Weekly Top 5 Papers – December 19, 2016

1. Sensation Seeking, Sports Cars, and Hedge Funds by Stephen Brown (New York University (NYU) – Leonard N. Stern School of Business) and Yan Lu (University of Central Florida-Department of Finance) and Sugata Ray (University of Florida – Warrington College of Business Administration) and Melvyn Teo (Singapore Management University – Lee Kong Chian School of Business)

2. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)

3. The Evolution of the Bitcoin Economy: Extracting and Analyzing the Network of Payment Relationships by Paolo Tasca (UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies) and Shaowen Liu (Deutsche Bundesbank) and Adam Hayes (University of Wisconsin – Madison – Department of Sociology)

4. The Algorithm as a Human Artifact: Implications for Legal {Re}Search by Susan Mart (University of Colorado Law School)

5. Optimal Trade Sizing in a Game with Favourable Odds: The Stock Market by Victor Haghani (Elm Partners) and Andrew Morton (Citigroup, Inc. – Citigroup Global Markets)