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

January 2, 1997 to September 4, 2006



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 53641 Market Efficiency, Long-Term Returns, and Behavioral Finance
Eugene F. Fama,
University of Chicago - Graduate School of Business,
Date posted to database: April 30, 1997
Last Revised: December 1, 2002
2 43884 Multiple Victim Public Shootings, Bombings, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handgun Laws: Contrasting Private and Public Law Enforcement
John R. Lott, John R. Lott, William M. Landes,
State University of New York at Binghamton, State University of New York - Department of Economics, University of Chicago Law School,
Date posted to database: April 21, 1999
Last Revised: June 7, 1999
3 35726 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
4 33101 Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling,
Harvard Business School, University of Rochester Simon School (Deceased),
Date posted to database: July 19, 1998
Last Revised: August 19, 2005
5 30052 A Comparison of Dividend, Cash Flow, and Earnings Approaches to Equity Valuation
Theodore Sougiannis, Stephen H. Penman,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy, Columbia University - Department of Accounting,
Date posted to database: March 31, 1997
Last Revised: September 23, 2003
6 29265 A Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities
Christopher Avery, Mark E. Glickman, Caroline Minter Hoxby, Andrew Metrick,
Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government, Boston University - Department of Health Services, Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School,
Date posted to database: October 11, 2004
Last Revised: October 15, 2004
7 23404 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
8 22439 Value Versus Growth: The International Evidence
Eugene F. Fama, Kenneth R. French,
University of Chicago - Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth,
Date posted to database: May 1, 1997
Last Revised: July 27, 2000
9 20135 Taxes, Financing Decisions, and Firm Value
Eugene F. Fama, Kenneth R. French,
University of Chicago - Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth,
Date posted to database: February 1, 1997
Last Revised: March 10, 2000
10 19157 Optimal Capital Allocation Using RAROC and EVA
Neal Stoughton, Josef Zechner,
University of Calgary, University of Vienna,
Date posted to database: September 11, 1998
Last Revised: January 19, 2004

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

July 6, 2006 to September 4, 2006



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 2242 Porn Up, Rape Down
Anthony D'Amato,
Northwestern University - School of Law,
Date posted to database: July 18, 2006
Last Revised: July 18, 2006
2 1424 The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age
William McGeveran, William McGeveran, William W. Fisher,
Berkman Center for Internet and Society, University of Minnesota Law School, Harvard University - Berkman Center for Internet & Society,
Date posted to database: August 10, 2006
Last Revised: August 10, 2006
3 786 How Active is your Fund Manager? A New Measure that Predicts Performance
Martijn Cremers, Antti Petajisto,
Yale University - School of Management, Yale School of Management,
Date posted to database: March 21, 2006
Last Revised: August 29, 2006
4 635 Is There a Correlation between Scholarly Productivity, Scholarly Influence and Teaching Effectiveness in American Law Schools? An Empirical Study
Benjamin Barton,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Law,
Date posted to database: July 1, 2006
Last Revised: July 29, 2006
5 605 102 Errors in Company Valuations (102 Errores en Valoraciones de Empresas)
Pablo Fernández,
University of Navarra - IESE Business School,
Date posted to database: April 14, 2006
Last Revised: April 14, 2006
6 434 Spam Works: Evidence from Stock Touts and Corresponding Market Activity
Laura Frieder, Jonathan Zittrain,
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, Oxford Internet Institute,
Date posted to database: July 27, 2006
Last Revised: August 28, 2006
7 428 Does IT Matter in Business Education? Interviews with Business School Deans
Vasant Dhar, Arun Sundararajan,
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University - Stern School of Business,
Date posted to database: July 7, 2006
Last Revised: August 4, 2006
8 380 Capital Structure, Payout Policy, and Financial Flexibility
Harry DeAngelo, Linda DeAngelo,
University of Southern California - Finance and Business Economics Department, University of Southern California - Finance and Business Economics Department,
Date posted to database: July 17, 2006
Last Revised: September 1, 2006
9 378 The Backlash Thesis and Same-Sex Marriage: Learning from Brown v. Board of Education and its Aftermath
Carlos A. Ball,
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle,
Date posted to database: May 16, 2006
Last Revised: August 16, 2006
10 342 The Tradeoff between Mortgage Prepayments and Tax-Deferred Retirement Savings
Gene Amromin, Jennifer C. Huang, Clemens Sialm,
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business,
Date posted to database: March 18, 2006
Last Revised: August 21, 2006



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