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 1 1 84
A General Rationale for a Governmental Role in the Relief of Large Risks 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 75
A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 392
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 1 1 70 0 1 2 295
A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation 0 0 0 33 0 0 1 64
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 69 0 0 1 366
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 0 1,925
Continuances and Uncertainty in the Course of Adjudication 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6
Contracts, Holdup, and Legal Intervention 0 0 0 108 0 0 5 617
Corrective Taxation versus Liability 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 108
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 0 0 475 1 1 2 1,712
Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages 0 0 0 84 0 0 3 92
Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment 0 0 3 22 0 0 3 63
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 1 2 238 0 2 4 593
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 0 1 444 0 1 4 1,204
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 1 2 2 771 1 4 7 2,173
Economic Analysis of Law 0 1 5 1,167 0 1 12 3,086
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 0 0 1 328 3 6 15 952
Economic Analysis of Property Law 0 0 1 541 0 2 17 1,272
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 0 0 1 515 0 1 4 1,797
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 0 0 0 375 0 0 0 1,237
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 0 0 1 214 1 1 6 540
Eminent Domain Versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperpect Information About Owners' Valuation 0 0 0 61 0 0 0 320
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 183 1 1 4 779
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 0 0 1 427 0 0 14 1,371
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially OptimalBehavior 0 0 0 76 0 0 3 313
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale 0 0 1 553 1 2 6 2,898
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 113
Liability for Accidents 0 1 1 122 0 1 2 556
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 0 1 3 426 0 4 9 970
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 0 0 0 130 0 2 3 576
Minimum Asset Requirements 0 0 0 78 1 1 1 380
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 0 0 0 126 0 0 2 642
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 0 0 0 232 0 0 2 1,000
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 0 0 0 55 0 0 1 147
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 0 0 0 96 0 0 1 485
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 249 0 6 28 4,290
On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children 0 0 0 15 0 0 1 22
On the Redesign of Accident Liability for the World of Autonomous Vehicles 0 0 1 42 1 1 9 100
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 1 1 2 246 1 1 6 1,324
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 0 0 0 272 0 1 1 1,056
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 0 0 0 57 0 1 1 289
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 0 2 136 0 2 6 449
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 1 1 3 163
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 0 87 1 2 2 623
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 1 474 0 0 6 1,522
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? 1 1 2 214 2 2 4 955
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 36 0 1 3 54
Suit Versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgements 0 0 0 25 0 0 1 320
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs 1 2 3 266 1 3 6 952
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives 0 0 0 38 0 0 2 214
The Corrective Tax versus Liability As Solutions to the Problem of Harmful Externalities 0 0 0 39 0 2 6 149
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 935 0 1 4 2,682
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 44 1 3 4 168
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 0 154 1 1 2 629
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 0 0 0 322 0 0 4 1,160
The Rationale for Motions in the Design of Adjudication 0 0 0 13 0 0 2 22
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System 0 0 2 71 0 1 5 292
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 1 1 227 0 4 6 570
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 275
Threats without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 79 0 0 1 694
Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially 0 0 0 31 0 0 1 238
Uncertainty Over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 2 2 3 192 2 3 5 635
Total Working Papers 6 14 42 13,118 20 68 262 50,292


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 2 7 226 2 7 20 601
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 0 0 0 155 0 0 3 709
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 0 1 2 66 0 2 6 321
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 499
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 12 0 1 2 474
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 1 8 12 222 1 10 21 678
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 0 1 5 185 0 1 12 1,305
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 123
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 0 0 2 7 0 0 2 207
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 0 1 2 189 1 4 8 629
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 0 2 10 656 0 4 19 3,386
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 1 2 15 0 2 5 233
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 1 3 11 392
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1,310
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 4,153
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 0 1 10 0 0 1 243
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 374
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 0 1 3 29 0 2 6 172
On Liability and Insurance 1 2 7 253 3 4 18 839
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 0 5 611
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 3 5 198 0 6 18 787
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 189
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 1 1 21 0 2 5 672
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 0 1 4 910 2 6 19 2,779
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 0 0 48 0 0 1 226
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 1 1 1 74 1 1 4 302
Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 2 7 1 1 5 301
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 75 0 0 1 581
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 183
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 1 1 77 0 1 5 361
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 0 0 5 65 3 3 12 501
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 912
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 1 3 655 0 2 13 2,013
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 1 4 6 32 2 7 13 549
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 1 1 445 3 5 16 1,712
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 0 4 5 100 0 8 22 1,564
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 1 1 3 292 1 2 13 836
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 0 0 2 140 2 3 9 490
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 1 4 6 31 3 7 12 361
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 3 25 0 0 3 552
Total Journal Articles 7 41 102 5,314 28 100 341 34,267


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