Disciplinary Perspectives & Law

Steven Shavell, Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible, 25 J. Legal Stud. 493 (1996).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Punitive Damages: An Economic Analysis, 111 Harv. L. Rev. 869 (1998).

Steven Shavell, Economic Analysis of Contract Law (Harv. L. Sch. L. & Econ. Res. Paper Series, Discussion Paper No. 403, Nat’l Bureau Econ. Res., Working…

Steven M. Shavell, Should Copyright of Academic Works be Abolished?, 2 J. Legal Analysis 301 (2010).

Steven Shavell, Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law (Nat’l Bureau Econ. Res., Working Paper No. w9700, May 2003).

Steven Shavell, Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law (Nat’l Bureau Econ. Res. Working Paper No. w9699, Harv. L. & Econ. Discussion Paper…

Steven Shavell, Welfare Economics, Morality, and the Law, in Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law 593 (2004).

Steven Shavell, Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially Optimal Behavior, 11 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 123 (1991).

Steven Shavell, Minimum Asset Requirements (Harv. L. Sch. L. & Econ. Res. Paper Series, Working Paper No. 389, Nov. 2002).

Steven Shavell, Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk, 21 J. Legal Stud. 259 (1992).

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

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Should Liability Be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer?, 10 J.L. Econ.

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines, 35 J.L. & Econ. 133 (1992).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law, 5 J.L. Econ. & Org. 99 (1989).

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).

Steven Shavell & Laurence Weiss, The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time, 87 J. Pol. Econ. 1347 (1979).

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

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks, 28 J.L. Econ. & Org. 360 (2012).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement, 81 J. Pub. Econ. 1 (2001).

Steven M. Shavell & Tanguy van Ypersele, Rewards Versus Intellectual Property Rights, 44 J.L. & Econ. 525 (2001).