The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of research and comprises a number of specialized research networks. Each of SSRN's networks encourages the early distribution of research results by publishing submitted abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers around the world. Academic and other Cooperating Institutions provide working papers for distribution through SSRN's Electronic Library and abstracts for publication in SSRN's electronic journals. The SSRN Electronic Library consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 28,400 scholarly working papers; and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 13,400 downloadable electronic documents in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
