There is a lot of movement in this week’s list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads on SSRN, with new papers debuting on the list at #4 and #5: 

1.  [341 Downloads]  Ranking Law Schools: Using SSRN to Measure Scholarly Performance, by Bernard S. Black (Texas) & Paul L. Caron (Cincinnati) [blogged here]

2.  [190 Downloads]  The Superiority of an Ideal Consumption Tax over an Ideal Income Tax, by Joseph Bankman (Stanford) & David A. Weisbach (Chicago) [blogged here]

3.  [81 Downloads]  All of a Piece Throughout: The Four Ages of U.S. International Taxation, by Reuven S. Avi-Yonah (Michigan) [blogged here]

4.  [76 Downloads]  Taxes and Valuation: Evidence from Dividend Change Announcements, by Oliver Zhen Li (Notre Dame, Department of Accountancy) [blogged here]

5.  [71 Downloads]  U.S. Tax Treaty Policy and the European Court of Justice, by Ruth Mason (NYU) [blogged here]