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 2 14 98
A General Rationale for a Governmental Role in the Relief of Large Risks 0 0 0 24 0 2 13 88
A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation 0 0 0 132 0 0 7 399
A Note on Optimal Deterrence When Individuals Choose Among Harmful Acts 0 0 0 29 0 0 8 256
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies Among Individuals 0 0 1 71 5 9 22 317
A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation 0 0 0 33 1 5 16 80
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 1 70 0 1 21 387
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 83 0 7 15 431
An Alternative to the Basic Causal Requirement for Liability under the Negligence Rule 0 0 0 4 0 2 12 18
Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 314 0 2 7 1,932
Continuances and Uncertainty in the Course of Adjudication 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 13
Contracts, Holdup, and Legal Intervention 0 0 1 109 1 4 19 636
Corrective Taxation versus Liability 0 0 0 34 0 1 10 118
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 0 0 475 0 4 18 1,730
Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages 0 0 0 84 0 6 19 111
Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment 1 1 2 24 2 4 14 77
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 0 3 447 0 2 27 1,231
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 0 1 239 0 4 21 614
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 0 1 4 775 1 3 30 2,203
Economic Analysis of Law 0 0 5 1,172 3 7 30 3,116
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 0 0 1 329 1 8 26 978
Economic Analysis of Property Law 0 0 4 545 0 9 53 1,325
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 0 0 0 515 2 6 19 1,816
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 0 0 2 377 3 7 23 1,260
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 0 0 2 216 1 3 13 553
Eminent Domain Versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperpect Information About Owners' Valuation 0 0 0 61 0 2 7 327
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 183 1 4 13 792
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 0 0 0 427 2 4 15 1,386
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially OptimalBehavior 0 0 0 76 0 0 6 319
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale 0 0 1 554 0 0 19 2,917
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 0 9 1 3 16 129
Liability for Accidents 0 0 0 122 0 2 24 580
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 2 2 5 431 2 4 16 986
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 0 0 0 130 0 2 19 595
Minimum Asset Requirements 0 0 1 79 0 2 11 391
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 0 0 1 127 0 0 10 652
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 0 0 0 232 1 7 16 1,016
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 0 0 0 55 1 2 15 162
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 0 0 0 96 0 1 16 501
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 1 1 250 2 5 24 4,314
On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children 0 0 0 15 0 4 14 36
On the Redesign of Accident Liability for the World of Autonomous Vehicles 0 0 4 46 1 3 22 122
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 1 1 247 0 2 12 1,336
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 0 0 0 272 1 3 9 1,065
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 0 0 0 57 0 1 7 296
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 1 1 137 0 5 17 466
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs 0 0 0 62 2 3 7 279
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 25 0 7 42 205
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 0 87 0 4 8 631
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 0 474 0 7 15 1,537
Risk Aversion and the Desirability of Attenuated Legal Change 0 0 0 44 0 3 23 79
Settlement of Litigation May Increase or Decrease Deterrence and Social Welfare 0 1 17 17 0 6 15 15
Should Liability be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? 0 0 0 214 0 1 15 970
Specific Versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 43 0 0 3 247
Subrogation and the Theory of Insurance When Suits Can Be Brought for Losses Suffered 0 0 0 36 0 0 13 67
Suit Versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgements 0 0 0 25 0 6 9 329
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs 0 0 1 267 1 5 16 968
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives 0 0 0 38 0 3 21 235
The Corrective Tax versus Liability As Solutions to the Problem of Harmful Externalities 0 0 0 39 2 6 21 170
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 2 3 8 943 4 25 61 2,743
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 44 0 2 10 178
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 2 156 0 0 13 642
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 0 0 2 324 1 3 21 1,181
The Rationale for Motions in the Design of Adjudication 0 0 0 13 0 1 13 35
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System 0 1 2 73 0 3 13 305
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 1 4 231 2 11 50 620
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 2 0 3 10 285
Threats without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 79 0 1 8 702
Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially 0 0 0 31 0 0 4 242
Uncertainty Over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 1 1 193 0 1 9 644
Total Working Papers 5 14 79 13,197 44 257 1,192 51,484


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Model of Optimal Incapacitation 0 0 0 9 0 3 6 275
A Model of the Optimal Use of Liability and Safety Regulation 0 0 9 235 9 12 41 642
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 0 1 1 156 0 2 11 720
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 0 1 6 72 2 5 20 341
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 3 1 2 15 514
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 2 14 0 3 21 495
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 0 5 21 243 0 8 43 721
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 1 3 8 193 1 5 20 1,325
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 0 1 2 0 4 11 134
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 0 0 2 9 2 2 17 224
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 2 191 0 4 23 652
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 1 1 8 664 3 10 29 3,415
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 0 0 15 0 1 8 241
Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently? 0 0 0 54 1 2 7 249
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 1 12 0 2 18 410
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 1,324
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 4,163
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 0 0 10 0 1 14 257
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 1 4 14 388
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 0 0 2 31 0 1 14 186
On Liability and Insurance 1 2 4 257 6 9 24 863
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 12 0 5 20 646
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 622
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 1 2 200 3 10 30 817
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 205
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 2 6 27 1 7 31 703
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 0 1 2 912 3 12 39 2,818
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 0 0 48 0 2 10 236
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 0 2 4 78 1 10 23 325
Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 1 8 1 3 15 316
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law 1 1 3 78 1 1 12 593
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments 0 0 0 2 0 3 12 195
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 0 0 77 0 5 15 376
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 0 1 8 73 1 3 18 519
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 923
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 1 2 6 661 7 28 56 2,069
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 0 3 9 41 0 7 33 582
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 0 445 2 6 21 1,733
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 1 1 13 113 3 4 36 1,600
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 1 3 9 301 3 5 26 862
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 0 1 5 145 1 5 23 513
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 2 4 35 0 3 21 382
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 1 1 7 32 2 3 28 580
Total Journal Articles 8 34 146 5,460 56 212 887 35,154


Statistics updated 2026-07-10