Disciplinary Perspectives & Law

Steven Shavell, A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation (NBER Working Paper No. 1220, Oct. 1983).

Steven Shavell, Economic Analysis of Property Law (Nat’l Bureau Econ. Res., Working Paper No. w9695, Harv. L. Sch. L. & Econ. Res. Paper Series, Discussion…

Steven Shavell, Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law (NBER Working Paper No. 9698, May 2003).

Steven Shavell, A Note on Optimal Deterrence When Individuals Choose Among Harmful Acts (Nat’l Bureau Econ. Res., Working Paper No. w3061, Aug. 1989).

Steven M. Shavell, Law Versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct, 4 Am. L. & Econ. Rev. 227 (2002).

Steven Shavell, Causation and Tort Liability (John M. Olin Ctr. L., Econ. & Bus., Discussion Paper No. 193, Aug. 1996).

Steven M. Shavell, Economic Analysis of Accident Law (Harvard Univ. Press 1987).

Steven M. Shavell, Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law (Belknap Press 2004).

Steven Shavell, Law and Economics, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences 448 (James D. Wright ed., 2d ed. 2015).

Steven Shavell, ¿Es inmoral el incumplimiento contractual?, Ius et Veritas Diciembre 2009, at 16.

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, The Uneasy Case for Product Liability, 123 Harv. L. Rev. 1437 (2010).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies Among Individuals, 81 Am. Econ. Rev. 618 (1991).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, The Optimal Tradeoff Between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines, 69 Am. Econ. Rev. 880 (1979).

Steven Shavell, The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent, 77 Am. Econ. Rev. 584 (1987).

Steven Shavell, A Model of Optimal Incapacitation, 77 Am. Econ. Rev. 107 (1987).

Steven Shavell, A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation?, 71 Am. Econ. Rev. (Papers…

Steven Shavell, Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance as Solution to the Judgment-Proof Problem, 36 Rand J. Econ. 63 (2005).

Steven M. Shavell, Specific Performance Versus Damages for Breach of Contract: An Economic Analysis, 84 Tex. L. Rev. 831 (2006).

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).

Susan H. Farbstein, Reflections on the Question of When, if Ever, Violence is Justified in Struggles for Social or Political Change, 27 Harv. Hum. Rts.