Top 10 SSRN Downloads

Of 74,306 downloads in the SSRN Health Law database, 10 articles account for 21,000 of 'em.  Here, in the first of what will be a weekly summary, is the straight dope on the top 10 downloads.  Later this weekend, look for a listing of the latest titles posted to the database.

1. Safe Storage Gun Laws: Accidental Deaths, Suicides, and Crime
   John R. Lott Jr. and John E. Whitley
   American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and University of Adelaide - School of Economics
   Date Posted:May 22, 2000
   Last Revised:June 10, 2002
   Working Paper Series
   8829 downloads
2. Abortion and Crime: Unwanted Children and Out-of-Wedlock Births
   John R. Lott Jr. and John E. Whitley
   American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and University of Adelaide - School of Economics
   Date Posted:May 16, 2001
   Last Revised:June 5, 2001
   Working Paper Series
   5571 downloads
3. Stability, Not Crisis: Medical Malpractice Claim Outcomes in Texas, 1988-2002
   Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 2, pp. 207-259, 2005
   Bernard S. Black , Charles Silver , David A. Hyman and William M. Sage
   University of Texas at Austin - School of Law , University of Texas Law School , University of Illinois College of Law and Columbia Law School
   Date Posted:October 25, 2005
   Last Revised:December 5, 2005
   Accepted Paper Series
   1558 downloads
4. What the Publisher Can Teach the Patient: Intellectual Property and Privacy in an Era of Trusted Privication
   Stanford Law Review, Vol. 52
   Jonathan Zittrain
   University of Oxford - General
   Date Posted:March 9, 2000
   Last Revised:June 30, 2000
   Accepted Paper Series
   1172 downloads
5. TRIPs, Pharmaceuticals, Developing Countries, and the Doha 'Solution'
   Alan O. Sykes
   University of Chicago Law School
   Date Posted:February 19, 2002
   Last Revised:March 7, 2002
   Working Paper Series
   890 downloads
6. Incentives in Nonprofit Organizations: Evidence from Hospitals
   James A. Brickley and R. Lawrence Van Horn
   Simon School, University of Rochester and Simon School, University of Rochester
   Date Posted:February 14, 2000
   Last Revised:April 2, 2002
   Working Paper Series
   744 downloads
7. Unintended Consequences of Medical Malpractice Damages Caps
   NYU Law Review, Vol. 80, pp. 391-512, May 2005
   Catherine M. Sharkey
   Columbia University - Columbia Law School
   Date Posted:February 17, 2005
   Last Revised:June 1, 2005
   Accepted Paper Series
   717 downloads
8. Bayh-Dole Reform and the Progress of Biomedicine
   Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 66, No. 1
   Arti K. Rai and Rebecca S. Eisenberg
   Duke University School of Law and University of Michigan Law School
   Date Posted:November 23, 2002
   Last Revised:February 6, 2003
   Accepted Paper Series
   715 downloads
9. Medical Problems and Bankruptcy Filings
   Norton's Bankruptcy Adviser, May 2000
   Elizabeth Warren , Teresa Sullivan and Melissa B. Jacoby
   Harvard Law School , University of Texas at Austin - Office of the Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - School of Law
   Date Posted:May 9, 2000
   Last Revised:July 29, 2000
   Accepted Paper Series
   595 downloads
10. The TRIPS Agreement, Access to Medicines and the WTO Doha Ministerial Conference
    Frederick M. Abbott
    Florida State University College of Law
    Date Posted:October 8, 2001
    Last Revised:October 15, 2001
    Working Paper Series
    540 downloads

[tm]