Access Statistics for Steven M. Shavell

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A Fundamental Enforcement Cost Advantage of the Negligence Rule over Regulation 0 0 0 29 5 7 8 91
A General Rationale for a Governmental Role in the Relief of Large Risks 0 0 0 24 4 5 6 81
A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation 0 0 0 132 5 6 6 398
A Note on Optimal Deterrence When Individuals Choose Among Harmful Acts 0 0 0 29 7 7 7 255
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies Among Individuals 0 0 2 71 5 8 13 307
A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation 0 0 0 33 6 7 10 73
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 1 1 70 5 19 19 385
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 83 3 4 5 421
An Alternative to the Basic Causal Requirement for Liability under the Negligence Rule 0 0 0 4 6 7 7 13
Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 314 3 3 3 1,928
Continuances and Uncertainty in the Course of Adjudication 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 9
Contracts, Holdup, and Legal Intervention 0 0 1 109 5 9 15 630
Corrective Taxation versus Liability 0 0 0 34 3 7 8 116
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 0 0 475 5 8 12 1,723
Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages 0 0 0 84 2 3 5 96
Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment 0 0 2 22 4 5 7 68
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 2 3 447 5 17 25 1,228
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 1 1 2 239 7 10 13 604
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 1 1 5 774 3 17 27 2,195
Economic Analysis of Law 1 2 6 1,171 4 11 21 3,105
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 0 1 1 329 6 12 20 966
Economic Analysis of Property Law 1 3 5 545 13 23 39 1,300
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 0 0 1 515 2 5 12 1,806
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 0 0 1 376 3 8 12 1,249
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 2 2 3 216 6 6 13 547
Eminent Domain Versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperpect Information About Owners' Valuation 0 0 0 61 2 2 2 322
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 183 5 6 9 786
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 0 0 0 427 4 7 22 1,380
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially OptimalBehavior 0 0 0 76 2 3 7 318
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale 0 0 2 554 4 14 22 2,915
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 0 9 4 8 12 124
Liability for Accidents 0 0 1 122 8 12 15 570
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 0 0 4 429 3 4 15 980
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 0 0 0 130 7 15 18 592
Minimum Asset Requirements 0 1 1 79 4 6 7 386
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 0 0 1 127 2 3 7 648
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 0 0 0 232 3 5 8 1,007
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 0 0 0 55 3 6 7 153
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 0 0 0 96 7 10 15 499
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 249 5 7 29 4,306
On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children 0 0 0 15 3 4 4 26
On the Redesign of Accident Liability for the World of Autonomous Vehicles 0 0 4 45 4 9 17 113
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 1 246 2 3 8 1,330
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 0 0 0 272 4 4 6 1,061
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 0 0 0 57 2 4 6 294
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 0 0 136 5 8 11 457
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs 0 0 0 62 2 3 3 275
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 25 2 28 32 194
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 0 87 2 3 5 626
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 0 474 3 4 7 1,528
Risk Aversion and the Desirability of Attenuated Legal Change 0 0 0 44 3 9 10 66
Should Liability be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? 0 0 1 214 5 6 8 961
Specific Versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 43 0 2 2 246
Subrogation and the Theory of Insurance When Suits Can Be Brought for Losses Suffered 0 0 1 36 3 6 10 62
Suit Versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgements 0 0 0 25 1 2 4 323
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs 1 1 3 267 4 6 10 959
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives 0 0 0 38 7 11 15 228
The Corrective Tax versus Liability As Solutions to the Problem of Harmful Externalities 0 0 0 39 3 6 11 155
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 1 1 1 936 10 20 24 2,705
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 44 1 2 9 173
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 1 1 1 155 4 7 11 638
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 0 1 2 324 5 10 15 1,173
The Rationale for Motions in the Design of Adjudication 0 0 0 13 5 10 12 33
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System 0 1 2 72 5 9 11 301
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 1 3 229 9 21 34 598
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 2 2 6 6 281
Threats without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 79 2 4 5 698
Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially 0 0 0 31 2 2 5 242
Uncertainty Over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 0 3 192 2 3 9 639
Total Working Papers 9 20 64 13,157 284 537 824 50,965


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A Model of Optimal Incapacitation 0 0 0 9 0 2 3 272
A Model of the Optimal Use of Liability and Safety Regulation 2 4 12 233 4 13 33 622
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 0 0 0 155 5 7 8 716
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 0 5 7 71 3 12 18 336
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 3 8 10 13 511
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 2 2 14 3 12 15 488
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 2 4 22 232 4 11 40 701
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 0 0 5 188 6 6 13 1,315
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 0 1 2 0 3 7 129
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 1 1 3 9 6 12 14 220
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 1 2 3 191 5 14 20 644
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 2 5 10 662 6 11 21 3,400
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 0 1 15 2 3 7 236
Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently? 0 0 0 54 5 5 5 247
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 1 12 4 8 18 405
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 4 9 12 1,321
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 4,157
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 0 0 10 3 10 11 254
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 382
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 0 1 3 31 6 7 11 180
On Liability and Insurance 0 1 4 255 6 11 20 853
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 12 8 8 8 634
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 0 0 5 5 6 617
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 1 4 199 6 11 25 802
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 5 9 13 201
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 1 5 25 4 13 21 690
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 0 0 2 911 6 9 26 2,798
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 0 0 48 2 5 6 232
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 0 1 2 75 4 6 9 310
Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 1 1 8 2 7 11 310
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 2 77 3 6 9 590
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments 0 0 0 2 3 5 6 189
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 0 1 77 2 4 8 366
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 1 1 8 72 1 3 13 510
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 917
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 1 4 658 7 14 26 2,035
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 1 1 10 38 6 9 26 567
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 1 445 3 11 17 1,723
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 3 7 13 108 7 16 32 1,584
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 0 2 5 296 3 10 20 852
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 0 1 5 143 2 8 18 502
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 0 7 33 4 9 22 375
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 1 6 31 6 14 21 573
Total Journal Articles 13 43 150 5,406 171 359 654 34,766


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