Steven Shavell

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According to Wikipedia, Steven Shavell is an economist who is currently Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School. Shavell is the founder and director of the School's John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business.

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Economic Analysis of Law (1999) (1414)
Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship (1979) (1264)
The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law (1998) (1236)
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (2020) (1135)
On Moral Hazard and Insurance (1979) (694)
The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines (1981) (567)
A MODEL OF THE OPTIMAL USE OF LIABILITY AND SAFETY REGULATION (1984) (516)
Liability for Harm versus Regulation of Safety (1983) (479)
The Judgment Proof Problem (1986) (455)
The Optimal Payment of Unemployment Insurance Benefits over Time (1979) (451)
Strict Liability versus Negligence (1980) (423)
Damage Measures for Breach of Contract (1980) (336)
The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment (1982) (333)
Suit, Settlement, and Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs (1981) (333)
Acquisition and Disclosure of Information Prior to Sale (1994) (313)
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement (1993) (303)
Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement (1999) (303)
Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law (2004) (296)
Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law (2004) (296)
Fairness versus Welfare (2002) (264)
The Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent (1985) (263)
Property Rules Versus Liability Rules: An Economic Analysis (1996) (262)
Punitive Damages: An Economic Analysis (1998) (258)
The theory of search (1974) (258)
Handbook of Law and Economics (2007) (238)
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income (1994) (237)
On Liability and Insurance (1982) (232)
The Fundamental Divergence Between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System (1997) (222)
The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System (1981) (209)
Amenities and property values in a model of an urban area (1976) (199)
Suit and Settlement vs. Trial: A Theoretical Analysis Under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs (1981) (192)
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction (1995) (188)
Accuracy in the Determination of Liability (1992) (176)
Specific versus General Enforcement of Law (1989) (176)
On the Design of Contracts and Remedies for Breach (1981) (166)
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis (1995) (165)
A Note on Optimal Fines When Wealth Varies Among Individuals (1990) (165)
Uncertainty over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability (1983) (155)
Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages (1993) (152)
Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law (1989) (151)
A note on marginal deterrence (1992) (151)
Law Versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct (2002) (150)
An Analysis of Causation and the Scope of Liability in the Law of Torts (1980) (149)
A MODEL IN WHICH SUITS ARE BROUGHT FOR THEIR NUISANCE VALUE (1985) (145)
Sharing of information prior to settlement or litigation. (1989) (142)
On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation (1997) (140)
The Uneasy Case for Product Liability (2009) (136)
Moral Rules, the Moral Sentiments, and Behavior: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System (2007) (131)
Liability for Accidents (2005) (131)
Individual Precautions to Prevent Theft: Private Versus Socially Optimalbehavior (1990) (128)
On the Disutility and Discounting of Imprisonment and the Theory of Deterrence (1997) (122)
Should employees be subject to fines and imprisonment given the existence of corporate liability (1993) (115)
Public Enforcement of Law (2006) (113)
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible (1996) (108)
The Fairness of Sanctions: Some Implications for Optimal Enforcement Policy (1998) (102)
On offense history and the theory of deterrence (1998) (97)
Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income (2000) (90)
Minimum Asset Requirements and Compulsory Liability Insurance as Solutions to the Judgment-Proof Problem (2004) (88)
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks (2006) (86)
The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives (2004) (83)
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk (1992) (83)
A Model of Optimal Incapacitation (1987) (82)
Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of Hadley V. Baxendale (1991) (81)
On the Writing and the Interpretation of Contracts (2003) (77)
Any Non‐welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle: Reply (2004) (75)
Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs (1981) (75)
Monitoring vis-a-vis Investigation in Enforcement of Law (2008) (73)
Chapter 6 The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law (2007) (69)
The Air Pollution and Property Value Debate (1975) (68)
The Optimal Level of Corporate Liability Given the Limited Ability of Corporations to Penalize Their Employees (1995) (68)
A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation? (1981) (65)
Should Liability Be Based on the Harm to the Victim or the Gain to the Injurer? (1993) (61)
On the Social Function and the Regulation of Liability Insurance (2000) (61)
The level of litigation: private versus social optimality of suit and of settlement (1996) (56)
Sharing Risks of Deferred Payment (1976) (52)
Benefits due to immunization against measles. (1969) (47)
Contracts (1998) (46)
Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice (1991) (45)
Eminent Domain versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperfect Information about Owners' Valuations (2007) (43)
The advantage of focusing law enforcement effort (2004) (43)
Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts (1990) (43)
Chapter 2 Liability for Accidents (2007) (43)
Do Liability Rules Facilitate Bargaining? A Reply to Ayres and Talley (1995) (40)
Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially (1982) (40)
Legal Advice about Information to Present in Litigation: Its Effects and Social Desirability (1989) (38)
Optimal Discretion in the Application of Rules (2005) (38)
Property Rules Versus Liability Rules (1996) (37)
The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle (1999) (37)
On the Design of the Appeals Process: The Optimal Use of Discretionary Review versus Direct Appeal (2009) (36)
Economic Analysis of Threats and Their Illegality: Blackmail, Extortion, and Robbery (1993) (35)
Specific Performance versus Damages for Breach of Contract: An Economic Analysis (2005) (34)
A Fundamental Enforcement Cost Advantage of the Negligence Rule over Regulation (2012) (32)
Corrective Taxation versus Liability as a Solution to the Problem of Harmful Externalities (2011) (31)
Contingent Valuation of the Nonuse Value of Natural Resources: Implications for Public Policy and the Liability System (1993) (29)
Economic Analysis of Litigation and the Legal Process (2003) (27)
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality (1988) (27)
Suit versus Settlement When Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments (1992) (27)
Why Breach of Contract May Not Be Immoral Given the Incompleteness of Contracts (2009) (27)
On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering (2006) (26)
A Solution to the Problem of Nuisance Suits: The Option to Have the Court Bar Settlement (2006) (25)
Contribution and Claim Reduction among Antitrust Defendants: An Economic Analysis (1981) (25)
Contractual Holdup and Legal Intervention (2007) (22)
Notions of Fairness versus the Pareto Principle: On the Role of Logical Consistency (2000) (21)
Economic Analysis of Property Law (2003) (20)
Threats Without Binding Commitment (1996) (20)
Do Excessive Legal Standards Discourage Desirable Activity? (2006) (19)
Optimal Cleanup and Liability after Environmentally Harmful Discharges (1992) (19)
Corrective Taxation Versus Liability (2010) (19)
Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages (2012) (17)
OPTIMAL SANCTIONS AND THE INCENTIVE TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO LEGAL TRIBUNALS (1989) (17)
A Note on the Incentive to Reveal Information (1989) (15)
On the Redesign of Accident Liability for the World of Autonomous Vehicles (2019) (15)
A Skeptical Attitude About Product Liability is Justified: A Reply to Professors Goldberg and Zipursky (2010) (13)
Is Breach of Contract Immoral (2005) (13)
When Is Compliance with the Law Socially Desirable? (2012) (12)
The Mistaken Restriction of Strict Liability to Uncommon Activities (2018) (11)
A general rationale for a governmental role in the relief of large risks (2014) (11)
Legal Advice About Acts Already Commited (1989) (11)
Principles of Fairness versus Human Welfare: On the Evaluation of Legal Policy (2000) (11)
A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation (2014) (11)
Risk Aversion and the Desirability of Attenuated Legal Change (2014) (10)
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts (1991) (9)
Economic Analysis of Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law (2003) (9)
CONTINGENT VALUATION OF THE NONUSE VALUE OF NATURAL RESOURCES (1993) (9)
Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law (2003) (8)
A Simple Proposal to Halve Litigation Costs (2005) (8)
Minimum Asset Requirements (2002) (8)
Markets, networks, and the rise of Chrysler in Old Detroit, 1920-1940 (2000) (7)
Human Nature and the Best Consequentialist Moral System (2002) (7)
Eminent Domain versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperfect Information about Owners’ Valuations (2010) (7)
On the proper magnitude of punitive damages: Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc. (2007) (6)
A Note on Optimal Deterrence When Individuals Choose Among Harmful Acts (1989) (6)
Repeat Offenders and the Theory of Deterrence (1996) (6)
The Corrective Tax Versus Liability as Solutions to the Problem of Harmful Externalities (2010) (5)
Reconsidering Contractual Liability and the Incentive to Reveal Information (1999) (4)
Amenities and property values in a model of an urban area: A reply (1978) (4)
Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law (2003) (4)
law, public enforcement of (2008) (4)
Causation and Tort Liability (1996) (4)
Economics and Liability for Accidents (2005) (4)
Law: Economics of its Public Enforcement (2001) (3)
Do Managers Use Their Information Efficiently (1978) (3)
Chapter 25 - Economic Analysis of Law* (2002) (3)
Should BP Be Held Liable for Economic Losses Due to the Moratorium on Oil Drilling Imposed after the Deepwater Horizon Accident? (2011) (3)
Decision Analysis, Game Theory, and Information (2004) (3)
The law and economics of judicial systems (1999) (3)
12. Liability versus Other Approaches to the Control of Risk (1987) (3)
Notes on Welfarist Versus Deontological Principles (2004) (2)
The Economics of Accidents (1988) (2)
Introduction to the Death Penalty Symposium (2009) (2)
law, economic analysis of (2008) (2)
The Economics of Tort Law@@@Economic Analysis of Accident Law@@@The Economic Structure of Tort Law@@@Moral Argument and Social Vision in the Courts: A Study of Tort Accident Law (1987) (2)
The University of Chicago Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines Author ( s ) : (2007) (1)
12 Contracts , Holdup , and Legal Intervention (2005) (1)
Welfare Economics, Morality, and the Law (2003) (1)
Punitive damages (2014) (1)
When is it Socially Desirable for an Individual to Comply with the Law? (2010) (1)
Supreme Court Amicus Brief Regarding Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington (2007) (1)
Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment (2019) (1)
The Efficiency of the Legal System Versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income (1993) (1)
A Model of the Socially Optimal Use of Liability and Regulation (1983) (1)
Contract Governance in Small-World Networks: The Case of the Maghribi Traders (2019) (1)
REPLY TO RIPSTEIN: NOTES ON WELFARIST VERSUS DEONTOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES (2004) (1)
Proof of Adultery (2017) (0)
Employment Discrimination Class Action (2017) (0)
Visions of the Republic Symposium: Facts and Fictions of Corporate Executive Accountability (2020) (0)
To appear in : October 2005 (2005) (0)
2. Liability and Deterrence: Basic Theory (1987) (0)
An Alternative to the Basic Causal Requirement for Liability Under the Negligence Rule (2023) (0)
Liability for Trademark Infringement (2017) (0)
Motor Vehicle Dealership (2017) (0)
5. Causation and the Scope of Liability (1987) (0)
4. Factors Bearing on the Determination of Negligence (1987) (0)
Dictionary of Economics and the Law Punitive Damages (0)
Emergency Service Workers (2017) (0)
RECONCILING COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS WITH THE PRINCIPLE THAT SAFETY (0)
A New Publisher (2011) (0)
A Fundamental Error in the Law of Torts: The Restriction of Strict Liability to Uncommon Activities (2018) (0)
The Rationale for Motions in the Design of Adjudication (2018) (0)
Proof of Claims (2017) (0)
13. Critical Comments (1987) (0)
Classifications : D 8 , K 12 Is Breach of Contract Immoral ? (2005) (0)
On the Discretion of Adjudicators (2004) (0)
NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository (2000) (0)
The Ad vantage of Focusing Law Enforcement Effor t (2002) (0)
9. Liability, Risk-bearing, and Insurance: Basic Theory (1987) (0)
Subsequent Patent Infringement Suit (2017) (0)
Continuances and Uncertainty in the Course of Adjudication (2023) (0)
Back Matter (1988) (0)
10. Liability, Risk-bearing, and Insurance: Extensions to the Basic Theory (1987) (0)
Subrogation and the Theory of Insurance When Suits Can Be Brought for Losses Suffered (2017) (0)
11. Liability and Administrative Costs (1987) (0)
State Economic Development (2017) (0)
On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children (2021) (0)
Protection of Secured Interest (2017) (0)
Law and Economics (2001) (0)
All Individuals May Be Made Worse Off under Any Nonwelfarist Principle (2002) (0)
JEL Classifications : D 8 , K 41 THE APPEALS PROCESS AND ADJUDICATOR INCENTIVES (2013) (0)
JLA Journal of Legal Analysis (2010) (0)
Real Estate Lease (2017) (0)
6. The Magnitude of Liability: Damages (1987) (0)
JEL classification : D 8 , K 12 Contracts , Holdup , and Legal Intervention (2005) (0)
Classification : D 8 , K 4 , K 40 Optimal Discretion in the Application of Rules (2013) (0)
CRITICAL NOTICE TOO MUCH INVESTED TO QUIT (2004) (0)
3. Liability of Firms (1987) (0)
A general rationale for a governmental role in the relief of large risks (2014) (0)
8. The Allocation of Risk and the Theory of Insurance (1987) (0)
FACTS AND FICTIONS OF CORPORATE EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY (2020) (0)
7. Other Topics in Liability (1987) (0)
Proof of Contamination (2017) (0)

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