When I’m researching my desk looks like a tornado of pdfs hit my computer desktop and blew them clear onto my actual desktop. It’s a mess, but I can’t touch anything or else I won’t know where anything is. You know the feeling? It’s whirlwind of citations and highlighted quotes to use later. After all, a messy desk is supposedly the sign of a creative mind, right?
read more...5 Tools to Organize Your Research in 2017
Weekly Top 5 Papers â December 19, 2016
1. Sensation Seeking, Sports Cars, and Hedge Funds by Stephen Brown (New York University (NYU) – Leonard N. Stern School of Business) and Yan Lu (University of Central Florida-Department of Finance) and Sugata Ray (University of Florida – Warrington College of Business Administration) and Melvyn Teo (Singapore Management University – Lee Kong Chian School of Business)
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7 Methods To Crush Your First Draft
So, you have a great idea for a research paper. Now all you have to do is write it. If only that were as easily done as it was for you to say you’re going to do. Theses can spend years marinating in the brains of writers and researchers who are almost ready to testify to their knowledge. Working on a first draft can be painful, but remember that your research should be more afraid of you than you are of it. After all, who’s the one with the power of a delete button?
read more...Weekly Top 5 Papers â January 30 2016
1. The Foreign Emoluments Clause and the Chief Executive by Andy Grewal (University of Iowa – College of Law)
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Do these scenarios look familiar to you? Depending on where you are in writing your latest paper, you’ve probably experienced each of these feelings at least once. Your mood, your stage in the research process, even how close the deadline is, will affect how you write and how you feel about writing. Whatever it is you are working on, SSRN has an eLibrary that can help!
read more...Weekly Top 5 Papers â February 6th 2017
1. Do Stocks Outperform Treasury Bills? by Hendrik Bessembinder (Arizona State University)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â February 13th 2017
1. Extreme Protest Tactics Reduce Popular Support for Social Movements by Matthew Feinberg (University of Toronto – Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management) and Robb Willer (Stanford University) and Chloe Kovacheff (University of Toronto – Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management)
read more...Weekly Top 5 Papers â February 27th 2017
1. Betting Against Correlation: Testing Theories of the Low-Risk Effect by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Andrea Frazzini (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Niels Joachim Gormsen (Copenhagen Business School) and Lasse Pedersen (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
read more...Weekly Top 5 Papers â February 20th 2017
1. Socratesâ Defense by Cathal Woods (Virginia Wesleyan College) and Ryan Pack (Virginia Wesleyan College)
read more...Weekly Top 5 Papers â March 6th 2017
17 ways your kid is a better researcher than you
Weekly Top 5 Papers â March 13th 2017
1. Taking Stock: Estimating Vulnerability Rediscovery by Trey Herr (Harvard Kennedy School) and Bruce Schneier (Harvard University – Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers â March 20th 2017
1. A De Gustibus Approach to Ranking Law Schools by Christopher Ryan (Vanderbilt University, Peabody College – Higher Education Law & Policy) and Brian Frye (University of Kentucky – College of Law)
read more...Weekly Top 5 Papers â March 27th 2017
1. Encryption Workarounds by Orin Kerr (The George Washington University Law School) and Bruce Schneier (Harvard University – Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society)
read more...Weekly Top 5 Papers â April 3rd 2017
1. A De Gustibus Approach to Ranking Law Schools by Christopher Ryan (Vanderbilt University, Peabody College â Higher Education Law & Policy) and Brian Frye (University of Kentucky â College of Law)
read more...Weekly Top 5 Papers â April 10th 2017
1. The Taking Economy: Uber, Information, and Power by Ryan Calo (University of Washington â School of Law) and Alex Rosenblat (Data & Society Research Institute)
read more...And The Inaugural WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award Goes Toâ¦
On behalf of all of us, we are pleased to announce the very first WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award to Sam Houston State University!
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