Sentencing & Punishment

Steven Shavell, Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts, 19 J. Legal Stud. 435 (1990).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, On Offense History and the Theory of Deterrence, 18 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 305 (1998).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence, 28 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1999).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law, 38 J. Econ. Lit. 45 (2000).

A.Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment, 24 J. Pub. Econ. 89 (1984).

Steven Shavell, Criminal Law and the Optimal use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent, 85 Colum. L. Rev. 1232 (1985).

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

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

Randall L. Kennedy, Racial Trends in the Administration of Criminal Justice, in America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences, vol. II (Neil J. Smelser, William…

Michael J. Klarman, The Racial Origins of Modern Criminal Procedure, 99 Mich. L. Rev. 48 (2000).

Steven Shavell & Louis Kaplow, Principles of Fairness Versus Human Welfare: On the Evaluation of Legal Policy (Harv. L. Sch. L. & Econ. Res. Paper…

Louis Kaplow, The Optimal Probability and Magnitude of Fines for Acts that Definitely are Undesirable, 12 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 3 (1992).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Accuracy in the Determination of Liability, 37 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1994).

Louis Kaplow, Optimal Deterrence, Uninformed Individuals, and Acquiring Information About Whether Acts are Subject to Sanctions, 6 J.L. Econ. & Org. 93 (1990).

Louis Kaplow, A Note on the Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions, 42 J. Pub. Econ. 245 (1990).

Lucian A. Bebchuk & Louis Kaplow, Optimal Sanctions When Individuals are Imperfectly Informed about the Probability of Apprehension, 21 J. Legal Stud. 365 (1992).

John C.P. Goldberg, Rights and Wrongs, 97 Mich. L. Rev. 1828 (1999) (reviewing Arthur Ripstein, Equality, Responsibility, and the Law (1999)).

J. Mark Ramseyer & Eric B. Rasmusen, Why is the Japanese Conviction Rate so High?, 30 J. Legal Stud. 53 (2001).

Holger Spamann et al., Judges in the Lab: No Precedent Effects, No Common/Civil Law Differences, 13 J. Legal Analysis 110 (2021).

Holger Spamann, Are Sleepy Punishers Really Harsh Punishers? Comment on Cho, Barnes, and Guanara (2017), 29 Psychol. Sci. 1006 (2018).