Access Statistics for Steven Shavell

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Working Paper File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation 0 1 6 113 1 4 14 321
A Note on Optimal Deterrence When Individuals Choose Among Harmful Acts 0 0 1 23 2 6 10 173
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies Among Individuals 3 5 14 39 6 13 43 124
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 2 9 36 4 15 63 175
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 2 5 13 34 12 19 63 164
Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle 0 3 5 291 4 13 25 1,709
Contracts, Holdup, and Legal Intervention 2 3 9 75 5 13 61 336
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 4 20 394 3 20 88 1,364
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 1 3 17 188 4 13 47 412
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 1 5 32 304 7 23 90 726
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 3 12 56 501 7 35 141 1,052
Economic Analysis of Law 0 1 24 1,019 5 10 62 2,695
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 0 2 16 210 2 7 51 534
Economic Analysis of Property Law 1 6 28 452 4 24 75 910
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 1 9 31 376 7 36 128 1,165
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 1 6 32 296 3 17 83 985
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 1 1 10 175 4 12 44 394
Eminent Domain Versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperpect Information About Owners' Valuation 1 2 11 38 7 15 69 155
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 2 3 20 72 9 26 92 212
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 2 6 16 349 6 20 64 1,029
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially OptimalBehavior 1 3 9 47 4 7 21 151
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale 5 13 36 447 32 97 265 2,021
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 0 2 1 3 20 53
Liability for Accidents 2 6 19 65 13 33 103 228
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 4 12 42 241 16 32 96 501
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 0 1 15 64 7 14 69 225
Minimum Asset Requirements 0 1 4 65 8 26 53 214
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 0 1 6 79 9 21 78 416
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 1 2 8 192 6 10 44 799
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 0 0 17 33 1 4 28 65
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 1 2 16 86 5 11 46 398
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 1 11 196 22 58 221 1,811
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 4 16 151 4 16 57 866
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 1 3 30 206 10 32 140 730
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 0 0 1 29 1 5 8 214
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 1 7 24 74 7 16 73 199
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs 1 3 7 22 4 8 23 74
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 1 5 9 1 6 19 60
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 5 84 3 6 31 568
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 5 22 425 6 15 54 1,314
Should Employees be Subject to Fines and Imprisonment Given the Existence of Corporate Liability 0 0 0 0 2 10 27 190
Should Liability be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? 0 4 14 150 5 12 39 750
Strict Liability Versus Negligence 0 0 0 665 20 63 409 5,545
Suit Versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgements 0 0 1 17 1 3 14 208
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs 0 4 21 153 4 16 71 567
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives 1 1 5 32 4 7 19 128
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 9 27 78 645 22 60 203 1,731
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 1 2 16 1 6 10 74
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 2 9 24 68 4 23 66 335
The Optimal Tradeoff Between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 0 0 0 63 4 9 51 387
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 3 10 30 189 9 24 88 563
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System 1 4 10 38 5 9 27 158
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 2 7 25 134 3 13 52 266
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 1 2 1 2 10 226
Threats without Binding Commitment 0 2 5 67 5 15 53 587
Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially 1 1 2 22 5 6 8 152
Uncertainty Over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 0 14 111 1 6 57 396
Total Working Papers 57 214 895 9,874 358 1,045 3,966 37,805


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
A Model of Optimal Incapacitation 0 0 0 9 0 3 14 169
A Model of the Optimal Use of Liability and Safety Regulation 1 7 18 119 2 14 44 295
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 1 2 13 92 3 15 76 509
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 0 0 4 39 0 3 13 120
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 0 3 8 33 339
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 2 3 5 29 318
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 1 10 21 82 5 19 71 295
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 0 0 0 1 7 18 82 644
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 88
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 127
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 0 1 4 122 1 6 19 416
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 8 29 103 370 33 147 550 2,169
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 0 0 0 0 6 19 148
Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently? 0 0 11 39 0 4 28 155
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 0 1 2 14 170
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 6 15 46 922
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 32 97 372 2,319
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 165
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 0 7 36 238
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 83
On Liability and Insurance 0 3 29 108 2 5 80 482
On Moral Hazard and Insurance 5 17 38 448 7 27 73 942
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 1 2 5 25 442
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 0 0 2 8 41 360
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 2 15 132 3 11 49 474
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 69
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 0 2 1 6 36 377
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 14 24 95 565 22 45 155 1,556
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 1 7 31 0 1 16 150
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 1 1 5 30 4 8 31 161
Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 232
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law 1 2 7 45 4 5 41 376
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 58
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 1 4 61 0 2 24 272
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 0 0 0 2 1 6 23 194
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 1 1 21 791
The Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 1 5 9 80 2 10 34 428
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 2 11 39 486 7 26 98 1,291
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 0 0 0 0 2 4 28 301
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 3 10 25 174 4 17 66 960
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 0 0 0 8 10 30 136 848
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 2 5 20 136 3 9 32 401
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 0 2 15 81 1 4 37 243
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 0 0 1 0 1 16 122
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 2 3 13 54 330
Total Journal Articles 40 133 482 3,270 179 626 2,615 21,549


Statistics updated 2009-07-03