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Weekly Announcements – May 22, 2013

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing IICM 2012 11th Indian Institute of Capital Markets Conference Online Proceedings on SSRN In cooperation with the Indian Institute of Capital Markets, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the IICM 2012 11th Indian Institute of Capital Markets Conference. The proceedings are available to all [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 17, 2013

1. Psychic Numbing and Mass Atrocity by Paul Slovic (Decision Research) and David Zionts (Harvard Law School) and Andrew K. Woods (Stanford Law School) and Ryan Goodman (New York University School of Law) and Derek Jinks (University of Texas School of Law) 2. The Failure of Crits and Leftist Law Professors to Defend Progressive Causes [...]
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Weekly Announcements – May 15, 2013

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) Joins Law Research Centers Papers We are pleased to announce Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) has started a Law Research Centers Papers series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN). REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS NETWORK (REGNET) RESEARCH PAPER SERIES View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Regulatory-Institutions-Network.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Regulatory-Institutions-Network RegNet is an internationally [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 3, 2013

1. Feeling Good About Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior by Lalin Anik (Harvard Business School) and Lara Aknin (University of British Columbia) and Michael Norton (Harvard Business School) and Elizabeth Dunn (University of British Columbia – Department of Psychology) 2. The ‘IKEA Effect’: When Labor Leads to Love by Michael Norton [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – April 26, 2013

1. Feeling Good About Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior by Lalin Anik (Harvard Business School) and Lara Aknin (University of British Columbia) and Michael Norton (Harvard Business School) and Elizabeth Dunn (University of British Columbia – Department of Psychology) 2. The ‘IKEA Effect’: When Labor Leads to Love by Michael Norton [...]
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Weekly Announcements – April 24, 2013

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing Expansion of PSN Political Economy: International Political Economy eJournal We are pleased to announce the expansion of Political Science Network (PSN) Political Economy: International Political Economy eJournal into the following eJournals: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: GLOBALIZATION eJOURNAL View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Intl-Poli-Econ-Globalization.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Intl-Poli-Econ-Globalization Editor: David A. Lake, Professor, UC [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – April 19, 2013

1. Do Defaults Save Lives? by Eric Johnson (Columbia Business School – Marketing) and Daniel Goldstein (Microsoft Research New York City) 2. The Dangers of Surveillance by Neil M. Richards (Washington University in Saint Louis – School of Law) 3. The Dishonesty of Honest People: A Theory of Self-Concept Maintenance by Nina Mazar (University of [...]
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Weekly Announcements – April 17, 2013

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER) Joins Economics Research Centers Papers We are pleased to announce Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER) has started an Economics Research Centers Papers series within the Economics Research Network (ERN). TOKYO CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH (TCER) RESEARCH PAPER SERIES View Abstracts: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Tokyo-Center-Economic-Research-RES.html [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – April 12, 2013

1. Do Defaults Save Lives? by Eric Johnson (Columbia Business School – Marketing) and Daniel Goldstein (Microsoft Research New York City) 2. The Storrs Lectures: Behavioral Economics and Paternalism by Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School) 3. The Dangers of Surveillance by Neil M. Richards (Washington University in Saint Louis – School of Law) 4. What [...]
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Weekly Announcements – April 10, 2013

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing Expansion of PSN Political Economy: Development eJournal We are pleased to announce the expansion of Political Science Network (PSN) Political Economy: Development eJournal into the following eJournals: POLITICAL ECONOMY – DEVELOPMENT: COMPARATIVE REGIONAL ECONOMIES eJOURNAL View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Development-Comparative-Regional-Econ.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Development-Comparative-Regional-Econ Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – April 5, 2013

1. Do Defaults Save Lives? by Eric Johnson (Columbia Business School – Marketing) and Daniel Goldstein (Microsoft Research New York City) 2. The Storrs Lectures: Behavioral Economics and Paternalism by Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School) 3. The Dangers of Surveillance by Neil M. Richards (Washington University in Saint Louis – School of Law) 4. What [...]
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Weekly Announcements – April 3, 2013

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Joins ERN Government & Public Agency Research Paper Series We are pleased to announce Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has joined our ERN Government & Public Agency Research Paper Series within the Economics Research Network (ERN). FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – March 29, 2013

1. The Storrs Lectures: Behavioral Economics and Paternalism by Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School) Cass Sunstein Is paternalism justifiable? Many people (including many economists) have been comfortable with the view that when people’s decisions affect only themselves, government should not intrude on their decisions. But behavioral economists and cognitive psychologists have been raising serious doubts [...]
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Weekly Announcements – March 27, 2013

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: University of Arkansas Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies We are pleased to announce University of Arkansas School of Law has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN). UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – March 22, 2013

1. Gone in 60 Seconds: The Impact of the Megaupload Shutdown on Movie Sales by Brett Danaher (Wellesley College – Department of Economics) and Michael Smith (Carnegie Mellon University – H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management) Brett Danaher, Michael Smith With a large body of the academic literature finding that illegal [...]
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Weekly Announcements – March 20, 2013

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: HEC Paris Joins MRN Business School Research Papers We are pleased to announce HEC Paris has started a MRN Business School Research Papers series within the Management Research Network (MRN). HEC PARIS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES View Abstracts: http://www.ssrn.com/link/HEC-Paris-BSR.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=HEC-Paris-BSR HEC Paris topic areas: HEC Paris: Accounting & [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – March 15, 2013

1. Gone in 60 Seconds: The Impact of the Megaupload Shutdown on Movie Sales by Brett Danaher (Wellesley College – Department of Economics) and Michael Smith (Carnegie Mellon University – H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management) Brett Danaher, Michael Smith With a large body of the academic literature finding that illegal [...]
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Weekly Announcements – March 13, 2013

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing 2013 ATA Midyear Meeting Abstracts & Papers on SSRN In cooperation with the American Taxation Association (ATA), the Accounting Research Network (ARN) is pleased to announce the 2013 American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting papers in the SSRN eLibrary. The American Taxation Association (ATA) was founded in 1974 [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – March 8, 2013

1. Afterword: The Libertarian Middle Way by Randy Barnett (Georgetown University Law Center) 2. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics) 3. What Privacy Is For by Julie Cohen (Georgetown University Law Center) 4. The Transnational Origins of Constitutions: Evidence from a New Global [...]
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Weekly Announcements – March 6, 2013

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Thurgood Marshall School of Law Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies Series We are pleased to announce Thurgood Marshall School of Law has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN). THURGOOD MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES [...]
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