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)

by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

by James Bessen (Research on Innovation)

by Dan M. Kahan (Yale University – Law School; Harvard Law School) and Maggie Wittlin (Yale University – Law School) and Ellen Peters (Psychology Department; Decision Research; University of Oregon) and Paul Slovic (Decision Research; University of Oregon – Department of Psychology) and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette (Yale University – Law School) and Donald Braman (Cultural Cognition Project; George Washington University – Law School) and Gregory N. Mandel (Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law)

by David Easley (Cornell University – Department of Economics) and Marcos Lopez De Prado (Tudor Investment Corp.; RCC at Harvard University) and Maureen O’Hara (Cornell University – Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management)

1. Government Size and Growth: A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence
by Andreas Bergh (Lund University – Department of Economics; Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)) and Magnus Henrekson (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN))

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. The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons: Culture Conflict, Rationality Conflict, and Climate Change
by Dan M. Kahan (Yale University – Law School; Harvard Law School) and Maggie Wittlin (Yale University – Law School) and Ellen Peters (Psychology Department; Decision Research; University of Oregon) and Paul Slovic (Decision Research; University of Oregon – Department of Psychology) and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette (Yale University – Law School) and Donald Braman (Cultural Cognition Project; George Washington University – Law School) and Gregory N. Mandel (Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law)

4. A Generation of Software Patents
by James E. Bessen (Research on Innovation; Boston University – School of Law)

5. Rhetoric and Reality in Early American Legal History: A Reply to Gordon Wood
by Alison L. LaCroix (University of Chicago Law School)

1. The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons: Culture Conflict, Rationality Conflict, and Climate Change
by Dan M. Kahan (Yale University – Law School; Harvard Law School) and Maggie Wittlin (Yale University – Law School) and Ellen Peters (Psychology Department; Decision Research; University of Oregon) and Paul Slovic (Decision Research; University of Oregon – Department of Psychology) and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette (Yale University – Law School) and Donald Braman (Cultural Cognition Project; George Washington University – Law School) and Gregory N. Mandel (Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law)

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. Divine Operating System
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law)

4. Train Wrecks, Budget Deficits, and the Entitlements Explosion: Exploring the Implications of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Public Debt Clause
by Michael Abramowicz (George Washington University Law School)

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

1. Why Do Humans Reason? Arguments for an Argumentative Theory
by Hugo Mercier (University of Pennsylvania) and Dan Sperber

2. 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 and Luis Corres Avendaño (IESE)

3. What is Originalism? The Evolution of Contemporary Originalist Theory
by Lawrence B. Solum (University of Illinois College of Law)

4. The Grass is Indeed Greener in India and China for Returnee Entrepreneurs: America’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs – Part VI
by Vivek Wadhwa (Duke University – Pratt School of Engineering; Harvard University – Labor and Worklife Program) and Sonali Jain (Duke University – Center on Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness) and AnnaLee Saxenian (University of California, Berkeley – School of Information) and Gary Gereffi (Duke University – Department of Sociology – Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness) and Huiyao Wang (Harvard Kennedy School; Center for China & Globalization)

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

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

University of New Mexico School of Law Joins LSN Legal Studies Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce that University of New Mexico School of Law has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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Founded in 1947, the University of New Mexico School of Law is a vibrant, diverse community of outstanding faculty, students, and alumni who are making a difference across the country and around the world. The School, which offers a rich and engaged classroom experience guided by faculty members who are leaders in their fields, is an “acknowledged” leader in the fields of clinical education, American Indian law, and natural resources and environmental law. The University of New Mexico School of Law Legal Studies eJournal contains abstracts, works in progress, and published papers from our faculty.

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending June 4, 2010:

1. Arizona Senate Bill 1070: A Preliminary Report
by Gabriel J. Chin (University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law; University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy) and Carissa Byrne Hessick (Arizona State, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) and Toni M. Massaro (University of Arizona College of Law) and Marc L. Miller (University of Arizona – James E. Rogers College of Law)

2. 201 Questions on Finance (201 Preguntas Sobre Finanzas) (Spanish)
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School)

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

4. Introductory Reading for Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model
by Werner Erhard (Independent) and Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and Steve Zaffron (Landmark Education LLC; Vanto Group) and Kari L. Granger (Center For Character and Leadership Development, USAFA; Sunergos, LLC)

5. Paying for Long-Term Performance
by Lucian A. Bebchuk (Harvard University – Harvard Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)) and Jesse M. Fried (Harvard Law School)

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 February 19, 2010:

1. The Copenhagen Conference – A Post-Mortem
by Daniel Bodansky (University of Georgia Law School)

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

3. Economists, Crises and Cartoons
by David M. Levy (Center for Study of Public Choice) and Sandra J. Peart (Jepson School of Leadership Studies)

4. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)

5. Conspiracy Theories
by Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University – Harvard Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University – Harvard Law School)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending February 12, 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. Conspiracy Theories
by Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University – Harvard Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University – Harvard Law School)

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. Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications – A Post-Crisis Update
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University – Department of Finance)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending January 29, 2010:

1. 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)

2. Conspiracy Theories
by Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University – Harvard Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University – Harvard Law School)

3. ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
by Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School)

4. IBEX 35: 1991-2009 – Value Creation and Return
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Javier Del Campo Baonza (University of Navarra – IESE Business School)

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