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 October 25, 2006 (current ranking – previous ranking (number of downloads)):
1 – 3 (272) Independent Directors and Stock Market Prices: The New Corporate Governance Paradigm by Jeffrey N. Gordon.
2 – 1 (271) Corporate Governance and the New Hedge Fund Activism: An Empirical Analysis by Thomas W. Briggs.
3 – 2 (242) Federal Corporate Law: Lessons from History by Lucian Arye Bebchuk & Assaf Hamdani.
4 – 4 (186) Hedge Funds and Governance Targets by William W. Bratton.
5 – 5 (180) The Mythical Benefits of Shareholder Control by Lynn A. Stout.
6 – 10 (140) Who Writes the Rules for Hostile Takeovers, and Why? – The Peculiar Divergence of US and UK Takeover Regulation by John Armour & David A. Skeel.
7 – 9 (115) Gap Filling, Hedge Funds, and Financial Innovation by Randall S. Thomas & Frank Partnoy.
8 – 8 (112) The Prime Directive by Robert K. Rasmussen & Douglas G. Baird.
9 – NR (74) Beyond Competition for Incorporations by Ehud Kamar.
10 – NR (68) Strengthening Auditor Independence by Reducing the Need for It: Reestablishing Audits as Control and Premium Signaling Mechanisms by Sean M. O’Connor.
Top 10 most-downloaded corporate governance law papers announced during the 60 day period ended October 25, 2006 (current ranking – previous ranking (number of downloads)):
1 – 1 (334) Some Observations on the Stock Option Backdating Scandal of 2006 by David I. Walker.
2 – 5 (272) Independent Directors and Stock Market Prices: The New Corporate Governance Paradigm by Jeffrey N. Gordon.
3 – 3 (271) Corporate Governance and the New Hedge Fund Activism: An Empirical Analysis by Thomas W. Briggs.
4 – 2 (270) The Case for For-Profit Charities by Eric A. Posner & Anup Malani.
5 – 4 (243) Federal Corporate Law: Lessons from History by Lucian Arye Bebchuk & Assaf Hamdani.
6 – 6 (207) The Oligopolistic Gatekeeper: The U.S. Accounting Profession by James D. Cox.
7T – 7 (186) Corporate Social Responsibility as a Conflict Between Shareholders by Amir Barnea & Amir Rubin.
7T – 8 (186) Hedge Funds and Governance Targets by William W. Bratton.
9 – 9 (180) The Mythical Benefits of Shareholder Control by Lynn A. Stout.
10 – NR (140) Who Writes the Rules for Hostile Takeovers, and Why? – The Peculiar Divergence of US and UK Takeover Regulation by John Armour & David A. Skeel.
Top 10 most-downloaded securities law papers announced during the 60 day period ended October 25, 2006 (current ranking – previous ranking (total number of downloads)):
1 – NR (394) The Promise and Perils of Credit Derivatives by David A. Skeel & Frank Partnoy.
2 – 2 (334) Some Observations on the Stock Option Backdating Scandal of 2006 by David I. Walker.
3 – 4 (272) Independent Directors and Stock Market Prices: The New Corporate Governance Paradigm by Jeffrey N. Gordon.
4 – 3 (271) Corporate Governance and the New Hedge Fund Activism: An Empirical Analysis by Thomas W. Briggs.
5 – 5 (180) The Mythical Benefits of Shareholder Control by Lynn A. Stout.
6 – NR (140) Who Writes the Rules for Hostile Takeovers, and Why? – The Peculiar Divergence of US and UK Takeover Regulation by John Armour & David A. Skeel.
7 – 6 (139) An Analysis of Insiders’ Use of Prepaid Variable Forward Transactions by Alan D. Jagolinzer, Steven R. Matsunaga & Eric Yeung.
8 – 8T (117) The Social Construction of Sarbanes-Oxley by Donald C. Langevoort.
9 – NR (115) Gap Filling, Hedge Funds, and Financial Innovation by Randall S. Thomas & Frank Partnoy.
10 – 8T (100) Too Big to Fail: Moral Hazard in Auditing and the Need to Restructure the Industry Before it Unravels by Lawrence A. Cunningham.