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 12 13 96
A General Rationale for a Governmental Role in the Relief of Large Risks 0 0 0 24 3 7 9 84
A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation 0 0 0 132 1 6 7 399
A Note on Optimal Deterrence When Individuals Choose Among Harmful Acts 0 0 0 29 0 7 7 255
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies Among Individuals 0 0 2 71 1 6 14 308
A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation 0 0 0 33 1 7 11 74
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 1 1 70 1 20 20 386
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 83 3 6 8 424
An Alternative to the Basic Causal Requirement for Liability under the Negligence Rule 0 0 0 4 3 10 10 16
Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 314 0 3 3 1,928
Continuances and Uncertainty in the Course of Adjudication 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 10
Contracts, Holdup, and Legal Intervention 0 0 1 109 1 8 14 631
Corrective Taxation versus Liability 0 0 0 34 1 7 9 117
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 0 0 475 2 8 14 1,725
Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages 0 0 0 84 9 12 13 105
Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment 0 0 2 22 1 6 8 69
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 1 2 239 4 13 17 608
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 1 3 447 0 13 25 1,228
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 0 1 5 774 2 16 29 2,197
Economic Analysis of Law 0 1 5 1,171 2 10 22 3,107
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 0 0 1 329 3 12 23 969
Economic Analysis of Property Law 0 3 5 545 8 27 45 1,308
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 0 0 0 515 0 5 10 1,806
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 1 1 2 377 4 10 16 1,253
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 0 2 2 216 3 9 15 550
Eminent Domain Versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperpect Information About Owners' Valuation 0 0 0 61 2 4 4 324
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 183 0 6 9 786
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 0 0 0 427 2 9 24 1,382
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially OptimalBehavior 0 0 0 76 1 3 6 319
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale 0 0 2 554 2 14 23 2,917
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 0 9 1 7 13 125
Liability for Accidents 0 0 1 122 6 15 21 576
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 0 0 4 429 2 6 17 982
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 0 0 0 130 1 15 19 593
Minimum Asset Requirements 0 0 1 79 3 8 10 389
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 0 0 1 127 2 4 8 650
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 0 0 0 232 2 6 9 1,009
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 0 0 0 55 5 10 12 158
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 0 0 0 96 1 10 15 500
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 249 3 8 27 4,309
On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children 0 0 0 15 4 7 8 30
On the Redesign of Accident Liability for the World of Autonomous Vehicles 0 0 4 45 3 10 19 116
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 1 246 2 5 9 1,332
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 0 0 0 272 1 5 7 1,062
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 0 0 0 57 1 4 7 295
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 0 0 136 4 11 15 461
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs 0 0 0 62 0 2 3 275
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 25 1 28 33 195
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 0 87 1 4 6 627
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 0 474 1 5 8 1,529
Risk Aversion and the Desirability of Attenuated Legal Change 0 0 0 44 9 17 19 75
Settlement of Litigation May Increase or Decrease Deterrence and Social Welfare 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Should Liability be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? 0 0 1 214 5 10 13 966
Specific Versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 43 1 2 3 247
Subrogation and the Theory of Insurance When Suits Can Be Brought for Losses Suffered 0 0 1 36 2 7 12 64
Suit Versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgements 0 0 0 25 0 2 4 323
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs 0 1 3 267 3 9 13 962
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives 0 0 0 38 4 14 18 232
The Corrective Tax versus Liability As Solutions to the Problem of Harmful Externalities 0 0 0 39 5 11 13 160
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 3 4 4 939 5 19 29 2,710
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 44 3 5 11 176
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 1 2 2 156 2 9 12 640
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 0 1 2 324 2 9 17 1,175
The Rationale for Motions in the Design of Adjudication 0 0 0 13 1 9 13 34
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System 0 0 1 72 1 8 11 302
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 1 3 229 6 23 38 604
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 2 0 5 6 281
Threats without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 79 2 5 6 700
Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially 0 0 0 31 0 2 4 242
Uncertainty Over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 0 3 192 3 6 12 642
Total Working Papers 6 21 66 13,163 166 624 955 51,131


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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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 1 5 12 234 5 14 36 627
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 0 0 0 155 2 8 9 718
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 0 1 6 71 0 5 17 336
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 3 0 10 13 511
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 2 2 14 4 12 19 492
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 4 6 23 236 9 15 44 710
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 1 1 6 189 3 9 15 1,318
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 129
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 0 1 2 9 2 11 15 222
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 0 2 3 191 3 15 22 647
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 0 4 9 662 3 11 22 3,403
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 0 1 15 3 6 9 239
Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently? 0 0 0 54 0 5 5 247
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 1 12 2 9 20 407
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 1 10 13 1,322
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 4 6 10 4,161
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 0 0 10 1 8 12 255
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 383
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 0 0 3 31 4 10 14 184
On Liability and Insurance 0 0 4 255 0 9 18 853
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 12 5 13 13 639
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 0 0 2 7 8 619
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 1 4 199 4 13 29 806
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 2 11 14 203
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 1 5 25 3 13 23 693
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 0 0 2 911 5 14 30 2,803
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 0 0 48 0 5 6 232
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 1 1 3 76 5 10 14 315
Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 1 8 1 5 11 311
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 2 77 0 5 9 590
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments 0 0 0 2 2 6 8 191
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 0 1 77 3 7 10 369
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 0 1 7 72 2 3 14 512
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 2 5 9 919
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 0 4 658 2 14 28 2,037
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 0 1 10 38 2 9 27 569
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 1 445 2 9 18 1,725
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 3 6 15 111 11 20 41 1,595
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 1 2 6 297 3 10 22 855
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 1 1 5 144 5 10 21 507
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 0 7 33 3 11 25 378
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 6 31 3 11 24 576
Total Journal Articles 12 36 152 5,418 114 390 736 34,880


Statistics updated 2026-03-04