Michael A. Livermore

University of Virginia School of Law

Professor

  • University of Virginia School of Law

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

34

DOWNLOADS
Rank 6,403

SSRN RANKINGS

Top 6,403

in Total Papers Downloads

7,305

SSRN CITATIONS
Rank 21,007

SSRN RANKINGS

Top 21,007

in Total Papers Citations

11

CROSSREF CITATIONS

30

Scholarly Papers (34)

Actions:
Email selected abstracts
1.

A Quantitative Analysis of Writing Style on the U.S. Supreme Court

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 93, No. 6, 2016, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 3
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 25 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2015
Keith Carlson, Michael A. Livermore and Daniel Rockmore
Dartmouth College, University of Virginia School of Law and Dartmouth College - Department of Mathematics
Downloads 1,621 (11,275)
Citation 5

Abstract:

Loading...

writing style; U.S. Supreme Court; function words; judicial clerks

2.

Authority and Legitimacy in Global Governance: Deliberation, Institutional Differentiation, and the Codex Alimentarius

New York University Law Review, Vol. 81, p. 766, 2006
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 May 2006
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 1,093 (20,602)

Abstract:

Loading...

World Trade Organization, WTO, GATT, SPS/TBT, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade, Appellate Body, Global Administrative Law, International Institutions, International Organizations, Trade, Food Safety, Food Regulation, Codex

3.

The Supreme Court and the Judicial Genre

59 Arizona Law Review 837 (2017), Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 02 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2017
Michael A. Livermore, Allen Riddell and Daniel Rockmore
University of Virginia School of Law, Dartmouth College and Dartmouth College - Department of Mathematics
Downloads 449 (68,463)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

Supreme Court, topic models, legitimacy

4.

Regulatory Review, Capture, and Agency Inaction

Georgetown Law Journal, 2013, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-47, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-28
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 18 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2013
Michael A. Livermore and Richard L. Revesz
University of Virginia School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 351 (91,441)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OIRA, cost-benefit analysis, capture, presidential power, administrative law, executive agencies, agency regulation, regulatory costs

5.

Environmental Law and Economics

Parisi, Francesco (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics. Oxford University Press (Forthcoming) , Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2014-06
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2014
Michael A. Livermore and Richard L. Revesz
University of Virginia School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 311 (104,572)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Loading...

Law and Economics; Regulated Industries and Administrative Law; Environmental Health and Safety Law; Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; General; Government Policy

6.

Sociopolitical Feedbacks and Climate Change

Harvard Environmental Law Review, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2019
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 21 Mar 2019
Peter Howard and Michael A. Livermore
New York University (NYU) - Institute for Policy Integrity and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 259 (127,578)

Abstract:

Loading...

climate change, social cost of carbon, environmental conflict

7.

Computationally Assisted Regulatory Participation

93 Notre Dame Law Review 977 (2018), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-30
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2018
Michael A. Livermore, Vladimir Eidelman and Brian Grom
University of Virginia School of Law, FiscalNote and FiscalNote
Downloads 259 (127,067)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

Rulemaking, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Administrative Law, Administrative Agencies, Public Participation

8.

Rethinking Health-Based Environmental Standards

New York University Law Review, Vol. 89, 2014 Forthcoming, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2013-07, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-58, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-30
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 22 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2014
Michael A. Livermore and Richard L. Revesz
University of Virginia School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 247 (133,320)

Abstract:

Loading...

Law and Economics, Regulated Industries and Administrative Law, Environmental, Health and Safety Law, Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics, Government Policy

9.

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Agency Independence

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2013-09
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Sep 2013
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 226 (145,461)

Abstract:

Loading...

cost-benefit analysis, regulatory review, OIRA, EPA, regulation, unitary executive

10.

Law Search as Prediction

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-61
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2018
Michael A. Livermore, Faraz Dadgostari, Mauricio Guim, Peter Beling and Daniel Rockmore
University of Virginia School of Law, University of Virginia, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Law School, University of Virginia, Dept. of System & Information Engineering and Dartmouth College - Department of Mathematics
Downloads 218 (150,536)

Abstract:

Loading...

search, artificial intelligence and law, machine learning, topic models, legal reasoning

11.

Interest Groups and Environmental Policy: Inconsistent Positions and Missed Opportunities

45 Environmental Law Review 1 (2015), NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-67, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-40, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 5, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 16
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2018
Michael A. Livermore and Richard L. Revesz
University of Virginia School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 208 (157,304)

Abstract:

Loading...

12.

Patience is an Economic Virtue: Real Options, Natural Resources, and Offshore Oil

84 University of Colorado Law Review 581 (2013)
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 28 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2013
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 203 (160,947)

Abstract:

Loading...

real options, OCS, offshore oil, natural resources

13.

The Meaning of Green Growth

Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law, 2013, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-12
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2014
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 164 (194,634)

Abstract:

Loading...

green growth, cost-benefit analysis, environmental regulation, better regulation, OIRA

14.

Rule by Rules

Computational Legal Studies: The Promise and Challenge of Data-Driven Legal Research (Ryan Whalen, ed.) (2019 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Jun 2019
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 163 (195,707)

Abstract:

Loading...

computational law, machine learning, artificial intelligence and law, jurisprudence, legal realism

15.

The Perils of Experimentation

126 Yale Law Journal 564 (2017), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2016-34
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 May 2016 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2018
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 151 (208,675)

Abstract:

Loading...

Federalism, Environmental Law, Clean Power Plan

16.

Setting the Social Cost of Carbon

Forthcoming in ‘Climate Change Law’ (Edward Elgar 2017)(Daniel Farber & Marjan Peeters eds.), Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 4
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Feb 2016
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 144 (216,941)

Abstract:

Loading...

17.

Bending the Law

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 02 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 01 May 2016
Greg Leibon, Michael A. Livermore, Reed Harder, Allen Riddell and Daniel Rockmore
Dartmouth College, University of Virginia School of Law, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth College and Dartmouth College - Department of Mathematics
Downloads 133 (231,111)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

legal search, network analysis, topic modeling, citation networks, multinetworks, Markov chain, PageRank, curvature

18.

Reviving Environmental Protection: Preference-Directed Regulation and Regulatory Ossification

Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2007
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Jan 2008
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 126 (240,873)

Abstract:

Loading...

environment, environmental law, regulation, ossification, political science, public choice, administrative law, preferences, voting behavior, deadlock, gridlock

19.

Can Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Policy Go Global?

New York University Environmental Law Journal, 2012
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Aug 2012
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 110 (265,880)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

cost-benefit analysis, environmental regulation, developing countries

20.

Political Parties and Presidential Oversight

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 67:1:45, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2015-31
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 23 May 2015 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2015
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 101 (282,255)

Abstract:

Loading...

administrative law, cost-benefit analysis, political parties, Chevron, arbitrary and capricious review, agencies, regulator review, party polarization, sixth party system

21.

Computational Methods in Legal Analysis

Forthcoming, 16 Annual Review of Law and Social Science (2020), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-44, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2020-09
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 May 2020 Last Revised: 20 May 2020
Jens Frankenreiter and Michael A. Livermore
Columbia Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 96 (336,541)

Abstract:

Loading...

computational law, machine learning, empirical legal studies, legal history, digital humanities, big data

22.

Administrative Law in an Era of Partisan Volatility

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 69, 2019
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 19 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2019
Michael A. Livermore and Daniel Richardson
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 95 (293,720)

Abstract:

Loading...

partisan polarization, administrative law, Chevron deference, independent agencies

23.

Cause or Cure? Cost-Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Gridlock

NYU Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2008, Breaking the Logjam: Environmental Reform for the New Congress and Administration Paper
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Mar 2009
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 95 (293,720)

Abstract:

Loading...

24.

Rethinking Health-Based Environmental Standards and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2016-10
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 Aug 2016
Michael A. Livermore and Richard L. Revesz
University of Virginia School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 93 (297,746)

Abstract:

Loading...

25.

Regional Variation, Holdouts, and Climate Treaty Negotiations

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2013
James Scott Holladay and Michael A. Livermore
University of Tennessee and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 60 (381,559)

Abstract:

Loading...

Transboundry Pollution, Climate Change, International Climate Policy, Developing Countries

26.

Pitfalls of Empirical Studies that Attempt to Understand the Factors Affecting Appellate Decisionmaking

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 58, No. 8, 2009
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 26 Sep 2013
Harry T. Edwards and Michael A. Livermore
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 59 (384,740)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

Judicial decision making

27.

Water Pollution and Regulatory Cooperation in China

Cornell International Law Journal, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2011
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2012
Michael A. Livermore, Craig Wenner and Hong Lan
University of Virginia School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Renmin University of China
Downloads 59 (384,740)

Abstract:

Loading...

environmental federalism, pollution control, Chinese environmental law

28.

Prevailing Academic View on Compliance Flexibility Under § 111 of the Clean Air Act

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 11-29
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2014
Gregory Wannier, Jason A. Schwartz, Nathan D. Richardson, Michael A. Livermore, Michael Gerrard and Dallas Burtraw
affiliation not provided to SSRN, New York University School of Law, University of South Carolina - Law Library, University of Virginia School of Law, Columbia University - Law School and Resources for the Future
Downloads 55 (397,888)
Citation 5

Abstract:

Loading...

source category, existing sources, state implementation plan, new sources, tradable performance standards

29.

Environmental Federalism in a Dark Time

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 79, No. 4, 2018
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Dec 2018
Denise Grab and Michael A. Livermore
New York University (NYU) - Institute for Policy Integrity and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 52 (408,012)

Abstract:

Loading...

federalism, environmental law, Trump, climate change

30.

Conversation, Representation, and Allocation: Justice Breyer's Active Liberty

New York University Law Review, Vol. 81, pp. 1505-1517, 2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Mar 2012
D. Theodore Rave and Michael A. Livermore
University of Houston Law Center and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 49 (418,665)

Abstract:

Loading...

31.

Centralizing Congressional Oversight

Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. XXXII, No. 261, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-05
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Feb 2018
Matthew Brooker and Michael A. Livermore
Kirkland & Ellis - Washington, D.C. Office and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 46 (429,825)

Abstract:

Loading...

politics, congress, congressional oversight

32.

Realist Lawyers and Realistic Legalists: A Brief Rebuttal to Judge Posner

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 59, 2010
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 26 Sep 2013
Michael A. Livermore
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 9 (629,890)

Abstract:

Loading...

33.

Improve Economic Models of Climate Change

NATURE, Vol. 508 (2014)
Posted: 02 Jul 2018
Richard L. Revesz, Kenneth J. Arrow, Lawrence H. Goulder, Peter Howard, Robert E. Kopp, Michael A. Livermore, Michael Oppenheimer and Thomas Sterner
New York University School of Law, Stanford University - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) - Institute for Policy Integrity, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway, University of Virginia School of Law, Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Göteborg University - Department of Economics

Abstract:

Loading...

34.

Retaking Rationality: How Cost-Benefit Analysis Can Better Protect the Environment and Our Health

Richard Revesz, Michael Livermore, RETAKING RATIONALITY: HOW COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS CAN BETTER PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR HEALTH, Oxford University Press, March 2008
Posted: 28 Mar 2008
Richard L. Revesz and Michael A. Livermore
New York University School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law

Abstract:

Loading...