Category Archives: Top Papers

Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 11, 2011

1. Taking Note of Notes: Student Legal Scholarship in Theory and Practice by Andrew Yaphe (Stanford Law School) 2. What is Marriage? by Sherif Girgis (Princeton University Department of Philosophy) and Robert George (Princeton University – Department of Politics) and Ryan T. Anderson (University of Notre Dame Department of Political Science) 3. Female Ritual Healing [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 4, 2011

1. Naming Baby: The Constitutional Dimensions of Parental Naming Rights by Carlton F. W. Larson (University of California, Davis – School of Law) 2. Top 10 Law School Home Pages of 2010 by Jason Eiseman (Yale University) and Roger V. Skalbeck (Georgetown University Law Center) 3. What is Marriage? by Sherif Girgis (Princeton University Department [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – January 28, 2011

1. Top 10 Law School Home Pages of 2010 by Jason Eiseman (Yale University) and Roger V. Skalbeck (Georgetown University Law Center) 2. Ranking of the Mutual Fund Industry in Spain: 1991-2010 (Ranking de Gestoras de Fondos de Inversión) (In Spanish) by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Javier Aguirreamalloa (affiliation [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – January 21, 2011

1. What is Marriage? by Sherif Girgis (Princeton University Department of Philosophy) and Robert George (Princeton University – Department of Politics) and Ryan T. Anderson (University of Notre Dame Department of Political Science) 2. Shareholder Return and Value Creation of 125 Spanish Companies in 2010 (Rentabilidad y Creación de Valor de 125 Empresas Españolas en [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – January 14, 2011

1. IBEX 35: 1991-2010 – Value Creation and Return by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Javier Aguirreamalloa (affiliation not provided to SSRN) and Luis Corres Avendaño (IESE) 2. What is Marriage? by Sherif Girgis (Princeton University Department of Philosophy) and Robert George (Princeton University – Department of Politics) and Ryan [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – January 7, 2011

1. What is Marriage? by Sherif Girgis (Princeton University Department of Philosophy) and Robert George (Princeton University – Department of Politics) and Ryan T. Anderson (University of Notre Dame Department of Political Science) 2. A Replication of the Procedures from Bem (2010, Study 8) and a Failure to Replicate the Same Results by Jeff Galak [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – December 10, 2010

1. Creating Leaders: An Ontological Model by Werner Erhard (Independent) and Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)) and Kari L. Granger (Sunergos, LLC; Center For Character and Leadership Development, USAFA) 2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – November 12, 2010

1. Expenditure Cascades by Adam Seth Levine (Vanderbilt University) and Robert H. Frank (Cornell University – Department of Economics) and Oege Dijk (European University Institute – Economics Department (ECO); Bocconi University – Department of Economics (DEP)) 2. The Constitution of the Roman Republic: A Political Economy Perspective by Eric A. Posner (University of Chicago – [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – November 5, 2010

1. The Microstructure of the ‘Flash Crash’: Flow Toxicity, Liquidity Crashes and the Probability of Informed Trading by David Easley (Cornell University – Department of Economics) and Marcos Mailoc Lopez de Prado (Tudor Investment Corp.; RCC, Harvard University) and Maureen O’Hara (Cornell University – Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management) 2. A Quantitative Approach [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – October 22, 2010

1. Are State Public Pensions Sustainable? Why the Federal Government Should Worry About State Pension Liabilities by Joshua D. Rauh (Northwestern University – Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) 2. Two Faces: Demystifying the Mortgage Electronic Registration System’s Land Title Theory by Christopher Lewis Peterson (University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – October 8, 2010

1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 2. The Federal Circuit and Inequitable Conduct: An Empirical Assessment by Lee Petherbridge (Loyola Law School Los Angeles) and Jason Rantanen (University of California, San Francisco – Hastings College of the Law) and Ali Mojibi (United States Court of Appeals [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – October 1, 2010

1. Gender and Philosophical Intuition by Wesley Buckwalter (CUNY The Graduate Center) and Stephen Stich (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; University of Sheffield) 2. Empirical Limitations on High Frequency Trading Profitability by Michael Kearns (University of Pennsylvania) and Alex Kulesza (University of Pennsylvania) and Yuriy Nevmyvaka (University of Pennsylvania) 3. A Quantitative Approach [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – September 24, 2010

1. Regulating the Shadow Banking System by Gary B. Gorton (Yale School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Andrew Metrick (Yale School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) 2. Commandeering the People: Why the Individual Health Insurance Mandate is Unconstitutional by Randy E. Barnett (Georgetown University Law Center) 3. Scholarly [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – September 10, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 10, 2010: 1. Detecting Deceptive Discussions in Conference Calls by David F. Larcker (Stanford University – Graduate School of Business) and Anastasia A. Zakolyukina (Stanford Graduate School of Business) 2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – September 3, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 3, 2010: 1. Fundamentals of Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials by Thomas G. Field Jr. (University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center)) 2. Detecting Deceptive Discussions in Conference Calls by David F. Larcker (Stanford [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – August 27, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending August 27, 2010: 1. A Statistical Analysis of the Patent Bar: Where are the Software-Savvy Patent Attorneys? by Ralph D. Clifford (University of Massachusetts School of Law at Dartmouth) and Thomas G. Field Jr. (Franklin Pierce Law Center) and Jon [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – August 20, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending August 20, 2010: 1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 2. A New Anomaly: The Cross-Sectional Profitability of Technical Analysis by Yufeng Han (University of Colorado at Denver – Business School) and [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – August 13, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending August 13, 2010: 1. Is the Sky Falling on the Content Industries? by Mark A. Lemley (Stanford Law School) 2. Economists’ Hubris – The Case of Equity Asset Management by Shahin Shojai (Capco) and George Feiger (Contango Capital Advisors) and [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – August 6, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending August 6, 2010: 1. How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students by Orin S. Kerr (George Washington University – Law School) 2. Economists’ Hubris – The Case of Equity Asset Management by Shahin Shojai (Capco) [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – July 30, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending July 30, 2010: 1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 2. A Survey of Electronic Research Alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw in Law Firms by Laura K. Justiss (Southern Methodist University (SMU) [...]
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