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TOP 10 Papers for Journal of CGN: Legal Practice (Topic)

January 2, 1997 to February 9, 2010



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 1400 The Elusive Quest for Global Governance Standards
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Assaf Hamdani,
Harvard University - Harvard Law School, Hebrew University - Faculty of Law,
Date posted to database: April 8, 2009
Last Revised: June 26, 2009
2 891 Bankruptcy or Bailouts?
Kenneth Ayotte, David A. Skeel,
Northwestern University School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School,
Date posted to database: March 18, 2009
Last Revised: August 10, 2009
3 724 When No Law is Better than a Good Law
Utpal Bhattacharya , Hazem Daouk,
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Finance, Cornell University - Department of Applied Economics and Management,
Date posted to database: March 19, 2005
Last Revised: April 29, 2009
4 425 Helping Law Catch Up to Markets: Applying Broker-Dealer Law to Subprime Mortgages
Jonathan R. Macey, Geoffrey P. Miller, Maureen O'Hara, Gabriel D. Rosenberg,
Yale Law School, New York University - School of Law, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN,
Date posted to database: November 23, 2008
Last Revised: July 15, 2009
5 325 Treatment Differences and Political Realities in the GAAP-IFRS Debate
William W. Bratton, Lawrence A. Cunningham,
Georgetown University Law Center, George Washington University Law School,
Date posted to database: April 10, 2009
Last Revised: April 28, 2009
6 270 Leverage in the Board Room: The Unsung Influence of Private Lenders in Corporate Governance
Frederick Tung,
Emory University - School of Law,
Date posted to database: March 11, 2009
Last Revised: May 25, 2009
7 269 Do Regulations Based on Credit Ratings Affect a Firm's Cost of Capital?
Darren J. Kisgen, Philip E. Strahan,
Boston College - Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College - Department of Finance,
Date posted to database: March 5, 2009
Last Revised: March 12, 2009
8 253 Sarbanes-Oxley: The Law, its Role and its Critics
Pushkin Gupta,
Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN,
Date posted to database: May 1, 2009
Last Revised: May 1, 2009
9 240 The Shadow Banking System: Implications for Financial Regulation
Tobias Adrian, Hyun Song Shin,
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Princeton University - Department of Economics,
Date posted to database: July 30, 2009
Last Revised: July 30, 2009
10 229 Green is Good: Sustainability, Profitability, and a New Paradigm for Corporate Governance
Judd F. Sneirson,
University of Oregon - School of Law,
Date posted to database: October 6, 2008
Last Revised: June 11, 2009

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of CGN: Legal Practice (Topic)

December 11, 2009 to February 9, 2010



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 66 Mutual Funds’ Use of Credit Default Swaps - Part I
Robert W. Helm, David M. Geffen, Stephanie A. Capistron,
Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN, Dechert LLP, Dechert LLP,
Date posted to database: December 14, 2009
Last Revised: January 15, 2010
2 52 Practitioner Problems for Derivatives Lawyers
Rupert Macey-Dare,
St. Cross College, Oxford,
Date posted to database: January 1, 2010
Last Revised: January 11, 2010
3 42 Are Firms with Negative Book Equity in Financial Distress?
Tze Chuan Ang,
University of Melbourne,
Date posted to database: January 20, 2010
Last Revised: January 20, 2010
4 39 The Government as Active Shareholder
B. Espen Eckbo,
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business,
Date posted to database: December 29, 2009
Last Revised: December 29, 2009
5 28 You Just Resigned - Now What? Different Paradigms for Withdrawing from a Venture
Thomas E. Rutledge,
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC - Louisville Office,
Date posted to database: December 29, 2009
Last Revised: December 29, 2009
6 28 Mutual Funds’ Use of Credit Default Swaps - Part II
Robert W. Helm, David M. Geffen, Stephanie A. Capistron,
Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN, Dechert LLP, Dechert LLP,
Date posted to database: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: February 9, 2010
7 15 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: The Omitted Dimension of Buyer Power Comments Submitted to the FTC and DOJ
Peter Carstensen,
University of Wisconsin Law School,
Date posted to database: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 22, 2010
8 12 Revising the Merger Guidelines: Second Request Screens and the Agencies' Empirical Approach to Competitive Effects
Gregory K. Leonard, Lawrence Wu,
National Economic Research Associates Inc. (NERA), National Economic Research Associates Inc. (NERA) - San Francisco Office,
Date posted to database: January 14, 2010
Last Revised: January 22, 2010



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