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Steven M. Shavell

Curriculum Vitae

Harvard Law School

Address:Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone:(617) 495-3668
Fax:(617) 496-2256
E-mail:Shavell@law.harvard.edu

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Address:  65 Shattuck Rd., Watertown, MA 02472
Telephone: (617) 926-7007

 

Education

1977-1978Liberal Arts Fellow, Harvard Law School
1970-1973Ph.D., Economics, M.I.T.
1964-1968A.B., Mathematics, A.B. Economics, University of Michigan

Academic and Employment History

2000-presentSamuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School
1985-presentDirector, John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard Law School
1980-present Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
1980-2006  Director/Co-Director, Law and Economics Program, National Bureau of Economic Research
1999 (Fall)Visiting Professor, New York University Law School
1984-1985Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Law School
1982-2000Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School
1980-1982Assistant Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School
1979-1980Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard University
1974-1979Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University
1973-1974Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston College
1968-1970 Lt., j. g., U. S. Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control

Editorial and Public Service Positions

2008-present Co-Editor, Journal of Legal Analysis
2006-present Member, Board of Advisors, Joseph von Sonnenfels Center for the Study of Public Law and Economics, University of Vienna
2005-present Co-Editor, American Law and Economics Review
2005-present Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Tort Law
2005-present Member, Advisory Board, Intellectual Property Institute, University of Richmond
2003-presentFaculty Associate, Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University
2003-presentMember, Board of Faculty Advisors, Journal of Law, Economics and Policy
2001-presentMember, Board of Advisors, Center for Law, Economics, and Financial Institutions, Copenhagen Business School
1999-presentMember, Board of Editors, Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
1990-presentMember, Board of Editors, Research in Law and Economics
1989-presentMember, Board of Editors, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
1987-presentMember, Board of Editors, International Review of Law and Economics
1990-present Associate Editor, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review
2001-2002President, American Law and Economics Association
1999-2005 Member, Board of Editors, American Law and Economics Review
1990-1994Member, Board of Directors, American Law and Economics Association
1986-1990Consultant to American Law Institute, Project on Compensation and Liability for Product and Process Injuries
1987-1989Consultant to United States Sentencing Commission
1985-1988Member, Board of Editors, American Economic Review
1985-1986Member, National Science Foundation panel awarding grants in law and social sciences

Honors and Fellowships

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2002Elected as member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1988Elected as Fellow of the Econometric Society
1983-1984Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1979Liberty Fund Summer Fellow in Law and Economics
1977-1978Liberal Arts Fellow in Economics, Harvard Law School
1977-1978National Science Foundation National Needs Postdoctoral Research Fellow
1970-1973National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
1968Phi Beta Kappa
1968Honorary Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Teaching Experience

At Harvard Law School: analytical methods for lawyers; microeconomics and public policy; economic analysis of law; quantitative analysis; seminars on various subjects.  At the Department of Economics at Harvard University: law and economics; microeconomic theory; decision analysis; nonlinear programming. At programs for judges: economic analysis of law.