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TOP 10 Papers for Public Economics eJournals

January 2, 1997 to May 25, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 21695 The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime
Steven D. Levitt, John J. Donohue,
Stanford University - Law School, University of Chicago,
Date posted to database: August 12, 1999
Last Revised: May 1, 2001
2 12018 Existence and Efficiency of Nash Equilibria under Deterministic Voting
Kostas Koufopoulos, Aristotelis Boukouras,
Courant Research Centre PEG, University of Warwick - Finance Group,
Date posted to database: July 24, 2008
Last Revised: July 24, 2008
3 11911 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
Stephen M. Walt, John J. Mearsheimer,
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS),
Date posted to database: March 15, 2006
Last Revised: July 27, 2007
4 9515 The Theory and Practice of Corporate Finance: Evidence from the Field
Campbell R. Harvey, John R. Graham,
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business,
Date posted to database: April 12, 2000
Last Revised: November 4, 2000
5 8355 Hedge Funds, Systemic Risk, and the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008: Written Testimony for the House Oversight Committee Hearing on Hedge Funds
Andrew W. Lo,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management,
Date posted to database: November 17, 2008
Last Revised: March 2, 2009
6 8164 Top Marginal Effective Tax Rates by State and by Source of Income, 2012 Tax Law vs. 2013 Tax Law (as enacted in ATRA)
Gerald T. Prante, Austin John,
Lynchburg College, School of Business and Economics, Lynchburg College, School of Business and Economics,
Date posted to database: November 17, 2012
Last Revised: April 22, 2013
7 7716 Governance Matters IV: Governance Indicators for 1996-2004
Aart Kraay, Daniel Kaufmann, Massimo Mastruzzi,
The Brookings Institution, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank Institute,
Date posted to database: May 5, 2005
Last Revised: February 3, 2006
8 7713 How to Restructure Greek Debt
G. Mitu Gulati, Lee C. Buchheit,
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP - New York Office, Duke University - School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 9, 2010
Last Revised: May 9, 2010
9 7219 Public Schooling, Indoctrination, and Totalitarianism
John R. Lott,
University of Maryland Foundation, University of Maryland,
Date posted to database: May 3, 1999
Last Revised: May 24, 2000
10 6906 Separation of Powers, Political Competition and Efficient Provision of Public Goods
Kostas Koufopoulos, Aristotelis Boukouras,
Courant Research Centre PEG, University of Warwick - Finance Group,
Date posted to database: April 27, 2009
Last Revised: December 19, 2010

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Public Economics eJournals

March 26, 2013 to May 25, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 344 Using a Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut: Why FATCA Will Not Stand
Frederic Alain Behrens,
University of Wisconsin,
Date posted to database: April 10, 2013
Last Revised: April 10, 2013
2 225 Fixing the System: An Analysis of Alternative Proposals for the Reform of International Tax
Harry Grubert, Rosanne Altshuler,
U.S. Treasury Department, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics,
Date posted to database: April 6, 2013
Last Revised: May 12, 2013
3 217 Assessing Municipal Bond Default Probabilities
Marc D. Joffe, Matthew John Holian,
San Jose State University - Department of Economics, Public Sector Credit Solutions, San Francisco State University,
Date posted to database: May 2, 2013
Last Revised: May 2, 2013
4 208 Through a Latte, Darkly: Starbucks' Window into Stateless Income Tax Planning
Edward D. Kleinbard,
University of Southern California - Law School,
Date posted to database: May 14, 2013
Last Revised: May 22, 2013
5 175 Reforming the Taxation of Retirement Income
Richard L. Kaplan,
University of Illinois College of Law,
Date posted to database: March 29, 2013
Last Revised: April 27, 2013
6 157 Beyond the Patents-Prizes Debate
Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Daniel Jacob Hemel,
Yale University - Law School, Yale Law School Information Society Project,
Date posted to database: April 7, 2013
Last Revised: May 20, 2013
7 149 Economics Versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Government,
Date posted to database: April 14, 2013
Last Revised: April 14, 2013
8 117 H-1B Visas and the STEM Shortage: A Research Brief
Jonathan T. Rothwell, Neil G. Ruiz,
Brookings Institution, Brookings Institution,
Date posted to database: May 10, 2013
Last Revised: May 13, 2013
9 113 Magnifying Deterrence by Prosecuting Professionals
Scott A. Schumacher,
University of Washington - School of Law,
Date posted to database: April 2, 2013
Last Revised: May 14, 2013
10 102 Two Enduring Lessons from Elinor Ostrom
Brett M. Frischmann,
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,
Date posted to database: April 17, 2013
Last Revised: May 22, 2013



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