| “When the devil turns…”: The political foundations of independent judicial review MC Stephenson The Journal of Legal Studies 32 (1), 59-89, 2003 | 472 | 2003 |
| Public regulation of private enforcement: The case for expanding the role of administrative agencies MC Stephenson Va. L. Rev. 91, 93, 2005 | 368 | 2005 |
| Chevron has only one step MC Stephenson, A Vermeule Va. L. Rev. 95, 597, 2009 | 367 | 2009 |
| Information acquisition and institutional design MC Stephenson Harv. L. Rev. 124, 1422, 2010 | 260 | 2010 |
| Legislative allocation of delegated power: uncertainty, risk, and the choice between agencies and courts MC Stephenson Harv. L. Rev. 119, 1035, 2005 | 249 | 2005 |
| A costly signaling theory of hard look judicial review MC Stephenson Admin. L. Rev. 58, 753, 2006 | 197 | 2006 |
| Optimal political control of the bureaucracy MC Stephenson Mich. L. Rev. 107, 53, 2008 | 196 | 2008 |
| Informative precedent and intrajudicial communication EB De Mesquita, M Stephenson American Political Science Review 96 (4), 755-766, 2002 | 193 | 2002 |
| Court of public opinion: Government accountability and judicial independence MC Stephenson Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 20 (2), 379-399, 2004 | 171 | 2004 |
| Judicial review as a response to political posturing J Fox, MC Stephenson American Political Science Review 105 (2), 397-414, 2011 | 149 | 2011 |
| Seminole Rock's Domain MC Stephenson, M Pogoriler Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 79, 1449, 2010 | 144 | 2010 |
| The price of public action: Constitutional doctrine and the judicial manipulation of legislative enactment costs MC Stephenson Yale LJ 118, 2, 2008 | 141 | 2008 |
| The strategic substitution effect: Textual plausibility, procedural formality, and judicial review of agency statutory interpretations MC Stephenson Harv. L. Rev. 120, 528, 2006 | 141 | 2006 |
| Regulatory quality under imperfect oversight EB De Mesquita, MC Stephenson American Political Science Review 101 (3), 605-620, 2007 | 134 | 2007 |
| A Trojan Horse behind Chinese Walls-Problems and Prospects of US-Sponsored Rule of Law Reform Projects in the People's Republic of China MC Stephenson UCLA Pac. Basin LJ 18, 64, 2000 | 120 | 2000 |
| Bureaucratic decision costs and endogenous agency expertise MC Stephenson The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 23 (2), 469-498, 2007 | 118 | 2007 |
| Legal realism for economists MC Stephenson Journal of Economic Perspectives 23 (2), 191-211, 2009 | 116 | 2009 |
| Over-accountability JE Gersen, MC Stephenson Journal of Legal Analysis 6 (2), 185-243, 2014 | 98 | 2014 |
| Can the President Appoint Principal Executive Officers Without a Senate Confirmation Vote MC Stephenson Yale LJ 122, 940, 2012 | 67 | 2012 |
| Complementary constraints: separation of powers, rational voting, and constitutional design JO Nzelibe, MC Stephenson Harv. L. Rev. 123, 617, 2009 | 65 | 2009 |
