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Gary Becker: Model Economic Scientist

  • James J. Heckman
American Economic Review
vol. 105, no. 5, May 2015
(pp. 74-79)
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Abstract

This paper presents Gary Becker's approach to conducting creative, empirically fruitful economic research. It describes the traits and methodology that made him such a productive and influential scholar.

Citation

Heckman, James J. 2015. "Gary Becker: Model Economic Scientist." American Economic Review, 105 (5): 74-79. DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20151106

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JEL Classification

  • B31 History of Economic Thought: Individuals