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)