The SSRN Blog

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 25, 2009:

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

2. Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization
by Paul Ohm (University of Colorado Law School)

3. A Quantitative Approach to Faber’s Tactical Asset Allocation
by Stefano Marmi (Scuola Normale Superiore) and Claudio Pacati (University of Siena - Department of Economics) and Wiston Adrián Risso (University of Siena - Department of Economics) and Roberto Renò (University of Siena - Department of Economics)

4. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; The Monitor Company; Social Science Electronic Publishing, 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 (Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 18, 2009:

1. Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization
by Paul Ohm (University of Colorado Law School)

2. The Equity Premium in 150 Textbooks
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. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; The Monitor Company; Social Science Electronic Publishing, 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 (Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 11, 2009:

1. Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization
by Paul Ohm (University of Colorado Law School)

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

3. The Ethical Responsibility to Reduce Energy Consumption
by John C. Dernbach (Widener University - School of Law) and Donald A. Brown (Pennsylvania State University)

4. Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family Background and Motivation
by Vivek Wadhwa (Duke University - Pratt School of Engineering; Harvard University - Labor and Worklife Program) and Krisztina Holly (University of Southern California) and Raj Aggarwal (University of Akron - Department of Finance) and Alex Salkever (Duke University - Pratt School of Engineering)

5. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
by Daniel Kaufmann (Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank - Development Research Group) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending August 21, 2009:

1. Heller High Water(Mark?) Lower Courts and the New Right to Keep and Bear Arms
by Brannon P. Denning (Cumberland School of Law) and Glenn Harlan Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law)

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

3. Flash Cookies and Privacy
by Ashkan Soltani (University of California, Berkeley - School of Information) and Shannon Canty (Clemson University) and Quentin Mayo (Jacksonville State University) and Lauren Thomas (Louisiana State University) and Chris Jay Hoofnagle (University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology)

4. Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization
by Paul Ohm (University of Colorado Law School)

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