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Weekly Announcements – January 16, 2012

Diane — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:23:09 +0000

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

A Short Tribute to Larry Ribstein

I am personally and professionally saddened at the sudden passing of my friend, Larry E. Ribstein, Mildred van Voorhis Jones Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, a pre-eminent scholar in the field of LLCs and other unincorporated business associations, and the editor of our Corporate Law: Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Entities eJournal. We will miss his prodigious scholarship, his unflagging energy, his perceptive and provocative commentary on many subjects, and his iconoclastic style. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family, colleagues, and friends.

I am grateful that Professor Jeffrey M. Lipshaw, of Suffolk Law School, Larry’s co-author on the casebook, Unincorporated Business Entities, has agreed to take over as the editor of Larry’s journal.

Professor Lipshaw has proposed that we rename the journal as Corporate Law: LLCs, Close Corporations, Partnerships, and Other Private Enterprises. I think Larry would have approved this new name, which emphasizes LLCs and closely held firms more generally. He would be the first to tell you that no one ought to form a partnership any more, and indeed, few people do.

Please see below for the new journal title and description, and information on how to subscribe.

Bernie Black
Managing Editor, SSRN

CORPORATE LAW: LLCs, CLOSE CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, & OTHER PRIVATE ENTERPRISES eJOURNAL
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Editor: Jeffrey M. Lipshaw, Associate Professor, Suffolk University Law School

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to LLCs, close corporations, partnerships, and other private enterprises. This includes the law, economics, history and policy of closely-held corporations and non-corporate firms, including partnerships, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, and similar entities both in the US and around the world. Specific topics include private law matters such as governance, fiduciary duties, formation, litigation, arbitration, choice of law, exit, dissolution, transfer, creditors’ rights, and limited liability. They also include public law matters such as bankruptcy, employment discrimination, securities regulation, competition law, and professional regulation. Articles may also focus on types of businesses or other relationships that commonly organize as limited liability companies, close corporations, partnerships or other unincorporated business entities, including venture capital, professional services, real estate, finance, family firms, domestic relationships and public-private enterprises.

Announcing 24th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference 2011 Abstracting eJournal on SSRN

In cooperation with the Institute of Global Finance at the University of New South Wales, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 24th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC) 2011 Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The AFBC is an annual event organized by the School of Banking and Finance in conjunction with the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales. The event aims to promote discussion and interaction among researchers, academics, and practitioners interested in finance and banking fields, and draws a large crowd of both international and Australian participants to the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney every December. The conference runs over three days and includes plenary sessions with distinguished keynote speakers, break-out sessions, social events, a Business Forum, a special issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance, a session for PhD students, and other initiatives such as the Networking Women in Finance session that discusses gender initiatives in the field. This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the Annual Conference. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific eJournals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the eJournals of our sister networks.

View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/24th-Australasian-2011.html
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National Research University Higher School of Economics Joins Economics Departments Research Papers

We are pleased to announce the National Research University Higher School of Economics has started an Economics Departments Research Papers series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) was established in 1992 with the purpose to promote economic and social reforms in Russia through education of a new generation of researchers and practitioners, production and dissemination of modern economic knowledge among Russian business and government. Nowadays the HSE is an absolute leader in the academic fields of economics among Russian universities. The strategic goal is to make the HSE the foremost centre for research and education, analysis, consulting and design in the field of social and economic science that would join the line of leading global research universities. Higher School of Economics Research Paper Series were established to provide our faculty with additional communication means with their colleagues, providing accessible way to distribute and discuss their research within the global research community.

Weekly Announcements – May 30, 2011

Diane — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:35:04 +0000

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing CAAA 2011 Annual Meeting Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA), the Accounting Research Network (ARN) is pleased to announce the 2011 Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Annual Conference abstracting eJournal. The abstracting eJournal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting 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.

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE
You can subscribe to the 2011 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Meeting abstracting eJournal by clicking on the following link:
http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=CAAA-2011

Participants of this year’s meetings will be subscribed to the abstracting journal.

You can browse the CAAA 2011 Annual Conference abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. There are currently 65 such papers in the system. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.

View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/CAAA-2011.html
Conference URL: http://www.caaa.ca

Announcing 2011 International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI) Abstracting eJournal on SSRN

In cooperation with the Institute of Management Sciences (ISEM), the Institute of Business Administration (IAE), and the Montpellier Business School (GSCM) at the Universite Montpellier 1, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 2011 International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI). This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The 28th annual International Conference of the French Finance Association was held at Montpellier (FRANCE), May 11-13, 2011. This event was hosted by the Institute of Management Sciences (ISEM), and is jointly organized by the Institute of Business Administration (IAE) and the Montpellier Business School (GSCM). We are delighted to announce Sheridan Titman and Denis Gromb as the AFFI 2011 Keynote Speakers.

View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/2011-AFFI.html
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Conference URL: http://www.affi2011.univ-montp1.fr

Weekly Announcements – May 23, 2011

Diane — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:07:55 +0000

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative Joins Marketing Research Centers Papers

We are pleased to announce that the Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative has started a Marketing Research Centers Papers series within the MRN Marketing Network.

WHARTON CUSTOMER ANALYTICS INITIATIVE RESEARCH PAPER SERIES

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The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative (WCAI) is the leading academic research center focusing on the development and application of customer analytics methods. Acting as “matchmaker” between academia and industry, WCAI has had a broad impact on the practice of data-driven business decision-making, and the dissemination of relevant insights to managers, students, and policy makers. Based in the Wharton School’s Marketing Department and designed to capitalize on Wharton’s longstanding strength in conducting empirical research, WCAI is an interdisciplinary effort that brings a passionate data-driven perspective unmatched by any other business school.

The WCAI Research Paper Series features papers based on WCAI-supported research. If you would like to submit a paper for research that was supported with WCAI funding or data, please contact Elea McDonnell Feit at efeit@wharton.upenn.edu. To learn more about WCAI Grants and Research Opportunities, visit http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/wcai/Research-Process.cfm.

Weekly Announcements – April 16, 2011

Diane — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:25:51 +0000

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing 2nd Finance & Corporate Governance Conference Abstracting eJournal on SSRN

In cooperation with the La Trobe University Graduate School of Management in conjunction with the School of Accounting and the School of Economics & Finance of La Trobe University, the School of Business and Law of Auckland University of Technology, the School of Economics and Finance of Queensland University of Technology, the School of Accounting and Commercial Law of Victoria University of Wellington, the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance at Macquarie University, and the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 2nd Finance and Corporate Governance Conference Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The broad themes embedded in this international conference include: Accounting Information, Accounting Disclosure Practices/Financial Reporting, Asset Pricing, Banking, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility, Earnings Quality, Emerging Markets, Financial Markets, Funds Management, Market Microstructure, Risk Management, and Sustainable/Socially responsible Investments. 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 Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/2011-Fin-Corp-Gov-Conf.html
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Conference URL: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/gsm/fcgc

Announcing Expansion of ERN Microeconomics: Intertemporal Choice & Growth Subject Matter eJournal

We are pleased to announce the expansion of Economics Research Network (ERN) Microeconomics: Intertemporal Choice & Growth eJournal into the following eJournals:

MICROECONOMICS: INTERTEMPORAL CONSUMER CHOICE & SAVINGS eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on microeconomic aspects of the choices faced by consumers that are associated with a flow of benefits and costs that accrue in the future as well as the role played by savings. The topics in this eJournal include topics from Section D9 of the JEL classification system.

MICROECONOMICS: INTERTEMPORAL FIRM CHOICE & GROWTH, INVESTMENT, FINANCING, & CAPACITY eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on microeconomic aspects of the choices faced by firms that are associated with a flow of benefits and costs that accrue in the future. Included in this topic is analysis of the impact of intertemporal firm choices on growth, investment, financing, and capacity. The topics in this eJournal include the topics from Section D9 of the JEL classification system.

MICROECONOMICS: LIFE CYCLE MODELS & BEHAVIORAL LIFE CYCLE MODELS eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on microeconomic aspects of the choices faced by consumers that are associated with the flows of benefits and costs that accrue over the life cycle. The topics in this eJournal include topics from Section D9 of the JEL classification system.

Weekly Announcements – April 4, 2011

Diane — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:45:44 +0000

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social Research Joins Economics Research Centers Papers

We are pleased to announce the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social Research has started an Economics Research Centers Papers series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH WORKING PAPER SERIES

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The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research is a research-only department in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne and is Australia’s leading and longest standing research institute in the field of economics, undertaking cutting-edge research into key issues relevant to contemporary economic and social policy. The Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series spans the six research programs of the Melbourne Institute including i) Labour Economics and Social Policy; ii) Applied Macroeconomics; iii) Health Economics; iv) Industrial Economics; v) Economics of Education and Child Development; and vi) the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.

Weekly Announcements – March 21, 2011

Diane — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:24:31 +0000

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing New LSN Environmental Justice & Sustainability Sponsored Subject Matter eJournal

We are pleased to announce a new Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Sponsored Subject Matter eJournal — Environmental Justice & Sustainability eJournal, sponsored by the Graduate Program in Environmental Sustainability at the St. Thomas University School of Law.

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE & SUSTAINABILITY eJOURNAL

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Editors: Alfred (Fred) R. Light, Professor of Law and Director, Graduate Program in Environmental Sustainability, St. Thomas University School of Law, and Randall S. Abate, Associate Professor of Law, Florida A&M University – College of Law

Sponsor: The Graduate Program in Environmental Sustainability at the St. Thomas University School of Law (http://www.stu.edu/law/environmentLLM) is a one-year, 24-credit LL.M. program designed to equip students with the legal tools and practical experience necessary to work in the field of environmental law in today’s changing world. Unlike traditional programs focused on legal categories such as land use law or environmental regulation, the curriculum is a cross-cutting, interdisciplinary approach to policies and programs that promote sustainability. The Program uses a continuous adaptive learning model, engaging learners in collaborative practice and problem solving exercises that provide opportunities to develop critical competencies such as initiative, critical thinking, teamwork and accountability along with learning content. Components include foundational semester-long, skill-based courses requiring collaboration on projects similar to tasks frequently found in practice, immersion modules involving visits to work locations where field observation enhances learning, and one-credit two-day weekend workshops focused on contemporary “hot topics”.

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that examine cross-cutting, interdisciplinary approaches to policies and programs that support sustainability: reducing the risks to our national security, improving our economic efficiency and productivity, enhancing our health and communities, creating jobs, improving the lives of the poorest among us, and fostering greater human well-being throughout the world. Environmental justice refers to those cultural norms and values, rules, regulations, behaviors, policies and decisions to support sustainable communities, where people can interact with confidence that their environment is safe, nurturing, and protective. It frequently emphasizes distributive justice, that is the equitable distribution of the burdens resulting from environmentally threatening activities or the environmental benefits of government and private programs. The principle of environmental sustainability encompasses adaptive ecosystem management, that actions to correct environmental problems must simultaneously be actions that reduce uncertainty in the future, allowing correction of our uncertain course in the future.

SYMMYS – Advanced Risk & Portfolio Management Joins Finance Research Centers Papers

We are pleased to announce that SYMMYS – Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management (ARPM) has started a Finance Research Centers Papers series within the Financial Economics Network (FEN).

SYMMYS – ADVANCED RISK & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PAPER SERIES

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The Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management Research Paper Series by SYMMYS has the objective of collecting mathematically rigorous and practical research for buy-side quantitative finance. Areas of emphasis include:

Asset allocation: portfolio construction, optimization, robustness, tactical allocation, asset & liability management, dynamic strategies, alternative alpha/exotic beta, index construction, risk budgeting, hedging, risk & performance attribution
Liquidity: market impact, optimal execution, algorithmic trading
Risk management: VaR and risk measures, diversification, market risk, credit risk, counterparty risk, operational risk, drawdown control
Model construction: estimation and forecasting, factor models, copulas, simulations, trees, lattices

Weekly Announcements – February 28, 2011

Diane — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:21:04 +0000

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing 2011 ATA Midyear Meeting Abstracts & Papers on SSRN

In cooperation with the American Taxation Association (ATA), the Accounting Research Network (ARN) is pleased to announce the 2011 American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting papers in the SSRN eLibrary.

The American Taxation Association (ATA) was founded in 1974 and joined the American Accounting Association (AAA) in 1978 as the Tax Section of the AAA. Memberships and student memberships are open to persons with an interest in tax education and research. Please see the ATA objectives to learn more about our goals. Under the guidance of President Hughlene Burton, the ATA’s committees provide a wide variety of services to the ATA membership. For more information please read Dr. Burton’s remarks at the annual meeting and see the Committees page for ways to get involved. Abstracts of the papers will be published in subject-specific eJournals within ARN and, where appropriate, in the eJournals of our sister networks.

View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/2011-American-Taxation-Assoc-Mtg.html

Conference URL: http://aaahq.org/ata/meetings/midyear-meetings/2011/ATAmidyear2011.htm

Weekly Top 5 Papers – January 21, 2011

Diane — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:25:55 +0000

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 2010) (Spanish)
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Javier Aguirreamalloa (affiliation not provided to SSRN) and Luis Corres Avendaño (IESE)

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

4. Why do CFOs Become Involved in Material Accounting Manipulations?
by Mei Feng (University of Pittsburgh – Katz Graduate School of Business) and Weili Ge (University of Washington – Michael G. Foster School of Business) and Shuqing Luo (National University of Singapore (NUS)) and Terry J. Shevlin (University of Washington – Michael G. Foster School of Business)

5. Telefonica: 1991-2010 (Spanish)
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Javier Aguirreamalloa (affiliation not provided to SSRN) and Luis Corres Avendaño (IESE)

Weekly Announcements – December 6, 2010

Diane — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:50:32 +0000

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing 46th Annual AREUEA Conference Abstracting eJournal on SSRN

In cooperation with The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 46th Annual AREUEA Conference Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the meetings papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

You can browse abstracts and download the full text of all papers given at the 46th Annual AREUEA Conference in the SSRN database by clicking on the following link. There are currently more than 80 such papers in the system. You may wish to bookmark it in your browser.

View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/AREUEA-2011.html
Conference URL: http://www.areuea.org/conferences/details.phtml?id=86

Weekly Announcements – November 15, 2010

Diane — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:57:36 +0000

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Journal of Investment Consulting Joins FEN Partners in Publishing Journals

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Investment Consulting has joined our Financial Economics Network (FEN) Partners in Publishing Journals.

JOURNAL OF INVESTMENT CONSULTING
View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Journal-Investment-Consulting.html

The Journal of Investment Consulting keeps investment management consultants and investment advisors abreast of new research findings in investments and private wealth management.

A distinguished editorial advisory board consisting of acknowledged authorities and leaders in the fields of consulting, capital markets, investment management, fiduciary practice, and financial planning reviews all submittals. Articles are selected based on relevancy, content, and the Journal’s editorial mix. The editorial mix of each Journal issue includes the following:

behavioral finance
empirical research
ethics
legal and regulatory issues
practice management
wealth management

Announcing the CELS 2010: 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Online Proceedings

In cooperation with the Society for Empirical Legal Studies, the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is pleased to announce the CELS 2010: 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies online proceedings. The proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of publicly available papers to be presented at the conference with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

CELS 2010: 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies features original empirical and experimental legal scholarship by leading scholars from a diverse range of fields.

You can browse all abstracts for publicly available papers to be presented at CELS 2010 in the SSRN database at
http://www.ssrn.com/link/CELS-2010.html.

You may also visit the CELS 2010 conference website at
http://www.law.yale.edu/news/cels.htm.

Announcing New MRN Organizational Behavior Research Network

We are pleased to announce the creation of the Organizational Behavior Research Network (ORG) within the Management Research Network. It will provide a worldwide, online community for research in all areas of organizational behavior studies, following the model of other subject matter networks within SSRN.

We expect ORG to become a comprehensive online resource for research in organizational behavior studies, providing scholars with access to current work in their field and facilitating research and scholarship.

ORG’s founding director is:

David C. Logan, Lecturer, University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business and Senior Partner, CultureSync

See below for a complete list of ORG Advisory Board members.

The following Subject Matter eJournals are available within ORG. Initially, subscriptions will be free during the start-up phase until June 2011.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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