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Becker, Gary S. 1930-2014.

The economic approach to human behavior / Gary S. Becker. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1976. - 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 295-309.

Table of Contents

Part 1. Introduction
1. The Economic Approach to Human Behavior
Part 2. Price and Prejudice
2. Effective Discrimination
Part 3. Law and Politics
3. Competition and Democracy
4. Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach
Part 4. Time and Household Production
5. A Theory of the Allocation of Time
6. The Allocation of Time and Goods over Time
7. On the New Theory of Consumer Behavior
(with Robert T. Michael)
Part 5. Irrational Behavior
8. Irrational Behavior and Economic Theory
Part 6. Marriage, Fertility, and the Family
9. An Economic Analysis of Fertility
10. On the interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children
(with H. Gregg Lewis)
11. A Theory of Marriage
Part 7. Social Interactions
12. A Theory of Social Interactions
13. Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology
References
Index

ISBN: 9780226041124 $20.00

LCCN: 75043240

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economics.
Social sciences.

LC Class. No.: HB71 / .B43

Dewey Class. No.: 330 BEC