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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 latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing New FEN Editor’s Choice eJournals

We are pleased to announce the following Financial Economics Network (FEN) Editor’s Choice eJournals — Finance Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching (Editor’s Choice), and History of Finance (Editor’s Choice).

Finance Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching (Editor’s Choice)
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Editors: Benjamin C. Esty, Harvard Business School, Michael J. Schill, University of Virginia - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and Kent L. Womack, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business

Description: The Finance Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

History of Finance (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Victor Ricciardi, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Description: History of Finance Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

Announcing New ERN Research Paper Series Journals

We are pleased to announce that NYU Wagner School of Public Service has started an ERN Public Policy Centers Research Papers series, and Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration Department of Economics has started an Economics Departments Research Papers series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

NYU WAGNER SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE
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The challenges of public service in the 21st century require thoughtful, innovative research programs designed to maximize both scholarly and public impact.

Wagner School faculty strive to produce and disseminate research that changes the way in which people frame, understand, analyze, manage, and act on public issues and policies of vital importance.

NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
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At NHH, the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, the first chairs in economics were created at its foundation in 1936. The Department of Economics itself was not established until 1951/52. From the beginning, a broad range of research interests were represented, and from the outset academic research has occupied a central place in the activities of the Department. Since the late 1960s, its members have been very active contributors to international economics journals. Many of them have also taken a strong interest in matters of economic policy, sometimes as members or experts on government committees, and sometimes as contributors to public debate about current economic issues.

Announcing ARN Editor’s Choice eJournals

We are pleased to announce the following Accounting Research Network (ARN) Editor’s Choice eJournals — Accounting Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching (Editor’s Choice), Behavioral & Experimental Accounting (Editor’s Choice), Financial Accounting (Editor’s Choice), History of Accounting (Editor’s Choice), and Managerial Accounting (Editor’s Choice).

Accounting Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Ross L. Watts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

Description: The Accounting Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

Behavioral & Experimental Accounting (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Victor Ricciardi, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Description: The Behavioral & Experimental Accounting Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

Financial Accounting (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Ross L. Watts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

Description: The Financial Accounting Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

History of Accounting (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Victor Ricciardi, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Description: The History of Accounting Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

Managerial Accounting (Editor’s Choice)
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Editor: Ross L. Watts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

Description: The Managerial Accounting Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

Here is the latest announcement from SSRN:

Darden School of Business: Batten Institute Joins ERPN Research Paper Series Sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation

We are pleased to announce that the Darden School of Business: Batten Institute has started a Research Paper Series sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation within the Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network (ERPN).

Darden School of Business: Batten Institute

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The Darden School of Business: Batten Institute is dedicated to the creation of knowledge about the transformative power of entrepreneurship and innovation and to the cultivation of principled, entrepreneurial leaders. We believe that entrepreneurship and innovation are powerful mechanisms for addressing society’s most pressing issues and that economic and social advancement requires leaders who embrace an entrepreneurial outlook and a commitment to innovation of all kinds. (View full announcement)

Here is the latest announcement from SSRN:

Announcing Third Singapore International Conference on Finance 2009 Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the Saw Centre for Financial Studies, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the Third Singapore International Conference on Finance 2009 Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting’s papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

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The Third Singapore International Conference on Finance is an international conference that brings together high quality papers on corporate finance, asset pricing, corporate governance, institutional trading and banking. The conference presents an excellent opportunity for practitioners and researchers in financial institutions and universities to discuss and exchange ideas on the latest developments in the field of finance. This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the conference. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific journals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the journals of our sister networks. (View full announcement)

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Bancaria Joins FEN Partners in Publishing

We are pleased to announce that Bancaria has joined our Partners in Publishing within the Financial Economics Network (FEN).

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Bancaria is the journal of the Italian Banking Association published by Bancaria Editrice. Over the last 80 years Bancaria contributed to the awareness and in-depth examination of national and international banking and financial system dynamics. Today it is one of the more acknowledged and widespread Italian financial journals. (View full announcement)

Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) Joins ERN Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce that Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) has started a Research Paper Series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

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The Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) Research Paper Series focuses on selected micro- and macroeconomic aspects of demographic change. It contains research results from research scientists, doctoral students and visiting scholars at MEA. The papers are published electronically by the institution and available online. (View full announcement)

Journal of CENTRUM Cathedra Joins MRN Partners in Publishing

We are pleased to announce that Journal of CENTRUM Cathedra has joined our Partners in Publishing within the Management Research Network (MRN).

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The Journal of CENTRUM Cathedra (JCC) is the official academic journal of CENTRUM Catolica, the Business School of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. The mission of the JCC is to disseminate knowledge generated by academic and doctoral research conducted at CENTRUM Catolica and other universities in the areas of global strategic management. (View full announcement)

Announcing 2009 CAAA Annual Conference Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the Canadian Academic Accounting Association, the Accounting Research Network (ARN) is pleased to announce the 2009 CAAA Annual Conference Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting’s papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

The Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) is an organization of accounting educators, professional accountants, and others who are involved in, or concerned about, research and education in accounting and related areas. The CAAA’s mission is to promote excellence in accounting research and education in Canada. This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the conference. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific journals within ARN and, where appropriate, in the journals of our sister networks.

You can browse all 2009 CAAA Annual Conference abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. There are currently more than 35 such papers in the system. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser. (View full announcement)

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First Issue: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/sample_issues/1162496_CMBO.html

Here is the latest announcement from SSRN:

Massey University College of Business Joins MRN Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce that Massey University College of Business has started a Business School Research Paper Series within the Management Research Network (MRN).

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Among New Zealand universities, Massey University is unique. Throughout its 80-year history, Massey has played a defining role in the development of New Zealand through its contribution to land-based industries, distinctive mix of internal, distance and international teaching, commitment to innovation, and close links with business and the community. The College of Business at Massey has internationally recognized research expertise in areas as diverse as finance, economics, accountancy, small-medium enterprises, marketing, banking, management, business information systems, ergonomics, communication, public relations, and strategy, to name a few. (View full announcement)