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 0 0 0 83
A General Rationale for a Governmental Role in the Relief of Large Risks 0 0 0 24 0 0 1 75
A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation 0 0 0 132 0 0 1 392
A Note on Optimal Deterrence When Individuals Choose Among Harmful Acts 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 248
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies Among Individuals 0 0 0 69 0 1 1 294
A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation 0 0 0 33 0 0 1 63
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 69 0 0 2 366
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 83 0 0 0 416
An Alternative to the Basic Causal Requirement for Liability under the Negligence Rule 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6
Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 314 0 0 1 1,925
Continuances and Uncertainty in the Course of Adjudication 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 5
Contracts, Holdup, and Legal Intervention 0 0 0 108 2 3 5 617
Corrective Taxation versus Liability 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 108
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 0 0 475 0 0 2 1,711
Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages 0 0 0 84 1 1 3 92
Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment 0 1 1 20 0 1 1 61
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 1 1 237 0 1 4 591
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 0 1 444 0 0 3 1,203
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 0 0 1 769 0 0 12 2,168
Economic Analysis of Law 1 1 5 1,166 1 2 15 3,085
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 0 0 2 328 0 1 12 946
Economic Analysis of Property Law 0 0 0 540 2 4 11 1,263
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 1 1 1 515 2 2 5 1,796
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 0 0 0 375 0 0 3 1,237
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 1 1 1 214 1 1 1 535
Eminent Domain Versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperpect Information About Owners' Valuation 0 0 1 61 0 0 1 320
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 183 0 1 3 777
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 0 0 1 427 0 0 1 1,358
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially OptimalBehavior 0 0 0 76 2 2 4 313
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale 0 0 0 552 1 1 2 2,894
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 112
Liability for Accidents 0 0 0 121 0 1 1 555
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 0 0 2 425 0 1 7 965
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 0 0 0 130 0 0 1 574
Minimum Asset Requirements 0 0 0 78 0 0 1 379
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 0 0 0 126 1 1 2 642
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 0 0 0 232 1 1 2 1,000
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 146
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 0 0 0 96 1 1 1 485
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 249 5 8 23 4,282
On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children 0 0 0 15 0 0 3 22
On the Redesign of Accident Liability for the World of Autonomous Vehicles 0 0 2 41 1 3 10 97
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 2 245 1 2 7 1,323
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 0 0 0 272 0 0 0 1,055
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 0 0 0 57 0 0 3 288
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 0 2 136 0 0 4 446
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs 0 0 0 62 0 0 1 272
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 25 0 0 3 162
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 621
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 1 1 474 0 1 6 1,521
Risk Aversion and the Desirability of Attenuated Legal Change 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 56
Should Liability be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? 0 0 1 213 0 0 2 953
Specific Versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 244
Subrogation and the Theory of Insurance When Suits Can Be Brought for Losses Suffered 0 0 1 35 0 0 2 52
Suit Versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgements 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 319
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs 0 0 1 264 0 0 3 949
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives 0 0 1 38 1 1 3 214
The Corrective Tax versus Liability As Solutions to the Problem of Harmful Externalities 0 0 0 39 3 4 6 147
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 935 0 1 5 2,681
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 44 1 1 1 165
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 0 154 1 1 3 628
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 0 0 0 322 0 0 3 1,158
The Rationale for Motions in the Design of Adjudication 0 0 1 13 0 1 2 21
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System 1 1 2 71 1 1 5 291
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 226 2 2 4 566
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 275
Threats without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 79 1 1 2 694
Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially 0 0 0 31 1 1 2 238
Uncertainty Over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 0 0 189 0 0 0 630
Total Working Papers 4 7 31 13,097 35 56 218 50,176


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Model of Optimal Incapacitation 0 0 0 9 0 0 2 269
A Model of the Optimal Use of Liability and Safety Regulation 1 1 8 222 2 4 17 591
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 0 0 1 155 1 3 4 709
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 1 1 1 65 1 1 4 319
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 498
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 12 0 0 1 473
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 3 3 3 213 5 8 9 666
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 0 1 6 183 1 6 17 1,303
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 122
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 1 2 2 7 1 2 2 207
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 3 188 1 1 7 625
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 1 1 10 653 2 3 19 3,381
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 0 1 14 1 1 2 230
Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently? 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 242
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 11 0 3 8 387
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1,309
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4,151
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 1 1 10 0 1 1 243
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 374
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 0 0 4 28 1 1 6 170
On Liability and Insurance 0 0 5 251 2 3 17 835
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 1 12 0 0 2 626
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 611
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 1 2 195 0 1 9 777
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 189
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 2 20 1 2 8 670
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 0 0 4 909 1 5 16 2,773
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 0 0 48 0 0 1 226
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 0 0 1 73 0 2 4 301
Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 1 2 7 1 3 4 300
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 75 0 0 2 581
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 183
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 0 0 76 1 2 3 359
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 1 2 5 65 1 5 11 498
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 910
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 2 2 654 0 2 13 2,009
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 0 1 3 28 1 2 10 542
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 3 444 1 2 16 1,707
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 1 1 3 96 2 2 17 1,554
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 0 0 3 291 1 5 16 833
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 1 1 1 139 2 2 5 486
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 1 3 26 0 2 9 353
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 1 4 25 0 1 4 552
Total Journal Articles 10 21 84 5,266 32 82 305 34,144


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