Law & Economics

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

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

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

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

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, 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).

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

Steven Shavell, Strict Liability versus Negligence, 9 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1980).

Steven Shavell, Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment, 84 J. Pol. Econ. 161 (1976).

Steven M. Shavell, On the Proper Magnitude of Punitive Damages: Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc., 120 Harv. L. Rev. 1223 (2007).

Steven Shavell, Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently?, 68 Am. Econ. Rev. 935 (1978).

Steven M. Shavell, On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering, 37 J. Legal Stud. 37 (2008).

Steven Shavell, The Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach, 99 Q. J. Econ. 121 (1984).

Steven Shavell, Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially, 26 J.L. & Econ. 589 (1983).

Steven Shavell, Damage Measures for Breach of Contract, 11 Bell J. Econ. 466 (1980).