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 1 1 2 114 3 4 11 325
A Note on Optimal Deterrence When Individuals Choose Among Harmful Acts 0 0 1 23 2 6 16 179
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies Among Individuals 1 3 14 43 6 13 41 140
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 1 2 9 38 7 16 56 196
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 2 4 17 40 9 14 60 181
Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 4 291 2 3 20 1,712
Contracts, Holdup, and Legal Intervention 1 1 7 77 10 16 62 357
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 2 25 400 5 18 87 1,388
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 3 14 192 0 6 38 421
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 5 7 26 311 9 24 88 754
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 2 9 54 514 12 33 154 1,106
Economic Analysis of Law 4 8 24 1,030 7 14 49 2,712
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 4 6 16 216 9 18 56 554
Economic Analysis of Property Law 5 5 26 458 10 18 68 931
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 0 2 25 379 14 25 123 1,196
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 2 4 29 302 4 14 81 1,007
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 0 2 7 177 0 3 37 398
Eminent Domain Versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperpect Information About Owners' Valuation 0 1 9 41 8 20 67 179
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 6 8 25 83 19 30 106 248
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 3 4 18 355 13 25 72 1,060
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially OptimalBehavior 0 4 9 51 2 11 25 162
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale 3 7 35 455 26 68 288 2,098
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 1 3 1 6 19 62
Liability for Accidents 1 2 16 68 8 21 96 251
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 6 15 47 262 16 31 101 539
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 1 3 15 70 5 13 62 245
Minimum Asset Requirements 0 0 5 66 4 9 58 226
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 1 3 6 83 6 12 65 430
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 0 3 9 195 4 19 51 821
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 1 1 11 34 1 3 16 68
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 0 0 8 87 3 6 34 406
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 5 12 202 26 60 225 1,890
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 4 6 17 157 12 16 52 883
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 3 11 27 219 11 37 136 774
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 1 1 1 30 1 2 9 217
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 5 25 83 3 18 69 225
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs 0 1 10 26 3 5 27 83
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 1 1 5 11 3 3 22 66
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 0 84 0 1 19 572
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 2 17 427 4 11 46 1,326
Should Liability be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? 0 1 7 151 1 5 29 755
Specific Versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 1 34 6 8 9 147
Suit Versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgements 0 0 1 17 5 8 20 219
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs 7 11 29 166 19 33 81 604
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives 0 1 6 33 1 4 19 132
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 8 19 80 672 26 69 222 1,815
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 1 2 3 18 1 3 10 78
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 2 5 25 74 9 26 76 363
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 3 5 32 195 20 38 114 606
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System 0 1 9 39 4 8 28 168
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 1 4 24 142 3 9 42 279
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 1 2 0 2 10 228
Threats without Binding Commitment 1 1 5 68 9 17 56 607
Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially 0 1 3 23 2 5 14 158
Uncertainty Over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 1 1 11 112 6 9 54 405
Total Working Papers 83 194 865 9,443 400 916 3,496 32,952


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 5 6 15 176
A Model of the Optimal Use of Liability and Safety Regulation 0 2 17 121 0 3 34 298
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 2 5 12 97 4 11 58 522
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 0 0 1 39 1 2 10 123
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 343
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 2 1 2 22 321
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 2 3 25 91 5 8 61 309
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 0 0 0 1 7 13 65 661
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 89
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 127
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 3 122 1 1 20 419
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 8 19 100 393 28 103 530 2,296
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 0 0 0 2 5 19 154
Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently? 0 1 8 40 3 5 23 160
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 0 3 6 14 177
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 4 8 38 930
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 60 176 453 2,520
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 169
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 2 4 28 244
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 85
On Liability and Insurance 2 6 25 114 2 8 58 490
On Moral Hazard and Insurance 5 10 47 464 13 27 88 976
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 1 1 3 18 445
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 0 0 5 7 39 369
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 1 3 17 139 3 10 53 491
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 70
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 0 2 1 6 29 383
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 7 19 93 587 17 40 168 1,604
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 1 7 32 0 1 13 151
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 0 1 8 33 2 12 40 176
Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 0 4 5 10 237
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law 0 1 7 47 5 8 37 387
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 59
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 0 4 62 0 1 22 274
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 0 0 0 2 2 4 26 201
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 792
The Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 1 3 11 83 2 4 25 432
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 2 4 27 490 7 21 89 1,317
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 304
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 2 10 34 186 4 20 77 984
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 0 0 0 8 28 56 162 920
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 5 6 19 142 5 7 27 408
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 1 1 11 83 2 4 31 249
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 0 0 1 3 4 18 128
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 2 5 6 37 336
Total Journal Articles 38 95 476 3,395 239 620 2,554 22,306


Statistics updated 2009-11-04