online Proceedings. These proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of the meetings papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.
You can browse all WPSA 2010 Meeting abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. There are currently more than 880 such papers in the system. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.
View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/WPSA-2010.html
The theme for the 2011 meeting is “Transnational Borders, Equity and Social Justice.” As escalating demographic change and deepening economic recession collide, transnational borders have been caught in a “perfect storm.” Political institutions and public policy initiatives continue to close the gates of transnational borders into the United States. The politics of racial and ethnic identity, immigration, and economic development revert to survival mode where “we” becomes “us versus them.” How can we recharge our economy, keep our political institutions and policy vital without making equity, diversity and social justice central to what democratic government does? More information about the conference is available at:
http://www.csus.edu/org/wpsa/mtgs.stm


















Weekly Top 5 Papers – August 27, 2010
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending August 27, 2010:
1. A Statistical Analysis of the Patent Bar: Where are the Software-Savvy Patent Attorneys?
by
Ralph D. Clifford (University of Massachusetts School of Law at Dartmouth) and Thomas G. Field Jr. (Franklin Pierce Law Center) and Jon R. Cavicchi (FRanklin Pierce Law Center UNH School of Law)
2. Detecting Deceptive Discussions in Conference Calls
by
David F. Larcker (Stanford University – Graduate School of Business) and Anastasia A. Zakolyukina (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by
Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
4. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)
5. Biodiversity and Climate Change Laws: A Failure to Communicate?
by David Hodas (Widener University – School of Law)