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May 13, 2014

SSRN Top Securities Downloads Of Late

Posted by David Zaring

It has been some time since we've done a download list, and it does seem that SSRN has gone off the boil a bit as a source of both downloads, and a source of good information about interesting new articles. Still, these below do look like they could deserve a look!

RECENT TOP PAPERS for all papers first announced in the last 60 days
14 Mar 2014 through 13 May 2014

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	316	The Equity Risk Premium in 2014 John R. Graham and Campbell R. Harvey Duke University and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business Date posted to database: 8 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 8 Apr 2014
2	199	The Futility of Cost Benefit Analysis in Financial Disclosure Regulation Omri Ben-Shahar and Carl E. Schneider University of Chicago Law School and University of Michigan Law School Date posted to database: 23 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2014
3	173	Do Hedge Funds Trade on Private Information? Evidence from Upcoming Changes in Analysts’ Stock Recommendations April Klein, Anthony Saunders and Yu Ting Forester Wong New York University (NYU) - Department of Accounting, Taxation & Business Law, New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and Columbia Business School - Accounting, Business Law & Taxation Date posted to database: 8 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 8 Apr 2014
4	171	Do the Securities Laws Matter? The Rise of the Leveraged Loan Market Elisabeth de Fontenay Duke University - School of Law Date posted to database: 4 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2014
5	147	Can We Do Better by Ordinary Investors? A Pragmatic Reaction to the Dueling Ideological Mythologists of Corporate Law Leo E. Strine Government of the State of Delaware - Supreme Court of Delaware Date posted to database: 8 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 8 Apr 2014
6	137	CEOs and Presidents Tom C. W. Lin Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law Date posted to database: 25 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 7 May 2014
7	121	Contractual Innovation in Venture Capital John F. Coyle and Joseph M. Green University of North Carolina School of Law and Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP Date posted to database: 30 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 1 May 2014
8	98	Evasive Shareholder Meetings Yuanzhi Li and David Yermack Temple University - Department of Finance and New York University (NYU) - Stern School of Business Date posted to database: 17 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2014
9	97	Culpability and Modern Crime Samuel W. Buell Duke University School of Law Date posted to database: 12 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2014
10	91	Proposed Crowdfunding Regulations Under the Jobs Act: Please, SEC, Revise Your Proposed Regulations in Order to Promote Small Business Capital Formation Rutheford B. Campbell University of Kentucky - College of Law Date posted to database: 9 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 9 Mar 2014