Law & Economics

Steven Shavell, Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis, 24 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1995).

Steven Shavell, A General Rationale for a Governmental Role in the Relief of Large Risks, 49 J. Risk & Uncertainty 213 (2014).

Steven Shavell, Specific Versus General Enforcement of Law, 99 J. Pol. Econ. 1088 (1991).

Henrik Lando & Steven Shavell, The Advantage of Focusing Law Enforcement Effort, 24 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 209 (2004).

Steven Shavell, Liability for Harm versus Regulation of Safety, 13 J. Legal Stud. 357 (1984).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law, in 1 Handbook of Law and Economics 403 (A. Mitchell Polinsky &…

Steven M. Shavell, Optimal Discretion in the Application of Rules, 9 Am. L. & Econ. Rev. 175 (2007).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages, 37 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 86 (2014).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven M. Shavell, Public Enforcement of Law, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (Steven N. Durlauf & Lawrence E. Blume…

Steven Shavell, On the Social Function and the Regulation of Liability Insurance, 25 Geneva Papers on Risk & Ins. 166 (2000).

Steven Shavell, A Fundamental Enforcement Cost Advantage of the Negligence Rule over Regulation, 42 J. Legal Stud. 275 (2013).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Amenities and Property Values in a Model of an Urban Area: A Reply, 9 J. Pub. Econ. 111 (1978).

Steven Shavell, Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance as Solution to the Judgment-Proof Problem, 36 Rand J. Econ. 63 (2005).

Steven Shavell, On Moral Hazard and Insurance, 93 Q. J. Econ. 541 (1979).

Steven M. Shavell, Specific Performance Versus Damages for Breach of Contract: An Economic Analysis, 84 Tex. L. Rev. 831 (2006).

Steven M. Shavell, Do Excessive Legal Standards Discourage Desirable Activity?, 95 Econ. Letters 394 (2007).

Steven Shavell, The Level of Litigation: Private Versus Social Optimality of Suit and of Settlement, 19 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 99 (1999).

Steven Shavell, The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement, 36 J.L. Econ. 255 (1993).

Steven Shavell, Eminent Domain versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperfect Information about Owners’ Valuations, 53 J.L. & Econ. 1 (2010).

Steven Shavell, An Analysis of Causation and the Scope of Liability in the Law of Torts, 9 J. Legal Stud. 463 (1980).

Steven Shavell, A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation, 42 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 13 (2015).