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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)