Category Archives: Top Papers

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Top 5 Papers – March 1, 2013

1. Changes in Income Inequality Among U.S. Tax Filers between 1991 and 2006: The Role of Wages, Capital Income, and Taxes by Thomas Hungerford 2. Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything is a Crime by Glenn Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law) 3. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 22, 2013

1. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School) 2. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics) 3. Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything is a Crime by Glenn Reynolds (University of [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 15, 2013

1. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School) 2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 3. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics) 4. [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 8, 2013

1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 2. Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals by Allen Rostron (University of Missouri at Kansas City – School of Law) and Nancy Levit (University of Missouri at Kansas City – School of Law) 3. A Brief Introduction [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 1, 2013

1. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics) 2. Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything is a Crime by Glenn Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law) 3. Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness by Jonathan Klick (University of Pennsylvania Law School) and [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – January 25, 2013

  1. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics) 2. Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything is a Crime by Glenn Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law) Glenn Harlan Reynolds The “Due Process When Everything Is A Crime” piece started germinating with [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – January 18, 2013

1. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics) 2. How the JPML Can Benefit from the Federal Circuit and Vice-Versa by Christopher Nofal (Covington & Burling LLP) 3. Understanding the Modern Monetary System by Cullen Roche (Orcam Financial Group, LLC) 4. Low Risk Stocks [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – January 11, 2013

1. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics) 2. How the JPML Can Benefit from the Federal Circuit and Vice-Versa by Christopher Nofal (Covington & Burling LLP) 3. Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness by Jonathan Klick (University of Pennsylvania Law School) and Joshua [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – January 4, 2013

1. Top Marginal Effective Tax Rates by State and by Source of Income, 2012 Tax Law vs. 2013 Scheduled Tax Law by Gerald Prante (Lynchburg College, School of Business and Economics) and Austin John (Lynchburg College, School of Business and Economics) 2. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy by Daniel Solove [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – December 28, 2012

1. Multiple Victim Public Shootings, Bombings, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handgun Laws: Contrasting Private and Public Law Enforcement by John Lott (University of Maryland Foundation) and William Landes (University of Chicago Law School) 2. Top Marginal Effective Tax Rates by State and by Source of Income, 2012 Tax Law vs. 2013 Scheduled Tax Law by Gerald [...]
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