Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing IACM 2010 23rd Annual Conference Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the International Association of Conflict Management, the Negotiations Research Network (NEG) is pleased to announce the IACM 2010 23rd Annual 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 International Association for Conflict Management was founded to encourage scholars and practitioners to develop and disseminate theory, research, and experience that is useful for understanding and improving conflict management in family, organizational, societal, and international settings. 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 NEG and, where appropriate, in the journals of our sister networks.

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Conference URL: http://www.bus.umich.edu/Conferences/IACM-Conference-2010

Announcing Fourth Singapore International Conference on Finance 2010 Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the Center for Asset Management Research & Investments (CAMRI) at NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the Fourth Singapore International Conference on Finance 2010 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.

CAMRI aims to improve the performance of students, individuals and organizations in the Asian asset management industry by providing the highest quality study in investment management education and practice. 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.

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Conference URL:
http://bschool.nus.edu.sg/Finance/NewsEvents/SporeIntlConferenceonFinance/FourthSporeIntlConferenceonFinance/tabid/2440/Default.aspx

Announcing Annual Reviews ERN Partners in Publishing Journals

We are pleased to announce that Annual Reviews Annual Review of Economics, Annual Review of Financial Economics, and Annual Review of Resource Economics have joined our Partners in Publishing Journals within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS
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The Annual Review of Economics covers significant developments in the field of economics, including macroeconomics and money; microeconomics, including economic psychology; international economics; public finance; health economics; education; economic growth and technological change; economic development; social economics, including culture, institutions, social interaction, and networks; game theory, political economy, and social choice; agriculture, natural resources, and the environment; industrial organization; the internal organization of firms; risk and insurance; experimental economics; and labor, demography, and retirement.

The Annual Review of Economics is ideal for economists and other social scientists, as well as those in the fields of business and of public policy, whether in government or in academic life.

ANNUAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
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The Annual Review of Financial Economics aims to provide comprehensive, forward-looking and critical reviews of the most significant theoretical, empirical, and experimental developments in financial economics, including the fields of capital markets, corporate finance, financial institutions, market microstructure, and behavioral and experimental finance. Perhaps more than in any other branch of the social sciences, the science of financial economics directly influences the practice of financial economics, thereby creating a broad spectrum of practical insights and applications which, when implemented, yields valuable feedback that reinvigorates academic research. Accordingly, this series will also cover significant scientific developments in the financial industry and among government agencies.

The intended audience of the Annual Review of Financial Economics includes graduate students and faculty in the economics and finance departments, government regulators and policy makers, and finance professionals.

ANNUAL REVIEW OF RESOURCE ECONOMICS
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The Annual Review of Resource Economics will provide authoritative critical reviews evaluating the most significant research developments in resource economics, focusing on agricultural economics, environmental economics, renewable resources, and exhaustible resources. This series will provide a forum in which leading scholars will evaluate the most important contemporary advances in the field of resource economics. These scholars will lay out the most important recent developments, writing with technical precision for a broad audience of scholars across economics and related disciplines.

Annual Review of Law & Social Science Upgrades Its LSN Partners in Publishing Journal

We are pleased to announce that Annual Review of Law & Social Science has upgraded its Partners in Publishing Journal within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), which includes, but is not limited to, a customized abstracting eJournal distributed to SSRN subscribers.

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Annual Review of Law and Social Science(R) – http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/lawsocsci. The Annual Review of Law and Social Science, in publication since 2005, strives to enhance the understanding of the complex connections between law, culture, social structure, and society by focusing on social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, institutions, processes, and behaviors. This groundbreaking series provides multidisciplinary insights into the impact of law, aggregated human behavior and interactions, analytic and normative jurisprudence, the dynamics of decision making and enforcement of authoritative rules, as well as the variations and changes in legal institutions and the management of social change by these institutions.

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing Finlawmetrics 2010 Conference Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the Paolo Baffi Centre on Central Banking and Financial Regulation, the European Banking Center (EBC), and the Center on Central Banks and Financial Institutions, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the Finlawmetrics 2010 “Central Banking, Regulation and Supervision after the Financial Crisis” 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.

After four editions, Finlawmetrics has established itself as a unique forum for analysis and discussion of the most relevant issues related to the evolution of thinking and practice in the fields of central banking, financial regulation and supervision. 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.

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Conference URL: http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/ebc/events/finlawmetrics/

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 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)