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 0 1 84
A General Rationale for a Governmental Role in the Relief of Large Risks 0 0 0 24 1 2 2 77
A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation 0 0 0 132 1 1 1 393
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 2 71 3 7 9 302
A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation 0 0 0 33 1 3 4 67
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 366
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 83 1 2 2 418
An Alternative to the Basic Causal Requirement for Liability under the Negligence Rule 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 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 1 109 2 4 9 623
Corrective Taxation versus Liability 0 0 0 34 1 1 2 110
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 0 0 475 2 4 6 1,717
Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages 0 0 0 84 0 1 2 93
Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment 0 0 3 22 0 0 3 63
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 1 1 2 446 4 6 12 1,215
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 0 2 238 1 1 5 595
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 0 0 4 773 3 5 13 2,181
Economic Analysis of Law 1 3 5 1,170 3 8 14 3,097
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 1 1 1 329 3 5 12 957
Economic Analysis of Property Law 0 0 2 542 4 7 22 1,281
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 0 0 1 515 0 2 7 1,801
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 0 0 1 376 2 4 6 1,243
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 0 0 1 214 0 1 7 541
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 0 0 4 780
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 0 0 0 427 0 0 15 1,373
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially OptimalBehavior 0 0 0 76 1 2 5 316
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale 0 0 2 554 2 2 10 2,903
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 0 9 2 3 6 118
Liability for Accidents 0 0 1 122 3 4 7 561
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 0 2 4 429 0 4 12 976
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 0 0 0 130 1 2 4 578
Minimum Asset Requirements 1 1 1 79 1 1 2 381
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 0 1 1 127 1 3 5 646
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 0 0 0 232 1 3 4 1,003
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 0 0 0 55 1 1 2 148
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 0 0 0 96 1 4 6 490
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 249 2 6 27 4,301
On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children 0 0 0 15 1 1 1 23
On the Redesign of Accident Liability for the World of Autonomous Vehicles 0 1 4 45 2 4 12 106
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 1 246 0 2 6 1,327
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 0 0 0 272 0 0 2 1,057
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 0 0 0 57 1 2 3 291
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 0 0 136 1 1 4 450
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs 0 0 0 62 1 1 1 273
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 25 1 3 5 167
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 0 87 0 0 2 623
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 1 474 0 1 4 1,524
Risk Aversion and the Desirability of Attenuated Legal Change 0 0 0 44 1 2 2 58
Should Liability be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? 0 0 1 214 1 1 3 956
Specific Versus General Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 43 1 1 1 245
Subrogation and the Theory of Insurance When Suits Can Be Brought for Losses Suffered 0 0 1 36 1 3 5 57
Suit Versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgements 0 0 0 25 0 1 2 321
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs 0 0 2 266 0 0 4 953
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives 0 0 0 38 1 3 5 218
The Corrective Tax versus Liability As Solutions to the Problem of Harmful Externalities 0 0 0 39 0 0 6 149
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 0 0 935 6 7 11 2,691
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 44 0 1 7 171
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 0 154 0 2 4 631
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 0 1 1 323 3 5 8 1,166
The Rationale for Motions in the Design of Adjudication 0 0 0 13 2 3 5 25
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System 1 1 2 72 2 2 4 294
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 0 2 228 4 8 17 581
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 276
Threats without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 79 1 1 2 695
Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially 0 0 0 31 0 2 3 240
Uncertainty Over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 0 3 192 0 1 6 636
Total Working Papers 5 13 52 13,142 79 158 387 50,507


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A Model of Optimal Incapacitation 0 0 0 9 0 1 1 270
A Model of the Optimal Use of Liability and Safety Regulation 0 3 8 229 4 11 26 613
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 0 0 0 155 1 1 4 710
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 4 4 6 70 7 9 13 331
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 501
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 12 4 6 7 480
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 2 5 20 230 5 9 37 695
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 0 0 6 188 0 1 12 1,309
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 1 1 2 2 5 7 128
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 0 1 3 8 3 4 6 211
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 1 189 2 2 8 632
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 1 2 6 658 3 6 14 3,392
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 0 1 15 0 0 4 233
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 1 1 12 1 4 14 398
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1,312
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4,155
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 0 1 10 3 3 5 247
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 380
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 1 2 3 31 1 2 5 174
On Liability and Insurance 1 1 4 255 2 4 12 844
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 626
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 612
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 0 4 198 2 4 17 793
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 192
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 3 4 24 3 7 12 680
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 0 0 2 911 0 8 21 2,789
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 0 0 48 0 1 1 227
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 1 1 2 75 1 2 6 305
Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 1 1 2 8 3 4 9 306
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law 0 1 2 77 1 2 4 585
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 185
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 0 1 77 0 1 5 362
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 0 4 8 71 2 6 16 509
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 914
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 1 1 6 658 2 5 16 2,023
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 0 3 10 37 2 8 20 560
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 1 445 4 4 11 1,716
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 4 4 10 105 7 9 23 1,575
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 1 3 4 295 3 8 17 845
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 1 3 5 143 3 5 13 497
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 0 1 8 33 1 3 16 367
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 1 6 7 31 6 13 14 565
Total Journal Articles 19 51 137 5,382 83 171 428 34,490


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