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ALL TIME HITS (for all papers in SSRN eLibrary)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Securities Law: U.S. (Topic)

January 2, 1997 to June 17, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 24834 What Matters in Corporate Governance?
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Allen Ferrell, Alma Cohen,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Harvard Law School,
Date posted to database: September 21, 2004
Last Revised: April 17, 2009
2 6483 What is Corporate Law?
Reinier Kraakman, Henry Hansmann,
Yale Law School, Harvard Law School,
Date posted to database: July 27, 2004
Last Revised: July 17, 2008
3 6076 Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
Jesse M. Fried, Lucian A. Bebchuk,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Harvard University - Law School - Faculty,
Date posted to database: January 6, 2003
Last Revised: April 28, 2009
4 5197 Special Purpose Vehicles and Securitization
Gary B. Gorton, Nicholas S. Souleles,
Yale School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department,
Date posted to database: May 4, 2005
Last Revised: December 13, 2011
5 4911 Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation
Jesse M. Fried, Lucian A. Bebchuk, David I. Walker,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Boston University School of Law,
Date posted to database: June 19, 2002
Last Revised: April 28, 2009
6 4822 The Corporate Governance Industry
Paul Rose,
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law,
Date posted to database: May 18, 2006
Last Revised: November 16, 2007
7 4236 Accruals Quality and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Sarah E. McVay, Weili Ge, Jeffrey T. Doyle,
Utah State University, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington,
Date posted to database: August 30, 2005
Last Revised: July 28, 2010
8 3715 Transparency and Corporate Governance
Benjamin E. Hermalin, Michael S. Weisbach,
University of California, Berkeley, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance,
Date posted to database: January 22, 2007
Last Revised: September 28, 2007
9 3345 Earnings Quality: Evidence from the Field
Campbell R. Harvey, John R. Graham, Ilia D. Dichev, Shivaram Rajgopal,
Emory University - Goizueta Business School, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Emory University - Goizueta Business School,
Date posted to database: July 10, 2012
Last Revised: June 5, 2013
10 3017 Beyond Profit: Rethinking Corporate Social Responsibility and Greenwashing After the BP Oil Disaster
Miriam A. Cherry, Judd F. Sneirson,
Saint Louis University - School of Law, Savannah Law School,
Date posted to database: September 2, 2010
Last Revised: April 28, 2013

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Securities Law: U.S. (Topic)

April 18, 2013 to June 17, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 291 Regulation Through Substitution as Policy Tool: Swap Futurization Under Dodd-Frank
Gabriel D. Rosenberg, Jai R. Massari,
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP,
Date posted to database: April 25, 2013
Last Revised: April 25, 2013
2 212 The Social Costs of Choice, Free Market Ideology and the Empirical Consequences of the 401(k) Plan Large Menu Defense
Mercer Bullard,
University of Mississippi - School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 12, 2013
Last Revised: May 12, 2013
3 150 Pre-Disclosure Accumulations by Activist Investors: Evidence and Policy
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alon P. Brav, Wei Jiang, Robert J. Jackson,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Columbia Law School, Columbia University - Finance and Economics,
Date posted to database: April 30, 2013
Last Revised: May 31, 2013
4 119 Speech Engines
James Grimmelmann,
New York Law School,
Date posted to database: April 8, 2013
Last Revised: April 8, 2013
5 113 How Protective is D&O Insurance in Securities Class Actions? — An Update
Michael Klausner, Matthew Goforth, Jason Hegland,
Stanford Law School, Stanford University - Law School, Stanford University - Law School,
Date posted to database: May 5, 2013
Last Revised: June 14, 2013
6 89 'Fine Distinctions' in the Contemporary Law of Insider Trading
Donald C. Langevoort,
Georgetown University Law Center,
Date posted to database: April 27, 2013
Last Revised: April 27, 2013
7 76 Expert Networks and Insider Trading: An Introduction and Recommendation
Daniel H. Jeng,
Boston University School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 9, 2013
Last Revised: May 31, 2013
8 75 Paradigm Shifts & Unintended Consequences: The Death of the Specialist, the Rise of High Frequency Trading, & the Problem of Duty-Free Liquidity in Equity Markets
Jennifer Victoria Christine Dean,
Florida International University - College of Law,
Date posted to database: April 12, 2013
Last Revised: May 13, 2013
9 75 To Be or Not to Be (a Security): Funding For-Profit Social Enterprises
Joan MacLeod Heminway,
University of Tennessee College of Law,
Date posted to database: April 26, 2013
Last Revised: June 12, 2013
10 73 Dodd-Frank Regulators, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Agency Capture
Paul Rose, Christopher J. Walker,
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law,
Date posted to database: April 18, 2013
Last Revised: April 29, 2013



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