Matthew Stephenson

Professor of Law

Research Interests

• Administrative Law
• Environmental Law
• Law & Development
• Law & Positive Political Theory

Education

• Harvard College A.B. 1997, East Asian Studies
• Harvard Law School J.D. 2003
• Harvard University Ph.D 2003, Political Science

Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Law, 2004
• Professor of Law, 2010

Representative Publications

• Stephenson, Matthew. "Legal Realism for Economists," 23 Journal of Economic Perspectives 191 (2009).
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• Stephenson, Matthew. "Evidentiary Standards and Information Acquisition in Public Law," 10 American Law and Economics Review 351 (2008).
  
• Stephenson, Matthew. "Optimal Political Control of the Bureaucracy," 107 Michigan Law Review 53 (2008).
  
• Stephenson, Matthew. "The Price of Public Action: Constitutional Doctrine and the Judicial Manipulation of Legislative Enactment Costs," 118 Yale L.J. (2008).
  
• Stephenson, Matthew. "Bureaucratic Decision Costs and Endogenous Agency Expertise," 23 Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 469 (2007).
  
• Bueno de Mesquita, Ethan & Matthew Stephenson. "Regulatory Quality Under Imperfect Oversight," 101 American Political Science Review 605 (2007).
  
• Stephenson, Matthew. "Legislative Allocation of Delegated Power: Uncertainty, Risk, and the Choice Between Agencies and Courts," 119 Harvard Law Review 1036 (2006).
  
• Stephenson, Matthew. "A Costly Signaling Theory of "Hard Look" Judicial Review," 58 Administrative Law Review 753 (2006).
  
• Stephenson, Matthew. "The Strategic Substitution Effect: Textual Plausibility, Procedural Formality, and Judicial Review of Agency Statutory Interpretations," 120 Harvard Law Review 528 (2006).
  

Bibliography

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