Professor of Law
| Office: | Griswold 509 |
| Assistant: | Kaitlin Burroughs 617/384-5428 |
| Phone: | (617) 495-9863 |
| Email: | mstephen@law.harvard.edu |
| Web Page: | Matthew Stephenson Personal Website |
Books |
| Manning, John F. & Matthew Stephenson. Legislation and Regulation (Thomson Reuters/Foundation Press 2010). Full text: AMAZON (Purchase) |
Shorter Works in Collection |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "Statutory Interpretation by Agencies" in Research Handbook on Public Choice and Public Law (Daniel Farber & Anne Joseph O'Connell eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010). |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "Judicial Reform in Developing Countries: Constraints and Opportunities" in Beyond Transition (Francois Bourguignon & Boris Pleskovic eds., Oxford University Press, 2007). |
Articles in a Periodical |
| Givati, Yehonatan & Matthew Stephenson. "Judicial Deference to Inconsistent Agency Statutory Interpretations," 40 Journal of Legal Studies 85 (2011). |
| Stephenson, Matthew & Justin Fox. "Judicial Review as a Response to Political Posturing," 105 American Political Science Review 397 (2011). |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "Information Acquisition and Institutional Design," 124 Harvard Law Review 1422 (2011). |
| Stephenson, Matthew & Miri Pogoriler. "Seminole Rock's Domain," 79 George Washington Law Review 1449 (2011). |
| Stephenson, Matthew & Jide O. Nzelibe. "Political Accountability under Alternative Institutional Regimes," 22 Journal of Theoretical Politics 139 (2010). |
| Stephenson, Matthew & Howell Jackson. "Lobbyists as Imperfect Agents: Implications for Public Policy in a Pluralist System," 47 Harvard Journal of Legislation 1 (2010). |
| Stephenson, Matthew & Jide O. Nzelibe. "Complementary Constraints: Separation of Powers, Rational Voting, and Constitutional Design," 123 Harvard Law Review 617 (2010). |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "Legal Realism for Economists," 23 Journal of Economic Perspectives 191 (2009). Full text: WWW |
| Stephenson, Matthew & Adrian Vermeule. "Chevron Has Only One Step," 95 Virginia Law Review 597 (2009). |
| 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 & Kristin Hickman. "The Administrative Law of Borrowed Regulations: Legal Questions Regarding the Bankruptcy Law's Incorporation of IRS Standards," 1 Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor 1 (2008). |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "The Price of Public Action: Constitutional Doctrine and the Judicial Manipulation of Legislative Enactment Costs," 118 Yale L.J. 2 (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). |
| Bueno de Mesquita, Ethan & Matthew Stephenson. "Legal Institutions and Informal Networks," 18 Journal of Theoretical Politics 40 (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). |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "Public Regulation of Private Enforcement: The Case for Expanding the Role of Administrative Agencies," 91 Virginia Law Review 93 (2005). Full text: WWW || HEIN (Harvard Users) || HEIN || LEXIS || WESTLAW |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "Court of Public Opinion Government Accountability and Judicial Power," 20 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 379 (2004). Full text: WWW || SSRN (Harvard Users) || SSRN |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "Mixed Signals: Reconsidering the Political Economy of Judicial Deference to Administrative Agencies," 56 Administrative Law Review (2004). Full text: WWW || HEIN (Harvard Users) || HEIN || LEXIS || WESTLAW |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "When the Devil Turns...:The Political Foundations of Independent Judicial Review," 32 Journal of Legal Studies 59 (2003). Full text: WWW || LEXIS || WESTLAW |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "A Tale of Two Theories: The Legal Basis for the EPA's Proposed Revision to the Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement Exemption," 33 Environmental Law Reporter 10789 (2003). |
| Stephenson, Matthew & Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. "Informative Precedent and Intrajudicial Communication," 96 American Political Science Review 755 (2002). Full text: WWW |
| Stephenson, Matthew. "A Trojan Horse Behind Chinese Walls?: Problems and Prospects of U.S.-Sponsored "Rule of Law" Reform Projects in the People's Republic of China," 18 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal 64 (2000). |