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Submitting a Ross Faculty Working Paper to SSRN

Send an email to ssrnsubmit@umich.edu / Subject line: SSRN Submission

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Revision Information

Please include the following information with all new Ross working paper submissions.

Author name, title, affiliation and email address
Author RSB department
Co-Author(s) name, title, affiliation and email address
Working Paper Title
Working Paper Date (if no date given, submission date will be used)
Working Paper Abstract
Typical abstracts are from 100 - 250 words in length.
Working Paper
Paper must be in PDF format. No cover page necessary.
How-to-create a PDF from Computing Services.
Keywords
A minimum of three (3) keywords are required.
JEL Area
Though JEL areas are optional, we encourage you to assign appropriate areas to your paper. These codes create a greater possibility of your paper being found during a topic search within SSRN. You may find a list of those areas at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/DisplayJel.cfm

Please email all informational pieces and attachments to:
ssrnsubmit@umich.edu / Subject line: SSRN Submission

You and all co-authors will receive an email notification, including a link to the submission, when your working paper has been accepted into the SSRN system.

In addition, your paper will be added to the Ross School of Business Archive at the University of Michigan's Deep Blue online repository. This repository provides a permanent, stable online location for your working paper and access to the comprehensive collection of Ross working papers.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is the Ross School of Business central repository for all working papers. The SSRN database currently contains over 105,000 scholarly works. We encourage RSB faculty to submit only through the SSRN Database. Benefits of submission include:
  • an international audience
  • user statistics by author for all submitted works and other administrative reporting capabilities
  • automatic email notifications to subscribers upon submission
  • an RSB online journal published following every five submissions
  • multiple search options
Once your paper has been uploaded to the SSRN site you will receive a confirmation email with a link to your paper. Please feel free to post this link to your submission on your own home web page, on other sites or forward the link to those you feel may not otherwise be aware of it.

Subscribing to the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan Research Paper Series

The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan Research Paper Series is a part of the Management Research Network. Interested parties from outside the Ross School of Business will be able to sign up to receive notification of individual author submissions and journal productions by visiting the journal's subscription page.

If any difficulties arise or you have questions, please contact ssrnsubmit@umich.edu for assistance.