Standout Papers

Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 1962 2026 1983 2004 7.5k
  1. Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach (1968)
    Gary S. Becker Journal of Political Economy
  2. A Theory of the Allocation of Time (1965)
    Gary S. Becker The Economic Journal
  3. A Treatise on the Family (1991)
    Gary S. Becker Population and Development Review
  4. Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis (1962)
    Gary S. Becker Journal of Political Economy
  5. Human Capital. A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education (1965)
    H. V. Muhsam, Gary S. Becker Revue de l Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute
  6. Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education (1964)
    Gary S. Becker SSRN Electronic Journal
  7. The Economics of Discrimination. (1972)
    David Collard, Gary S. Becker The Economic Journal
  8. A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence (1983)
    Gary S. Becker The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  9. A Theory of Rational Addiction (1988)
    Gary S. Becker, Kevin Murphy Journal of Political Economy
  10. A Theory of Marriage: Part I (1973)
    Gary S. Becker Journal of Political Economy
  11. The Economics of Discrimination (1957)
    Richard Leonard, Gary S. Becker The American Catholic Sociological Review
  12. A Theory of Social Interactions (1974)
    Gary S. Becker Journal of Political Economy
  13. Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families (1986)
    Gary S. Becker, Nigel Tomes Journal of Labor Economics
  14. Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor (1985)
    Gary S. Becker Journal of Labor Economics
  15. An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility (1979)
    Gary S. Becker, Nigel Tomes Journal of Political Economy
  16. An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability (1977)
    Gary S. Becker, Elisabeth M. Landes et al. Journal of Political Economy
  17. Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth (1990)
    Gary S. Becker, Kevin Murphy et al. Journal of Political Economy
  18. Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers (1974)
    Gary S. Becker, George J. Stigler The Journal of Legal Studies
  19. Human Capital, A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education (1967)
    Guy Caire, Gary S. Becker Revue économique
  20. Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education. (1966)
    Graham Pyatt, Gary S. Becker The Economic Journal
  21. Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection (1972)
    Isaac Ehrlich, Gary S. Becker Journal of Political Economy
  22. Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior (1993)
    Gary S. Becker Journal of Political Economy
  23. The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference (1997)
    Gary S. Becker, Casey B. Mulligan The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  24. A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility (1988)
    Gary S. Becker, Robert J. Barro The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  25. The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge (1992)
    Gary S. Becker, Kevin Murphy The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  26. Irrational Behavior and Economic Theory (1962)
    Gary S. Becker Journal of Political Economy
  27. Accounting for Tastes (1996)
    Gary S. Becker Harvard University Press eBooks
  28. A Theory of Marriage: Part II (1974)
    Gary S. Becker Journal of Political Economy
  29. Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth (1989)
    Robert J. Barro, Gary S. Becker Econometrica
  30. The Economics of Discrimination. (1958)
    Armen A. Alchian, Gary S. Becker Journal of the American Statistical Association
  31. A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price (1991)
    Gary S. Becker Journal of Political Economy
  32. A Theory of Marriage (1974)
    Gary S. Becker NBER Chapters
  33. The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle (1975)
    Gilbert Ghez, Gary S. Becker RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  34. Altruism in the Family and Selfishness in the Market Place (1981)
    Gary S. Becker Economica
  35. Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs (1985)
    Gary S. Becker Journal of Public Economics
  36. The Economics of Discrimination. (1958)
    Karl Schuessler, Gary S. Becker American Sociological Review
  37. The Economics of Discrimination (1958)
    Donald Dewey, Gary S. Becker Southern Economic Journal
  38. On the New Theory of Consumer Behavior (1973)
    Robert T. Michael, Gary S. Becker The Swedish Journal of Economics
  39. On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children (1973)
    Gary S. Becker, H. Gregg Lewis Journal of Political Economy
  40. The Economic Approach to Human Behavior. (1978)
    G. McN., Gary S. Becker Population and Development Review

Immediate Impact

39 by Nobel laureates 11 from Science/Nature 65 standout
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Author Peers

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Gary S. Becker 29085 25651 15193 158 65.1k
James J. Heckman 22825 14280 6718 405 55.1k
Reuben M. Baron 6563 30891 5042 63 116.6k
Joshua D. Angrist 13270 8817 3287 159 34.7k
Daron Acemoğlu 39295 17160 1668 451 62.5k
Jeffrey M. Wooldridge 25290 8369 2619 118 51.9k
Esther Duflo 12798 6653 4453 140 28.8k
Alberto Alesina 22224 14650 2707 256 41.2k
Philip M. Podsakoff 4605 31813 4740 103 111.9k
Geert Hofstede 4149 21389 4197 107 72.0k
David F. Larcker 9928 39945 3193 209 134.9k

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