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Law & Economics
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Strict Liability versus Negligence
July 14, 2026
Steven Shavell, Strict Liability versus Negligence, 9 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1980).
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Steven M. Shavell, On the Proper Magnitude of Punitive Damages: Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc., 120 Harv. L. Rev. 1223 (2007).
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Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment
July 14, 2026
Steven Shavell, Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment, 84 J. Pol. Econ. 161 (1976).
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Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently?
July 14, 2026
Steven Shavell, Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently?, 68 Am. Econ. Rev. 935 (1978).
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Corrective Taxation versus Liability
July 14, 2026
Steven Shavell, Corrective Taxation versus Liability, Am. Econ. Rev., May 2011, at 273.
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Steven M. Shavell, On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering, 37 J. Legal Stud. 37 (2008).
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The Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach
July 14, 2026
Steven Shavell, The Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach, 99 Q. J. Econ. 121 (1984).
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Steven Shavell, Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship, 10 Bell J. Econ. 55 (1979).
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Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially
July 14, 2026
Steven Shavell, Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially, 26 J.L. & Econ. 589 (1983).
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Damage Measures for Breach of Contract
July 14, 2026
Steven Shavell, Damage Measures for Breach of Contract, 11 Bell J. Econ. 466 (1980).
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On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts
July 14, 2026
Steven M. Shavell, On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts, 22 J.L. Econ. & Org. 289 (2006).
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A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Amenities and Property Values in a Model of an Urban Area, 5 J. Pub. Econ. 119 (1976).
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An Agency Costs Theory of Trust Law
July 14, 2026
Robert H. Sitkoff, An Agency Costs Theory of Trust Law, 89 Cornell L. Rev. 621 (2004).
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The Economic Structure of Fiduciary Law
July 14, 2026
Robert H. Sitkoff, The Economic Structure of Fiduciary Law, 91 B.U. L. Rev. 1039 (2011).
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Corporate Political Speech, Political Extortion, and the Competition for Corporate Charters
July 14, 2026
Robert H. Sitkoff, Corporate Political Speech, Political Extortion, and the Competition for Corporate Charters, 69 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1103 (2002).
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Robert H. Sitkoff & Max Schanzenbach, Did Reform of Prudent Trust Investment Laws Change Trust Portfolio Allocation?, 50 J.L. & Econ. 681 (2007).
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Transportation Pricing and the Theory of the Second Best
July 14, 2026
Robert H. Mnookin, Transportation Pricing and the Theory of the Second Best, in Techniques of Transport Planning: Price and Program Evaluation 60 (John R. Meyer…
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H. Thiel & Robert H. Mnookin, The Information Value of Demand Equations and Predictions, 74 J. Pol. Econ. 34 (1966).
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Robert Cooter, Stephen Marks & Robert H. Mnookin, Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: A Testable Model of Strategic Behavior, 11 J. Legal Stud.
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Strategic Barriers to Dispute Resolution: A Comparison of Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiations
July 14, 2026
Robert H. Mnookin, Strategic Barriers to Dispute Resolution: A Comparison of Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiations, 159 J. Inst. & Theoretical Econ. 199 (2003).
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Property, Contract, and Verification: The Numerus Clausus Problem and the Divisibility of Rights
July 14, 2026
Henry Hansmann & Reinier Kraakman, Property, Contract, and Verification: The Numerus Clausus Problem and the Divisibility of Rights, 31 J. Legal Stud. S373 (2002).