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Weekly Announcements – May 23, 2016
We are pleased to announce Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) has started a Law Research Centers Papers series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW & INTERNATIONAL LAW (MPIL) RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Max-Planck-MPIL-RESThe Institute focuses its resources on generating new knowledge in international law, European Union law and comparative public law. It hopes to contribute to the further globalization of the discourse in these fields. It also seeks an intensification of exchanges with researchers and its cooperation partners as well as a dialogue with an audience beyond the immediate scholarly community in its areas of research. The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (MPIL) Research Paper Series aims to make new scholarly work by the Institute’s research staff or scholars closely associated with the Institute available in a timely and un-bureaucratic manner, cost-free and to as wide an audience as possible. Through the series, the MPIL hopes to facilitate more intense scholarly communication and to encourage increased publication as well as the circulation of new research. Papers in the series consist of work that has either been submitted for publication to a recognized professional journal (pre-prints) or accepted by such a journal, but not yet published (post-prints). They can be downloaded from the MPIL’s own website (http://www.mpil.de/de/pub/publikationen/mpil-research-paper-series.cfm) as well as from the Social Science Research Network’s online platform (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/JELJOUR_Results.cfm?form_name=journalbrowse&journal_id=2765113).
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 20, 2016
1. Threats to Racial Status Promote Tea Party Support Among White Americans by Robb Willer (Stanford University) and Matthew Feinberg (University of Toronto) and Rachel Wetts (University of California, Berkeley)
2. The Siren Song of Factor Timing by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
3. Understanding the Modern Monetary System by Cullen O. Roche (Orcam Financial Group, LLC)
4. Market Risk Premium Used in 71 Countries in 2016: A Survey with 6,932 Answers by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Alberto Ortiz Pizarro (University of Navarra, IESE Business School) and Isabel Fernández Acín (University of Navarra)
5. Understanding Modern Portfolio Construction by Cullen Roche (Orcam Financial Group)
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Message from Michael Jensen, SSRN Chairman, 2016
SSRN announced today that it has changed ownership. SSRN is joining Mendeley and Elsevier to coordinate our development and delivery of new products and services, and we look forward to our new access to data, products, and additional resources that this change facilitates. (See Gregg Gordon’s Elsevier Connect post)
Like SSRN, Mendeley and Elsevier are focused on creating tools that enhance researcher workflow and productivity. SSRN has been at the forefront of on-line sharing of working papers. We are committed to continue our innovation and this change will enable that to happen more quickly. SSRN will benefit from access to the vast new data and resources available, including Mendeley’s reference management and personal library management tools, their new researcher profile capabilities, and social networking features. Importantly, we will also have new access for SSRN members to authoritative performance measurement tools such as those powered by Scopus and Newsflo (a global media tracking tool). In addition, SSRN, Mendeley and Elsevier together can cooperatively build bridges to close the divide between the previously separate worlds and workflows of working papers and published papers.
We realize that this change may create some concerns about the intentions of a legacy publisher acquiring an open-access working paper repository. I shared this concern. But after much discussion about this matter and others in determining if Mendeley and Elsevier would be a good home for SSRN, I am convinced that they would be good stewards of our mission. And our copyright policies are not in conflict — our policy has always been to host only papers that do not infringe on copyrights. I expect we will have some conflicts as we align our interests, but I believe those will be surmountable.
Until recently I was convinced that the SSRN community was best served being a stand-alone entity. But in evaluating our future in the evolving landscape, I came to believe that SSRN would benefit from being more interconnected and with the resources available from a larger organization. For example, there is scale in systems administration and security, and SSRN can provide more value to users with access to more data and resources.
On a personal note, it has been an honor to be involved over the past 25 years in the founding and growth of the SSRN website and the incredible community of authors, researchers and institutions that has made this all possible. I consider it one of my great accomplishments in life. The community would not have been successful without the commitment of so many of you who have contributed in so many ways. I am proud of the community we have created, and I invite you to continue your involvement and support in this effort.
The staff at SSRN are all staying (including Gregg Gordon, CEO and myself), the Rochester office is still in place, it will still be free to upload and download papers, and we remain committed to “Tomorrow’s Research Today”. I look forward to and am committed to a successful transition and to another great 25 years for the SSRN community that rivals the first.
Michael C. Jensen
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SSRN: A New Chapter
I am thrilled to announce a new chapter for SSRN! In 1994 I helped Mike Jensen co-found SSRN and have seen it flourish as a resource for scholars all over the world. The SSRN team has worked hard to help scholars create innovative research faster.
In the 22 years since SSRN started there has been tremendous strides in scholarly research and academia in general. Changes in scholarship have required changes in SSRN, and decades later we continue to provide authors with services they can trust. In the last few years it has become clear that we need a partner to reach our potential and fulfill SSRN’s mission.
Specifically, we joined Elsevier, to be further developed alongside Mendeley today, a leading innovator in scholarly communication and author collaboration. Our goal is to enhance engagement within and around an author’s academic work. Mendeley’s data and analytical tools will help us support our authors and, most importantly, we will continue to provide free submissions and free downloads. Mendeley has thrived since obtaining the support of Elsevier, the world’s largest scholarly publisher, and now we will be able to offer broader services that deeply integrate the SSRN Community into the social network of science.
For long-time users of SSRN, this is something to celebrate. For newer users, we are just getting started. As we innovate, with Mendeley, your experiences will become even more enjoyable and productive. Mike Jensen and I wrote posts today outlining our thoughts on the relationship and excitement for the future.
Thank you for your support to date and into the future!
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 13, 2016
1. Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use by Jon Penney (University of Oxford – Oxford Internet Institute)
2. Understanding Modern Portfolio Construction by Cullen Roche (Orcam Financial Group)
3. The Siren Song of Factor Timing by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
4. All that Glitters Is Not Gold: Comparing Backtest and Out-of-Sample Performance on a Large Cohort of Trading Algorithms by Thomas Wiecki (Quantopian Inc) and Andrew Campbell (Quantopian Inc.) and Justin Lent (Quantopian Inc) and Jessica Stauth (Quantopian Inc)
5. Understanding the Modern Monetary System by Cullen O. Roche (Orcam Financial Group, LLC)
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Weekly Announcements – May 9, 2016
Announcing Expansion of LSN Law & Society: Private Law Sponsored eJournal
We are pleased to announce the expansion of Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), Law & Society: Private Law eJournal, sponsored by Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Sponsorship: The Center for Law, Society, and Culture (http://www.law.indiana.edu/what/advance-knowledge/points-of-distinction/research-centers/law-society-and-culture/index.shtml) is sponsored by the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. The Center actively supports and promotes multidisciplinary understanding of law and legal problems through scholarship, teaching, and discussion. The Center is located in the School of Law on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University, but produces, presents and coordinates research conducted by more than 70 scholars from schools and departments across Indiana University. The Center’s affiliated scholars hold appointments in African-American studies, business, criminal justice, journalism, history, economics, English, law, and gender studies, among others, and are dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the role of law in society and culture. The Center supports research related to the law in a broad sense, including the cultural aspects of law expressed through political theory and scientific aspects of law expressed through technological advances in biotechnology, environmental science and information technology.
The Law & Society: Private Law eJournal is being expanded into the following eJournals:
LAW & SOCIETY: PRIVATE LAW – CONTRACTS eJOURNAL
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Editors: Jayanth K. Krishnan, Professor of Law and Charles L. Whistler Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and Michael Mattioli, Associate Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Description: This eJournal includes working and accepted paper abstracts dealing with contract creation, formation, and enforcement in a private context. Topics include regulation of contracting private parties, the rights & remedies available to contracting parties, and contract litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution.
LAW & SOCIETY: PRIVATE LAW – FAMILY LAW eJOURNAL
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Editors: Jayanth K. Krishnan, Professor of Law and Charles L. Whistler Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and Michael Mattioli, Associate Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Description: This eJournal includes working and accepted paper abstracts dealing with private issues in family law. Topics include private family law issues in children, adoption, and parenting, marriage and other domestic partnerships, divorce and dissolution, abuse, domestic violence, neglect, and other issues in private family law.
LAW & SOCIETY: PRIVATE LAW – FINANCIAL LAW eJOURNAL
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Editors: Jayanth K. Krishnan, Professor of Law and Charles L. Whistler Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and Michael Mattioli, Associate Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Description: This eJournal includes working and accepted paper abstracts dealing with private financial law issues related to addressing private debt and debtor-creditor relationships. Topics include bankruptcy and other issues related to debtor-creditor relations.
LAW & SOCIETY: PRIVATE LAW – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY eJOURNAL
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Editors: Jayanth K. Krishnan, Professor of Law and Charles L. Whistler Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and Michael Mattioli, Associate Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Description: This eJournal includes working and accepted paper abstracts dealing with private issues related to the world of intellectual property and related fields of law and policy. Topics include copyright, trademark, patent, and other intellectual property issues.
LAW & SOCIETY: PRIVATE LAW – LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW eJOURNAL
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Editors: Jayanth K. Krishnan, Professor of Law and Charles L. Whistler Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and Michael Mattioli, Associate Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Description: This eJournal includes working and accepted paper abstracts dealing with private law issues in labor and employment law. Topics include employment contracts, employment rights, litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution related to private employment issues.
LAW & SOCIETY: PRIVATE LAW – PROPERTY eJOURNAL
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Editors: Jayanth K. Krishnan, Professor of Law and Charles L. Whistler Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and Michael Mattioli, Associate Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Description: This eJournal includes working and accepted paper abstracts dealing with issues in private property law. Topics include the regulation of private property, real property rights, personal property rights, and other private property issues.
LAW & SOCIETY: PRIVATE LAW – TORTS eJOURNAL
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Editors: Jayanth K. Krishnan, Professor of Law and Charles L. Whistler Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and Michael Mattioli, Associate Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Description: This eJournal includes working and accepted paper abstracts in the area of private tort law. Topics include private rights and remedies in tort law, personal injury law, and tort litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution.
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 6, 2016
1. The Siren Song of Factor Timing by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
2. Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use by Jon Penney (University of Oxford – Oxford Internet Institute)
3. Economists’ Hubris – The Case of Business Ethics in Financial Services by Shahin Shojai (Capco Institute)
4. Understanding Modern Portfolio Construction by Cullen Roche (Orcam Financial Group)
5. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
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Weekly Announcements – May 2, 2016
Central Bank of Barbados Joins ERN Government & Public Agency Research Paper Series
We are pleased to announce the Central Bank of Barbados has joined our ERN Government & Public Agency Research Paper Series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).
CENTRAL BANK OF BARBADOS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Central Bank of Barbados assists the Barbados Government with advancing the pace of economic development in the country. The Bank is the premier financial institution in the country and its main policy is to formulate, in association with Government, monetary and fiscal policies to assist with the country’s economic development programme. We are responsible for promoting monetary stability, promoting a sound financial structure, fostering development of the money and capital markets, channeling commercial bank credit into productive activities and fostering credit and exchange conditions conducive to the orderly and sustained economic development of Barbados. Our research papers reflect this mandate of fostering a sound economic and financial environment.
Western Sydney University Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies
We are pleased to announce Western Sydney University School of Law has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).
WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The School of Law at Western Sydney University was established in 1996 with the aim of providing a centre for world class, research-led legal education in Australia’s most dynamic and culturally diverse region. Since then, the Law School has grown to become one of the largest and most innovative law schools in Australia. Research at the Law School is distinguished by its interdisciplinary and international focus, and by its commitment to combining research excellence with attention to concrete problems, whether they be social, economic or environmental. The Research Paper Series (RPS) aims to facilitate the dissemination of the Law School’s research and facilitate the exchange of ideas with other researchers.
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – April 29, 2016
1. The Siren Song of Factor Timing by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
2. Regression and Causation: A Critical Examination of Six Econometrics Textbooks by Bryant Chen (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
and Judea Pearl (UCLA, Computer Science Department)3. The Disappearance of Public Firms and the Changing Nature of U.S. Industries by Gustavo Grullon (Rice University – Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business) and Yelena Larkin (York University) and Roni Michaely (Cornell University – Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management; Interdisciplinary Center (IDC))
4. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
5. A Stakeholder Approach to Strategic Management by R. Freeman (University of Virginia – Darden School of Business) and John McVea (University of Virginia – Darden School of Business)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – April 22, 2016
1. The Siren Song of Factor Timing by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
3. The Counter-Clerks of Justice Scalia by Ian Samuel (New York University School of Law; Jones Day)
4. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University)
5. Assault Weapon Bans: Can They Survive Rational Basis Scrutiny? by Clayton Cramer (College of Western Idaho)