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Announcing New LSN Sponsored Subject Matter eJournal

We are pleased to announce a new Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Sponsored Subject Matter eJournal — Reproductive Justice, Law & Policy, co-sponsored by the Center for Reproductive Rights and American University Washington College of Law.

REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, LAW & POLICY
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Editors: Pamela D. Bridgewater, Professor of Law, American University - Washington College of Law, and Diana Hortsch, Director of the Law School Initiative, Center for Reproductive Rights

Sponsors:
For more than 15 years, the Center for Reproductive Rights has used the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill. Since 1992, our attorneys have boldly used legal and human rights tools to create this world. We are the only global legal advocacy organization dedicated to reproductive rights, with expertise in both U.S. constitutional and international human rights law. Our groundbreaking cases before national courts, United Nations committees, and regional human rights bodies have expanded access to reproductive healthcare, including birth control, safe abortion, prenatal and obstetric care, and unbiased information. We influence the law outside the courtroom as well, documenting abuses, working with policymakers to promote progressive measures, and fostering legal scholarship and teaching on reproductive health and human rights.
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In 1898, Washington College of Law became the first law school in the world founded by women - a time when women were generally excluded from the legal profession. Today, its program in lawyer training along with its commitment to human rights, WCL is deeply involved in discourse about governmental policymaking, social change, and rights in the polity. Moreover, the school has attracted outstanding visiting, distinguished and adjunct faculty members who play critical roles in public and private sector organizations. Our location in the nation’s capital offers unparalleled externship opportunities with federal and local agencies, courts, and public interest organizations. The law school’s diverse curriculum offers students a myriad of opportunities to pursue their own professional and academic goals. While assisting students in gaining cutting-edge legal knowledge and skills, the LL.M. Program encourages them to investigate the relevant history, political theory, and ethical questions relevant to their interests.

Description: Reproductive Justice, Law and Policy is an interdisciplinary e-journal covering a vast range of issues, both domestic and international, related to reproductive rights, gender, human rights, sexuality, medicine, race and class. The editors invite scholarship from all disciplines, including law, political science, history, economics, medicine, reproductive technology and other social sciences.

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing New LSN Partners in Publishing Journals

UTRECHT LAW REVIEW
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The Utrecht Law Review is an electronic open-access journal which aims to offer an international scientific platform for cross-border legal research. In the first place, this concerns research in which the boundaries of the classic branches of the law (private law, criminal law, constitutional and administrative law, European and public international law) are crossed and connections are made between these areas of the law, amongst others from a comparative law perspective. In addition, the journal welcomes research in which classic law is brought face to face with not strictly legal disciplines such as economics, political sciences and public administration science. The Utrecht Law Review is not a specialist journal. Each year, in January, a general issue appears including contributions on a variety of (legal) topics. In June, a special issue appears on a specific theme which is based on one of the research programmes at the Utrecht School of Law.

The Editorial Board consists of renowned and young researchers, representing the various disciplines at the Utrecht School of Law, and one student member. Academic quality and the international character of the journal are guaranteed by the Scientific Council, which consists of national and foreign experts in all branches of legal science. All academic articles that are submitted are subjected to anonymous peer review.

POTCHEFSTROOM ELECTRONIC LAW JOURNAL
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PER publishes contributions relevant to Development in the South African Constitutional State, also in a comparative context. Contributions in four languages (English, Afrikaans, Dutch and German) are accepted, although most articles, and all summaries, appear in English. This open access electronic journal is the first of its kind in South Africa and first appeared in 1998. The journal maintains stringent peer review procedures. PER is published by the Faculty of Law of the North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa, assisted by a long list of external referees from reputable institutions in various countries. The editors are Professors Francois Venter, Christa Rautenbach and Anel du Plessis and the editorial board consists of legal scholars all over the globe.

REVIEW OF EUROPEAN & ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (REALAW)
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Review of European Administrative Law (REALaw) is a scholarly peer reviewed law journal, published twice a year (online and in print), in the English language edited at the Department of Administrative Law and Public Administration of the University of Groningen and the Institute of Constitutional and Administrative Law and the Europa Instituut of Utrecht University. Review of European Administrative Law provides a forum for the discussion of issues in the development of European administrative law. The journal aims to cover all aspects of European administrative law, reflecting the role of the European Union, the role of domestic legal orders and their mutual relation and influence.

The editorial board consists of Prof. J.H. Jans, Prof. A. Prechal, Prof. R.J.G.M. Widdershoven, Dr. K.J. de Graaf (managing editor) and associate editors: Dr. A. Tollenaar (book reviews), Dr. A.P.W. Duijkersloot (case law). The editorial board is assisted by an Advisory Board of well known specialists in the field: J.-B. Auby, Paris; Ch.W. Backes, Maastricht; T. Barkhuysen, Leyden C. Boch, Edinburgh; R. Caranta, Turin; M. Dougan, Liverpool; X. Groussot, Lund; Ch.J. Hilson, Reading; H. Hofmann, Luxembourg; J. Komarek, Oxford/Prague; M. Kuennecke, Hull; M.C. Plaza Martin, Toledo; J. Prinssen, Antwerp; W. den Ouden, Leyden; M. Ruffert, Jena; E. Steyger, Amsterdam; P. Wenneras, Oslo; G. Winter, Bremen.

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 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 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 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 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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Conference URL: http://aaahq.org/mas/

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.

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

BROWN UNIVERSITY - LAW, SOCIAL THOUGHT & GLOBAL GOVERNANCE RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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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.

WILLIAM MITCHELL COLLEGE OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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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).

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LEAVEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS RESEACH PAPER SERIES
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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.

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Announcing 4 New Sponsored LSN Subject Matter eJournals

We are pleased to announce four new Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Sponsored Subject Matter eJournals under Law, Brain & Behavior Journals. Law & Evolution, Law & Neuroscience, Law & Prosociality, and Law, Cognition, & Decisionmaking, are sponsored by Indiana University Maurer School of Law and by the UCLA School of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles.

LAW, BRAIN & BEHAVIOR JOURNALS
Law is concerned with organizing and constraining human behavior. As a result, some model of human behavior, implicit or explicit, underlies legal principles and analysis. Papers in LAW, BRAIN & BEHAVIOR employ conceptual and empirical findings from various disciplines, including neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and experimental psychology, to shed light on how we can best understand law and and use it to guide human behavior in desirable directions.

LAW & EVOLUTION
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Editor: Jeffrey Evans Stake, Robert A. Lucas Chair of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts with a focus on the intersection of law and evolution in a number of domains. First and foremost, evolutionary psychology and biology provide a model of human behavior that can be helpful in understanding legal rules, critiquing them, and suggesting reforms. Second, understanding the evolution of the biological world is important for constructing legal regimes to address a wide variety of issues, from the environment to medicine. Third, ideas can and often do replicate, becoming “memes,” and their evolution has implications for the law, both because many areas of the law deal with ideas and because laws and legal institutions are themselves evolving replicators. This journal accepts working papers, essays, published articles, experimental and research reports, and other scholarly treatments of topics within the intersection of LAW AND EVOLUTION.

LAW & NEUROSCIENCE
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Editor: Oliver Goodenough, Professor, Vermont Law School, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts with a focus on law and the emerging science of the brain sharing a basic preoccupation: understanding the nature of human thought and action. Law has been had an implicit science of mind; cognitive neuroscience is an explicit version. A sustained academic dialog between these disciplines will lead to advances on each side of the conversation. In particular we desire to increase access to, as well as understanding of, human action. By access we mean an actionable pathway to improving human action. Law will be enriched with better models of thought and behavior and with a tool-kit of applications and interventions for such difficult problems as addiction, mental health, and legal procedure itself. Cognitive science will benefit from the challenge of tackling problems whose solutions could have significant consequences for justice and social welfare. The abstracting journal LAW AND NEUROSCIENCE provides a forum for conducting this exchange. It will accept working papers, essays, published articles, experimental and research reports, and other scholarly treatments of topics at the intersection of law, neuroscience and related disciplines, such as cognitive psychology, economics, and behavioral biology.

LAW & PROSOCIALITY
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Editor: Lynn Stout, Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law

Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering various aspects of the many interactions between law and prosocial behavior. Extensive empirical evidence demonstrates that rather than always maximizing their own material self-interest, people often behave prosocially by sacrificing their own material welfare in order to help, and sometimes in order to harm, other people. For example, people often follow legal rules, obey social norms, and show both trust and trustworthiness, even when external sanctions are weak or absent. Papers in LAW AND PROSOCIALITY use data and evidence gathered from neuroscience, experimental and behavioral economics and psychology, and other life and social sciences to shed light on the empirical phenomenon of prosocial behavior and to examine how prosocial behavior depends on, reinforces, and interacts with law and public policy. Legal scholars, behavioral economists, psychologists, policy experts, and other researchers and scholars are encouraged to submit papers that investigate the empirical phenomenon of prosocial behaviors, including behaviors like trust, altruism, cooperation, and altruistic punishment, and their relation to law and social order.

LAW, COGNITION, & DECISIONMAKING
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Editor: Russell Korobkin, Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law

Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts at the intersection of research on behavioral decisionmaking and law. Evaluations of existing or potential legal policy require an understanding of how law affects behavior, and an understanding of behavior in turn requires insight into how individuals process information and make decisions. Papers in LAW, COGNITION, and DECISIONMAKING use knowledge of how humans process information to render judgments, form preferences, and make choices for the purpose of informing descriptive and normative analysis of law.

Announcing Expansion of ERN Microeconomics Subject Matter eJournal

We are pleased to announce the expansion of Economics Research Network (ERN) Microeconomics: Information, Specific Knowledge, & Uncertainty into the following eJournals:

MICROECONOMICS: ASYMMETRIC & PRIVATE INFORMATION
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Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on microeconomic aspects of information including the analysis of decisions in transactions where the costs of information transfer result in one party having different information than the other. Included in this topic are studies in which the cost of transferring or creating information lead to information asymmetries in principal-agent problems. The topics in this journal include topics D82, D83, D86 and D87 from Section D8 of the JEL classification system.

MICROECONOMICS: DECISION-MAKING UNDER RISK & UNCERTAINTY
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Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on microeconomic aspects of the analysis of economic actors making decisions facing different levels of risk and uncertainty. Included in this topic are models based on probability, and utility theories. The topics in this journal include topics D81 from Section D8 of the JEL classification system.

MICROECONOMICS: SEARCH; LEARNING; INFORMATION COSTS & SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; EXPECTATION & SPECULATION
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Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on microeconomic aspects of the role played by the costs of information transfer, learning, and searching, in decision-making under uncertainty and risk. The analysis of the role played by expectations and speculation in reaching decisions in the context of costly information and uncertainty is also included in this topic. The topics in this journal include topics D83 and D84 from Section D8 of the JEL classification system.

Announcing Paris December 2009 Finance International Meeting AFFI - EUROFIDAI on SSRN

In cooperation with the Paris Finance International Meeting AFFI - EUROFIDAI, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the Paris December 2009 Finance International Meeting 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.

The annual Paris Finance International Meeting is organized by AFFI (French Finance Association) and EUROFIDAI (European Financial Data Institute), and jointly sponsored by CDC Institute for Economic Research, CNRS, Fondation Banque de France pour la Recherche en Economie Monetaire, Financiere et Bancaire and Ministere de l’Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche and Pôle universitaire Léonard de Vinci.

The latest research in all areas of finance is included in the meeting. Program chair is Patrice Fontaine.

This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the December 2009 Meeting. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific journals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the journals of our sister networks.

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Erasmus Law Review Upgrades Its LSN Partners in Publishing Journal

We are pleased to announce that Erasmus Law Review has upgraded its Partners in Publishing Journal within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), which includes, but is not limited to, a customized abstracting eJournal distributed to SSRN subscribers.

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The Erasmus Law Review seeks to foster independent critical scholarship as relevant to the discipline of law.

The Board of Editors encourages the submission of legally relevant manuscripts by legal scholars and practitioners as well as those versed in other disciplines relevant to law, such as criminology, sociology, political science and economics.

The Erasmus Law Review intends to issue calls for papers on specific topics, topics will be posted on the website of the journal. All articles which the board in principle intends to publish will be submitted to peer-review.

Business History Review Joins MRN Partners in Publishing Journals

We are pleased to announce that the Harvard Business School, Business History Review has joined our Partners in Publishing Journals within the Management Research Network (MRN).

BUSINESS HISTORY REVIEW

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Business History Review is a quarterly publication of original research by historians, economists, sociologists, and scholars of business administration. BHR’s ongoing mission, from its 1926 inception as the Bulletin of the Business Historical Society, is to encourage and aid the study of the evolution of business in all periods and all countries.

China Academy of Financial Research (CAFR) Joins Finance Research Centers Papers

We are pleased to announce that China Academy of Financial Research (CAFR) has started a Finance Research Centers Papers series within the Financial Economics Network (FEN).

CHINA ACADEMY OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH (CAFR)

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CAFR is the China Academy of Financial Research. The role of the CAFR is modeled after the NBER in the US and the CEPR in Europe.

CAFR Research Paper Series aims at promoting high-quality theoretical and applied research in financial economics. The Series also aims at promoting high-quality research on China’s economy and financial markets. The Series features contributions both by CAFR Research Fellows and by a network of external researchers.

Announcing New ERN Research Paper Series Journals

We are pleased to announce that Universidad de los Andes Department of Economics and George Mason University Department of Economics have each started an Economics Departments Research Paper Series; George Mason University School of Public Policy Faculty Research has started an ERN Public Policy Centers Research Paper Series, within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

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The Documentos CEDE Working Papers Series aims to advance the Department of Economics at Universidad de los Andes as an outstanding center for research on Economics. The series reflects the interest of our faculty on a wide array of economic issues and on applied economic research. Documentos CEDE provides our faculty and students with an opportunity to disseminate their research and exchange ideas with policy makers and the academic community.

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

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The Department of Economics at George Mason University (GMU) is distinguished by its excellence in Austrian economics, experimental economics and public choice. Its intellectual contribution to these fields is exemplified by two Nobel prizes awarded to Mason professors James Buchanan (public choice) and Vernon Smith (experimental economics). Complementing its tradition of academic excellence is the department’s Washington DC location, which leaves it unique in its ability to draw direct attention to its extensive outreach and policy research programs. The Working Paper Series (WPS) aims to further enhance the academic strength of the department by promoting the rapid dissemination of research, facilitate the exchange of ideas with other researchers, and stimulate intellectual exchange and communication throughout the scholarly community.

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY FACULTY RESEARCH

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The School of Public Policy (SPP) at George Mason University is at the crossroads - both geographically and intellectually - of government, non-profit organizations and private industry. The SPP Faculty Research Paper Series exhibits a cross-section of the faculty research output. Founded in 1990, today SPP has 70 full-time teaching and research faculty from more than a dozen academic fields, including political science, economics, geography, sociology, anthropology, business, engineering, history, law, medicine, education, and urban planning. Currently offering five Master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in Public Policy, SPP now attracts almost 1,000 students from the U.S. and abroad and has one of the largest doctoral programs in public policy in the US.

Announcing the 2009 IACM Meetings Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), the Negotiations Research Network (NEG) is pleased to announce the 2009 IACM Meetings Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting journal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the meetings papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

You can browse all IACM 2009 Meeting abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. There are currently 63 such papers in the system. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.

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Conference URL: http://www.iacm-conflict.org

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Stetson University College of Law Joins LSN Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce that Stetson University College of Law has started a Research Paper Series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

Stetson University College of Law

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Stetson University College of Law, located in Gulfport and Tampa, Florida, is a dynamic scholarly community with a vibrant faculty and student body who strive to have a meaningful and far-reaching impact on the law, the profession, and society. To further this mission, the Stetson University College of Law Legal Studies Research eJournal contains abstracts, works-in-progress, and published articles and essays written by members of the College of Law faculty on a wide variety of legal and law-related topics.

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Announcing the CELS 2009: 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Online Proceedings

In cooperation with the Society of Empirical Legal Studies, the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is pleased to announce the CELS 2009: 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies online proceedings. The proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of publicly available papers to be presented at the conference with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

CELS 2009: 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies features original empirical and experimental legal scholarship by leading scholars from a diverse range of fields.

You can browse all abstracts for publicly available papers to be presented at CELS 2009 in the SSRN database at
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You may also visit the CELS 2009 conference website at
http://lawweb.usc.edu/cels/.

Announcing the 2009 Canadian Law & Economics Association (CLEA) Annual Conference Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the Canadian Law and Economics Association (CLEA), the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is pleased to announce the 2009 Canadian Law and Economics Association (CLEA) Annual Conference Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting journal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the meetings papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

The 2009 CLEA Conference included papers on all areas of Law and Economics. In addition, there were a number of panels focusing on specific topics.

You can browse abstracts and download the full text of all papers given at the 2009 CLEA Conference in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. There are currently 33 such papers in the system. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.

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Conference URL: http://www.canlecon.org/

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Announcing the American Finance Association 2010 Meetings Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the American Finance Association (AFA), the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the American Finance Association Annual 2010 Meetings Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting journal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the meetings papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

You can browse abstracts and download the full text of all papers given at the AFA 2010 Annual Meetings in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. There are currently more than 100 such papers in the system. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.

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Conference URL: http://www.afajof.org/association/annualconf.asp

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University of Virginia School of Law Rejoins LSN Law & Economics RPS and Public Law & Legal Theory RPS

We are pleased to announce the University of Virginia School of Law is reinstating its Law & Economics Research Paper Series and Public Law & Legal Theory Research Paper Series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW, LAW & ECONOMICS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES

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Editor: Richard M. Hynes, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of
Law

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW, PUBLIC LAW & LEGAL THEORY RESEARCH PAPER SERIES

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Editor: M. Elizabeth Magill, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of
Law

Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, the University of Virginia School of Law is a world-renowned training ground for distinguished lawyers and public servants. Virginia’s Law & Economics Research Paper Series and Public Law & Legal Theory Research Paper Series feature the interdisciplinary scholarship of the School of Law’s faculty and are accessible on-line and through e-mail distribution. (View full announcement)

Frontiers in Finance & Economics Joins FEN Partners in Publishing

We are pleased to announce Frontiers in Finance & Economics has joined our Partners in Publishing within the Financial Economics Network (FEN).

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Frontiers in Finance & Economics is a refereed journal that publishes original, empirical, theoretical, and methodological articles.

It aims at developing the knowledge and practice of finance and economics, fostering top research in these areas and sharing ideas among scholars and practitioners.

Research contributions include, but are not limited to, topics on: financial markets and institutions, securities pricing, financial engineering, emerging markets, international capital flows, country/political risk, foreign direct and portfolio investment, corporate governance, credit risk, monetary policy and investment theory, financial liberalization and innovation, sovereign debt issues, international trade, structural policies and economic adjustment, open economics issues, economic and financial globalization and integration, crisis and contagion effects, sustainable development, country and comparative studies, economic history, development, political economy, prospective studies and transition economies and their problems. (View full announcement)

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Quarterly Review Joins ERN Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce that the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Quarterly Review has started a Research Paper Series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Quarterly Review

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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Quarterly Review disseminates the Bank for International Settlement’s research on financial markets and macroeconomics. Articles tend to be more topical than academic papers, are less technical and focus on topics that are of interest to central banks. The overview chapter analyses recent developments; another chapter reviews the highlights of the recent releases of the BIS’ statistics on banking, securities and derivatives markets. Recent special features have focused on measures to reopen securitisation markets, on methods to estimate the contributions to systemic risk of individual banks, on the cost of capital of banks and on setting up central counterparties in OTC derivatives markets. The annex to the Quarterly Review includes data from the international financial statistics on financial institutions operating across borders; various financial markets in different jurisdictions; a growing range of financial instruments; and lenders, depositors, investors and borrowers transacting in different currencies. (View full announcement)

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Darden School of Business: Batten Institute Joins ERPN Research Paper Series Sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation

We are pleased to announce that the Darden School of Business: Batten Institute has started a Research Paper Series sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation within the Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network (ERPN).

Darden School of Business: Batten Institute

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The Darden School of Business: Batten Institute is dedicated to the creation of knowledge about the transformative power of entrepreneurship and innovation and to the cultivation of principled, entrepreneurial leaders. We believe that entrepreneurship and innovation are powerful mechanisms for addressing society’s most pressing issues and that economic and social advancement requires leaders who embrace an entrepreneurial outlook and a commitment to innovation of all kinds. (View full announcement)

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Announcing Third Singapore International Conference on Finance 2009 Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the Saw Centre for Financial Studies, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the Third Singapore International Conference on Finance 2009 Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting’s papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

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The Third Singapore International Conference on Finance is an international conference that brings together high quality papers on corporate finance, asset pricing, corporate governance, institutional trading and banking. The conference presents an excellent opportunity for practitioners and researchers in financial institutions and universities to discuss and exchange ideas on the latest developments in the field of finance. This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the conference. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific journals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the journals of our sister networks. (View full announcement)

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Announcing Two New Sponsored LSN Subject Matter eJournals

We are pleased to announce two new Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Sponsored Subject Matter eJournals — Law & Religion, sponsored by Pepperdine University Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, & Ethics; and Risk, Regulation, & Policy, sponsored by Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology at Arizona State University at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

LAW & RELIGION
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Editor: Robert F. Cochran, Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law and Director, Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics, Pepperdine University School of Law

Sponsor: The purpose of Pepperdine University’s Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics is to explore the nexus between the three disciplines in its name. It provides students and faculty the opportunity to explore these areas through interdisciplinary seminars, conferences, and symposia. Recognizing the great value in ecumenical exploration of an understanding of law and religion, we seek to draw from a broad range of religious and legal voices on the relationship between law and religion. While affirming Pepperdine University’s Christian identity, the Institute attempts to draw from the diverse range of religious voices represented by our faculty and student body, seeking dialogue and common ground among faith traditions.

Description: This eJournal welcomes articles that explore the intersection of Law and Religion, including articles on:

1. The Religion Clauses of the United States Constitution and Analogous Law in Other Countries.
2. Critiques of Law from the Perspective of Religious Traditions.
3. The Religious Lawyering Movement - what our religious traditions tell us about law practice.
4. Religious Freedom and International Human Rights.
5. Religious law Issues (e.g., Canon Law, Islamic Law, and Jewish Law).
6. United States and International Religion/State Issues (e.g., Church/State Issues).

RISK, REGULATION, & POLICY
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Editors: Adam Finkel, Fellow and Executive Director, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania Law School; and Douglas J. Sylvester, Associate Dean for Faculty Research & Development, Professor of Law, Faculty Fellow, Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology, Arizona State University College of Law

Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology is the first and largest academic center focused on the intersection of law and science. The Center bridges law and science by fostering the development of legal frameworks for new technologies and advancing the informed use of science in legal decision-making. The Center facilitates transdisciplinary study and dialogue among policy-makers, academics, students, professionals and industry; it is committed to principles of balance, innovation, competitiveness and sustainability.

Description: This journal distributes working papers, forthcoming articles, and submitted articles on all topics related to the regulation of risk. Risk is broadly defined in this journal as real, imagined, or potential threats to human health and safety, environmental risks, or financial catastrophes. This journal is necessarily interested in, but not confined to, discussions of emerging technologies and their potential risks. The approach of this journal is interdisciplinary and should encompass the work of lawyers, political scientists, anthropologists, economists, psychologists, historians, and sociologists whose work encompasses formal or informal processes to regulate, understand, or govern potential risks. This journal welcomes empirical and experimental, work on perceptions of risk as well as theoretical or practical applications of legal or non-legal concepts to control potential risks.(View full announcement)