1.
What You Should Know About Megaprojects and Why: An Overview
Project Management Journal, April/May 2014
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 14 Apr 2014
Last Revised: 06 Jan 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School
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10,716
2.
The MOOC Phenomenon: Who Takes Massive Open Online Courses and Why?
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 18 Apr 2014
Working Paper Series
Office of the Provost, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Provost, University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Provost, University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Provost, University of Pennsylvania and Office of the Provost, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Department of Health Care Management, University of Pennsylvania
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9,735
3.
Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 20 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center, Crime Prevention Research Center and Crime Prevention Research Center
Downloads
9,554
4.
Good Governance - Concept, Meaning and Features: A Detailed Study
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 27 Dec 2009
Last Revised: 29 Aug 2010
Working Paper Series
Independent
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7,046
5.
Do White Police Officers Unfairly Target Black Suspects?
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 16 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 19 Sep 2017
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center and College of William and Mary - Department of Economics
Downloads
6,021
6.
Should We Build More Large Dams? The Actual Costs of Hydropower Megaproject Development
Energy Policy, March 2014, pp.1-14.
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 11 Mar 2014
Last Revised: 24 Mar 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School, University of Oxford - Said Business School, University of Oxford - Saïd Business School and University of Oxford - Department of Statistics
Downloads
5,693
7.
Measuring the Rule of Law
Number of pages: 120
Posted: 01 Dec 2011
Working Paper Series
Pontifica Universidad Javeriana Law School and The World Justice Project
Downloads
4,519
8.
Next Generation Government Service Bus - The Blockchain Landscape
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Last Revised: 08 Jun 2018
Working Paper Series
AgID - Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale
Downloads
4,358
9.
Why Prison?: An Economic Critique
Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, 2017, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 07 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 07 Apr 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Sidley Austin LLP
Downloads
3,620
10.
Globalization Effect on Education and Culture: An Analysis
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 28 May 2012
Working Paper Series
Government Engineering College, Bikaner
Downloads
3,584
11.
Importance of Social Psychology in the Society
Educational Research International Vol. 3(5) October 2014
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 05 Nov 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Sindh - Department of Sociology, University of Sindh - Department of Sociology, University of Sindh - Department of Economics and Mehran University of Engineering & Technology
Downloads
3,360
12.
Price Risk Management in the Energy Industry: The Value at Risk Approach
Proceedings of the XXII Annual International Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics, 9-12 June 1999
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 15 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 05 Nov 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Independent
Downloads
3,354
13.
Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency
International Education Studies, Vol. 6, No. 11, pp. 93-99, 2013
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 25 Oct 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Centre for Research Services, Institute of Management and Research Services (IPPP), University of Malaya (UM)University of Malaya (UM) - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Education, University of Economic Sciences, University of Malaya (UM) - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Information Science and Technology and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Advance Informatics School (AIS)
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3,323
14.
Civic Crowdfunding: Participatory Communities, Entrepreneurs and the Political Economy of Place
Number of pages: 173
Posted: 18 May 2014
Last Revised: 23 May 2014
Working Paper Series
Center for Work, Technology and Organizations
Downloads
3,077
15.
An Economic Theory of Infrastructure and Commons Management
Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 89, pp. 917-1030, April 2005
Number of pages: 114
Posted: 14 Sep 2004
Accepted Paper Series
Villanova University - School of Law
Downloads
2,856
16.
Policing a Free Society
Policing a Free Society Cambridge, Mass: Ballinger Pub. Co. (1977), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1349
Number of pages: 374
Posted: 24 Apr 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Wisconsin Law School
Downloads
2,530
17.
One Belt and One Road: Dose China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Benefit for Pakistan's Economy?
Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol. 6, No. 24, 2015
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 04 Jan 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Tianjin University of Finance & Economics
Downloads
2,502
18.
Evolution of the System of Public Administration in India from the Period 1858- 1950: A Detailed Study Highlighting the Major Landmarks in Administrative History Made During this Period
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 06 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 28 Dec 2014
Working Paper Series
Independent
Downloads
2,485
19.
The Effects of Infrastructure Development on Growth and Income Distribution
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3400
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Central Bank of Chile and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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2,324
20.
Honor, Prestige, and the Academy: A Portrait of Political Science Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty in Ph.D.-Granting Institutions (2012-2013)
Political Science and Politics, published by Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming, APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 19 Aug 2013
Last Revised: 21 Aug 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Indiana University, Center for the Study of Global Change
Downloads
2,262
21.
DeKo: An Electricity-Backed Currency Proposal
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 07 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 05 Jul 2012
Working Paper Series
SolarCoin Foundation and SolarCoin Foundation
Downloads
2,232
22.
The Controversy over the Safe Schools Program – Finding the Sensible Centre
Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 16/83
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 15 Sep 2016
Working Paper Series
The University of Sydney Law School
Downloads
2,212
23.
Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic Growth: Evidence from Developing Countries
Applied Econometrics and International Development, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2007
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 24 Aug 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Centre for research in urban affairs and International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) - Centre for IT and Public Policy
Downloads
2,187
24.
Did Australia’s Ban on Semiauto Firearms Really Reduce Violence? A Critique of the Chapman et al. (2016) Study
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 20 Dec 2017
Last Revised: 02 Mar 2018
Working Paper Series
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Downloads
2,034
25.
Do Background Checks on Private Gun Transfers Help Stop Mass Public Shootings?
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 08 Jan 2016
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center
Downloads
1,876
26.
Privacy and the New Energy Infrastructure
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 30 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 05 Nov 2014
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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1,845
27.
Removing Roadblocks to Intelligent Vehicles and Driverless Cars
Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy (2015), Vol. 5, Mercatus Research Paper, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Arlington, VA
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 17 Sep 2014
Last Revised: 06 Jun 2018
Working Paper Series
Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Niskanen Center
Downloads
1,828
28.
Bill C-51 Backgrounder #2: The Canadian Security Intelligence Service's Proposed Power to 'Reduce' Security Threats Through Conduct that May Violate the Law and Charter
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 14 Feb 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
Downloads
1,801
29.
Fanning the Flames of Hate: Social Media and Hate Crime
Number of pages: 80
Posted: 07 Dec 2017
Last Revised: 24 May 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School and University of Warwick
Downloads
1,791
30.
Choices Among Alternative Risk Management Strategies: Evidence from the Natural Gas Industry
Number of pages: 71
Posted: 15 Jan 2000
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Finance Department, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department
Downloads
1,701
31.
Health Services As Credence Goods: A Field Experiment
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 18 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 22 Dec 2017
Working Paper Series
ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
Downloads
1,700
32.
Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Indian Health Care
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 09 Dec 2012
Working Paper Series
Vivin Consultants
Downloads
1,596
33.
Infrastructure and Growth in Developing Countries: Recent Advances and Research Challenges
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4460
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
Downloads
1,588
34.
The FBI's Misrepresentation of the Change in Mass Public Shootings
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Today, March 2015
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 16 Nov 2014
Last Revised: 26 Mar 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center
Downloads
1,556
35.
Where Do We Stand on Transport Infrastructure Deregulation and Public-Private Partnership?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3356
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Downloads
1,550
36.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: An Assessment of its Feasibility and Impact on Regional Cooperation
SADF Comment, South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF), Brussels, Belgium, 2016
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 08 Sep 2016
Accepted Paper Series
South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF)
Downloads
1,540
37.
The Impact of E-Visits on Visit Frequencies and Patient Health: Evidence from Primary Care
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 05 Dec 2013
Last Revised: 29 Jul 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Wisconsin - Madison - School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department
Downloads
1,530
38.
Criticism of Plato's Theory of Education and its Relevance in Modern Times
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 29 Mar 2015
Working Paper Series
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab
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1,528
39.
An International Legal Framework for Surveillance
Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 55, p. 291, 2015, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series 2014-53
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 05 Sep 2014
Last Revised: 10 Nov 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Virginia - School of Law
Downloads
1,519
40.
Mega Delusional: The Curse of the Megaproject
New Scientist, pp. 28-29.
Number of pages: 3
Posted: 19 Dec 2013
Last Revised: 14 Jan 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School
Downloads
1,493
41.
A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases
Asian Social Science, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 18-26, April 27, 2013
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 29 Apr 2013
Last Revised: 09 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Islamic Azad University, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, National University of Malaysia - Faculty of Education, National University of Malaysia (UKM) - Research Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (EKONIS-UKM), Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh Branch, National University of Malaysia (UKM) and Centre for Research Services, Institute of Management and Research Services (IPPP), University of Malaya (UM)University of Malaya (UM) - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture
Downloads
1,458
42.
Infrastructure and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4712
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Downloads
1,448
43.
The Shooting Cycle
Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 46, 2014
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 06 Jan 2014
Last Revised: 17 Oct 2014
Accepted Paper Series
South Texas College of Law Houston and Yale University
Downloads
1,443
44.
The Role of Vocational and Technical Education in Manpower Development and Job Creation in Nigeria
Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 2, No. 1, June 2011
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 25 Jan 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Downloads
1,416
45.
Contribution of Education in the Socio-Economic Development: An Empirical Study
Theoretical and methodological challenges in social sciences : international scientific conference journal, Iasi, Vol.5, Oct 2012, Pg;369-394, ISBN 978-973-166-339-5
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 12 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Integral University
Downloads
1,405
46.
Comparative Pipeline Politics: Oil Sands Pipeline Controversies in Canada and the United States
APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 16 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 12 Sep 2012
Working Paper Series
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia (UBC) and University of British Columbia (UBC)
Downloads
1,346
47.
Economists' and Criminologists' Views on Guns: Crime, Suicides, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handgun Laws
Regulation, Summer 2016, Vol 39, no. 2
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 05 Feb 2016
Last Revised: 16 May 2016
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business
Downloads
1,317
48.
What is Governance?
Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 314
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 02 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Downloads
1,310
49.
What Caused the 2016 Chicago Homicide Spike? An Empirical Examination of the 'ACLU Effect' and the Role of Stop and Frisks in Preventing Gun Violence
2018 University of Illinois Law Review __ (forthcoming), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 252
Number of pages: 102
Posted: 27 Mar 2018
Last Revised: 13 Apr 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Utah - College of Social & Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics
Downloads
1,292
50.
Youth Perspectives on Tech in Schools: From Mobile Devices to Restrictions and Monitoring
Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2014-3
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 15 Jan 2014
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University-Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
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1,283
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