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ALL TIME HITS (for all papers in SSRN eLibrary)
TOP 10 Papers for All SSRN Journals

January 2, 1997 to November 21, 2009



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 74388 'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
Daniel J. Solove,
George Washington University Law School,
Date posted to database: July 12, 2007
Last Revised: May 5, 2008
2 65548 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
3 62850 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
4 46239 Multiple Victim Public Shootings, Bombings, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handgun Laws: Contrasting Private and Public Law Enforcement
John R. Lott, William M. Landes,
University of Maryland Foundation, University of Maryland, University of Chicago Law School,
Date posted to database: April 21, 1999
Last Revised: June 7, 1999
5 42776 Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier
Edward Castronova,
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Telecommunications,
Date posted to database: January 14, 2002
Last Revised: September 1, 2004
6 38634 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
7 38196 A Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities
Christopher Avery, Mark E. Glickman, Caroline M. Hoxby, Andrew Metrick,
Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government, Boston University - Department of Health Services, Stanford University, Yale School of Management,
Date posted to database: October 11, 2004
Last Revised: September 15, 2006
8 33288 A Comparison of Dividend, Cash Flow, and Earnings Approaches to Equity Valuation
Stephen H. Penman, Theodore Sougiannis,
Columbia University - Department of Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy,
Date posted to database: March 31, 1997
Last Revised: September 23, 2003
9 27739 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
10 27273 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

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for All SSRN Journals

September 22, 2009 to November 21, 2009



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 3653 Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization
Paul Ohm,
University of Colorado Law School,
Date posted to database: August 17, 2009
Last Revised: September 10, 2009
2 2026 Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be...Lawyers
Herwig J. Schlunk,
Vanderbilt University School of Law,
Date posted to database: October 31, 2009
Last Revised: November 13, 2009
3 1328 The Equity Premium in 150 Textbooks
Pablo Fernandez,
University of Navarra - IESE Business School,
Date posted to database: September 14, 2009
Last Revised: October 28, 2009
4 1233 Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Peter B. Hirtle, Emily Hudson, Andrew T. Kenyon,
Cornell University Library, University of Melbourne - Law School, University of Melbourne Law School,
Date posted to database: November 2, 2009
Last Revised: November 2, 2009
5 1204 To Roth or Not to Roth: Analyzing the Conversion Opportunity for 2010 and Beyond
Richard L. Kaplan,
University of Illinois College of Law,
Date posted to database: September 23, 2009
Last Revised: October 10, 2009
6 1120 Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities that Enable It
Joseph Turow, Jennifer King, Jennifer King, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Amy Bleakley, Michael Hennessy,
University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School for Communication, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - Center for Law & Technology, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Annenberg Public Policy Center, Annenberg Public Policy Center,
Date posted to database: September 29, 2009
Last Revised: September 29, 2009
7 1085 Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications - A Post-Crisis Update
Aswath Damodaran,
New York University - Department of Finance,
Date posted to database: October 24, 2009
Last Revised: October 24, 2009
8 1016 Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement
Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling,
Harvard Business School, Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased),
Date posted to database: September 19, 2009
Last Revised: October 15, 2009
9 816 A Quantitative Approach to Faber's Tactical Asset Allocation
Stefano Marmi, Claudio Pacati, Wiston Adrián Risso, Roberto Renò,
Scuola Normale Superiore, University of Siena - Department of Economics, University of Siena - Department of Economics, University of Siena - Department of Economics,
Date posted to database: September 22, 2009
Last Revised: September 22, 2009
10 693 Ups and Downs: Valuing Cyclical and Commodity Companies
Aswath Damodaran,
New York University - Department of Finance,
Date posted to database: September 3, 2009
Last Revised: September 3, 2009



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