Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing Expansion of ERN Development Economics eJournal

We are pleased to announce the expansion of Economics Research Network (ERN) Development Economics eJournal into the following eJournals:

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on issues related to agriculture, the exploitation of natural resources, as well as the impact of these economic activities on the environment in the context of developing economies. The topics in this eJournal include topics from Section O13 and O44 of the JEL classification system.

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: MACROECONOMIC ISSUES IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on macroeconomic issues and topics in the context of economic development such as: fiscal and monetary policies, financial markets, saving and capital investment, foreign exchange policy, and aggregate productivity. The topics in this eJournal include topics from Section O1, O2, and O4 of the JEL classification system.

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: MICROECONOMIC ISSUES IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on microeconomic aspects of economic development including the analysis of manufacturing and services industries, management of technological innovation and R&D, human resources, and urban and rural topics including housing and infrastructure. The topics in this eJournal include topics from Section O1, O21, O3 of the JEL classification system.

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: REGIONAL & COUNTRY STUDIES eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on regional and country studies of development. The topics in this eJournal include topics from Section O5 of the JEL classification system.

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: WOMEN, GENDER, & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on human development and women and gender issues in the context of development. The topics in this eJournal include topics from Section O5 of the JEL classification system.

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Announcing 2 New Legal Studies Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce Southampton Law School, and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law have each started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

SOUTHAMPTON LAW SCHOOL LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Southampton Law School Working Paper Series, published by the Law School at the University of Southampton, disseminates and fosters interdisciplinary legal scholarship in all subject areas from members of the School, doctoral students and visiting scholars. The papers are published electronically and are available online or through email distribution.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has been preparing students for legal careers for more than 100 years. Located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis, the school’s state-of-the-art building is just steps away from law firms, businesses, and local, state and federal government offices. The student body of more than 1000 students hails from across the country and around the world displaying diversity in ethnicity, gender, and age. IU McKinney’s world-class faculty of over 50 full-time scholars has experience in both the public and private sectors. Our Legal Studies eJournal contains works in progress and published papers from the faculty.

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Announcing 2012 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 2012 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 Tim Rupert the ATA’s committees provide a wide variety of services to the ATA membership. Abstracts of the papers will be distributed in subject-specific eJournals within ARN and, where appropriate, in the eJournals of our sister networks.

View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/2012-American-Taxation-Assoc-Mtg.html

Conference URL: http://aaahq.org/ata

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The Wharton School Joins MRN Business School Research Papers

We are pleased to announce The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania has started an MRN Business School Research Papers series within the Management Research Network (MRN).

THE WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Wharton School research paper series includes working papers from faculty across many academic disciplines, including Accounting, Business and Public Policy, Finance, Health Care Management, Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Management, Marketing, Operations and Information Management, Real Estate, and Statistics.

Announcing the 4th ESIL Research Forum eJournal on SSRN

In cooperation with the European Society of International Law (ESIL), the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is pleased to announce the 4th ESIL Research Forum 2011 – International Law & Power Politics: Great Powers, Peripheries & Claims to Spheres of Influence in the International Normative Order eJournal. This 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 Research Forum in Tallinn will deal extensively with the international legal issues in the former USSR and Eastern Europe and promises to become a good meeting place for international law scholars and practitioners from the West and the East.

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St. Thomas University Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies Series

ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The St. Thomas University School of Law Legal Research Paper Series focuses on interdisciplinary legal scholarship from members of the Law Faculty. Located in Miami Gardens, Florida, St. Thomas University is a Catholic University that emphasizes lifelong learning and scholarship, under Catholic auspices. The published eJournal will include Faculty papers selected for publication, including but not limited to works on international law, human rights, tax law, constitutional law, health law, education law, criminal law, gender studies, equal rights, canon law, and environmental law.

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Western New England University Upgrades Its Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies Series

We are pleased to announce Western New England University School of Law has upgraded its basic series to a full series, within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies.

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Western New England University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series journal contains abstracts and research papers of the Western New England University School of Law faculty. Founded in 1919 as part of the Springfield Division of Northeastern University and incorporated as part of Western New England University in 1951, the School of Law has grown and matured into an institution known for providing a legal education that emphasizes a blending of theoretical and practical learning.

Announcing 4 New MRN Organizational Behavior Subject Matter eJournals

We are pleased to announce four new MRN Organizational Behavior Research Network (ORG) Subject Matter eJournals:
Innovation & Organizational Behavior eJournal;
Interorganizational Networks & Organizational Behavior eJournal;
Public Sector Strategy & Organizational Behavior eJournal; and
Strategy & Organizational Behavior eJournal.

INNOVATION & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on innovation and organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to innovation and organizational behavior. Submitted papers may be conceptual or empirical in nature and may address any of the phases of the innovation process, including development, adoption, resistance, implementation, and diffusion. The purpose of the eJournal is to enhance understanding of how and why individuals acting in organizations influence innovation.

INTERORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on interorganizational networks and organizational behavior. Submitted papers may be conceptual or empirical in nature. The purpose of this eJournal is to enhance understanding of the impact of interorganizational network structures on the individuals who work within those structures as well as the consequences of the actions taken by those individuals on organizational outcomes and effectiveness. Interorganizational networks can support or constrain individual behavior in organizations and may be viewed from multiple perspectives including, but not limited to, theories related to resource dependence and access, trust, power and control, and signaling.

PUBLIC SECTOR STRATEGY & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on strategy in relation to organizational behavior within the public sector, including nonprofit organizations, governments and governmental agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, modes of strategy, execution of strategy, and evaluation of the results of strategic actions.

STRATEGY & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on competitive strategy in relation to organizational behavior within the for-profit sector.

NBER Announces Free Access to Papers Older than Three Years

SSRN partners with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to provide access to their research and we are happy to share the NBER’s recent announcement below.

Effective January 1, 2012, all NBER working papers that were distributed prior to a three year “moving wall” are available for open access on the NBER website. They are also available at no charge through SSRN.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact UserSupport@SSRN.com.

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UNSW Upgrades to Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies Series

We are pleased to announce that University of New South Wales Faculty of Law has upgraded from a Partners in Publishing relationship to a full series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES FACULTY OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series (UNSWLRS) provides a forum for Faculty members, including academics, visiting fellows and postgraduate researchers to disseminate in-progress research, conference papers, book chapters, government submissions and published peer-reviewed articles. The papers included in the series are equally diverse, with topics ranging from distributed denial of service attacks to taxation, the rule of law to non-government organisations, high seas fisheries and law school mentoring programs.

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

2. Austerity and Anarchy: Budget Cuts and Social Unrest in Europe, 1919-2008
by Jacopo Ponticelli (Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Economics Department) and Hans-Joachim Voth (Economics Department – UPF and CREI)

3. Kyoto and the COPs: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead
by Rafael Leal-Arcas (Queen Mary University of London, School of Law)

4. Sustainable Professionalism
by Trevor C. W. Farrow (Osgoode Hall Law School – York University)

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

1. Priority Among Competing Patent Applicants Under the American Invents Act
by Donald Chisum

2. How the British Gun Control Program Precipitated the American Revolution
by David Kopel (Independence Institute)

3. Originalism and Sex Discrimination
by Steven Calabresi (Northwestern University – School of Law) and Julia Rickert (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit)

4. Out of the Dark: Hedge Fund Reporting Biases and Commercial Databases
by Adam Aiken (Quinnipiac University) and Christopher Clifford (University of Kentucky) Jesse Ellis (University of Alabama – Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies)

5. A Degree of Practical Wisdom: The Ratio of Educational Debt to Income as a Basic Measurement of Law School Graduates’ Economic Viability
by Jim Chen (University of Louisville – Louis D. Brandeis School of Law)

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University of Eastern Finland Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies

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

UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND DEPARTMENT OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) Department of Law is an active continuously developing academic community, known for its interdisciplinary research profile and active research cooperation. The focus areas for developing the Department’s research activities include transnational law (especially Russian and European Law), empirical legal studies and multidisciplinary environmental law. The University of Eastern Finland Department of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series covers research papers from all subject areas by members of the UEF Department of Law (and doctoral students and visiting scholars).