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 2 7 15 98
A General Rationale for a Governmental Role in the Relief of Large Risks 0 0 0 24 2 7 13 88
A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation 0 0 0 132 0 1 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 4 5 17 312
A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation 0 0 0 33 3 5 14 78
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 1 70 1 2 21 387
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 0 83 5 8 13 429
An Alternative to the Basic Causal Requirement for Liability under the Negligence Rule 0 0 0 4 2 5 12 18
Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 314 2 4 7 1,932
Continuances and Uncertainty in the Course of Adjudication 0 0 0 1 2 4 7 13
Contracts, Holdup, and Legal Intervention 0 0 1 109 3 5 18 635
Corrective Taxation versus Liability 0 0 0 34 1 2 10 118
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement 0 0 0 475 3 6 18 1,729
Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages 0 0 0 84 6 15 19 111
Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment 0 1 1 23 2 7 12 75
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 0 3 447 1 2 27 1,230
Economic Analysis of Accident Law 0 0 2 239 2 8 20 612
Economic Analysis of Contract Law 0 0 5 774 1 6 30 2,201
Economic Analysis of Law 0 1 6 1,172 3 7 27 3,112
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process 0 0 1 329 7 11 30 977
Economic Analysis of Property Law 0 0 4 545 8 24 53 1,324
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 0 0 0 515 4 8 17 1,814
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law 0 1 2 377 2 6 18 1,255
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law 0 0 2 216 0 3 11 550
Eminent Domain Versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperpect Information About Owners' Valuation 0 0 0 61 1 4 6 326
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 0 183 3 5 13 791
Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice 0 0 0 427 2 4 13 1,384
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially OptimalBehavior 0 0 0 76 0 1 6 319
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale 0 0 1 554 0 2 21 2,917
Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited 0 0 0 9 2 4 15 128
Liability for Accidents 0 0 0 122 2 10 24 580
Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety 0 0 3 429 2 4 16 984
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks 0 0 0 130 1 2 20 594
Minimum Asset Requirements 0 0 1 79 1 4 11 390
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance As Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem 0 0 1 127 0 4 10 652
Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System 0 0 0 232 6 8 15 1,015
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering 0 0 0 55 1 8 14 161
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach 0 0 0 96 1 2 16 501
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 1 1 1 250 3 6 27 4,312
On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children 0 0 0 15 4 10 14 36
On the Redesign of Accident Liability for the World of Autonomous Vehicles 0 1 4 46 2 8 22 121
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 1 246 1 5 12 1,335
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts 0 0 0 272 2 3 9 1,064
Optimal Cleanup and Liability After Environmentally Harmful Discharges 0 0 0 57 1 2 7 296
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 0 0 0 136 4 8 17 465
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs 0 0 0 62 1 2 5 277
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 25 7 11 43 205
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information 0 0 0 87 4 5 9 631
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 0 0 0 474 5 7 13 1,535
Risk Aversion and the Desirability of Attenuated Legal Change 0 0 0 44 3 13 23 79
Settlement of Litigation May Increase or Decrease Deterrence and Social Welfare 1 17 17 17 6 15 15 15
Should Liability be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? 0 0 1 214 1 9 17 970
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 0 5 14 67
Suit Versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgements 0 0 0 25 6 6 9 329
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs 0 0 3 267 4 8 18 967
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives 0 0 0 38 3 7 21 235
The Corrective Tax versus Liability As Solutions to the Problem of Harmful Externalities 0 0 0 39 3 12 20 167
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 4 5 940 12 25 48 2,730
The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 0 44 2 5 13 178
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 1 2 156 0 4 14 642
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment 0 0 2 324 2 7 20 1,180
The Rationale for Motions in the Design of Adjudication 0 0 0 13 1 2 13 35
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System 0 0 1 72 2 3 13 304
The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 1 3 230 4 15 44 613
Threats Without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 2 3 4 10 285
Threats without Binding Commitment 0 0 0 79 0 3 7 701
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 1 1 3 193 1 5 12 644
Total Working Papers 3 29 78 13,186 175 437 1,160 51,402


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Model of Optimal Incapacitation 0 0 0 9 2 2 5 274
A Model of the Optimal Use of Liability and Safety Regulation 0 2 10 235 2 10 34 632
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? 0 0 0 155 1 3 10 719
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies among Individuals 1 1 6 72 3 3 19 339
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages 0 0 0 3 1 2 15 513
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability 0 0 2 14 1 5 20 493
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale 3 9 21 241 5 17 42 718
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis 0 2 6 190 2 7 18 1,322
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts 0 0 1 2 4 5 12 134
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible 0 0 2 9 0 2 15 222
Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle 0 0 2 191 4 8 25 652
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract 0 1 7 663 3 8 24 3,408
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts 0 0 1 15 1 5 10 241
Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently? 0 0 0 54 1 1 6 248
Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines 0 0 1 12 2 5 20 410
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley vs. Baxendale 0 0 0 0 1 3 14 1,324
Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 0 0 0 2 1 6 11 4,163
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality 0 0 0 10 0 2 13 256
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law 0 0 0 0 3 5 13 387
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk 0 0 2 31 1 6 15 186
On Liability and Insurance 1 1 5 256 2 3 21 856
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence 0 0 0 12 4 11 19 645
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 620
Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior 1 1 4 200 6 11 29 813
Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice 0 0 0 0 1 4 16 205
Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights 1 1 5 26 5 11 29 701
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship 0 0 2 911 6 14 38 2,812
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment 0 0 0 48 2 4 10 236
Sharing of Information Prior to Settlement or Litigation 1 2 4 77 5 10 19 320
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 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 2 5 11 194
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate 0 0 1 77 5 10 16 376
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction 0 0 7 72 1 7 19 517
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle 0 0 0 0 3 5 11 922
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law 0 1 4 659 18 24 47 2,059
The Fundamental Divergence between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System 0 0 8 38 3 11 32 578
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time 0 0 1 445 3 7 22 1,730
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement 0 4 12 112 0 12 33 1,596
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines 1 3 8 299 1 6 23 858
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent 0 1 4 144 2 8 22 510
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability 2 2 6 35 2 6 24 381
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income 0 0 6 31 1 5 26 578
Total Journal Articles 11 31 141 5,437 113 289 843 35,055


Statistics updated 2026-05-06