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)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 15, 2009:

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

2. Buying Troubled Assets
by Lucian A. Bebchuk (Harvard University - Harvard Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research; European Corporate Governance Institute)

3. Up in Arms About a Revolting Movement
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law)

4. House Prices, Home Equity-Based Borrowing, and the U.S. Household Leverage Crisis
by Atif R. Mian (University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research) and Amir Sufi (University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research)

5. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Cost and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; The Monitor Company; Social Science Electronic Publishing) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School [deceased])