Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 10, 2010:

1. Detecting Deceptive Discussions in Conference Calls
by David F. Larcker (Stanford University – Graduate School of Business) and Anastasia A. Zakolyukina (Stanford Graduate School of Business)

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

3. A New ‘Risky’ World Order: Unstable Risk Premiums: Implications for Practice
by Aswath Damodaran (New York University – Stern School of Business)

4. Convexity, Robustness, and Model Error
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (NYU-Poly)

5. Fallacies, Irrelevant Facts, and Myths in the Discussion of Capital Regulation: Why Bank Equity is Not Expensive
by Anat R. Admati (Stanford Graduate School of Business) and
Peter M. DeMarzo (Stanford Graduate School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and
Martin F. Hellwig (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods; Department of Economics, University of Bonn) and
Paul C. Pfleiderer (Stanford Graduate School of Business)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending September 3, 2010:

1. Fundamentals of Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials
by Thomas G. Field Jr. (University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center))

2. Detecting Deceptive Discussions in Conference Calls
by
David F. Larcker (Stanford University – Graduate School of Business) and Anastasia A. Zakolyukina (Stanford Graduate School of Business)

3. Convexity, Robustness, and Model Error
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (NYU-Poly)

4. Why Did the Crisis of 2008 Happen?
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (NYU-Poly)

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

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending April 30, 2010:

1. Relative Strength Strategies for Investing
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

2. The 4% Rule – At What Price?
by Jason S. Scott (Financial Engines, Inc.) and William F. Sharpe (Stanford University – Graduate School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and John G. Watson (Financial Engines, Inc.; Stanford University – Graduate School of Business)

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

4. 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)

5. Preferences for Status: Evidence and Economic Implications
by Ori Heffetz (Cornell University – S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management) and Robert H. Frank (Cornell University – Department of Economics)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending April 23, 2010:

1. Relative Strength Strategies for Investing
by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

2. The 4% Rule – At What Price?
by Jason S. Scott (Financial Engines, Inc.) and William F. Sharpe (Stanford University – Graduate School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and John G. Watson (Financial Engines, Inc.)

3. Small is the New Biglaw: Some Thoughts on Technology, Economics, and the Practice of Law
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law)

4. How Different are Young Adults from Older Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies?
by Chris Jay Hoofnagle (University of California, Berkeley – School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology) and Jennifer King (UC Berkeley School of Information; Berkeley Center for Law & Technology) and Su Li (University of California, Berkeley- School of Law, Center for the Study of Law and Society) and Joseph Turow (University of Pennsylvania – Annenberg School for Communication)

5. Ideological Segregation Online and Offline
by Matthew Gentzkow (University of Chicago – Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Jesse M. Shapiro (University of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Asian Development Bank Institute Joins ERN Government & Public Agency Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce that Asian Development Bank Institute has started an ERN Government & Public Agency Research Paper Series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INSTITUTE
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ADBI working papers, published by the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo, reflect initial ideas on research topics focusing on development issues with strategic implications for development thinking and policy formulation, including identification and distillation of good practices, and production of learning methods and related materials. The papers are published electronically and are available online and through email notification.

Announcing New MRN Research Paper Series Journals

We are pleased to announce that Fordham University Graduate School of Business has started an MRN Business School Research Papers series; the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University has started an MRN Case & Teaching Series, both within the Management Research Network (MRN).

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS RESEACH PAPER SERIES
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The Fordham University Graduate School of Business Research Paper Series contains abstracts and papers from a broad range of disciplines related to business and entrepreneurship. It emphasizes several key areas of scholarship including Finance, Management Systems, Accounting, Marketing, Management Communications, Information Systems, Law, and Ethics. While the research paper series promotes excellent scholarship in all these areas, it emphasizes the exploration of issues raised in the global business environment. Papers should be submitted to Timothy Eng (atieng@fordham.edu). Submissions must include the paper, a short abstract, keywords, and the author’s professional affiliation.

ROCK CENTER FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY TEACHING CASES
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The Rock Center for Corporate Governance and the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University have developed a series of teaching cases on corporate governance issues. These cases increase the availability of quality materials that allow for an exploration of multi-dimensional and often complex governance issues. Cases are written from a business perspective, with an emphasis on practical implications for directors, shareholders, and managers.