Steven M. Shavell

Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics

Director, John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business

Research Interests

• Intersection of Law and Economics

Subject Areas for Supervising Written Work

• Law and Economics

Education

• University of Michigan A.B. 1968, Mathematics and Economics
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. 1973, Economics
• Harvard Law School Liberal Arts Fellow 1977

Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University, 1974
• Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard University, 1979
• Assistant Professor of Law and Economics, 1980
• Professor of Law and Economics, 1982-2000
• Director, Law and Economics Program, 1985-95
• Director, John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, 1995
• Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics, 2000

Representative Publications

• Shavell, Steven M. Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2004).
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• Kaplow, Louis & Steven M. Shavell. "Fairness versus Welfare," 114 Harvard Law Review 961 (2001).
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• Shavell, Steven M. Economic Analysis of Accident Law (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 1987).
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• Shavell, Steven M. "Strict Liability versus Negligence," 9 Journal of Legal Studies 1 (1980).
  
• Shavell, Steven M. "Damage Measures for Breach of Contract," 11 Bell Journal of Economics 466 (1980).
  

Bibliography

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