Disciplinary Perspectives & Law

Steven Shavell, Suit versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments, 22 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1993).

Steven Shavell, Legal Advice About Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality, 17 J. Legal Stud. 123 (1988).

Steven M. Shavell, The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives, 35 J. Legal Stud. 1 (2006).

Steven Shavell, Suit, Settlement, and Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs, 11 J. Legal Stud. 55 (1982).

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

Steven M. Shavell, Contractual Holdup and Legal Intervention, 36 J. Legal Stud. 325 (2007).

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).

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