Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 7, 2010:

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

2. Where to File Your Patent Case
by Mark A. Lemley (Stanford Law School)

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

4. Beyond Guilt in the Housing Crisis: The Morality of Strategic Default
by Brent T. White (University of Arizona – James E. Rogers College 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)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending March 26, 2010:

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

2. Is the Potential for International Diversification Disappearing?
by Peter F. Christoffersen (McGill University – Faculty of Management) and Vihang R. Errunza (McGill University – Faculty of Management) and Kris Jacobs (McGill University – Faculty of Management) and Xisong Jin (McGill University – Faculty of Management)

3. 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)

4. Is Novelty Obsolete? Chronicling the Irrelevance of the Invention Date in U.S. Patent Law
by Dennis D. Crouch (University of Missouri School of Law)

5. Fifty State Series: LLC Charging Order Case Table
by Carter G. Bishop (Suffolk University Law School; Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending March 19, 2010:

1. Climate Labelling and the WTO: The 2010 EU Ecolabelling Programme as a Test Case Under WTO Law
by Erich Vranes (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

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

3. The Happiness of Economists: Estimating the Causal Effect of Studying Economics on Subjective Well-Being
by Justus Haucap (Heinrich-Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf – Department of Economics; German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)) and Ulrich Heimeshoff (University of Bochum – Faculty of Economics)

4. Making the States Full Partners in a National Climate Change Effort: A Necessary Element for Sustainable Economic Development
by John C. Dernbach (Widener University – School of Law) and Robert B. McKinstry Jr. (Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP; Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson School of Law) and Thomas D. Peterson (Center for Climate Strategies; Johns Hopkins Global Security Center)

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)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending February 5, 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. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be…Lawyers
by Herwig J. Schlunk (Vanderbilt University School of Law)

4. Ranking of the Mutual Fund Industry in Spain: 1994-2009 (Ranking de Gestoras de Fondos de Inversión en España 1994-2009) (Spanish)
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Javier Del Campo Baonza (University of Navarra – IESE Business School)

5. Return of Mutual Funds in Spain 1991-2009 (Rentabilidad de los Fondos de Inversión en España 1991-2009) (Spanish)
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Javier Del Campo Baonza (University of Navarra – IESE Business School)

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)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending November 20, 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. Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications – A Post-Crisis Update
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University – Department of Finance)

4. A Brief Defense of the Written Description Requirement
by Michael Risch (West Virginia University College of Law)

5. Valuing Young, Start-Up and Growth Companies: Estimation Issues and Valuation Challenges
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University – Department of Finance)