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Weekly Announcements – May 24, 2010

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing New FEN Subject Matter eJournal We are pleased to announce a new Financial Economics Network (FEN) Subject Matter eJournal — International Corporate Finance eJournal. INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE eJOURNAL View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Intl-Corporate-Finance.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Intl-Corporate-Finance Editor: Rene M. Stulz, Ohio State University (OSU) – Department of Finance, National Bureau [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 21, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 21, 2010: 1. Are State Public Pensions Sustainable? Why the Federal Government Should Worry About State Pension Liabilities by Joshua D. Rauh (Northwestern University – Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) 2. ANTEVENIO: The First Spanish [...]
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Vote on the Social Sciences’ Hardest Unsolved Problems

A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the April 10th Hardest Problems Symposium that took place at Harvard University. The one day symposium brought together twelve panelists from top universities to share, in their view, the toughest social science challenges. The panelists identified the top thirty hardest, most important, unsolved problems in social science [...]
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Weekly Announcements – April 19, 2010

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing Finance & Corporate Governance Conference Abstracts & Papers on SSRN In cooperation with The Graduate School of Management and in conjunction with the School of Account and the School of Economics & Finance at La Trobe University, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the [...]
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Weekly Announcements – April 12, 2010

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing New ERN Editor’s Choice eJournal We are pleased to announce the following Economics Research Network (ERN) Editor’s Choice eJournal — Game Theory & Bargaining Theory (Editor’s Choice) eJournal. Game Theory & Bargaining Theory (Editor’s Choice) eJournal View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Game-Bargaining-Theory-Editors-Choice.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Game-Bargaining-Theory-Editors-Choice Editor: Victor Ricciardi, Social Science Research [...]
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Social Sciences’ “23 Hardest Problems”

Image via Wikipedia I received a call from Nick Nash, Indira Foundation, a few minutes ago telling me about a very interesting symposium tomorrow.  Harvard University’s Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences along with the Indira Foundation are convening a symposium of multidisciplinary experts to identify the world’s hardest unsolved [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – March 19, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending March 19, 2010: 1. Climate Labelling and the WTO: The 2010 EU Ecolabelling Programme as a Test Case Under WTO Law by Erich Vranes (Vienna University of Economics and Business) 2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane [...]
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Weekly Announcements – November 9, 2009

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing 4 New Sponsored LSN Subject Matter eJournals We are pleased to announce four new Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Sponsored Subject Matter eJournals under Law, Brain & Behavior Journals. Law & Evolution, Law & Neuroscience, Law & Prosociality, and Law, Cognition, & Decisionmaking, are sponsored by Indiana University [...]
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Weekly Announcements – October 26, 2009

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Erasmus Law Review Upgrades Its LSN Partners in Publishing Journal We are pleased to announce that Erasmus Law Review has upgraded its Partners in Publishing Journal within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), which includes, but is not limited to, a customized abstracting eJournal distributed to SSRN subscribers. View [...]
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Weekly Announcements – August 17, 2009

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Bancaria Joins FEN Partners in Publishing We are pleased to announce that Bancaria has joined our Partners in Publishing within the Financial Economics Network (FEN). View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Bancaria.html Bancaria is the journal of the Italian Banking Association published by Bancaria Editrice. Over the last 80 years Bancaria contributed [...]
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Weekly Announcements – August 10, 2009

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: China Economist Joins ERN Partners in Publishing We are pleased to announce that China Economist has joined our Partners in Publishing within the Economics Research Network (ERN). CHINA ECONOMIST View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/China-Economist.html China Economist is an English-language periodical that focuses on economics and business management as well as [...]
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Weekly Announcements – August 3, 2009

Here is the latest announcement from SSRN: Announcing EFA 2009 Annual Meeting Abstracting Journal In cooperation with the European Finance Association (EFA), the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 2009 European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting abstracting journal. The abstracting journal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts [...]
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Engagement Not Enrichment. Imagination Not Incorporation.

In scholarly research, there are many differences between the practices of the Scientific Technical and Medical (STM) disciplines and the Social Science and Humanities (SS&H) disciplines. According to a report commissioned by the JSTOR, “Scholarly Communications in the Biosciences Discipline,” journal articles are the primary focus of literature searches during research in the STM disciplines. [...]
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