This week’s list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads on SSRN is identical to last week’s list: 

1.  [323 Downloads]  Neuroeconomics and Rationality, by Terrence R. Chorvat (George Mason) & Kevin McCabe (George Mason University, Department of Economics) [blogged here]

2.  [268 Downloads]  Ranking Law Schools: Using SSRN to Measure Scholarly Performance, by Bernard S. Black (Texas) & Paul L. Caron (Cincinnati) [blogged here]

3.  [206 Downloads]  The Story of Limited Liability Company: Combining the Best Features of a Flawed Business Tax Structure, by Susan Pace Hamill (Alabama) [blogged here]

4.  [178 Downloads]  The Degradation of Reported Corporate Profits, by Mihir A. Desai (Harvard Business School) [blogged here]

5.  [155 Downloads]  The Superiority of an Ideal Consumption Tax over an Ideal Income Tax, by Joseph Bankman (Stanford) & David A. Weisbach (Chicago) [blogged here]