There is a new #1 paper on this week’s list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads on SSRN, as well as a new paper debuting at #5: 

1.  Travails in Tax: KPMG and the Tax-Shelter Controversy, by Tanina Rostain (New York Law School)

2.  Private Property and Tax Policy in a Libertarian World: A Critical Response, by David G. Duff (Toronto)

3.  Corruption, Inequality and Fairness, by Alberto F. Alesina (Harvard, Department of Economics; NBER) & George-Marios Angeletos (MIT, Department of Economics; NBER)

4.  Tax Treaties for Investment and Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study, by Allison Christians (Wisconsin)

5.  Economic Analysis in Judicial Decision Making – An Assessment Based on Judge Posner’s Tax Decisions, by Adam Chodorow (Arizona State)