Category Archives: Top Papers

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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Weekly Top 5 Papers – July 23, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending July 23, 2010: 1. High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System: Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey by Stuart J. H. Graham (Georgia Institute of Technology – College of Management; University of California, Berkeley School of Law – BCLT) [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – July 16, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending July 16, 2010: 1. WACC: Definition, Misconceptions and Errors by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) 2. Social Security Benefits Formula 101: A Practical Primer by Francine J. Lipman (Chapman University – School of Law) and James [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – July 9, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending July 9, 2010: 1. WACC: Definition, Misconceptions and Errors by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) 2. WACC: Definition and Errors by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) 3. Errors, Robustness, and the Fourth [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – July 2, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending July 2, 2010: 1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 2. The Great Danes: Cultural Values and Neoliberal Reforms by Scott Sumner (affiliation not provided to SSRN) 3. May it Please the [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – June 18, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending June 18, 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. A Quantitative Approach to [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – June 11, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending June 11, 2010: 1. Global Warming Advocacy Science: A Cross Examination by Jason Scott Johnston (University of Pennsylvania – Law School) 2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 3. 201 Questions on [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – June 4, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending June 4, 2010: 1. Arizona Senate Bill 1070: A Preliminary Report by Gabriel J. Chin (University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law; University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy) and Carissa Byrne Hessick (Arizona State, Sandra [...]
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