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 10 13 96
A General Rationale for a Governmental Role in the Relief of Large Risks 0 0 0 24 2 9 11 86
A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation 0 0 0 132 0 6 7 399
A Note on Optimal Deterrence When Individuals Choose Among Harmful Acts 0 0 0 29 1 8 8 256
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies Among Individuals 0 0 2 71 0 6 14 308
A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation 0 0 0 33 1 8 11 75
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 1 70 0 6 20 386
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 83 0 6 8 424
An Alternative to the Basic Causal Requirement for Liability under the Negligence Rule 0 0 0 4 0 9 10 16
Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 314 2 5 5 1,930
Continuances and Uncertainty in the Course of Adjudication 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 11
Contracts, Holdup, and Legal Intervention 0 0 1 109 1 7 15 632
Corrective Taxation versus Liability 0 0 0 34 0 4 9 117
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 0 0 475 1 8 15 1,726
Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages 0 0 0 84 0 11 13 105
Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment 1 1 1 23 4 9 10 73
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 0 3 447 1 6 26 1,229
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 1 2 239 2 13 19 610
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 0 1 5 774 3 8 31 2,200
Economic Analysis of Law 1 2 6 1,172 2 8 24 3,109
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 0 0 1 329 1 10 24 970
Economic Analysis of Property Law 0 1 4 545 8 29 46 1,316
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 0 0 0 515 4 6 14 1,810
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 0 1 2 377 0 7 16 1,253
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 0 2 2 216 0 9 11 550
Eminent Domain Versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperpect Information About Owners' Valuation 0 0 0 61 1 5 5 325
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 183 2 7 10 788
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 0 0 0 427 0 6 11 1,382
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially OptimalBehavior 0 0 0 76 0 3 6 319
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale 0 0 1 554 0 6 21 2,917
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 0 9 1 6 13 126
Liability for Accidents 0 0 1 122 2 16 23 578
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 0 0 4 429 0 5 16 982
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 0 0 0 130 0 8 19 593
Minimum Asset Requirements 0 0 1 79 0 7 10 389
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 0 0 1 127 2 6 10 652
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 0 0 0 232 0 5 9 1,009
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 0 0 0 55 2 10 13 160
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 0 0 0 96 0 8 15 500
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 249 0 8 25 4,309
On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children 0 0 0 15 2 9 10 32
On the Redesign of Accident Liability for the World of Autonomous Vehicles 1 1 4 46 3 10 20 119
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 1 246 2 6 11 1,334
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 0 0 0 272 0 5 7 1,062
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 0 0 0 57 0 3 7 295
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 0 0 136 0 9 14 461
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs 0 0 0 62 1 3 4 276
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 25 3 6 36 198
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 0 87 0 3 6 627
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 0 474 1 5 8 1,530
Risk Aversion and the Desirability of Attenuated Legal Change 0 0 0 44 1 13 20 76
Settlement of Litigation May Increase or Decrease Deterrence and Social Welfare 15 16 16 16 7 9 9 9
Should Liability be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? 0 0 1 214 3 13 16 969
Specific Versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 43 0 1 3 247
Subrogation and the Theory of Insurance When Suits Can Be Brought for Losses Suffered 0 0 0 36 3 8 14 67
Suit Versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgements 0 0 0 25 0 1 3 323
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs 0 1 3 267 1 8 14 963
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives 0 0 0 38 0 11 18 232
The Corrective Tax versus Liability As Solutions to the Problem of Harmful Externalities 0 0 0 39 4 12 17 164
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 1 5 5 940 8 23 37 2,718
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 44 0 4 11 176
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 2 2 156 2 8 14 642
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 0 0 2 324 3 10 18 1,178
The Rationale for Motions in the Design of Adjudication 0 0 0 13 0 6 12 34
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System 0 0 1 72 0 6 11 302
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 1 1 4 230 5 20 43 609
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 282
Threats without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 79 1 5 7 701
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 2 192 1 6 11 643
Total Working Papers 20 35 79 13,183 96 546 1,003 51,227


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Model of Optimal Incapacitation 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 272
A Model of the Optimal Use of Liability and Safety Regulation 1 4 11 235 3 12 36 630
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 0 0 0 155 0 7 9 718
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 0 0 6 71 0 3 17 336
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 3 1 9 14 512
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 2 14 0 7 19 492
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 2 8 24 238 3 16 45 713
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 1 2 6 190 2 11 16 1,320
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 0 1 2 1 1 8 130
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 0 1 2 9 0 8 15 222
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 0 1 3 191 1 9 23 648
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 1 3 9 663 2 11 23 3,405
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 0 1 15 1 6 9 240
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 1 7 19 408
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 1 6 13 1,323
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 1 5 11 4,162
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 0 0 10 1 5 13 256
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 384
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 0 0 3 31 1 11 15 185
On Liability and Insurance 0 0 4 255 1 7 19 854
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 12 2 15 15 641
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 619
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 0 4 199 1 11 26 807
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 1 8 15 204
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 5 25 3 10 26 696
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 0 0 2 911 3 14 33 2,806
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 0 0 48 2 4 8 234
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 0 1 3 76 0 9 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 2 5 13 313
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 2 77 2 5 11 592
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments 0 0 0 2 1 6 9 192
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 0 1 77 2 7 11 371
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 0 1 7 72 4 7 18 516
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 919
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 1 1 5 659 4 13 30 2,041
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 0 1 10 38 6 14 33 575
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 1 445 2 7 20 1,727
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 1 7 16 112 1 19 40 1,596
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 1 2 7 298 2 8 23 857
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 0 1 4 144 1 8 21 508
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 0 6 33 1 8 25 379
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 6 31 1 10 25 577
Total Journal Articles 8 33 153 5,426 62 347 775 34,942


Statistics updated 2026-04-09