The love between an author and her research is… complicated, often frustrating, hopefully rewarding, and probably pending review- because in the world of scholarly writing “pending review” is a legitimate relationship status. Regardless of the hurdles of academia, you probably love your research. In fact, you may be loving it more than is good for your professional development.
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â February 26, 2018
1. Algorithmic Entities by Lynn M. LoPucki (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – School of Law)
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Making Your Impact Factor More Measurable
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â March 5, 2018
1. Splitsylvania: State Secession and What to Do About It by Glenn Harlan Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law)
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Why Open Education Week Matters to Us
Over the past few years SSRN has undergone a lot of updates. A LOT of updates. Many many updates. You get the idea. (One more. Okay. I’m done.) But Open Access is still a big part of our mission. So, it’s fair to ask when so much is subject to change, why has this remained consistent?
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â March 12, 2018
1. Pulling the Goalie: Hockey and Investment Implications by Clifford S. Asness (AQR Capital Management) and Aaron Brown (LLC New York University (NYU) â Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â March 19, 2018
1. The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime by Jennifer L. Doleac (University of Virginia â Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy) and Anita Mukherjee (University of Wisconsin â Madison â School of Business)
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SSRN + bepress: testing our impact
Last summer we gained a new sister company when Elsevier acquired bepress. Although the news managed to raise some some eyebrows on our veteran team members, there was an obvious chance for collaboration. After many months of planning and discussions on what that collaboration might look like, we have finally begun a four-month pilot to explore integration between our platforms. Participating in the pilot with us is Columbia Law Schoolâs Arthur W. Diamond Law Library and University of Georgia School of Lawâs Library
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â March 26, 2018
1. Splitsylvania: State Secession and What to Do About It by Glenn Harlan Reynolds(University of Tennessee College of Law)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â April 2, 2018
1. Pulling the Goalie: Hockey and Investment Implications by Clifford S. Asness (AQR Capital Management) and Aaron Brown (LLC New York University (NYU) â Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
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The Long Awaited EduRN Has Arrived!
EduRN. That’s our Education Research Network and it has hit the dissemination floor with seven dedicated subject areas before it even debuted on our site! We are so excited to launch this site for a few reasons:
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â April 9, 2018
1. The 2018 Revealed-Preferences Ranking of Law Schools by CJ Ryan (Vanderbilt University, Peabody College) and Brian L. Frye (University of Kentucky – College of Law)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â April 16, 2018
1. Market Risk Premium and Risk-Free Rate used for 59 countries in 2018: a survey by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Vitaly Pershin (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Isabel Fernández AcÃn (University of Navarra – University of Navarra, Students)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â April 23, 2018
1. An Equilibrium Valuation of Bitcoin and Decentralized Network Assets by Emiliano Pagnotta (Imperial College Business School) and Andrea Buraschi (University of Chicago – Booth School of Business)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â April 30, 2018
1. What Do CDCâs Surveys Say About the Frequency of Defensive Gun Uses? by Gary Kleck (Florida State University – College of Criminology and Criminal Justice)
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Presenting an award⦠in a Hawaiian shirt
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What does science taste like anyway? Our first city-wide research festival!
What a whirlwind! Our first taste of science Festival just finished up and coming back to reality feels like, well, reality. For the four months we spent planning our festival events it felt like we were in a little bubble living within SSRN.
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â May 14, 2018
1. Buffett’s Alpha by Andrea Frazzini (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and David Kabiller (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Lasse Heje Pedersen (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â May 21, 2018
1. How Much Should We Trust the Dictatorâs GDP Estimates? by Luis R. Martinez (University of Chicago â Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies)
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Use SSRN to Improve Your Resume
I’ll never forget the moment after presenting at my first conference as an undergrad when my professor, who was also my carpool driver, said “Now you can add a ‘conferences’ section on your resume.” Young and inexperienced, the thought had never occurred to me that all that writing and citing I was doing could actually add a new heading on my resume. I understood that what I was doing was valuable, yet the idea of adding it to an actual document that could actually represent me after college had never occurred to me!
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