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Weekly Top 5 Papers – November 14, 2016
1. Trump University and Presidential Impeachment by Christopher Peterson (University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College of Law)
2. Explaining Nationalist Political Views: The Case of Donald Trump by Jonathan Rothwell (Gallup) and Pablo Diego-Rosell (Gallup)
3. The Freedom to Film Pornography by Marc Randazza (Randazza Legal Group)
4. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
5. Sharpening the Arithmetic of Active Management by Lasse Pedersen (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
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Get Inspired. It’s AcWriMo!
“If only I had more time to write…” The mantra repeated by writers around the world. Whether it’s penning down your autobiography or alliterating out an entire book of poetry, writing can be a strain on time and emotions. Luckily for us, the universe has responded by naming the month of November National Novel Writing Month.
This would be easy to dismiss NaNoWriMo as another made-up holiday if it weren’t for the sheer numbers of people taking part in “Novel November”. The thing that makes it more intriguing is that people who set November aside as a month to draft up their word works hasn’t been limited to people writing fiction. The even better news is that for the non-fiction lovers the academic world has claimed its own stakes in this month of writing.
Enter AcWriMo! Hosted by PhD2Published for the last five years, the month of November has become a challenge to Academics to write, write, write! Write a book, an article, or an essay. Write the scholarly insight that you’ve been holding in for years, waiting for the right time to start. Between the end of the term and the start of the Holidays, November can be a stressful time for academics, making it even more important to take the plunge toward accomplishing something you are passionate about.
So Why is Academic writing month important? A few reasons:
- It asks the question if not now, when?
- It gives you a place to start, and a chance to start that race with peers (possibly a comfort, or maybe a motivation if you have a competitive personality type).
- It reminds us that we are all in the same boat – because sometimes the hardest part about drafting is getting started.
We take any chance to support Academic authors and research, and we see #AcWriMo as a fantastic opportunity for writers. The approach is just do it, but the technique can be so much more targeted than that. Take time to get into the mindset, to brainstorm the topics that you are passionate about, map out the document and plan it, but at the end of the day there is a consistent action- write.So, you think November is the motivation you need to write? Are you taking advantage for AcWriMo 2016? How has it helped you get the ball rolling on your writing? #SSRN to share your thoughts with us on Twitter.
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – October 28, 2016
1. Explaining Nationalist Political Views: The Case of Donald Trump by Jonathan Rothwell (Gallup)
2. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
3. Sharpening the Arithmetic of Active Management by Lasse Pedersen (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
4. Startup Lawyering 2.0 by John Coyle (University of North Carolina School of Law) and Joseph Green (Practical Law (Thomson Reuters))
5. The Rise of the Sharing Economy: Estimating the Impact of Airbnb on the Hotel Industry by Georgios Zervas (Questrom School of Business, Boston University) and Davide Proserpio (Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California) and John Byers (Boston University – Department of Computer Science)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – October 14, 2016
1. Families Facing Tax Increases Under Trump’s Latest Tax Plan by Lily Batchelder (New York University School of Law)
2. FinTech, RegTech and the Reconceptualization of Financial Regulation by Douglas Arner (University of Hong Kong – Faculty of Law) and Janos Barberis (The University of Hong Kong – Faculty of Law) and Ross Buckley (University of New South Wales (UNSW) – Faculty of Law)
3. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
4. Ex Parte Merryman: Myth, History, and Scholarship by Seth Tillman (National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUI Maynooth) – Faculty of Law)
5. The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct by Mark Egan (University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management) and Gregor Matvos (University of Chicago – Booth School of Business) and Amit Seru (University of Chicago – Booth School of Business)
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New SSRN look and feel
At the beginning of summer, we promised to share updates on our work to improve the SSRN experience. With new resources for design and development, we are reimagining SSRN’s possibilities. First, we implemented our long-awaited full-text search which had been requested by many of you. Now we’re delighted to present our new Home Page. This is just the first of many design improvements we hope to deliver before the end of the year, and we look forward to sharing more about our roadmap over the next few months.
For now, we’re excited to share a cleaner, simpler site design with easier navigation. We hope you like the new look and, more importantly, that it makes it easier for you to find what you need on SSRN.
New Navigation and Sign-in
SSRN’s home page offers more intuitive user navigation, including a smart, redesigned sign-in box on the top right-hand side of the navigation bar where you can access your existing subscriptions and your Author profile.New Author Page (coming soon!)
Soon we will be implementing improvements to the Author page, to showcase your papers on SSRN and allowing readers to follow you. Modifications will continue over the next year as we get more insight into what you, the Author, want from this very important page.New Search Results
We’re making enhancements to the way we present Search results based on analyzing how people are using Search. We want to make it easier to view a paper’s abstract in the results. We’re also bringing Version Groups across the site so that you can view different versions of a single paper in one place.Improved Mobile Experience
Increasingly users access SSRN through mobile devices. We’re working on the site so that you view it better on your phones and tablets. We hope you’ll find the new designs easier to use, as we move towards our goal of making the site fully mobile device responsive.Future
Our redesigned look and feel is just the start of the new SSRN. We have ambitious goals to improve the way you submit and read research, as well as how you connect with other contributors and reach out to the broader research community. These are things we’ve always wanted to do: we are very pleased to have the resources from Elsevier that help make these improvements possible.We look forward to bringing you some great new features and functionality. We’re thrilled with the new look and feel of SSRN, but rest assured: some things won’t be changing. We remain committed to our mission of free submissions and free downloads, while helping researchers create innovative research faster.
Your feedback is very important to us and will help shape how SSRN evolves. We’d love to hear how you currently use the site, what you think of the new design, and how you’d like us to improve SSRN. Please get in touch at support@ssrn.com.
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – October 7, 2016
1. Families Facing Tax Increases Under Trump’s Latest Tax Plan by Lily Batchelder (New York University School of Law)
2. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
3. 90 Cents of Every ‘Pay-For-Performance’ Dollar Are Paid for Luck by Moshe Levy (Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Jerusalem School of Business Administration)
4. Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and the Prospects of an Information Civilization by Shoshana Zuboff (Berkman Center for Internet & Society)
5. Occupational Choice in Early Industrializing Societies: Experimental Evidence on the Income and Health Effects of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work by Christopher Blattman (University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy ) and Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford – Department of Economics)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – September 30, 2016
1. The Controversy over the Safe Schools Program – Finding the Sensible Centre by Patrick Parkinson (University of Sydney – Faculty of Law)
2. Trump University and Presidential Impeachment by Christopher Peterson (University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College of Law)
3.The Oxford Olympics Study 2016: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games by Bent Flyvbjerg (University of Oxford – Said Business School) and Allison Stewart (University of Oxford) and Alexander Budzier (University of Oxford – Saïd Business School)
4. The Most Cited Articles from the Top-5 Journals (1991-2015) by Laurent Linnemer (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) – Laboratory of Industrial Economics) and Michael Visser (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) – Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST))
5. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – September 23, 2016
1. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University)
2. Looking Ahead: October Term 2016 by Glenn Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law)
3. Unsettled: A Global Study of Settlements in Occupied Territories by Eugene Kontorovich (Northwestern University Law School)
4. Option Pricing Methods in the Late 19th Century by George Dotsis (University of Athens – Faculty of Economics)
5. How Fox News Changed American Media and Political Dynamics by Bruce Bartlett (Independent)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – September 16, 2016
1. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University)
2. Option Pricing Methods in the Late 19th Century by George Dotsis (University of Athens – Faculty of Economics)
3. How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions? by Paul Gompers (Harvard Business School – Finance Unit; Harvard University – Entrepreneurial Management Unit; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI))
and Will Gornall (University of British Columbia (UBC) – Division of Finance)
and Steven Kaplan (University of Chicago – Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Ilya Strebulaev (Stanford University – Graduate School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research)4. Will I Pass the Bar Exam?: Predicting Student Success Using LSAT Scores and Law School Performance by Katherine A. Austin (Texas Tech University) and Catherine Christopher (Texas Tech University School of Law) and Darby Dickerson (Texas Tech University School of Law)
5. Unsettled: A Global Study of Settlements in Occupied Territories by Eugene Kontorovich (Northwestern University Law School)