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ALL TIME HITS (for all papers in SSRN eLibrary)
TOP 10 Papers for Financial Economics Network

January 2, 1997 to February 9, 2010



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 66762 Market Efficiency, Long-Term Returns, and Behavioral Finance
Eugene F. Fama,
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business,
Date posted to database: April 30, 1997
Last Revised: December 1, 2002
2 65304 Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
William H. Meckling, Michael C. Jensen,
Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased), Harvard Business School,
Date posted to database: July 19, 1998
Last Revised: October 12, 2008
3 45105 A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation
Mebane T. Faber,
Cambria Investment Management,
Date posted to database: February 11, 2007
Last Revised: July 15, 2009
4 28150 Value Versus Growth: The International Evidence
Eugene F. Fama, Kenneth R. French,
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business,
Date posted to database: May 1, 1997
Last Revised: July 27, 2000
5 28008 Understanding the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Yuliya S. Demyanyk, Otto Van Hemert,
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, New York University - Department of Finance,
Date posted to database: October 10, 2007
Last Revised: June 20, 2009
6 27479 Value Based Management: Economic Value Added or Cash Value Added?
Fredrik Weissenrieder,
Weissenrieder Consulting AB,
Date posted to database: April 5, 1999
Last Revised: March 1, 2000
7 24498 Value Maximization, Stakeholder Theory, and the Corporate Objective Function
Michael C. Jensen,
Harvard Business School,
Date posted to database: April 11, 2000
Last Revised: February 17, 2004
8 23801 Why We Have Never Used the Black-Scholes-Merton Option Pricing Formula (fifth version)
Espen Gaarder Haug, Nassim Nicholas Taleb,
Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN, NYU-Poly,
Date posted to database: September 11, 2007
Last Revised: June 30, 2009
9 23284 Corporate Governance and Control
Marco Becht, Patrick Bolton, Ailsa Röell,
Free University of Brussels (VUB/ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Columbia Business School - Department of Economics, Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance,
Date posted to database: October 31, 2002
Last Revised: April 3, 2006
10 22392 Taxes, Financing Decisions, and Firm Value
Eugene F. Fama, Kenneth R. French,
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business,
Date posted to database: February 1, 1997
Last Revised: March 10, 2000

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

December 11, 2009 to February 9, 2010



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 758 A True Story About Civil Courts and Company Valuation
Pablo Fernandez,
University of Navarra - IESE Business School,
Date posted to database: January 20, 2010
Last Revised: February 6, 2010
2 646 Return of Mutual Funds in Spain 1991-2009 (Rentabilidad de los Fondos de Inversión en España 1991-2009) (Spanish)
Pablo Fernandez, Javier del Campo Baonza,
University of Navarra - IESE Business School, University of Navarra - IESE Business School,
Date posted to database: January 29, 2010
Last Revised: January 29, 2010
3 629 A Comparison of Quantitative and Qualitative Hedge Funds
Ludwig B. Chincarini,
Pomona College - Department of Economics,
Date posted to database: January 8, 2010
Last Revised: January 27, 2010
4 534 Ranking of the Mutual Fund Industry in Spain: 1994-2009 (Ranking de Gestoras de Fondos de Inversión en España 1994-2009) (Spanish)
Pablo Fernandez, Javier del Campo Baonza,
University of Navarra - IESE Business School, University of Navarra - IESE Business School,
Date posted to database: February 3, 2010
Last Revised: February 3, 2010
5 489 IBEX 35: 1991-2009 - Value Creation and Return
Pablo Fernandez, Javier del Campo Baonza,
University of Navarra - IESE Business School, University of Navarra - IESE Business School,
Date posted to database: January 23, 2010
Last Revised: February 6, 2010
6 318 It Pays to Violate: How Effective are the Basel Accord Penalties in Encouraging Risk Management?
Bernardo da Veiga, Michael McAleer, Felix Chan,
Curtin University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance, Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics, Econometric Institute, Curtin University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance,
Date posted to database: January 12, 2010
Last Revised: January 12, 2010
7 305 The Financial Crisis: Causes and Lessons - Ending Government Bailouts as We Know Them Part I – The Crisis
Kenneth E. Scott,
Stanford Law School,
Date posted to database: December 11, 2009
Last Revised: January 4, 2010
8 297 Paying for Long-Term Performance
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Jesse M. Fried,
Harvard University - Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School,
Date posted to database: January 14, 2010
Last Revised: January 14, 2010
9 258 How do Individual Investors React to Global IFRS Adoption?
Ulf Brüggemann, Holger Daske, Carsten Homburg, Peter F. Pope,
Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Mannheim, University of Cologne, Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance,
Date posted to database: August 22, 2009
Last Revised: December 29, 2009
10 243 Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance
David Yermack,
New York University - Stern School of Business,
Date posted to database: December 15, 2009
Last Revised: December 16, 2009



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