The SSRN Blog

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing Expansion of ERN Microeconomics Subject Matter eJournal

We are pleased to announce the expansion of Economics Research Network (ERN) Microeconomics: General Equilibrium & Disequilibrium into the following eJournals:

MICROECONOMICS: GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM & DISEQUILIBRIUM MODELS
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Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers on macroeconomic models that emphasize microeconomic foundations using a “bottom-up” approach, starting with individual markets and agents. Included in this category are computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, a class of economic models that use actual economic data to estimate how an economy might react to changes in policy, technology or other external factors. The topics in this journal include topics D51, D52, D58 and D59 from Section D5 of the JEL classification system.

MICROECONOMICS: GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM & DISEQUILIBRIUM MODELS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
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Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers that includes the analysis of markets that allow people to buy and sell (trade) financial securities (such as stocks and bonds), commodities (such as precious metals or agricultural goods), and other fungible items of value at low transaction costs and at prices that may or may not be consistent with the efficient market hypothesis. The topics in this journal include topics D53 from Section D5 of the JEL classification system.

MICROECONOMICS: INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES & ANALYSIS
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Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts of empirical and theoretical papers that use the technique known as input-output tables to analyze and trace the flows of resources and products within an economy. The topics in this journal include topics D57 from Section D5 of the JEL classification system.

Announcing LSN Editor’s Choice eJournals

We are pleased to announce the following Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Editor’s Choice eJournals — Law & Psychology (Editor’s Choice) sponsored by Cornell Law School, and Law & Economics (Editor’s Choice).

LAW & PSYCHOLOGY (EDITOR’S CHOICE)
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Editors: Valerie P. Hans, Cornell Law School, and Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Cornell Law School

Description: The Law & Psychology Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

LAW & ECONOMICS (EDITOR’S CHOICE)
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Editors: Ronald J. Gilson, Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School, and A. Mitchell Polinsky, Stanford Law School, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Description: The Law & Economics Editor’s Choice abstracting eJournal distributes working papers and accepted paper abstracts that the Editor chooses to emphasize based on their own discretion or criteria. This eJournal allows the Editor to highlight papers that he or she believes are important for the profession. These papers may be distributed in this Editor’s Choice eJournal either before or after they appear in the regular all-inclusive eJournal. The Editor may choose to write an introduction to an issue that identifies a special collection of papers the Editor finds of interest, and he or she from time to time, may provide commentary on individual papers noting their special interest.

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending December 4, 2009:

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. Luck Versus Skill in the Cross Section of Mutual Fund Returns
by Eugene F. Fama (University of Chicago - Booth School of Business) and Kenneth R. French (Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))

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

4. The Loser’s Curse: Overconfidence vs. Market Efficiency in the National Football League Draft
by Cade Massey (Yale School of Management; Duke University - Fuqua School of Business) and Richard H. Thaler (University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))

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 October 16, 2009:

1. Trust and Delegation
by Stephen J. Brown (NYU Stern School of Business) and William N. Goetzmann (Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Bing Liang (University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Department of Finance & Operations Management; Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - China Academy of Financial Research) and Christopher Schwarz (University of California at Irvine)

2. Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School (Deceased))

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

4. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School (Deceased))

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)