Gary Becker

Gary Stanley Becker (born December 2, 1930) is an American economist. A professor at the University of Chicago, he won the 1992 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for "having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behavior and interaction, including non-market behavior". He is also a member of the Hoover Institution and the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Major Works

• {{Journal reference | Author=Gary Becker and Kevin M. Murphy | Title=A Theory of Rational Addiction | Journal=The Journal of Political Economy | Year=1988 | Volume=96 | Pages=675-700}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Gary Becker and George J. Stigler | Title=De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum | Journal=The American Economic Review | Year=1977 | Volume=67 | Pages=76-90}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Gary Becker and H. Gregg Lewis | Title=On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children | Journal=The Journal of Political Economy | Year=1973 | Volume=81 | Pages=S279-S288}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Gary Becker | Title=Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach | Journal=The Journal of Political Economy | Year=1968 | Volume=76 | Pages=169-217}}