Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending January 29, 2010:

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. Conspiracy Theories
by Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University – Harvard Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University – Harvard Law School)

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

4. IBEX 35: 1991-2009 – Value Creation and Return
by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Javier Del Campo Baonza (University of Navarra – IESE Business School)

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