Weekly Announcements – April 23, 2012

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing 2 New LSN Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society has started a Law Research Centers Papers series; Queen’s University Belfast School of Law has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series, both within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT INSTITUTE ON INTERNET & SOCIETY DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES
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The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society aims at contributing to a better understanding of the interdependence between the society and the Internet. The goal of the institute is to understand the changes in society originating from the internet and to offer all people a chance to shape the digital, networked future. The Discussion Paper Series on Internet & Society has a transdisciplinary academic focus addressing questions about internet policy & governance, democracy & global constitutionalism, internet innovation & economics and information and media regulation.

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast is pleased to announce the creation of a working paper series. The series offers an insight into the work of staff at the School. This work is both legal and interdisciplinary in focus and speaks to the wide range of interests of staff within the School.

Announcing Expansion of FEN Banking & Financial Institutions eJournal

We are pleased to announce the expansion of Financial Economics Network (FEN) Banking & Financial Institutions eJournal into the following eJournals:

FINANCIAL CRISES eJOURNAL
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Editors: G. William Schwert Professor, Distinguished University Professor of Finance and Statistics, University of Rochester – Simon School, and Rene M. Stulz Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics, Ohio State University (OSU) – Department of Finance

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts dealing with recent and historical financial crises, both national and international. The eJournal welcomes research concerning the causes and consequences of financial crises, and the responses of governments, central banks, and other entities to those crises. Topics include, but are not limited to, bank ratings, bail-outs, liquidity, market concentration, systemic risk, sovereign credit risk, and contagion.

GOVERNANCE, INCENTIVES, & COMPENSATION eJOURNAL
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Editors: G. William Schwert Professor, Distinguished University Professor of Finance and Statistics, University of Rochester – Simon School, and Rene M. Stulz Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics, Ohio State University (OSU) – Department of Finance

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts dealing with all aspects of governance, incentives and compensation related to financial institutions. Topics include incentives and constraints that influence participants, stock ownership by bank managers, structure of managerial compensation, monitoring by directors and major stockholders, and composition of bank boards.

PROPERTY, CASUALTY & LIFE INSURANCE eJOURNAL
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Editors: G. William Schwert Professor, Distinguished University Professor of Finance and Statistics, University of Rochester – Simon School, and Rene M. Stulz Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics, Ohio State University (OSU) – Department of Finance

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering a range of topics dealing with insurance companies. Topics include regulation, risk management, consumer issues, securitization, valuation, reinsurance, governance, asset & liability management, and micro-insurance.

REGULATION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS eJOURNAL
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Editors: G. William Schwert Professor, Distinguished University Professor of Finance and Statistics, University of Rochester – Simon School, and Rene M. Stulz Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics, Ohio State University (OSU) – Department of Finance

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering regulatory and legal aspects of national and international financial institutions. The eJournal welcomes research that deals with legal aspects of depository institutions including banks, credit unions, trust companies, and mortgage loan companies. Topics also include regulation of insurance companies, brokers, underwriters, and investment funds.

RISK MANAGEMENT & ANALYSIS IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS eJOURNAL
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Editors: G. William Schwert Professor, Distinguished University Professor of Finance and Statistics, University of Rochester – Simon School, and Rene M. Stulz Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics, Ohio State University (OSU) – Department of Finance

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focusing on policies, infrastructure, and methodologies for analyzing and controlling risks in financial institutions, including interest rate risk, credit risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, and market risk.

Universita Ca’ Foscari Venezia Joins MRN Business School Research Papers

We are pleased to announce Universita Ca’ Foscari Venezia Department of Management has started a MRN Business School Research Papers series within the Management Research Network (MRN).

UNIVERSITA CA’ FOSCARI VENEZIA DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT WORKING PAPER SERIES
View Abstracts: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Universita-Ca-Foscari-Venezia-Dept-Mgmt.html

The Department of Management at Universita Ca’ Foscari Venezia was funded in 2011 as part of a vast restructuring that has brought together faculty from strategy, accounting, organization, marketing, finance, economics, applied mathematics, and law to create a genuinely interdisciplinary environment. Its Working Paper Series contains papers in all these fields of research. Papers should be submitted to wp.dma@unive.it. Submissions must include the paper (if consistent with other agreements), a short abstract, keywords, and the author’s affiliation to Universita Ca’ Foscari Venezia. Contact the series administrator wp.dma@unive.it for questions.