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1.

The Nature of Man

Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 4-19, Summer 1994
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Nov 1997 Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
Downloads 35,173
2.

Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation

Economics and Statistics Administration Issue Brief No. 04-11
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
David N. Beede, Tiffany A. Julian, David Langdon, George McKittrick, Beethika Khan and Mark E. Doms
Office of the Chief Economist, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Government of the United States of America - Bureau of the Census, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Science Foundation and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Downloads 19,943
3.

The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Harvard Business School Research Working Paper No. 11-100
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 01 May 2017
Working Paper Series
Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
London Business School - Department of Strategic & International Management and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Downloads 14,842
4.

How Computer Automation Affects Occupations: Technology, Jobs, and Skills

Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-49
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2016
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James E. Bessen
Technology & Policy Research Initiative, BU School of Law
Downloads 11,326
5.

Does the Stock Market Fully Value Intangibles? Employee Satisfaction and Equity Prices

Journal of Financial Economics 101(3), 621-640, September 2011
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Alex Edmans
London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
Downloads 10,368
6.

The Changing of the Boards: The Impact on Firm Valuation of Mandated Female Board Representation

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, vol. 127(1): 137-197.
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 21 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Kenneth R. Ahern and Amy K. Dittmar
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - The Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 8,714
7.

The Norway Model

Journal of Portfolio Management, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2012, pages 67–81, https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2012.38.2.067
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2019
Accepted Paper Series
David Chambers, Elroy Dimson and Antti Ilmanen
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and AQR Capital Management
Downloads 7,912
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Information Frictions and Entrepreneurship

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 21 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Deepak Hegde and Justin Tumlinson
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and Loughborough University
Downloads 6,674
9.

Do the Benefits of College Still Outweigh the Costs?

Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2014
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Aug 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Research Group
Downloads 6,368
10.

Human Resource Accounting - A New Dimension

Canadian Accounting Association (CAAA) 2006 Annual Conference
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Feb 2007
Working Paper Series
Dr. Amitabh Deo Kodwani and Ravindra Tiwari
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) rohtak and Independent
Downloads 6,191
11.

Running Experiments on Amazon Mechanical Turk

Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 5, No. 5, 411-419
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 01 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Gabriele Paolacci, Jesse Chandler and Panagiotis G. Ipeirotis
Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management, Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Downloads 6,149
12.

Life-Cycle Finance in Theory and in Practice

Boston University School of Management Working Paper No. 2002-02
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Jun 2002
Working Paper Series
Zvi Bodie
Boston University - Department of Finance & Economics
Downloads 6,041
13.

Irrational Optimism

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, 2004, pages 16–25, LBS Accounting Subject Area Working Paper No. IFA397
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 21 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
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Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting

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Downloads 5,954
14.

Generating Skilled Self-Employment in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 23 May 2013 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Christopher Blattman, Nathan Fiala and Sebastian Martinez
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Connecticut - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness

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Downloads 5,549
15.

Are Recent College Graduates Finding Good Jobs?

Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 Jan 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Jaison R. Abel, Richard Deitz and Yaqin Su
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Research Group and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Downloads 5,351
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Are We Selling Results or Résumés?: The Underexplored Linkage between Human Resource Strategies and Firm-Specific Capital

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 105
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2008
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William D. Henderson
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Downloads 5,044
17.

The Rise of the 'Just-in-Time Workforce': On-Demand Work, Crowd Work and Labour Protection in the 'Gig-Economy'

Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, Forthcoming, Bocconi Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2682602
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Valerio De Stefano
KU Leuven - Faculty of Law
Downloads 4,956
18.

Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race?

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 41, No. 2 (June 2012), pp. 347-383, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-07
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2013
Accepted Paper Series
David Abrams, Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan
University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads 4,898
19.

Real World Index Annuity Returns

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2011
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David F. Babbel, Geoffrey VanderPal and Jack Marrion
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Finance and Insurance Departments, Purdue University Global and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 4,669
20.

The Economic Value of a Law Degree

HLS Program on the Legal Profession Research Paper No. 2013-6
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2014
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Michael Simkovic and Frank McIntyre
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Amazon.com

Multiple version iconThere are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 4,655
21.

Effective Virtual Teams Through Communities of Practice

Strathclyde Business School Management Science Working Paper No. 2000/9
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Dec 2004
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Chris Kimble, Alexis Barlow and Feng Li
Kedge Business School, Glasgow Caledonian University - Caledonian Business School and Strathclyde Business School - Department of Management Science
Downloads 4,601
22.

Are CEOs Different?

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 16-27, Paris December 2016 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 15 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2019
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Steven N. Kaplan and Morten Sorensen
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Copenhagen Business School

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Downloads 4,434
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Catching Up Is Hard to Do: Undergraduate Prestige, Elite Graduate Programs, and the Earnings Premium

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-23, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-17, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Joni Hersch
Vanderbilt University - Law School

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Downloads 4,360
24.

Generating Employment in Poor and Fragile States: Evidence from Labor Market and Entrepreneurship Programs

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2017
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Christopher Blattman and Laura Ralston
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy and World Bank
Downloads 4,207
25.

Asset Valuations and Safe Portfolio Withdrawal Rates

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 28 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2013
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David Blanchett, Michael S. Finke and Wade D. Pfau
Morningstar Investment Management, The American College and The American College for Financial Services
Downloads 4,174
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Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance

Organization Science, 30(1), pp.1-18
Number of pages: 164 Posted: 18 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Claudine Madras Gartenberg, Andrea Prat and George Serafeim
Wharton, Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Downloads 4,127
27.

Automation and Jobs: When Technology Boosts Employment

Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 17-09
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2019
Working Paper Series
James E. Bessen
Technology & Policy Research Initiative, BU School of Law
Downloads 3,742
28.

The Link Between Job Satisfaction and Firm Value, with Implications for Corporate Social Responsibility

Academy of Management Perspectives 26(4), 1-19, November 2012
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 May 2012 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Alex Edmans
London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
Downloads 3,734
29.

Social Animal House: The Economic and Academic Consequences of Fraternity Membership

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 19 May 2017
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Jack Mara, Lewis Davis and Stephen Schmidt
10 Thoughts, Union College - Department of Economics and Union College - Department of Economics

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30.

Economic Analysis of Law

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 316, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 536
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Nov 2005
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A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell
Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 3,561
31.

Public Pension Plan Reform: The Legal Framework

Education, Finance & Policy, Vol. 5, 2010, Minnesota Legal Studies Research No. 10-13
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Mar 2010
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Amy Monahan
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law
Downloads 3,560
32.

Who is Hit Hardest During a Financial Crisis? The Vulnerability of Young Men and Women to Unemployment in an Economic Downturn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4359
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Aug 2009
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Sher Verick
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Downloads 3,523
33.

Human Capital, Asset Allocation, and Life Insurance

Yale ICF Working Paper No. 05-11
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 May 2005
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Roger G. Ibbotson, Peng Chen, Moshe A. Milevsky and Xingnong Zhu
Yale School of Management, Ibbotson Associates, York University - Schulich School of Business and Ibbotson Associates

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Downloads 3,519
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Female Labour Force Participation: Past Trends and Main Determinants in OECD Countries

OECD Working Paper No. 376
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 25 Oct 2013
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Florence Jaumotte
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Downloads 3,465
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The Impacts of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work on Income and Health: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 27 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2017
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Christopher Blattman and Stefan Dercon
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy and University of Oxford - Department of Economics

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Downloads 3,433
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The 4% Rule - At What Price?

Journal Of Investment Management (JOIM), Third Quarter 2009
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2009
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Jason S. Scott, William F. Sharpe and John G. Watson
Financial Engines, Inc., Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 3,294
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A Guide to Starting Social Security Benefits

Journal of Retirement Planning, July-August 2008, U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE08-025
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 04 Aug 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Richard L. Kaplan
University of Illinois College of Law
Downloads 3,260
38.

Rewriting History

AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 18 May 2010
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Alexander Ljungqvist, Christopher J. Malloy and Felicia C. Marston
Stockholm School of Economics, Harvard Business School and University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce

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Does Employee Happiness have an Impact on Productivity?

Saïd Business School WP 2019-13
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2020
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Clement Bellet, Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve and George Ward
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), University of Oxford and MIT Sloan School of Management
Downloads 3,205
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Labor Market

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 15 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2020
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Michael Webb
Stanford University - Department of Economics
Downloads 3,186
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Taxation and the Allocation of Talent

Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2016
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Benjamin B Lockwood, Charles Nathanson and E. Glen Weyl
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Microsoft
Downloads 3,161
42.

Life-Cycle Funds

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 May 2007
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Luis M. Viceira
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 3,039
43.

Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 03-22
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Jul 2003
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Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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Downloads 2,959
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High Performance Workplace Practices and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Europe

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Aug 2004
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Thomas K. Bauer
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
Downloads 2,925
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Measuring Education Inequality: Gini Coefficients of Education

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Jan 2001
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Vinod Thomas, Yan Wang and Xibo Fan
World Bank - Brazil, Cornell University and The World Bank
Downloads 2,878
46.

Why Has Regional Income Convergence in the U.S. Declined?

HKS Working Paper No. RWP12-028, Kreisman Working Papers Series in Housing Law and Policy No. 49
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 11 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2018
Working Paper Series
Peter Ganong and Daniel Shoag
University of Chicago and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Downloads 2,845
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Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Liberia

Number of pages: 119 Posted: 18 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2016
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Christopher Blattman, Julian C. Jamison and Margaret Sheridan
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital

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Downloads 2,843
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The Impact of the Recent Migration from Eastern Europe on the UK Economy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2615
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 11 Mar 2007
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David G. Blanchflower, Jumana Saleheen and Chris Shadforth
Dartmouth College - Department of Economics, Bank of England and Bank of England
Downloads 2,767
49.

Risk-Based Student Loans

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 1, p. 527, 2013
Number of pages: 122 Posted: 08 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 05 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Michael Simkovic
University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Downloads 2,742
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Freedom of Dress: State and Private Regulation of Clothing, Hairstyle, Jewelry, Makeup, Tattoos, and Piercing

Maryland Law Review, Vol. 66, p. 11, 2006, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 177, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 872324
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 29 Dec 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Gowri Ramachandran
Southwestern Law School
Downloads 2,719