The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics ( Princeton University Press, 2008) [Amazon (purchase)]

Antitrust Analysis. (with Phillip Areeda & Aaron Edlin) (6th ed.; Aspen Publishers, 2004). [Amazon (purchase)]

Analytical Methods for Lawyers. (with Howell Jackson, Steven Shavell, W. Kip Viscusi, & David Cope) (Foundation Press, 2003). [Amazon (purchase)]

Fairness Versus Welfare. (with Steven Shavell) (Harvard University Press, 2002; Chinese translation, Law Press China, 2007). [Amazon (purchase)]

Taxation, in Handbook of Law and Economics. [NBER] [Olin Center WP]

Antitrust, in Handbook of Law and Economics. (With Carl Shapiro) [NBER] [Olin Center WP]

Capital Levies and Transition to a Consumption Tax, in Institutional Foundations of Public Finance: Economic and Legal Perspectives (forthcoming, Harvard University Press, 2008). [NBER] [Olin Center WP]

Optimal Taxation, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition (2008).

Income Taxation and Optimal Government Policy, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition (2008). [Olin Center WP]

Pareto Principle and Competing Principles, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition (2008). [Olin Center WP]

Taxation and Redistribution: Some Clarifications. 60 Tax Law Review (2007).

Moral Rules, the Moral Sentiments, and Behavior: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System. (with Steven Shavell) 115 Journal of Political Economy 494 (2007).

Primary Goods, Capabilities, or ...Well-Being? 116 Philosophical Review 603 (2007). [Olin Center WP]

Optimal Income Transfers. 14 International Tax and Public Finance 295 (2007). [NBER WP] [Olin Center WP]

Discounting Dollars, Discounting Lives: Intergenerational Distributive Justice and Efficiency. 74 University of Chicago Law Review 79 (2007). [WWW] [NBER WP] [Olin Center WP]

On the Undesirability of Commodity Taxation Even When Income Taxation Is Not Optimal. 90 Journal of Public Economics 1235 (2006). [NBER WP] [Olin Center WP]

Public Goods and the Distribution of Income. 50 European Economic Review 1627 (2006). [NBER WP] [Olin Center WP]

Choosing Expensive Tastes. 36 Canadian Journal of Philosophy 415 (2007). [Olin Center WP]

The Value of a Statistical Life and the Coefficient of Relative Risk Aversion. 31 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 23 (2005). [NBER WP] [Olin Center WP]

Why Measure Inequality? 3 Journal of Economic Inequality 65 (2005). [NBER WP] [Olin Center WP]

Evaluating Public Goods and Regulations: Response. 19(4) Journal of Economic Perspectives 233 (2005).

Families, Tax Treatment of, in Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy, 2nd Edition. Urban Institute Press. (2005)

On the (Ir)Relevance of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion to Government Policy. 18(4) Journal of Economic Perspectives 159 (2004). [NBER WP] [Olin Center WP]

Notes on Welfarist versus Deontological Principles (reply) (with Steven Shavell). 20 Economics and Philosophy 209 (2004). [WWW] [Olin Center WP]

Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle: Reply (with Steven Shavell). 112 Journal of Political Economy 249 (2004). [WWW] [Olin Center WP]

Fairness versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice (with Steven Shavell) 32 Journal of Legal Studies 331 (2003). [WWW] [NBER WP] [Olin Center WP]

Transition Policy: A Conceptual Framework. 13 Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 161 (2003).[NBER WP] [Olin Center WP]

Economic Analysis of Law (with Steven Shavell), in Handbook of Public Economics (Auerbach & Feldstein, eds.; Elsevier, 2002), vol. 3, pp. 1661-1784. [NBER] [Olin Center WP]

On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation (with Steven Shavell) 4 American Law and Economics Review 1 (2002). [WWW] [NBER WP] [Olin Center WP]

Horizontal Equity: New Measures, Unclear Principles (Commentary), in Inequality and Tax Policy. (Hassett & Hubbard, eds., American Enterprise Institute, 2001), pp. 75-97. [NBER] [Olin Center WP]

Any Non-Welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle, (with Steven Shavell). 109 Journal of Political Economy 281 (2001). [WWW] [NBER WP - Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle ] [Olin Center WP - Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle]

Fairness versus Welfare (with Steven Shavell). 114 Harvard Law Review 961 (2001). [Olin Center WP - Principles of Fairness versus Human Welfare: On the Evaluation of Legal Policy]

A Framework for Assessing Estate and Gift Taxation, in Rethinking Estate and Gift Taxation. (Gale, Hines & Slemrod, eds.; Brookings Institution, 2001), pp. 164-215. [NBER] [Olin Center WP]

Notions of Fairness Versus the Pareto Principle: On the Role of Logical Consistency (with Steven Shavell). 110 Yale Law Journal 237 (2000). [WWW] [Olin Center WP]

General Characteristics of Rules, in Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, vol. V, pp. 502-28 (Bouckaert & DeGeest, eds.; Edward Elgar, 2000). [WWW]

Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income (with Steven Shavell). 29 Journal of Legal Studies 821 (2000). [WWW] [Olin Center WP]

Families, Tax Treatment of, in Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy, pp. 120-22 (Urban Institute Press, 1999).

The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle (with Steven Shavell). 1 American Law and Economic Review 63 (1999). [WWW] [Olin Center WP]

Accuracy, Complexity, and the Income Tax. 14 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 61 (1998). [NBER WP]

A Note on the Optimal Supply of Public Goods and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation. 51 National Tax Journal 117 (1998). [Olin Center WP]

Tax Policy and Gifts. 88 American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 283 (1998) [NBER WP - Transfer Motives and Tax Policy ] [Olin Center WP - Transfer Motives and Tax Policy]

Tax and Non-Tax Distortions. 68 Journal of Public Economics 303 (1998).

Accuracy in Adjudication, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law (Newman, ed.; Macmillan, 1998), pp. 1-7.

Comment on Antitrust Issues in the Licensing of Intellectual Property. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Microeconomics, pp. 337-344 (1997). [Olin Center WP - A Note on Antitrust Issues in the Licensing of Intellectual Property]

Concentration in the Israeli Economy and Bank Investment in Nonfinancial Companies (with Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried). 42 The Economic Quarterly 643 (1996) (in Hebrew). John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business (Harvard Law School) Discussion Paper No. 209 (January 1997) (in English).

Regional Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Tax-Transfer Schemes. 51 Tax Law Review 175 (1996). [NBER WP]

The Optimal Supply of Public Goods and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation/ 49 National Tax Journal 513 (1996).

On the Divergence Between "Ideal" and Conventional Income Tax Treatment of Human Capital. 86 American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 347 (1996).

Fiscal Federalism and the Deductibility of State and Local Taxes in a Federal Income Tax. 82 Virginia Law Review 413 (1996).

Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages (with Steven Shavell). 39 Journal of Law and Economics 191 (1996). [NBER WP]

Optimal Distribution and the Family. 98 Scandinavian Journal of Economics 75 (1996). [NBER WP - Optimal Distribution and Taxation of the Family ]

Property Rules versus Liability Rules: An Economic Analysis (with Steven Shavell). 109 Harvard Law Review 713 (1996).

How Tax Complexity and Enforcement Affect the Equity and Efficiency of the Income Tax. 49 National Tax Journal 135 (1996). Reprinted in Tax Policy in the Real World (Slemrod, ed.; Cambridge University Press, 1999). [NBER WP]

A Fundamental Objection to Tax Equity Norms: A Call for Utilitarianism. 48 National Tax Journal 497 (1995). [NBER WP]

The Income Tax versus the Consumption Tax and the Tax Treatment of Human Capital. 51 Tax Law Review 35 (1995).

Do Liability Rules Facilitate Bargaining? A Reply to Ayres and Talley (with Steven Shavell). 105 Yale Law Journal 221 (1995).

A Note on Subsidizing Gifts. 58 Journal of Public Economics 469 (1995). [NBER WP]

Recovery of Pre-Enactment Basis under a Consumption Tax: The USA Tax System. 68 Tax Notes 1109 (1995).

A Model of the Optimal Complexity of Legal Rules. 11 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 150 (1995). [NBER WP - A Model of the Optimal Complexity of Rules ]

The Standard Deduction and Floors in the Income Tax. 50 Tax Law Review 1 (1994).

A Note on Taxation as Social Insurance for Uncertain Labor Income. 49 Public Finance 244 (1994). [NBER WP]

Optimal Insurance Contracts When Establishing the Amount of Loss is Costly. 19 Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory 139 (1994). [NBER WP]

Taxation and Risk Taking: A General Equilibrium Perspective. 47 National Tax Journal 789 (1994). [NBER WP]

Human Capital under An Ideal Income Tax. 80 Virginia Law Review 1477 (1994). [NBER WP - Human Capital and the Income Tax ]

Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior (with Steven Shavell). 102 Journal of Political Economy 583 (1994). [NBER WP]

Accuracy in the Determination of Liability (with Steven Shavell). 37 Journal of Law and Economics 1 (1994). [NBER WP]

The Value of Accuracy in Adjudication: An Economic Analysis. 23 Journal of Legal Studies 307 (1994).

Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income (with Steven Shavell). 23 Journal of Legal Studies 667 (1994). [NBER WP - The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income ]

Shifting Plaintiffs' Fees versus Increasing Damage Awards. 24 RAND Journal of Economics 625 (1993). [NBER WP]

An Ex Ante Perspective on Deregulation, Viewed Ex Post. 15 Resource and Energy Economics 153 (1993).

Optimal Sanctions and Differences in Individuals' Likelihood of Avoiding Detection (with Lucian Bebchuk). 13 International Review of Law and Economics 217 (1993). [NBER WP - Optimal Sanctions When the Probability of Apprehension Varies Among Individuals ]

Rules Versus Standards. 42 Duke Law Journal 557 (1992).

Government Relief for Risk Associated with Government Action. 94 Scandinavian Journal of Economics 525 (1992). [NBER WP]

A Note on Horizontal Equity. 1 Florida Tax Review 191 (1992).

Income Tax Deductions for Losses as Insurance. 82 American Economic Review 1013 (1992).

The Optimal Probability and Magnitude of Fines for Acts That Definitely Are Undesirable, 12 International Review of Law and Economics 3 (1992). [NBER WP]

Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice (with Steven Shavell). 8 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 306 (1992). [NBER WP]

Optimal Sanctions When Individuals Are Imperfectly Informed About the Probability of Apprehension (with Lucian Bebchuk). 21 Journal of Legal Studies 365 (1992). [NBER WP]

The Income Tax as Insurance: The Casualty Loss and Medical Expense Deductions and the Exclusion of Medical Insurance Premiums. 79 California Law Review 1485 (1991). [NBER WP]

Incentives and Government Relief for Risk. 4 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 167 (1991). [NBER WP]

Optimal Taxation with Costly Enforcement and Evasion. 43 Journal of Public Economics 221 (1990). [NBER WP]

Legal Advice about Acts Already Committed (with Steven Shavell). 10 International Review of Law and Economics 149 (1990). [NBER WP]

Optimal Deterrence, Uninformed Individuals, and Acquiring Information about Whether Acts Are Subject to Sanctions. 6 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 93 (1990).

A Note on the Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions. 42 Journal of Public Economics 245 (1990).

Horizontal Equity: Measures in Search of a Principle, 42 National Tax Journal 139 (1989). [NBER WP]

Legal Advice about Information to Present in Litigation: Its Effects and Social Desirability (with Steven Shavell). 102 Harvard Law Review 565 (1989).

Savings Incentives in a Hybrid Income Tax: Comment, in Uneasy Compromise: Problems of a Hybrid Income-Consumption Tax. (Aaron et al., eds.; Brookings Institution, 1988), pp. 300-08.

Antitrust, Law & Economics, and the Courts. 50 Law and Contemporary Problems 181 (1987).

Optimal Transition Policy: Replacing Horizontal Equity with an Ex Ante Incentives Perspective, Dissertation accepted by Harvard University Department of Economics (1987).

Professor Strnad's Rejoinder: Simply Semantics (with Alvin Warren). 39 Stanford Law Review 419 (1987).

An Economic Analysis of Legal Transitions. 99 Harvard Law Review 509 (1986).

Private Versus Social Costs in Bringing Suit. 15 Journal of Legal Studies 371 (1986).

An Income Tax by Any Other Name -- A Reply to Professor Strnad (with Alvin Warren). 38 Stanford Law Review 399 (1986).

Extension of Monopoly Power Through Leverage. 85 Columbia Law Review 515 (1985).

The Patent-Antitrust Intersection: A Reappraisal. 97 Harvard Law Review 1813 (1984).

The Accuracy of Traditional Market Power Analysis and A Direct Adjustment Alternative. 95 Harvard Law Review 1817 (1982).

Rethinking Counterplans: A Reconciliation with Debate Theory. 17 Journal of the American Forensic Association 215 (1981).

Comment, Statutory Preferences for Minority-Owned Businesses: Fullilove v. Klutznick. 94 Harvard Law Review 125 (1980).

Note, The Theoretical Foundation of the Hearsay Rules. 93 Harvard Law Review 1786 (1980).

Myopia and the Effects of Social Security and Capital Taxation on Labor Supply [NBER] [Olin Center WP]

Optimal Control of Externalities in the Presence of an Income Tax [NBER] [Olin Center WP]

Concavity of Utility, Concavity of Welfare, and Redistribution of Income [NBER] [Olin Center WP]

All Individuals May Be Made Worse Off under Any Nonwelfarist Principle (with Steven Shavell) [Olin Center WP]

Human Nature and the Best Consequentialist Moral System (with Steven Shavell) [Olin Center WP]