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Dr. Klaus G. Becker

Associate Professor and Chair
 

Department of Economics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1014

Faculty Office: 245 Holden Hall
Phone: 806.742.2466 ext 231
E-mail: klaus.becker@ttu.edu

Link to Dr. Becker's web Page

Education

Ph.D., Economics, The University of Kansas, 1987
M.A., Economics, The University of Kansas, 1980
Volkswirt (grad.), Universitat Hamburg - Hochschule fur Wirtschaft und Politik, 1978
Research Interests

Microeconomics. Industrial organization and regulation. Game theory.

Courses Offered

ECO 2301: Principles of Economics I
ECO 3305 Game Theory

ECO 5346: Game Theory
ECO 5347: Industrial Organization
ECO 5382: Advanced Microeconomics

Selected Publications
  
 

Pumphrey, R. G., Edwards, J. A., Becker, K. Urban and rural attitudes toward municipal water controls: A study of semi-arid region with limited water supplies. Ecological  Economics, 65, 1-12, 2008.

Becker, K. and von Ende, E.T., Sub-Game Perfect Equilibria in Natural Monopoly Markets. Atlantic Economic Journal, 34, 365-366, 2006.          

Soytas, U. and Becker, K., Is limit pricing evolutionary stable? Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 13(3), 281-318, 2003.

Becker, K. and S.A. Turut, “Performance Differences Between Public and Private Firms in Turkey”, Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3, September 2000.

Becker, K., “Natural Monopoly Equilibria: Price-Quantity Choice”, International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. 5, No. 3, p. 399, 1999.

von Ende, E.T. and Becker, K., Nash and Subgame-Perfect Equilibria for Natural Monopoly Markets with Sunk Costs, International Advances in Economic Research, vol. 4, No. 2, p. 205, 1998.

von Ende, E.T. and Becker, K., Advertising Through Hard and Soft Information: The Case of the NBA, Southwestern Economic Proceedings, vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 13-16, 1997.

von Ende, E.T. and Becker, K., Cournot and Oligopoly Theory, International Advances in Economic Research, vol 2, No. 2, p. 196, 1996.

DeBerry, T.W. and Becker, K., The Determinants of CEO Compensation in Regulated Investor-Owned Electric Utilities, Southwestern Economic Proceedings, vol 22,  No. 2, pp. 68-72, 1995.

Becker, K., Natural Monopoly Equilibria: Nash and von Stackelberg Solutions, Journal of Economics and Business, vol. 46, No. 2,  pp.135-139, 1994.

Gurkan, A.A. and Becker, K., Market Structure and Profitability in the U.S. Food Manufacturing Industries, Atlantic Economic Journal, vol. 22, No. 1,  p. 103, 1994.

Becker, K., Natural Monopoly, Efficiency, and the Role of Sunk Costs: An Equilibrium Analysis, Journal of Economics, vol. XIX, No. 1,  pp.79-82, 1993.

von Ende, E.T. and Becker, K., A Note on Teaching Price Sustainability, Proceedings of the Southwestern Society of Economists, vol. 19, No. 2,  pp.166-168, 1992.

Becker, K., Ramsey Pricing without Cross-Subsidization: A Note, The Journal of Economic Issues, vol. 25, No. 4, pp.1149-1154, 1991.
Written Testimony

Becker, K., Prepared direct testimony, rebuttal testimony, and cross answering testimony, Docket No. RP-183-000, Williams Natural Gas Company, General Rate Case, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 1990-1991

Becker, K., Prepared direct testimony, Docket No. 162,960-U, Owens Corning vs. KPL Gas Service, Kansas Corporation Commission, Topeka, KS, 1989

Becker, K., Comments on Regulations Governing Bidding Programs, Docket No. 88-5-000, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 1988

K., Comments on Administrative Determination of Full Avoided Costs, Sale of Power to QF's, and Interconnection Facilities, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 1988