Armen Alchian
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 11 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 12,1914 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Fresno |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | February 19,2013 |
| Died | Los Angeles |
| California | |
| United States | |
| School or tradition | New institutional economics |
| Influenced | Harold Demsetz |
| Steven N. S. Cheung | |
| Thomas Sowell | |
| Kevin M. Murphy | |
| Walter E. Williams | |
| Job | Economist |
| Books | Universal Economics |
| The Collected Works of Armen A. Alchian | |
| Economic forces at work | |
| Exchange and Production: Competition, Coordination, and Control | |
| Property rights and economic behavior | |
| Choice and cost under certainty | |
| The Economics of Charity: Essays on the Comparative Economics and Ethics of Giving and Selling, with Applications to Blood | |
| University Economics: Elements of Inquiry | |
| Interests | Economics |
| Doctor student | William F. Sharpe |
| School or tradit | New Institutional Economics; Chicago School; Neoclassical economics |
| Notable student | Steven N. S. Cheung |
| William F. Sharpe | |
| Influence | Adam Smith |
| Friedrich Hayek | |
| Ludwig von Mises | |
| Awards | American Economic Association |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 441976 |
Armen Alchian Life story
Armen Albert Alchian was an American economist. He spent almost his entire career at the University of California, Los Angeles. A major microeconomic theorist, he is known as one of the founders of new institutional economics and widely acknowledged for his work on property rights.
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