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 R. Cavicchi (FRanklin Pierce Law Center UNH School of Law)

2. 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)

3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by
Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

4. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)

5. Biodiversity and Climate Change Laws: A Failure to Communicate?
by David Hodas (Widener University – School of Law)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing Western Political Science Association 2010 Annual Meeting

In cooperation with the Western Political Science Association (WPSA), the Political Science Network (PSN) is pleased to announce the WPSA 2010 Meetings Online Proceedings. These proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of the meetings papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

You can browse all WPSA 2010 Meeting abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. There are currently more than 880 such papers in the system. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.

View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/WPSA-2010.html

The theme for the 2011 meeting is “Transnational Borders, Equity and Social Justice.” As escalating demographic change and deepening economic recession collide, transnational borders have been caught in a “perfect storm.” Political institutions and public policy initiatives continue to close the gates of transnational borders into the United States. The politics of racial and ethnic identity, immigration, and economic development revert to survival mode where “we” becomes “us versus them.” How can we recharge our economy, keep our political institutions and policy vital without making equity, diversity and social justice central to what democratic government does? More information about the conference is available at:

http://www.csus.edu/org/wpsa/mtgs.stm

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 Ke Yang (Washington University, Saint Louis) and Guofu Zhou (Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis)

3. Flash Cookies and Privacy
by Ashkan Soltani (University of California, Berkeley – School of Information) and Shannon Canty (Clemson University) and Quentin Mayo (Jacksonville State University) and Lauren Thomas (Louisiana State University) and Chris Jay Hoofnagle (University of California, Berkeley – School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology)

4. Is the Sky Falling on the Content Industries?
by
Mark A. Lemley (Stanford Law School)

5. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)

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
Rajesh Kumar (affiliation not provided to SSRN)

3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by
Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

4. Relative Strength Strategies for Investing
by
Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

5. The Secret of My Success: How Status, Prestige and School Performance Shape Legal Careers
by
Richard H. Sander (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – School of Law) and
Jane Yakowitz (Brooklyn Law School)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing 17th Conference on the Theories & Practices of Securities & Financial Markets on SSRN

In cooperation with the National Sun Yat-Sen University, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 17th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets Online Proceedings. These proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The College of Management, NSYSU, strives to be one of the best academic institutions for management education in the global Chinese community.

You can browse all 17th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.

View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/17th-NSYSU-Conference.html
Conference URL: http://www.finance.nsysu.edu.tw/SFM/

Announcing Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), Second Biennial Global Conference on SSRN

In cooperation with the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is pleased to announce the SIEL Second Biennial Global Conference Online Proceedings. These proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) is a new organization aimed at academics and academically-minded practitioners and officials in the field of IEL, in all parts of the world. The broad goals and objectives of the organization include: building links and networks between and among IEL academics and academically-minded practitioners and officials; fostering the development of local IEL expertise and IEL organizations where needed; representing the discipline of international economic law as appropriate in global, regional and national fora; and encouraging research, practice, service and teaching in the field of IEL.

You can browse all SIEL Second Biennial Global Conference abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.

View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/SIEL-2010-Barcelona-Conference.html
Conference URL: http://www.sielnet.org/Default.aspx?pageId=466207

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Bar-Ilan University Joins Economics Departments Research Papers

We are pleased to announce that Bar-Ilan University Department of Economics has started an Economics Departments Research Papers series, within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
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The Department of Economics at Bar-Ilan University is the largest economics department in Israel in terms of its faculty size. The Department faculty members are actively engaged in academic research and scholarship. The Department has a particularly strong reputation in the fields of political economy, public economics, social choice and welfare, and decision theory. Other areas of research include labor economics, population economics and economic growth, industrial organization, income distribution and income inequality, and macroeconomics. The Department’s research paper series reflects this diverse and broad range of interests of the faculty members. The papers are available online at http://www.biu.ac.il/soc/ec/wp/working_papers.html.

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) and George Feiger (Contango Capital Advisors) and Rajesh Kumar (affiliation not provided to SSRN)

3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

4. Becoming a Law Professor: A Candidate’s Guide
by Brannon P. Denning (Cumberland School of Law) and Marcia L. McCormick (Saint Louis University – School of Law) and Jeffrey M. Lipshaw (Suffolk University Law School)

5. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)

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) – Dedman School of Law)

3. Into the Abyss: What If Nothing is Risk Free?
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University – Stern School of Business)

4. Relative Strength Strategies for Investing
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

5. Appliance Energy Efficiency Labels and Standards
by David Hodas (Widener University – School of Law)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

University of New Mexico School of Law Joins LSN Legal Studies Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce that University of New Mexico School of Law has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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Founded in 1947, the University of New Mexico School of Law is a vibrant, diverse community of outstanding faculty, students, and alumni who are making a difference across the country and around the world. The School, which offers a rich and engaged classroom experience guided by faculty members who are leaders in their fields, is an “acknowledged” leader in the fields of clinical education, American Indian law, and natural resources and environmental law. The University of New Mexico School of Law Legal Studies eJournal contains abstracts, works in progress, and published papers from our faculty.

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) and Robert P. Merges (University of California, Berkeley – School of Law) and Pamela Samuelson (University of California, Berkeley – School of Law) and Ted M. Sichelman (University of San Diego School of Law)

2. The Dark Side of Bank Wholesale Funding
by Rocco Huang (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Wharton Financial Institutions Center) and Lev Ratnovski (International Monetary Fund)

3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

4. Of Constitutional Decapitation and Healthcare
by Steven J. Willis (University of Florida – Fredric G. Levin College of Law) and Nakku Chung (University of Florida – Fredric G. Levin College of Law)

5. Overconfidence, Under-Reaction, and Warren Buffett’s Investments
by John S. Hughes (University of California at Los Angeles) and Jing Liu (University of California at Los Angeles) and Mingshan Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST))