{"id":18,"date":"2023-08-07T13:53:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/ts\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:56:16","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Publications<\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__faculty.westacademic.com_Book_Detail-3Fid-3D334937&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=8gwA0knT4lJfjMgsSZIWmqSKc-4nY1RkISB89BUY-YQ&amp;e=\">Legislation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Regulation,<\/a>&nbsp;4th edition<\/em>&nbsp;(Foundation Press, 2021) (1st edition 2010, 2nd edition 2013, 3rd edition 2017) (with John F. Manning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Articles and Book Chapters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/texaslawreview.org\/workarounds-in-american-public-law\/\">Workarounds in American Public Law<\/a>, 103&nbsp;Tex. L. Rev.&nbsp;503 (2025) (with Daniel A. Farber and Jonathan S. Gould)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781802206494.00080\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781802206494.00080\">&#8220;Law and Corruption,&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;<em>in<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Corruption Law<\/em>&nbsp;(Mark Pieth &amp; Tina S\u00f8reide eds., 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/harvardlawreview.org\/print\/vol-137\/the-incompatibility-of-substantive-canons-and-textualism\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/harvardlawreview.org\/print\/vol-137\/the-incompatibility-of-substantive-canons-and-textualism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Incompatibility of Substantive Canons and Textualism,<\/a>&nbsp;137&nbsp;<em>Harvard Law Review<\/em> (2023) (with Benjamin Eidelson)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/sites\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/mstephenson\/files\/stephenson_freeman_-_anti-democratic_major_questions_doctrine_scr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">The Anti-Democratic Major Questions Doctrine,<\/a>&nbsp;2022 <em>Supreme Court Review<\/em>&nbsp;1 (2023) (with Jody Freeman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_freeman_-_untapped_potential_of_the_cra.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">The Untapped Potential of the Congressional Review Act<\/a>, 59&nbsp;<em>Harvard Journal on Legislation<\/em> 280&nbsp;(2022) (with Jody Freeman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_cuellar_-_taming_systemic_corruption.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Taming Systemic Corruption: The American Experience and Its Implications for Contemporary Debates<\/a>, 155<em> World Development<\/em> 105755 (2022) (with Mariano-Florentino Cuellar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_gould_shepsle_-_democratizing_the_senate.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Democratizing the Senate from Within<\/a>, 13 <em>Journal of Legal Analysis<\/em> 502&nbsp;(2021) (with Jonathan S. Gould &amp; Kenneth A. Shepsle)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_honey_and_poison_liberties.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Honey and Poison: On Corruption<\/a>, <em>Liberties <\/em>1(4): 135\u201367 (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_mrazauskaite_-_global_database_of_peps_sjil.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">A Proposal for a Global Database of Politically Exposed Persons<\/a>, 56 <em>Stanford Journal of International Law<\/em> 153 (2021) (with Ruta Mrazauskaite)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_corruption_as_self-reinforcing_trap_wbro.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Corruption as a Self-Reinforcing \u201cTrap\u201d: Implications for Reform Strategy<\/a>, 35 <em>World Bank Research Observer<\/em> 192 (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/stephenson_bullock_-_how_should_lava_jato_end.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/stephenson_bullock_-_how_should_lava_jato_end.pdf\">\u201cHow Should Lava Jato End?\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;in Paul Lagunes &amp; Jan Svejnar eds., <em>Corruption and the Lava Jato Scandal in Latin America <\/em>213-226 (2020) (with Jessie W. Bullock)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_qualities_of_public_servants_mslr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">The Qualities&nbsp;of Public Servants Determine&nbsp;the Quality of Public Service<\/a>, 2019 <em>Michigan State University Law Review<\/em> 1177 (2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.justiceinitiative.org_uploads_7e52b140-2D4550-2D4be4-2D9d0c-2D96d0131060d1_publication-2Dlegal-2Dremedies-2Dgrand-2Dcorruption-2D20190607.pdf&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=1Fg8FBXUKK-CH5CDHaQiMhttRMa477hlmZJVwXBkMTQ&amp;e=\">\u201cStanding Doctrine and Anticorruption Litigation: A Survey,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;in <em>Open Society Foundations, Legal Remedies for Grand Corruption: The Role of Civil Society<\/em> (2019), pp. 38-52<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_beware_blowback.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">\u201cBeware Blowback: How Attempts to Strengthen FCPA Deterrence Could Narrow the Statute\u2019s Scope,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;in Jennifer Arlen ed., <em>The Research Handbook on Corporate Crime and Financial Misdealing <\/em>(2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_corruption_and_democratic_institutions.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">\u201cCorruption and Democratic Institutions: A Review and Synthesis\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;in Susan Rose-Ackerman &amp; Paul Lagunes, eds., <em>Greed, Corruption, and the Modern State<\/em> (2015), pp. 92-133.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_fox_-_minority-protective_judicial_review_jtp.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">The Welfare Effects of Minority-Protective Judicial Review<\/a>, 27&nbsp;<em>Journal of Theoretical Politic<\/em>s 499 (2015) (with Justin Fox)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_fox_-_nonbinding_law_jleo.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">The Constraining, Liberating, and Informational Effects of Non-Binding Law<\/a>, 31 <em>Journal of Law, Economics &amp; Organization<\/em>&nbsp;320 (2015) (with Justin Fox)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_manning_-_legislation_and_regulation_jle.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Legislation &amp; Regulation and Reform of the First Year,<\/a>&nbsp;65 <em>Journal of Legal Education<\/em> 45 (2015) (with John Manning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_gersen_-_over-accountability_jla.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Over-Accountability<\/a>, 6 <em>Journal of Legal Analysis<\/em> 185 (2014) (with Jacob E. Gersen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_does_separation_of_powers_promote_jls.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Does Separation of Powers Promote Stability and Moderation?<\/a>, 42 <em>Journal of Legal Studies<\/em> 331 (2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_appoint_without_confirmation_vote_ylj.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Can the President Appoint Principal Executive Officers Without a Senate Confirmation Vote?<\/a>, 122 <em>Yale Law Journal<\/em> 940 (2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_fox_-_judicial_review_apsr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Judicial Review as a Response to Political Posturing<\/a>, 105 <em>American Political Science Review<\/em> 397 (2011) (with Justin Fox)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_pogoriler_-_seminole_rocks_domain_gwlr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Seminole Rock\u2019s Domain<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_pogoriler_-_seminole_rocks_domain_gwlr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">,<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(with Miri Pogoriler) 79 <em>George Washington Law Review<\/em> 1449 (2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_information_acquisition_hlr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Information Acquisition and Institutional Design<\/a>, 124 <em>Harvard Law Review<\/em> 1422 (2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_givati_-_inconsistent_agency_interpretations_jls.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Judicial Deference to Inconsistent Agency Statutory Interpretations<\/a>, (with Yehonatan Givati), 40 <em>Journal of Legal Studies<\/em> 85 (2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/statutory_interpreation_by_agencies.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/statutory_interpreation_by_agencies.pdf\">Statutory Interpretation by Agencies<\/a>, in <em>Research Handbook on Public Choice and Public Law<\/em> 285 (Daniel Farber &amp; Anne Joseph O\u2019Connell eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson-nzelibepolitical_accountabilityjtp.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Political Accountability under Alternative Institutional Regimes<\/a>, 22 <em>Journal of Theoretical Politics<\/em> 139 (2010) (with Jide O. Nzelibe)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson-nzelibecomplementaryconstraintshlr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Complementary Constraints: Separation of Powers, Rational Voting, and Constitutional Design<\/a>, 123 <em>Harvard Law Review<\/em> 617&nbsp;(2010) (with Jide O. Nzelibe)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson-jacksonlobbyistshjol.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Lobbyists as Imperfect Agents: Implications for Public Policy in a Pluralist System<\/a>, 47 <em>Harvard Journal on Legislation<\/em> 1 (2010) (with Howell E. Jackson)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephensonlegalrealismjep.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Legal Realism for Economists<\/a>, 23 <em>Journal of Economic Perspectives<\/em> 191 (2009)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Translated into Portuguese and reprinted as&nbsp;<em>Realismo jur\u00eddico para economistas<\/em>, 281&nbsp;Revista de Direito Administrativo&nbsp;15 (2022) (Brazil)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/stephensonvermeulechevrononstepvlr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/stephensonvermeulechevrononstepvlr.pdf\">Chevron Has Only One Step<\/a>, (with Adrian Vermeule) 95 <em>Virginia Law Review<\/em> 597 (2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/stephensonpriceofpublicaction.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/stephensonpriceofpublicaction.pdf\">The Price of Public Action: Constitutional Doctrine and the Judicial Manipulation of Legislative Enactment Costs<\/a>&nbsp;118 <em>Yale Law Journal<\/em> 2 (2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephensonoptimalpoliticalcontrol.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Optimal Political Control of the Bureaucracy<\/a>&nbsp;107 <em>Michigan Law Review<\/em> 53 (2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephensonevidentiarystandardsaler.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Evidentiary Standards and Information Acquisition in Public Law<\/a>&nbsp;10 <em>American Law &amp; Economics Review<\/em> 351 (2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephensonhickmanbankruptcy.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">The Administrative Law of Borrowed Regulations: Legal Questions Regarding the Bankruptcy Law\u2019s Incorporation of IRS Standards<\/a>&nbsp;1 <em>Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser<\/em> 1 (2008) (with Kristin E. Hickman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/endogenousexpertisejleo.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Bureaucratic Decision Costs and Endogenous Agency Expertise<\/a>, 23(2) <em>Journal of Law, Economics &amp; Organization<\/em> 469 (June 2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson-bdmregulatoryqualityapsr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Regulatory Quality under Imperfect Oversight<\/a>, (with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita) 101(3) <em>American Political Science Review<\/em> 605 (August 2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/judicialreformabcde.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Judicial Reform in Developing Economies: Constraints and Opportunities<\/a>, in Francois Bourguignon &amp; Boris Pleskovic eds., <em>Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics: Beyond Transition<\/em> 311-328&nbsp;(World Bank, 2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephensonstrategicsubstitutionhlr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">The Strategic Substitution Effect: Textual Plausibility, Procedural Formality, and Judicial Review of Agency Statutory Interpretations<\/a>&nbsp;120 <em>Harvard Law Review<\/em> 528 (2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephensoncostlysignaling.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">A Costly Signaling Theory of \u201cHard Look\u201d Judicial Review<\/a>, 58 <em>Administrative Law Review <\/em>753 (2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/legislativeallocation.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Legislative Allocation of Delegated Power: Uncertainty, Risk, and the Choice Between Agencies and Courts<\/a>, 119 <em>Harvard Law Review<\/em> 1035&nbsp;(2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/bdminformalnetworks.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Legal Institutions and Informal Networks<\/a>, 18 <em>Journal of Theoretical Politic<\/em>s 40 (2006) (with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/privateenforcementvlr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/privateenforcementvlr.pdf\">Public Regulation of Private Enforcement: The Case for Expanding the Role of Administrative Agencies<\/a>, 91 <em>Virginia Law Review<\/em> 93 (2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/ctofpublicopinion.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Court of Public Opinion: Government Accountability and Judicial Independence<\/a>, 20 <em>Journal of Law, Economics &amp; Organization<\/em> 379 (2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/mixedsignalsalr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Mixed Signals: Reconsidering the Political Economy of Judicial Deference to Administrative Agencies<\/a>, 56 <em>Administrative Law Review<\/em> 657 (2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/judicialindependence.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">\u201cWhen the Devil Turns\u2026\u201d: The Political Foundations of Independent Judicial Review<\/a>, 32 <em>Journal of Legal Studies<\/em> 59 (2003)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/rmrr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/rmrr.pdf\">A Tale of Two Theories: The Legal Basis for the EPA\u2019s Proposed Revision to the Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement Exception, and the Implications for Administrative Law<\/a><strong>,<\/strong> 33 <em>Environmental Law Reporter<\/em> 10789 (2003)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/bdminformativeprecedent.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Informative Precedent and Intrajudicial Communication<\/a>, 96 <em>American Political Science Review<\/em> 755 (2002) (with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reprinted in Jon R. Bond et al. eds, <em>Institutional Games and the U.S. Supreme Court<\/em> (University of Virginia Press, 2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/chinarol1.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">A Trojan Horse Behind Chinese Walls?: Problems and Prospects of U.S.-Sponsored \u201cRule of Law\u201d Reform Projects in the People\u2019s Republic of China<\/a>, 18 <em>UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal<\/em> 64 (2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Popular Media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Statistics That Came Out of Nowhere<\/em>, The Atlantic (online) (March 12, 2023) (with Ray Fisman and Andrew Gelman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.washingtonpost.com_opinions_2021_08_06_how-2Dlittle-2Dknown-2Dlaw-2Dmight-2Dhelp-2Dprotect-2Ddreamers_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=avVaInVT1v7erL1yeU9jXKDz_hd2dbBis12yuK1zCko&amp;e=\">How a Little-Known Law Might Help Protect the \u2018Dreamers\u2019<\/a>.&nbsp;Washington Post&nbsp;(August 6, 2021) (with Jody Freeman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.washingtonpost.com_opinions_2021_04_06_dont-2Deliminate-2Dfilibuster-2Ddemocratize-2Dit_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=c1_x3LoluLFMd9LRreIBxvDl7KULUvnKY4ikxT2LAEc&amp;e=\">Don\u2019t Eliminate the Filibuster. Democratize It.<\/a>&nbsp;Washington Post&nbsp;(April 6, 2021) (with Jonathan S. Gould &amp; Kenneth A. Shepsle)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Short Comments and Replies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Discipline Approaches to the Problem of Corruption: Law<\/em>, in Mark Pieth &amp; Tina S\u00f8reide eds.,&nbsp;The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Corruption Law&nbsp;(forthcoming 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act<\/em>, in Robert Barrington et al. eds.,&nbsp;The Dictionary of Corruption&nbsp;(forthcoming 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__rm.coe.int_greco-2Dgeneral-2Dactivity-2Dreport-2D2021_1680a6bb79&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=mEYKE6b2XhOh_5aLMk726Cwd7gNLxYZJJK2ZwrxeFrE&amp;e=\">Corruption and Human Rights \u2013 Exploring the Relationship<\/a>, in&nbsp;Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), Anti-Corruption Trends, Challenges and Good Practices in Europe &amp; the United States of America&nbsp;(22<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;General Activity Report (2021))&nbsp;19-21 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_embedded_rules_yjr_bulletin.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Embedded Rules<\/a>, 39 <em>Yale Journal on Regulation Bulletin<\/em> 59 (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_williams_and_subdelegation_yjr.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">When and Why Agencies Must Decide for Themselves: Judge Williams\u2019s Restrictive Approach to Administrative Subdelegation<\/a>, 38&nbsp;<em>Yale Journal on Regulation<\/em>&nbsp;752 (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.complianceweek.com_opinion_public-2Dregister-2Dpros-2Dtrump-2Dcons_27327.article&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=YF2JGn8F24DOMnuadQLFFCH4IpqB9BZIZmLZb7EjSz4&amp;e=\">Public Register Pros Trump Cons,<\/a>&nbsp;Compliance Week&nbsp;(July 26, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephensoncostsvotingrulechevronyljpp.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">The Costs of Voting Rule Chevron: A Comment on Gersen and Vermeule\u2019s Proposal<\/a>, 116 <em>Yale Law Journal Pocket Part<\/em> 238 (2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/matthew-stephenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/stephenson_-_response_to_farber_vermeule_hlr_forum.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">The Legislative Choice between Agencies and Courts: A Response to Farber and Vermeule,<\/a>&nbsp;119 <em>Harvard Law Review Forum<\/em> 173 (2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work in Progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Workarounds in American Public Law<\/em>&nbsp;(with Daniel Farber &amp; Jonathan Gould)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reports and Policy Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.acslaw.org_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2022_02_Freeman-2DStephenson-2DCRA-2DACS-2DIB.pdf&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=H2cynb5hQujolU-ibfH-78rZ5qPZ7nB5FhUzakuzMQk&amp;e=\">\u201cUnlocking the Potential of the Congressional Review Act,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;American Constitution Society Issue Brief (2022) (with Jody Freeman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.acslaw.org_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2021_05_Democratizing-2Dthe-2DFilibuster.pdf&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=zvTxMJY_xI-hHsLYQc7O9W_csn9n9G5yp3WB_YjWUv0&amp;e=\">\u201cDemocratizing the Filibuster,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;American Constitution Society Issue Brief (2021) (with Jonathan S. Gould and Kenneth A. Shepsle)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.u4.no_publications_the-2Dcredibility-2Dof-2Dcorruption-2Dstatistics&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=bTkZPdPWdPtkj--no2NbCMOXTPZx9hJ7tLTwqvYrWK8&amp;e=\">\u201cThe Credibility of Corruption Statistics: A Critical Review of Ten Global Estimates,\u201d&nbsp;<\/a>U4 Issue 2021: 3 (2021) (with Cecilie Wathne)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.u4.no_publications_ukraines-2Dhigh-2Danti-2Dcorruption-2Dcourt&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=cnJrN02eOlnHEVXos-q-m4ZIymfPBzH64RqPUjHdA3U&amp;e=\">\u201cUkraine\u2019s High Anti-Corruption Court: Innovation for Impartial Justice,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre Brief (2020) (with Ivanna Y. Kuz)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.u4.no_publications_an-2Dinternational-2Danti-2Dcorruption-2Dcourt-2Da-2Dsynopsis-2Dof-2Dthe-2Ddebate&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=KR0gYu7Ddktc8L5VlyUTcV0lOPY8GtV0hfEYEkeMwoc&amp;e=\">\u201cAn International Anti-Corruption Court? A Synopsis of the Debate,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre Brief (2019) (with Sofie Arjon Schutte)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.u4.no_publications_specialised-2Danti-2Dcorruption-2Dcourts.pdf&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=NThVWaEbR2_FPdVkFo5ChdOkFLPlB0iTMvJN0Yp-dSI&amp;e=\">\u201cSpecialised Anti-Corruption Courts: A Comparative Mapping,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre Issue Paper&nbsp;(2022) (with Sofie Arjon Schutte) (original version 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.u4.no_publications_specialised-2Danti-2Dcorruption-2Dcourts-2Dphilippines&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=K2lDJnR1uMUgm1LQ-P4v0SGAA8fZ5SiBo_cGFXqiQss&amp;e=\">\u201cSpecialised Anti-Corruption Courts: Philippines,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre Brief (2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.u4.no_publications_specialised-2Danti-2Dcorruption-2Dcourts-2Dslovakia&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=k0GzdXNFjyss19MDbLRr2MYZg5BikHShOL9xRJmzJnE&amp;e=\">\u201cSpecialised Anti-Corruption Courts: Slovakia,\u201d&nbsp;<\/a>U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre Brief (2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.unodc.org_documents_corruption_Publications_2015_National-5FAnti-2DCorruption-5FStrategies-5F-2D-5FA-5FPractical-5FGuide-5Ffor-5FDevelopment-5Fand-5FImplementation-5FE.pdf&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=JdRyAqljngx7dilZcEH9cZkCVnqUUmOaqFn97ADYWtY&amp;m=cxuJH3I7jgiRdwbotxmflPuYoWY4tCqoe3b1vGIyn9UIBwUrame0CGEqkbP3fW9H&amp;s=TbFTKSiJFcJ6IJ5F08CfConOk-EHVWZcXx7Da4u0MIc&amp;e=\">United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, The United Nations Convention against Corruption: National Anti-Corruption Strategies: A Practical Guide for Development and Implementation<\/a>&nbsp;(2015) (with Richard E. 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