SSRN Considered Harmful

The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) has adopted several unfortunate policies that impair open access to scholarship. It should enable one-click download, stop requiring papers to bear SSRN watermarks, and allow authors to point readers to other download sites. If it does not reform, those who are serious about open access should not use SSRN.

Several options available for retrieval of full text (PDF; 137 KB).

Source: Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

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