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Gary S. Becker
Researcher at University of Chicago
Publications - 229
Citations - 140384
Gary S. Becker is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Human capital & Consumption (economics). The author has an hindex of 94, co-authored 227 publications receiving 135183 citations. Previous affiliations of Gary S. Becker include Columbia University & EAFIT University.
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Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs
TL;DR: In this article, a model of competition among special interest groups for political influence is presented, where each active group exerts pressure to affect its taxes and subsidies, where activities of different groups are related by the equality between total tax collections and total tax subsidies.
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On the new theory of consumer behavior
Robert T. Michael,Gary S. Becker +1 more
TL;DR: The authors advocates a reformulation of the theory of consumer behavior, based on the household production function approach suggested in Becker's "A Theory of the Allocation of Time" [1].
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A Theory of Marriage: Part II
TL;DR: In this article, the skeleton of a theory of marriage is presented, which assumes that each person tries to do as well as possible and that the "marriage market" is in equilibrium.
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Social Economics: Market Behavior in a Social Environment
Gary S. Becker,Kevin M. Murphy +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of social capital on market behavior is discussed and the importance of social interactions is discussed. But the authors do not discuss the relationship between social capital and market behavior.