A. Mitchell Polinsky
Josephine Scott Crocker Professor of Law and Economics

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages, NBER Working Paper No. 18594, December 2012. Also issued as also Issued as Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper no. 436; Harvard Law and Economics Olin Working Paper no. 739 (2012).
A. Mitchell Polinsky, Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks, 28 Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 360 (2012).
A. Mitchell Polinsky, An Introduction to Law and Economics, 4th edition, New York: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2011.
A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, A Skeptical Attitude about Product Liability is Justified: A Reply to Professors Goldberg and Zipursky, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 399 (2010).
A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, A Skeptical Attitude About Product Liability Is Justified: A Reply to Professors Goldberg and Zipursky, 123 Harvard Law Review 1949-1958 (2010)
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell, The Uneasy Case for Product Liability, 123 Harvard Law Review 1437 (April 2010) / Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper, No. 381 (September 2009).
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell, Punitive Damages, in Tort Law and Economics, Michael G. Faure, ed., Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2009.
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell, Public Enforcement of Law, in Criminal Law and Economics, Nuno Garoupa, ed., Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2009.
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell, The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines, in Economics of Criminal Law, Steven D. Levitt and Thomas J. Miles, editors, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2008. p. 63.
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell, Law and Economics, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Lawrence Blume and Steven Durlauf, eds., 2nd edition (forthcoming 2008).
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell, Public Enforcement of Law, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Lawrence Blume and Steven Durlauf, eds., 2nd edition (forthcoming 2008).
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell, eds., Handbook of Law and Economics, Vols. I & II, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishing, November 2007.
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Daniel L. Rubinfeld, A Damage-Revelation Rationale for Coupon Remedies, 23 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 653 (October 2007).
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell, The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law, in Handbook of Law and Economics, A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell, eds., Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishing, 2007.
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Daniel L. Rubinfeld, The Welfare Implications of Costly Litigation for the Level of Liability, in Economics of Evidence, Procedure and Litigation, Chris William Sanchirico, ed., Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Yeon-Koo Che, Decoupling Liability: Optimal Incentives for Care and Litigation, in Economics of Evidence, Procedure and Litigation, Chris William Sanchirico, ed., Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.
A. Mitchell Polinksy and Steven Shavell, Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper, No. 327 (2006).
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Daniel L. Rubinfeld, The Deadweight Loss of Coupon Remedies, Journal of Industrial Economics (forthcoming).
A. Mitchell Polinsky, Optimal Fines and Auditing When Wealth is Costly to Observe, 26 International Review of Law and Economics 323 (2006).
A. Mitchell Polinsky, The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment When Wealth is Unobservable, 90 Journal of Public Economics 823 (2006).