The SSRN Blog

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending June 26, 2009:

1. Are Stocks Really Less Volatile in the Long Run?
by Lubos Pastor (University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; Centre for Economic Policy Research; National Bureau of Economic Research) and Robert F. Stambaugh (University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School; National Bureau of Economic Research)

2. Regulating Bankers’ Pay
by Lucian A. Bebchuk (Harvard University - Harvard Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research; European Corporate Governance Institute) and Holger Spamann (Harvard University - Harvard Law School)

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

4. Slapped in the Face by the Invisible Hand: Banking and the Panic of 2007
by Gary B. Gorton (Yale School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research)

5. Case Closed
by Robert A. Haugen (Haugen Custom Financial Systems) and Nardin L. Baker (University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending June 12, 2009:

1. How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students
by Orin S. Kerr (George Washington University - Law School)

2. Regulating Bankers’ Pay
by Lucian A. Bebchuk (Harvard University - Harvard Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research; European Corporate Governance Institute) and Holger Spamann (Harvard University - Harvard Law School)

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

4. A Novel Simple but Empirically Consistent Model for Stock Price and Option Pricing
by Huadong (Henry) Pang (J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Quantitative Research)

5. 7 Myths About Green Jobs
by Andrew P. Morriss (University of Illinois College of Law; PERC - Property and Environment Research Center; George Mason University - Mercatus Center) and William T. Bogart (York College of Pennsylvania) and Andrew Dorchak (Case Western Reserve University Law Library) and Roger E. Meiners (University of Texas at Arlington)