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TOP 10 Papers for Journal of CPE: Other Political Economy: Comparative Political Economy (Topic)

January 2, 1997 to November 21, 2009



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 8043 Frictions to Political Competition and Financial Openness
Kostas Koufopoulos, Aristotelis Boukouras,
University of Warwick - Finance Group, University of Warwick,
Date posted to database: August 11, 2008
Last Revised: August 11, 2008
2 5592 Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay, Massimo Mastruzzi,
The Brookings Institution, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank Institute,
Date posted to database: June 23, 2009
Last Revised: August 24, 2009
3 2613 Takeovers: Their Causes and Consequences
Michael C. Jensen,
Harvard Business School,
Date posted to database: March 10, 2003
Last Revised: October 8, 2008
4 2072 Is There a Relationship between Guns and Freedom? Comparative Results from 59 Nations
David B. Kopel, Carlisle E. Moody, Howard Nemerov,
Independence Institute, College of William and Mary - Department of Economics, Author - affiliation not provided to SSRN,
Date posted to database: February 6, 2008
Last Revised: December 24, 2008
5 1027 Statistical Arbitrage in the U.S. Equities Market
Marco Avellaneda, Jeong-Hyun Lee,
New York University - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
Date posted to database: June 30, 2008
Last Revised: August 5, 2008
6 929 The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility
Robert B. Reich,
Author - affiliation not provided to SSRN,
Date posted to database: August 25, 2008
Last Revised: September 3, 2008
7 435 Why Do Firms Appoint CEOs as Outside Directors?
Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, Angie Low, Rene M. Stulz,
Ohio State University - Department of Finance, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Nanyang Technological University - Division of Banking & Finance , Ohio State University - Department of Finance,
Date posted to database: July 17, 2008
Last Revised: July 27, 2008
8 386 Islamic Economics: A Survey of the Literature
Asad Zaman,
International Institute of Islamic Economics,
Date posted to database: October 12, 2008
Last Revised: December 24, 2008
9 356 The Future of Labor and Employment Law in the United States
Katherine V.W. Stone,
University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 2, 2008
Last Revised: June 22, 2008
10 346 Why European Union Trade Sanctions Do Not Work
Yaraslau Kryvoi,
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P.,
Date posted to database: September 17, 2007
Last Revised: August 13, 2009

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of CPE: Other Political Economy: Comparative Political Economy (Topic)

September 22, 2009 to November 21, 2009



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 63 The Thunder of History: The Origins and Development of the New Fiscal Sociology
Isaac William Martin, Ajay K. Mehrotra, Monica Prasad,
University of California, San Diego - Division of Social Sciences, Indiana University-Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, Northwestern University,
Date posted to database: August 26, 2009
Last Revised: September 2, 2009
2 50 International Trade, Factor Mobility and the Persistence of Cultural-Institutional Diversity
Marianna Belloc, Samuel Bowles,
Sapienza University of Rome , Santa Fe Institute,
Date posted to database: September 8, 2009
Last Revised: October 7, 2009
3 42 Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Emergence of State Owned Financial Power Brokers
Juergen Braunstein,
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE),
Date posted to database: August 16, 2009
Last Revised: August 18, 2009
4 34 Law and Learning in an ERA of Globalization
Harry W. Arthurs,
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School,
Date posted to database: September 25, 2009
Last Revised: October 20, 2009
5 29 Preventing Markets from Self-Destruction: The Quality of Government Factor
Bo Rothstein,
University of Gothenburg,
Date posted to database: August 13, 2009
Last Revised: October 11, 2009
6 27 De Facto and De Jure Property Rights: Land Settlement and Land Conflict on the Australian, Brazilian and U.S. Frontiers
Lee J. Alston, Edwyna Harris, Bernardo Mueller,
University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics, Monash University - Department of Economics, Universidade de Brasilia,
Date posted to database: September 18, 2009
Last Revised: September 27, 2009
7 26 The Optimal State Aid Control: No Control
Dalibor Rohac, Martin Gregor,
St Antony's College, IES, Charles University Prague,
Date posted to database: May 25, 2009
Last Revised: August 4, 2009
8 22 Good Inflation, Bad Inflation: The Housing Boom, Economic Crisis and the Rise of Public-Private Keynesianism
Colin Hay,
University of Sheffield - Department of Politics,
Date posted to database: August 13, 2009
Last Revised: September 9, 2009
9 19 The Strategic Role Firms’ Political Connections Play in Access to Finance: Coercion of Domestic Banks or Implicit Property Rights Protections?
Brian Kelleher Richter,
University of California, Los Angeles - Global Economics and Management (GEM) Area,
Date posted to database: November 11, 2009
Last Revised: November 11, 2009
10 18 The Policy and Political Implications for the Developing World of China's Global Hybrid Model of Development
Douglas B. Fuller,
King's College London - Department of Management,
Date posted to database: August 13, 2009
Last Revised: September 28, 2009



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