1. What is Marriage?
by Sherif Girgis (Princeton University Department of Philosophy) and Robert George (Princeton University – Department of Politics) and Ryan T. Anderson (University of Notre Dame Department of Political Science)

2. A Replication of the Procedures from Bem (2010, Study 8) and a Failure to Replicate the Same Results
by Jeff Galak (Carnegie Mellon University) and Leif D. Nelson (University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business)

3. Deposition Tricks: The Dirty Dozen
by Neil Joel Dilloff (University of Baltimore – School of Law)

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

5. Sustainable Professionalism
by Trevor C. W. Farrow (Osgoode Hall Law School – York University)

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending August 20, 2010:

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

2. A New Anomaly: The Cross-Sectional Profitability of Technical Analysis
by Yufeng Han (University of Colorado at Denver – Business School) and Ke Yang (Washington University, Saint Louis) and Guofu Zhou (Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis)

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. Is the Sky Falling on the Content Industries?
by
Mark A. Lemley (Stanford Law School)

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

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

1. High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System: Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey
by Stuart J. H. Graham (Georgia Institute of Technology – College of Management; University of California, Berkeley School of Law – BCLT) and Robert P. Merges (University of California, Berkeley – School of Law) and Pamela Samuelson (University of California, Berkeley – School of Law) and Ted M. Sichelman (University of San Diego School of Law)

2. The Dark Side of Bank Wholesale Funding
by Rocco Huang (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Wharton Financial Institutions Center) and Lev Ratnovski (International Monetary Fund)

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

4. Of Constitutional Decapitation and Healthcare
by Steven J. Willis (University of Florida – Fredric G. Levin College of Law) and Nakku Chung (University of Florida – Fredric G. Levin College of Law)

5. Overconfidence, Under-Reaction, and Warren Buffett’s Investments
by John S. Hughes (University of California at Los Angeles) and Jing Liu (University of California at Los Angeles) and Mingshan Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST))

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 top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending October 9, 2009:

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

2. Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities that Enable It
by Joseph Turow (University of Pennsylvania – Annenberg School for Communication) and Jennifer King (Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; University of California, Berkeley – School of Law) and Chris Jay Hoofnagle (University of California, Berkeley – School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology) and Amy Bleakley (Annenberg Public Policy Center) and Michael Hennessy (Annenberg Public Policy Center)

3. Shareholder Value Creation of 136 Spanish Companies in January-September 2009 (Spanish)
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School)

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. Predictive Signals and Asset Allocation
by Hui Ou-Yang (Nomura International, Hong Kong) and Zhen Wei (Nomura International, Hong Kong) and Haochuan Zhang (China Life Asset Management Company)