What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- Common law
- World War II
Steven Shavell focuses on Law and economics, Sanctions, Law, Actuarial science and Enforcement.
His study in Law and economics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Private law, Public law, Tort, Law enforcement and Harm.
His Sanctions study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Criminal law, Liability and Imprisonment.
His Law study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Subject and Accident.
His Actuarial science research includes themes of Expectation damages, Exclusion clause, Contract management, Strict liability and Incentive.
His Enforcement course of study focuses on Deterrence theory and Corruption and Public economics.
His most cited work include:
- Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship (1022 citations)
- THE ECONOMIC THEORY OF PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT OF LAW (815 citations)
- Economic Analysis of Accident Law (785 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His scientific interests lie mostly in Liability, Law and economics, Law, Actuarial science and Harm.
His Liability study incorporates themes from Limited liability and Damages.
His Law and economics research incorporates elements of Payment, Plaintiff and Adjudication.
His Sanctions, Enforcement, Private law and Morality study in the realm of Law connects with subjects such as Economic analysis.
The Actuarial science study combines topics in areas such as Value and Legal liability.
His studies examine the connections between Harm and genetics, as well as such issues in Incentive, with regards to Public economics and Principal.
He most often published in these fields:
- Liability (43.74%)
- Law and economics (40.77%)
- Law (40.55%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2005-2020)?
- Liability (43.74%)
- Harm (32.80%)
- Law and economics (40.77%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Steven Shavell mainly focuses on Liability, Harm, Law and economics, Actuarial science and Law.
His research in Harm intersects with topics in Incentive, Public economics, Plaintiff and Damages.
As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Law and economics, focusing on Compliance and, on occasion, Relevance and Discount points.
He has researched Actuarial science in several fields, including Moral hazard and Payment.
Enforcement, Sanctions, Mistake, Breach of contract and Moral obligation are subfields of Law in which his conducts study.
His study looks at the intersection of Sanctions and topics like Public law with Comparative law and Commercial law.
Between 2005 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Handbook of law and economics (142 citations)
- The Uneasy Case for Product Liability (69 citations)
- Moral Rules, the Moral Sentiments, and Behavior: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System (69 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Common law
- World War II
His main research concerns Liability, Law and economics, Actuarial science, Harm and Incentive.
His Liability research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Enforcement and Imprisonment.
Steven Shavell works mostly in the field of Enforcement, limiting it down to topics relating to Comparative law and, in certain cases, Sanctions.
His Law and economics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Intuition and Damages.
In his research, Legal liability, Limited liability and Product is intimately related to Product liability, which falls under the overarching field of Actuarial science.
His Incentive study combines topics in areas such as Inefficiency and Demise.
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