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Armen Alchian

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American economist

United StatesAcademicsLived 1914 to 2013 · aged 98
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Armen Albert Alchian was an American economist who made major contributions to microeconomic theory and the theory of the firm. He spent almost his entire career at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and is credited with turning its economics department into one of the country's best.

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2008Clarivate Citation Laureates
1996Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
1978Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Armen Albert Alchian was an American economist who made major contributions to microeconomic theory and the theory of the firm. He spent almost his entire career at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and is credited with turning its economics department into one of the country's best. He is also known as one of the founders of new institutional economics, and widely acknowledged for his work on property rights.

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United States
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Academics
Type
Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1914 to 2013 · aged 98
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21 languages

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