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

2. Naturalized Jurisprudence and American Legal Realism Revisited
by Brian Leiter (University of Chicago Law School)

3. How Much Better are the Most Prestigious Journals? The Statistics of Academic Publication
by William H. Starbuck (New York University (NYU) – Department of Management and Organizational Behavior; University of Oregon – Charles H. Lundquist School of Business)

4. The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank – Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)

5. Market Risk Premium Used in 56 Countries in 2011: A Survey with 6,014 Answers
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Javier Aguirreamalloa (IESE Business School) and Luis Corres Avendaño (IESE)

1. A Dysfunctional Role of High Frequency Trading in Electronic Markets
by Robert A. Jarrow (Cornell University – Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
) and Philip Protter (affiliation not provided to SSRN)

2. 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)

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

4. The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues
by Daniel Kaufmann (The Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank – Development Research Group (DECRG)) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)

5. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)) and William H. Meckling (Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased))

1. Creating Leaders: An Ontological Model
by Werner Erhard (Independent) and Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)) and Kari L. Granger (Sunergos, LLC; Center For Character and Leadership Development, USAFA)

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

3. 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)

4. Measuring Flow Toxicity in a High Frequency World
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)

5. The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues
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 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 E. Williamson (San Diego State University – College of Business Administration)

3. Economics: A Good Choice of Major for Future CEOs
by Patricia M. Flynn (Bentley University – Department of Economics) and Michael A. Quinn (Bentley University – Department of Economics)

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

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 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 Senate: An Empirical Analysis of the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings of Supreme Court Nominees, 1939-2009
by Lori A. Ringhand (University of Georgia School of Law) and Paul M. Collins Jr. (University of North Texas)

4. 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)

5. Market Risk Premium Used in 2010 by Analysts and Companies: A Survey with 2,400 Answers
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 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 Tactical Asset Allocation
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment 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. Why We Have Never Used the Black-Scholes-Merton Option Pricing Formula (fifth version)
by Espen Gaarder Haug and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (NYU-Poly)

5. Global Warming Advocacy Science: A Cross Examination
by Jason Scott Johnston (University of Pennsylvania – Law School)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending April 30, 2010:

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

2. The 4% Rule – At What Price?
by Jason S. Scott (Financial Engines, Inc.) and William F. Sharpe (Stanford University – Graduate School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and John G. Watson (Financial Engines, Inc.; Stanford University – Graduate School of Business)

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

4. 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)

5. Preferences for Status: Evidence and Economic Implications
by Ori Heffetz (Cornell University – S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management) and Robert H. Frank (Cornell University – Department of Economics)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending April 16, 2010:

1. Choice Architecture
by Richard H. Thaler (University of Chicago – Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University – Harvard Law School) and John P. Balz (University of Chicago – Political Science Department)

2. Is Democracy Like Sex?
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law)

3. Youth, Privacy and Reputation (Literature Review)
by Alice E. Marwick (Harvard University – Berkman Center for Internet & Society; New York University) and Diego Murgia-Diaz (Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Harvard Law School) and John G. Palfrey Jr. (Harvard Law School)

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

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 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 March 12, 2010:

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

2. 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)

3. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased))

4. Patinformatics – An Emerging Scientific Discipline
by Mamta Kumari Raturi (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India) and Prabhat Kumar Sahoo (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India) and Susmita Mukherjee (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India) and Amit Kumar Tiwari (Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. Chandigarh, India)

5. Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications – The 2010 Edition
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University – Department of Finance)