Disciplinary Perspectives & Law

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, The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement, 36 J.L. Econ. 255 (1993).

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

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

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

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

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

Steven Shavell, Corrective Taxation versus Liability, Am. Econ. Rev., May 2011, at 273.

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, Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship, 10 Bell J. Econ. 55 (1979).

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).

Steven M. Shavell, On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts, 22 J.L. Econ. & Org. 289 (2006).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Amenities and Property Values in a Model of an Urban Area, 5 J. Pub. Econ. 119 (1976).