The current SSRN top tens for corporate, corporate governance, and securities law are after the jump.
Top 10 most-downloaded corporate law papers announced during the 60 day period ended September 27, 2006 (current ranking – previous ranking (number of downloads)):
1 – 2 (260) Devolution of Authority: The DOJ’s Corporate Charging Policies by Lawrence D. Finder & Ryan D. McConnell.
2 – 4 (132) Federal Corporate Law: Lessons from History by Lucian Arye Bebchuk & Assaf Hamdani.
3 – NR (118) The Mythical Benefits of Shareholder Control by Lynn A. Stout.
4 – NR (105) Independent Directors and Stock Market Prices: The New Corporate Governance Paradigm by Jeffrey N. Gordon.
5 – 6 (100) Law, Norms, and the Breakdown of the Board: Promoting Accountability in Corporate Governance by Renee Jones.
6 – 5 (99) Managers’ Fiduciary Duties in Financially Distressed Corporations: Chaos in Delaware (and Elsewhere) by Rutheford B. Campbell & Christopher W. Frost.
7 – 7 (95) Ex Ante Choices of Law and Forum: An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Merger Agreements by Theodore Eisenberg & Geoffrey P. Miller.
8 – 9 (88) Regulating Executive Remuneration: International Developments in the Post-Scandal Era by Jennifer G. Hill.
9 – NR (68) Hedge Funds and Governance Targets by William W. Bratton.
10 – 10 (59) Ethics and Corruption in Business and Government: Lessons from the South Sea Bubble and the Bank of the United States by Richard W. Painter.
Top 10 most-downloaded corporate governance law papers announced during the 60 day period ended September 27, 2006 (current ranking – previous ranking (number of downloads)):
1 – 2 (260) Devolution of Authority: The DOJ’s Corporate Charging Policies by Lawrence D. Finder & Ryan D. McConnell.
2 – 3 (212) Predicting Corporate Governance Risk: Evidence from the Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance Market by Tom Baker & Sean J. Griffith.
3 – NR (173) Some Observations on the Stock Option Backdating Scandal of 2006 by David I. Walker.
4 – 7 (164) The Oligopolistic Gatekeeper: The U.S. Accounting Profession by James D. Cox.
5 – NR (155) The Case for For-Profit Charities by Eric A. Posner & Anup Malani.
6 – NR (154) Corporate Social Responsibility as a Conflict Between Shareholders by Amir Barnea & Amir Rubin.
7 – 8 (132) Federal Corporate Law: Lessons from History by Lucian Arye Bebchuk & Assaf Hamdani.
8 – 10 (119) Labor Unions: A Corporatist Institution in a Competitive World by Michael L. Wachter.
9 – NR (118) The Mythical Benefits of Shareholder Control by Lynn A. Stout.
10 – NR (116) Recent Technical Papers on Corporate Governance by Dennis Wright Michaud & Kate A. Magaram.
Top 10 most-downloaded securities law papers announced during the 60 day period ended September 27, 2006 (current ranking – previous ranking (total number of downloads)):
1 – 1 (781) Spam Works: Evidence from Stock Touts and Corresponding Market Activity by Laura Frieder & Jonathan Zittrain.
2 – 3 (260) Devolution of Authority: The DOJ’s Corporate Charging Policies by Lawrence D. Finder & Ryan D. McConnell.
3 – 4 (250) The Information Role of Conservative Financial Statements by Ryan LaFond & Ross L. Watts.
4 – 7 (212) Predicting Corporate Governance Risk: Evidence from the Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance Market by Tom Baker & Sean J. Griffith.
5 – NR (173) Some Observations on the Stock Option Backdating Scandal of 2006 by David I. Walker.
6 – NR (118) The Mythical Benefits of Shareholder Control by Lynn A. Stout.
7 – NR (109) An Analysis of Insiders’ Use of Prepaid Variable Forward Transactions by Alan D. Jagolinzer, Steven R. Matsunaga & Eric Yeung.
8 – NR (105) Independent Directors and Stock Market Prices: The New Corporate Governance Paradigm by Jeffrey N. Gordon.
9 – 9 (100) Law, Norms, and the Breakdown of the Board: Promoting Accountability in Corporate Governance by Renee Jones.
10 – 10 (95) Ex Ante Choices of Law and Forum: An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Merger Agreements by Theodore Eisenberg & Geoffrey P. Miller.
