Dr. Anthony Becker is a Professor of Economics at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, where he has been on the faculty since 1987. At St. Olaf, he has served as the Husby-Johnson Professor of Business and Economics from 2016 to 2019, chair of the Economics Department from 2012 to 2020, and as the chair of numerous faculty committees. He has also worked as a consultant in economic analysis in antitrust and as an expert witness in economic damages. His expertise is in econometrics, particularly in the analysis and forecasting of time-series data. In addition, Dr. Becker has expertise in the field of industrial organization – particularly in the economics of antitrust and regulation – and in the field of public finance.
Economic issues in Latin America are an area of professional research interest of Dr. Becker’s. He has been a visiting professor at the Universidad Nacional in Costa Rica and an affiliate faculty member at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Santa Fe, Argentina. He has also led off-campus classes to Argentina exploring that country’s policies towards and production of agricultural commodities for export.
Dr. Becker holds a Ph.D. and a M.A. in economics, both from Duke University, and a B.A. with Honors in Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park. A published author, he is a member of the American Economic Association, American Society of Hispanic Economists, and Western Economic Association International.
For interview requests or other media inquiries, please contact Anthony at Anthony.D.Becker@state.mn.us or (651) 201-8222.
