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William Edward Becker, Jr.

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First Name:William
Middle Name:Edward
Last Name:Becker
Suffix:Jr.
RePEc Short-ID:pbe156
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http://williamebecker.com

Affiliation

Department of Economics
Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
https://economics.indiana.edu/
RePEc:edi:deiubus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. James K. Self & William E. Becker, 2015. "Teaching and Learning Alternatives to a Comparative Advantage Motivation for Trade," CESifo Working Paper Series 5238, CESifo.
  2. Becker, William E. & Becker, Suzanne R., 2011. "Potpourri: reflections from husband/wife academic editors," MPRA Paper 39956, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  3. William E. Becker & William H. Greene & John J. Siegfried, 2010. "Do Undergraduate Majors or Ph.D. Students Affect Faculty Size?," CESifo Working Paper Series 3065, CESifo.
  4. Becker, William E. & Round, David K., 2009. "'The' Market for Higher Education: Does It Really Exist?," IZA Discussion Papers 4092, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  5. Becker, William E. & Greene, William H. & Siegfried, John J., 2009. "Does Teaching Load Affect Faculty Size?," IZA Discussion Papers 3996, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  6. Lopus, Jane S. & Grimes, Paul W. & Becker, William E. & Pearson, Rodney, 2007. "Human subjects requirements and economic education researchers," MPRA Paper 39876, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  7. Becker, William E., 2007. "Quit lying and address the controversies: there are no dogmata, laws, rules or standards in the science of economics," MPRA Paper 39958, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  8. Becker, W. & Rosen, S., 1990. "The Learning Effect Of Assessment And Evaluation In High School," University of Chicago - Economics Research Center 90-7, Chicago - Economics Research Center.

Articles

  1. James K. Self & William E. Becker, 2016. "Teaching and Learning Alternatives to a Comparative Advantage Motivation for Trade," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 61(2), pages 178-190, October.
  2. William B. Walstad & Sam Allgood & Tisha Emerson & Gail Hoyt & KimMarie McGoldrick & Georg Schaur & William E. Becker, 2015. "In Memory of Michael Watts (November 3, 1950-December 5, 2014)," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(3), pages 233-238, July.
  3. William Bosshardt & Michael Watts & William E. Becker, 2013. "Course Requirements for Bachelor's Degrees in Economics," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 103(3), pages 643-647, May.
  4. Georg Schaur & Michael Watts & William E Becker, 2012. "School, Department, and Instructor Determinants of Assessment Methods in Undergraduate Economics Courses," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 38(3), pages 381-400.
  5. Brent A. Evans & Paul W. Grimes & William E. Becker, 2012. "What Led Eminent Economists to Become Economists?," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(1), pages 83-98, January.
  6. Martin P. Shanahan & John K. Wilson & William E. Becker, 2012. "Following Zahka: Using Nobel Prize Winners’ Speeches and Ideas to Teach Economics," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(2), pages 190-199, April.
  7. Cynthia L. Harter & William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 2011. "Time Allocations and Reward Structures for US Academic Economists from 1955–2005: Evidence from Three National Surveys," International Review of Economic Education, Economics Network, University of Bristol, vol. 10(2), pages 6-27.
  8. William E. Becker, 2011. "In Memory of Peter Kennedy (May 18, 1943--August 30, 2010)," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 1-2, January.
  9. William E. Becker & Suzanne R. Becker, 2011. "Potpourri: Reflections from Husband/Wife Academic Editors," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 56(2), pages 74-84, November.
  10. William E. Becker & William H. Greene & John J. Siegfried, 2011. "Do Undergraduate Majors or Ph.D. Students Affect Faculty Size?," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 56(1), pages 69-77, May.
  11. William B. Walstad & William E. Becker, 2010. "Preparing Graduate Students in Economics for Teaching: Survey Findings and Recommendations," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(2), pages 202-210, March.
  12. Georg Schaur & Michael Watts & William E. Becker, 2008. "Assessment Practices and Trends in Undergraduate Economics Courses," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 98(2), pages 552-556, May.
  13. Michael Watts & William E. Becker, 2008. "A Little More than Chalk and Talk: Results from a Third National Survey of Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Economics Courses," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(3), pages 273-286, July.
  14. Jane S. Lopus & Paul W. Grimes & William E. Becker & Rodney A. Pearson, 2007. "Human Subjects Requirements and Economic Education Researchers," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 51(2), pages 49-60, October.
  15. William E. Becker, 2007. "Quit Lying and Address the Controversies: There are No Dogmata, Laws, Rules or Standards in the Science of Economics," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 51(1), pages 3-14, March.
  16. William E. Becker & Peter E. Kennedy, 2006. "The Influence of Teaching on Research in Economics," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 72(3), pages 747-759, January.
  17. Becker, William E., 2006. "P. Teixeira, B. Jongbloed, D. Dill and A. Amaral, Editors, Markets in Higher Education: Rhetoric or Reality?, Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (2004) (354pp. (hb). Address: Kluwer Publishers, POB 17," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 25(6), pages 679-681, December.
  18. Becker, William E., 2005. "In: Richard P. Chait, Editors, The Questions of Tenure, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA (2002) pp. 334+xii, Price $35.00 (cloth)," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 237-239, April.
  19. William E. Becker & Peter E. Kennedy, 2005. "Does Teaching Enhance Research in Economics?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(2), pages 172-176, May.
  20. William E. Becker & William H. Greene, 2005. "Using the Nobel Laureates in Economics to Teach Quantitative Methods," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(3), pages 261-277, July.
  21. Cynthia L. Harter & William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 2004. "Changing Incentives and Time Allocations for Academic Economists: Results from 1995 and 2000 National Surveys," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(1), pages 89-97, January.
  22. William E. Becker, 2004. "Economics for a Higher Education," International Review of Economic Education, Economics Network, University of Bristol, vol. 3(1), pages 52-62.
  23. William B. Walstad & William E. Becker, 2003. "The Instructional Use and Teaching Preparation of Graduate Students in U.S. Ph.D.-Granting Economics Departments," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 93(2), pages 449-454, May.
  24. Becker, William E., 2002. "Teaching Quantitative Methods in Economics: Alternatives to Theorem and Proof and Chalk and Talk," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(2), pages 159-180, June Spec.
  25. William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 2001. "Teaching Economics at the Start of the 21st Century: Still Chalk-and-Talk," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 91(2), pages 446-451, May.
  26. William E. Becker & William H. Greene, 2001. "Teaching Statistics and Econometrics to Undergraduates," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 15(4), pages 169-182, Fall.
  27. William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 2001. "Teaching Methods in U.S. Undergraduate Economics Courses," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(3), pages 269-279, January.
  28. Becker, William E. & Powers, John R., 2001. "Student performance, attrition, and class size given missing student data," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 377-388, August.
  29. William E. Becker, 2000. "Teaching Economics in the 21st Century," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 14(1), pages 109-119, Winter.
  30. Kim Sosin & William E. Becker, 2000. "Online Teaching Resources: A New Journal Section," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(1), pages 3-7, December.
  31. Arnold Katz & William E. Becker, 1999. "Technology and the Teaching of Economics to Undergraduates," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(3), pages 194-199, January.
  32. William E. Becker & Carol Johnston, 1999. "The Relationship between Multiple Choice and Essay Response Questions in Assessing Economics Understanding," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 75(4), pages 348-357, December.
  33. Cynthia Lay Harter & William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 1999. "Who Teaches with More Than Chalk and Talk?," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 25(3), pages 343-356, Summer.
  34. Michael Watts & William E. Becker, 1999. "How Departments of Economics Evaluate Teaching," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 89(2), pages 344-349, May.
  35. William E. Becker, 1999. "Peter Kennedy, A Guide to Econometrics. 4th ed. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998. xii + 468 pp," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 89-90, January.
  36. William E. Becker, 1999. "Turning Merit Scores into Salaries," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(4), pages 420-426, December.
  37. William E. Becker, 1999. "Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian. Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Press, 1999. x + 352 pp," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(2), pages 189-190, January.
  38. Becker, William E, 1998. "Engaging Students in Quantitative Analysis with Short Case Examples from the Academic and Popular Press," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 88(2), pages 480-486, May.
  39. William E. Becker, 1998. "Standards and Testing: Another View," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(2), pages 183-186, June.
  40. William E. Becker, 1997. "Teaching Economics to Undergraduates," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 35(3), pages 1347-1373, September.
  41. William E. Becker, 1996. "Preface," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(2), pages 99-99, April.
  42. Becker, William E & Watts, Michael, 1996. "Chalk and Talk: A National Survey on Teaching Undergraduate Economics," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 86(2), pages 448-453, May.
  43. Becker, William E., 1996. "Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in U.S. higher education : Edited by , and . Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1993. 335 pp. Price: U.S.$31.60 (cloth)," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 445-446, October.
  44. Becker, William E. & Toutkoushian, Robert K., 1995. "The measurement and cost of removing unexplained gender differences in faculty salaries," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 209-220, September.
  45. Becker, William E & Watts, Michael, 1995. "Teaching Tools: Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Economics," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 33(4), pages 692-700, October.
  46. Becker, William E., 1995. "Studies of supply and demand in higher Education : and (eds). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993, 294 pp. $45.00 (cloth)," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 93-95, March.
  47. Walstad, William B & Becker, William E, 1994. "Achievement Differences on Multiple-Choice and Essay Tests in Economics," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(2), pages 193-196, May.
  48. Becker, William E. & Rosen, Sherwin, 1992. "The learning effect of assessment and evaluation in high school," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 11(2), pages 107-118, June.
  49. William E. Becker & Richard A. Stout, 1992. "The Utility of Death and Wrongful Death Compensation," Journal of Forensic Economics, National Association of Forensic Economics, vol. 5(3), pages 197-208, September.
  50. Becker, William E. & Kennedy, Peter E., 1992. "A Graphical Exposition of the Ordered Probit," Econometric Theory, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(1), pages 127-131, March.
  51. Becker, William, et al, 1991. "An Agenda for Research on Economic Education in Colleges and Universities," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 81(2), pages 26-31, May.
  52. Becker, William & Goodman, Rebecca, 1991. "The semilogarithmic earnings equation and its use in assessing salary discrimination in academe," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 10(4), pages 323-332, December.
  53. Becker, William E & Greene, William & Rosen, Sherwin, 1990. "Research on High School Economic Education," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 80(2), pages 14-22, May.
  54. Becker, William E & Walstad, William B, 1990. "Data Loss from Pretest to Posttest as a Sample Selection Problem," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 72(1), pages 184-188, February.
  55. Becker, William E., 1988. "Assessing personnel practices in higher education: A misleading note of caution," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 7(4), pages 445-449, August.
  56. Becker, William E, 1987. "Teaching Statistical Methods to Undergraduate Economics Students," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 77(2), pages 18-23, May.
  57. Becker, William E. & Williams, Arlington W., 1986. "Assessing personnel practices in higher education: A case study in the hiring of females," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 5(3), pages 265-272, June.
  58. Becker, William Jr, 1985. "Financing higher education : Edited by John C. Hoy and Melvin H. Bernstein. Boston, MA: Auburn House Publishing, 1982. pp. 200 + xx. Price: U.S.$19.95 (cloth)," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 4(2), pages 153-155, April.
  59. William E. Becker, 1982. "Behavior and Productivity Implications of Institutional and Project Funding of Research: Comment," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 64(3), pages 595-598.
  60. Becker, William E, Jr, 1982. "The Educational Process and Student Achievement Given Uncertainty in Measurement," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 72(1), pages 229-236, March.
  61. Becker, William E, Jr & Morey, Mathew J, 1980. "Pooled Cross-Section, Time-Series Evaluation:," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 70(2), pages 35-40, May.
  62. Becker, William E, Jr, 1979. "Professorial Behavior Given a Stochastic Reward Structure," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 69(5), pages 1010-1017, December.
  63. Becker, W., 1977. "Relativistic charged particles in the field of an electromagnetic plane wave in a medium," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 87(3), pages 601-613.
  64. Lewis, Darrell R & Becker, William E, Jr, 1976. "The Teacher Training Program for New Ph.D.s," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 66(2), pages 229-233, May.
  65. William E. Becker Jr., 1975. "The University Professor as a Utility Maximizer and Producer of Learning, Research, and Income," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 10(1), pages 107-115.
  66. Becker, William E, Jr, 1975. "Determinants of the United States Currency-Demand Deposit Ratio," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 30(1), pages 57-74, March.
    RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:75:y:1999:i:231:p:348-57 is not listed on IDEAS
    RePEc:aje:articl:v:1:y:2004:i:1:p:5-17 is not listed on IDEAS

Chapters

  1. William E. Becker & Neil D. Theobald, 2002. "Reward Structures and Faculty Behavior Under Responsibility Center Management," Chapters, in: Douglas M. Priest & William E. Becker & Don Hossler & Edward P. St. John (ed.), Incentive-Based Budgeting Systems in Public Universities, chapter 9, pages 185-204, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Douglas M. Priest & William E. Becker & Don Hossler & Edward P. St. John, 2002. "Why Incentive-Based Budgeting Systems in the Public Sector and Why Now?," Chapters, in: Douglas M. Priest & William E. Becker & Don Hossler & Edward P. St. John (ed.), Incentive-Based Budgeting Systems in Public Universities, chapter 1, pages 1-8, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Books

  1. William E. Becker & Michael Watts & Suzanne R. Becker (ed.), 2006. "Teaching Economics," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 3280.
  2. Douglas M. Priest & William E. Becker & Don Hossler & Edward P. St. John (ed.), 2002. "Incentive-Based Budgeting Systems in Public Universities," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2888.
  3. William E. Becker & Michael Watts (ed.), 1998. "Teaching Economics to Undergraduates," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 1643.
  4. William E. Becker & William J. Baumol (ed.), 1995. "Assessing Educational Practices: The Contribution of Economics," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262023989, April.

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  1. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2009-02-28 2009-04-13
  2. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2009-04-13

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