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 4 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 1 8 256
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies Among Individuals 0 0 1 71 0 4 17 312
A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation 0 0 0 33 1 5 15 79
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 1 70 0 1 21 387
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 83 2 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 4 7 1,932
Continuances and Uncertainty in the Course of Adjudication 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 13
Contracts, Holdup, and Legal Intervention 0 0 1 109 0 4 18 635
Corrective Taxation versus Liability 0 0 0 34 0 1 10 118
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 0 0 475 1 5 19 1,730
Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages 0 0 0 84 0 6 19 111
Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment 0 1 1 23 0 6 12 75
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 0 1 239 2 6 21 614
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 0 3 447 1 3 27 1,231
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 1 1 5 775 1 5 30 2,202
Economic Analysis of Law 0 1 5 1,172 1 6 27 3,113
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 0 0 1 329 0 8 28 977
Economic Analysis of Property Law 0 0 4 545 1 17 53 1,325
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 0 0 0 515 0 8 17 1,814
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 0 0 2 377 2 4 20 1,257
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 0 0 2 216 2 2 13 552
Eminent Domain Versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperpect Information About Owners' Valuation 0 0 0 61 1 3 7 327
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 183 0 5 13 791
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 0 0 0 427 0 2 13 1,384
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 20 2,917
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 0 9 0 3 15 128
Liability for Accidents 0 0 0 122 0 4 24 580
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 0 0 3 429 0 2 14 984
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 0 0 0 130 1 2 19 595
Minimum Asset Requirements 0 0 1 79 1 2 12 391
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 0 0 1 127 0 2 10 652
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 0 0 0 232 0 6 15 1,015
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 0 0 0 55 0 3 14 161
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 0 3 22 4,312
On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children 0 0 0 15 0 6 14 36
On the Redesign of Accident Liability for the World of Autonomous Vehicles 0 1 4 46 0 5 22 121
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 1 1 2 247 1 4 13 1,336
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 0 0 0 272 0 2 8 1,064
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 0 0 0 57 0 1 7 296
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 1 1 1 137 1 5 17 466
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs 0 0 0 62 0 2 5 277
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 25 0 10 43 205
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 0 87 0 4 9 631
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 0 474 2 8 15 1,537
Risk Aversion and the Desirability of Attenuated Legal Change 0 0 0 44 0 4 23 79
Settlement of Litigation May Increase or Decrease Deterrence and Social Welfare 0 16 17 17 0 13 15 15
Should Liability be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? 0 0 1 214 0 4 17 970
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 3 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 2 267 0 5 16 967
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 1 8 19 168
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 1 2 6 941 9 29 57 2,739
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 44 0 2 11 178
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 2 156 0 2 14 642
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 0 0 2 324 0 5 20 1,180
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 1 1 2 73 1 3 13 305
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 1 2 4 231 5 14 48 618
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 285
Threats without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 79 1 2 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 3 193 0 2 11 644
Total Working Papers 6 29 80 13,192 38 309 1,168 51,440


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Model of Optimal Incapacitation 0 0 0 9 1 3 6 275
A Model of the Optimal Use of Liability and Safety Regulation 0 1 10 235 1 6 34 633
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 1 1 1 156 1 2 11 720
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 0 1 6 72 0 3 18 339
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 3 0 2 15 513
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 2 14 2 3 21 495
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 2 7 22 243 3 11 44 721
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 2 3 7 192 2 6 19 1,324
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 0 1 2 0 5 12 134
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 0 0 2 9 0 0 15 222
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 2 191 0 5 24 652
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 0 1 7 663 4 9 26 3,412
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 0 0 15 0 2 8 241
Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently? 0 0 0 54 0 1 6 248
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 1 12 0 3 19 410
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 1,324
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 4,163
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 0 0 10 1 2 14 257
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 387
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 0 0 2 31 0 2 14 186
On Liability and Insurance 0 1 4 256 1 4 21 857
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 12 1 7 20 646
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 0 0 2 3 11 622
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 1 2 200 1 8 27 814
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 205
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 1 2 6 27 1 9 30 702
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 1 1 2 912 3 12 38 2,815
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 0 0 48 0 4 10 236
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 1 2 5 78 4 9 23 324
Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 1 8 0 4 15 315
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 2 77 0 2 11 592
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments 0 0 0 2 1 4 12 195
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 0 0 77 0 7 15 376
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 1 1 8 73 1 6 20 518
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 922
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 1 2 5 660 3 25 49 2,062
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 3 3 10 41 4 13 35 582
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 0 445 1 6 22 1,731
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 0 1 12 112 1 2 33 1,597
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 1 3 9 300 1 4 24 859
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 1 1 5 145 2 5 24 512
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 2 5 35 1 4 24 382
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 6 31 0 2 26 578
Total Journal Articles 15 34 145 5,452 43 218 859 35,098


Statistics updated 2026-06-04