Archive for the ‘Top Papers’ Category
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending March 12, 2010:
1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
2. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
3. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased))
4. Patinformatics – An Emerging Scientific Discipline
by Mamta Kumari Raturi (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India) and Prabhat Kumar Sahoo (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India) and Susmita Mukherjee (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India) and Amit Kumar Tiwari (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India)
5. Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications - The 2010 Edition
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University - Department of Finance)
Tags: Brookings Institution, Chandigarh, Daniel Kaufmann, Harvard Business School, India, University of Rochester, World Bank, World Bank Institute
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending February 26, 2010:
1. Manufacturing Tail Risk: A Perspective on the Financial Crisis of 2007-09
by Viral V. Acharya (Stern School of Business; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)) and Thomas F. Cooley (Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Matthew P. Richardson (New York University - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Ingo Walter (New York University - Stern School of Business)
2. An Empirical Study of the Role of the Written Description Requirement in Patent Prosecution
by Dennis D. Crouch (University of Missouri School of Law)
3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
4. Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus
by Dan M. Kahan (Yale University - Law School) and Hank Jenkins-Smith (University of Oklahoma) and Donald Braman (Cultural Cognition Project; George Washington University - Law School)
5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
Tags: Brookings Institution, Daniel Kaufmann, Economics, George Washington University, Law school, New York University, New York University Stern School of Business, World Bank Institute
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending February 12, 2010:
1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
2. Underwater and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis
by Brent T. White (University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law)
3. Conspiracy Theories
by Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University - Harvard Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University - Harvard Law School)
4. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
5. Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications - A Post-Crisis Update
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University - Department of Finance)
Tags: Adrian Vermeule, Cass Sunstein, Colleges and Universities, Education, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Law school, United States
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending January 29, 2010:
1. Underwater and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis
by Brent T. White (University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law)
2. Conspiracy Theories
by Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University - Harvard Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University - Harvard Law School)
3. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)
4. IBEX 35: 1991-2009 - Value Creation and Return
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra - IESE Business School) and Javier Del Campo Baonza (University of Navarra - IESE Business School)
5. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
Tags: Adrian Vermeule, Education, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Law, Law school, United States, University of Arizona
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending January 8, 2010:
1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
2. Buying You: The Government’s Use of Fourth-Parties to Launder Data about ‘The People’
by Joshua L. Simmons (Columbia Law School)
3. Integrity: Without it Nothing Works
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.)
4. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)
5. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester (Deceased))
Tags: Bretton Woods Institutions, Brookings Institution, Daniel Kaufmann, Economic, International, United States, World Bank, World Bank Institute
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending December 4, 2009:
1. Underwater and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis
by Brent T. White (University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law)
2. Luck Versus Skill in the Cross Section of Mutual Fund Returns
by Eugene F. Fama (University of Chicago - Booth School of Business) and Kenneth R. French (Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))
3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
4. The Loser’s Curse: Overconfidence vs. Market Efficiency in the National Football League Draft
by Cade Massey (Yale School of Management; Duke University - Fuqua School of Business) and Richard H. Thaler (University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))
5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
Tags: Booth School of Business, Daniel Kaufmann, Fuqua School of Business, National Bureau of Economic Research, National Football League, Tuck School of Business, United States, University of Chicago
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending November 27, 2009:
1. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be…Lawyers
by Herwig J. Schlunk (Vanderbilt University School of Law)
2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
3. Underwater and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis
by Brent T. White (University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law)
4. Why Jack Balkin is Disgusting
by Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern University School of Law)
5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
Tags: Andrew Koppelman, Asset allocation, Education, Jack Balkin, Law, Law school, Northwestern University Law School, Social Science Research Network
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending November 6, 2009:
1. Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums
by Peter B. Hirtle (Cornell University Library) and Emily Hudson (University of Melbourne - Law School) and Andrew T. Kenyon (University of Melbourne Law School)
2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
3. Stock Price Fragility
by Robin Greenwood (Harvard Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and David Thesmar (HEC Paris (Groupe HEC))
4. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
5. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased))
Tags: Brookings Institution, Cornell University, Daniel Kaufmann, Education, Harvard Business School, University of Melbourne, University of Rochester, World Bank Institute
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending October 23, 2009:
1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
2. Technical Analysis Around the World
by Ben R. Marshall (Massey University - College of Business - Department of Economics and Finance) and Rochester H. Cahan (Macquarie Capital (USA)) and Jared Cahan (Macquarie Bank Ltd)
3. The Determinants of Music Piracy in a Sample of College Students
by Marc F. Bellemare (Duke University - Sanford School of Public Policy; Duke University - Department of Economics) and Andrew M. Holmberg (Department of Justice)
4. ‘This Right is Not Allowed by Governments that are Afraid of the People’: The Public Meaning of the Second Amendment When the Fourteenth Amendment was Ratified
by Clayton E. Cramer and Nicholas James Johnson (Fordham University - School of Law) and George A. Mocsary (United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit)
5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
Tags: Brookings Institution, Daniel Kaufmann, Duke University, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Public policy school, United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, United States Department of Justice
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending October 16, 2009:
1. Trust and Delegation
by Stephen J. Brown (NYU Stern School of Business) and William N. Goetzmann (Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Bing Liang (University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Department of Finance & Operations Management; Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - China Academy of Financial Research) and Christopher Schwarz (University of California at Irvine)
2. Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School (Deceased))
3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
4. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School (Deceased))
5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
Tags: Brookings Institution, Daniel Kaufmann, National Bureau of Economic Research, New York University Stern School of Business, University of California, University of California Irvine, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Yale School of Management
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending October 9, 2009:
1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
2. Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities that Enable It
by Joseph Turow (University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School for Communication) and Jennifer King (Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; University of California, Berkeley - School of Law) and Chris Jay Hoofnagle (University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology) and Amy Bleakley (Annenberg Public Policy Center) and Michael Hennessy (Annenberg Public Policy Center)
3. Shareholder Value Creation of 136 Spanish Companies in January-September 2009 (Spanish)
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra - IESE Business School)
4. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School (Deceased))
5. Predictive Signals and Asset Allocation
by Hui Ou-Yang (Nomura International, Hong Kong) and Zhen Wei (Nomura International, Hong Kong) and Haochuan Zhang (China Life Asset Management Company)
Tags: Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Berkeley Law, Hong Kong, Law school, University of California, University of California Berkeley, University of Navarra, University of Pennsylvania
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending October 2, 2009:
1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
2. Patent Claim Construction: A Modern Synthesis and Structured Framework
by Peter S. Menell (University of California, Berkeley - School of Law) and Matthew D. Powers (Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP) and Steven C. Carlson (Fish & Richardson P.C.)
3. How Do Hedge Fund Clones Manage the Real World?
by Nils Tuchschmid (Haute école de gestion de Genève) and Erik Wallerstein (Geneva School of Business Administration) and Sassan Zaker (Julius Baer Bank)
4. Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities that Enable It
by Joseph Turow (University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School for Communication) and Jennifer King (Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; University of California, Berkeley - School of Law) and Chris Jay Hoofnagle (Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; University of California, Berkeley - School of Law) and Amy Bleakley (Annenberg Public Policy Center) and Michael Hennessy (Annenberg Public Policy Center)
5. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; The Monitor Company; Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School [deceased])
Tags: A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure, Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities that Enable It, Amy Bleakley, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Erik Wallerstein, How Do Hedge Fund Clones Manage the Real World?, Jennifer King, Joseph Turow, Matthew D. Powers, Mebane T. Faber, Michael C. Jensen, Michael Hennessy, Nils Tuchschmid, Patent Claim Construction: A Modern Synthesis and Structured Framework, Peter S. Menell, Sassan Zaker, SSRN Links, Steven C. Carlson, Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Top Papers, William H. Meckling
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 25, 2009:
1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
2. Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization
by Paul Ohm (University of Colorado Law School)
3. A Quantitative Approach to Faber’s Tactical Asset Allocation
by Stefano Marmi (Scuola Normale Superiore) and Claudio Pacati (University of Siena - Department of Economics) and Wiston Adrián Risso (University of Siena - Department of Economics) and Roberto Renò (University of Siena - Department of Economics)
4. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; The Monitor Company; Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School [deceased])
5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
Tags: A Quantitative Approach to Faber's Tactical Asset Allocation, A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation, Aart Kraay, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure, Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization, Claudio Pacati, Daniel Kaufmann, Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, Massimo Mastruzzi, Mebane T. Faber, Michael C. Jensen, Paul Ohm, Roberto Renò, SSRN Links, Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Top Papers, William H. Meckling, Wiston Adrián Risso
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 18, 2009:
1. Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization
by Paul Ohm (University of Colorado Law School)
2. The Equity Premium in 150 Textbooks
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra - IESE Business School)
3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
4. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; The Monitor Company; Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School [deceased])
5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
Tags: A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation, Aart Kraay, Broken Promises of Privacy, Daniel Kaufmann, Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, Massimo Mastruzzi, Mebane T. Faber, Michael C. Jensen, Pablo Fernandez, Paul Ohm, SSRN Links, The Equity Premium in 150 Textbooks, Theory of the Firm, Top Papers, William H. Meckling
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 11, 2009:
1. Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization
by Paul Ohm (University of Colorado Law School)
2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
3. The Ethical Responsibility to Reduce Energy Consumption
by John C. Dernbach (Widener University - School of Law) and Donald A. Brown (Pennsylvania State University)
4. Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family Background and Motivation
by Vivek Wadhwa (Duke University - Pratt School of Engineering; Harvard University - Labor and Worklife Program) and Krisztina Holly (University of Southern California) and Raj Aggarwal (University of Akron - Department of Finance) and Alex Salkever (Duke University - Pratt School of Engineering)
5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
Tags: A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation, Aart Kraay, Alex Salkever, Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family Background and Motivation, Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization, Daniel Kaufmann, Donald A. Brown, Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, John C. Dernbach, Krisztina Holly, Massimo Mastruzzi, Mebane T. Faber, Paul Ohm, Raj Aggarwal, SSRN Links, The Ethical Responsibility to Reduce Energy Consumption, Top Papers, Vivek Wadhwa
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 4, 2009:
1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
2. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; The Monitor Company; Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School [deceased])
3. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)
4. Global Legal Pluralism
by Paul Schiff Berman (Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; Princeton University)
5. Corporate Governance and Control
by Marco Becht (Free University of Brussels - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics; Université Libre de Bruxelles - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management; European Corporate Governance Institute) and Patrick Bolton (Columbia Business School - Department of Economics) and Ailsa Röell (Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance)
Tags: A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation, Aart Kraay, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure, Ailsa Röell, Corporate Governance and Control, Daniel Kaufmann, Global Legal Pluralism, Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2008, Marco Becht, Massimo Mastruzzi, Mebane T. Faber, Michael C. Jensen, Patrick Bolton, Paul Schiff Berman, SSRN Links, Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Top Papers, William H. Meckling
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