- Bib ID:
- 1061641
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Becker, Gary S. (Gary Stanley), 1930-
- Uniform Title:
- Works. Selections. 1995
- Description:
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- Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, c1995
- li, 669 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0817993428 (paperback)
- 081799341X
- Series:
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; 426.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword / John Raisian
- The Essence of Becker: An Introduction / Ramon Febrero and Pedro Schwartz
- 1. The Economic Approach to Human Behavior
- 2. International Behavior and Economic Theory
- 3. Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis
- 4. A Theory of the Allocation of Time
- 5. Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection
- 6. A Theory of Social Interactions
- 7. De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum
- 8. A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price
- 9. Habits, Addictions, and Traditions
- 10. An Economic Analysis of Fertility
- 11. A Theory of Marriage: Part I
- 12. A Theory of Marriage: Part II
- 13. Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology
- 14. Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families
- 15. The Family and the State
- 16. The Forces Determining Discrimination in the Marketplace
- 17. Effective Discrimination
- 18. Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor.
- 19. Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach
- 20. Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers
- 21. Competition and Democracy
- 22. Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Deadweight Costs
- 23. The Classical Monetary Theory: The Outcome of the Discussion
- 24. Family Economics and Macrobehavior
- 25. The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge
- 26. Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior.
- Notes:
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- A collection of Becker's principal articles published to celebrate his 1992 Nobel Prize and his 65th birthday.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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