Curtis R. Taylor, Professor

Curtis R. Taylor joined the Department of Economics faculty at Duke University as a professor in 2000. In 2003, he became the Director of Graduate Studies until 2006 and an instructor for the American Economic Association summer program until 2007. Before beginning his career at Duke, he was an associate professor of economics at Texas A&M University from 1996-2000. Professor Taylor earned his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1992, and graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in 1986, with a B.A. in economics. Professor Taylor specializes in the subjects of industrial organization, game theory, contract theory, and political economy. He has won grants for his research from NSF on four occasions, and also from the State of Texas Advanced Research Program, The Bush Program in Public Policy at Texas A&M, and from the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Research Initiative. Professor Taylor has published the findings from his research in a number of leading academic journals. His recent work, completed in collaboration with Huseyin Yildirim, is entitled, “Public Information and Electoral Bias” appeared in Games and Economic Behavior. His writings have also been published in the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, the Journal of Industrial Economics, the RAND Journal of Economics, Public Choice, the American Economic Review, and others. Professor Taylor has publicized his findings and ideas through presentations at seminars and conferences as well. He has attended over twenty conferences throughout the world, including the Industrial Organization Conference in Hong Kong in 2008. He has also spoken at universities across the nation, including Stanford, Boston, Yale, Virginia, and many others. He has also traveled internationally to speak at Sabanci University in Istanbul, the University of Copenhagen, the University of Zurich, and the European University Institute in Florence. Along with his teaching and research, Professor Taylor holds various other professional positions. He is a member of the American Economic Association, the Econometric Society, and the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics. He is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Industrial Economics, the RAND Journal of Economics, the B.E. Journals of Theoretical Economics and the B.E. Journals of Economic Analysis and Policy. In addition to these responsibilities, he has also been the thesis advisor for over ten graduate students’ doctorate committees. When he is not fulfilling his professional responsibilities, Professor Taylor enjoys running and taking part in marathons, and spending time with his wife and three children

Contact Info:

Office Location:	315 Social Sciences
Office Phone:	(919) 660-1827
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.duke.edu/~crtaylor

Teaching (Fall 2009):

• ECON 380.09, ECONOMICS WORKSHOPS

  Social Sciences 111, M 04:25 PM-05:55 PM

• ECON 385T.01, ECONOMICS THEORY

  Social Sciences 111, Tu 11:40 AM-12:55 PM

• ECON 105D.001, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II Synopsis

  Social Sciences 139, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• ECON 302D.001, MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II

  Social Sciences 119, TuTh 01:15 PM-02:30 PM

• ECON 302D.01D, MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II

  Old Chem 116, F 01:30 PM-02:30 PM

• ECON 380.09, ECONOMICS WORKSHOPS

  Social Sciences 113, M 04:25 PM-06:00 PM

Education:

PhD	Yale University	1992
B.A.	University of Washington	1986

Specialties:

Microeconomics
Economic Theory
Industrial Organization

Research Interests: Industrial Organization, Contract Theory, and Information Economics

Curtis R. Taylor’s research interests include industrial organization, game theory, contract theory, and political economy. His work has also explored the specifics of consumer privacy, market crashes, and political polls. He recently received funding from the NET Institute for his project entitled, “Privacy and Price Discrimination in Electronic Commerce.” From 2004-2008, he worked under a grant from the National Science Foundation on his research for, “Privacy and Information Acquisition in Competitive Markets.” He has also won grants from NSF on three earlier occasions, and also from the State of Texas Advanced Research Program, The Bush Program in Public Policy at Texas A&M, and from the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Research Initiative. His works have appeared in numerous prestigious academic journals, from the RAND Journal of Economics and the Journal of Industrial Economics, to the Journal of Political Economy and the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. Titles of his latest papers include, “Public Information and Electoral Bias” with Huseyin Yildrim, “Price Experimentation with Strategic Buyers” with Oksana Loginova, “Privacy and Information Acquisition in Competitive Markets,” and others.

Keywords:

consumer privacy • political polls • market crashes

Curriculum Vitae

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Oksana Loginova  
• Stephen Ryan  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. C.R. Taylor, Re-Examining Voter Turnout in Large Elections (2005) [pdf]  [abs]
2. C.R. Taylor, Privacy and Information Acquisition in Competitive Markets (August, 2004)
3. C.R. Taylor,Gokhan Ozertan, Diana M. Burton and H. Alan Love, Property Rights Protection of Biotechnology Innovations (August, 2004)
4. C.R. Taylor, Oksana Loginova, “Price Experimentation when Consumers Are Strategic (April, 2004)
5. C.R. Taylor, The Long Side of the Market and the Short End of the Stick: Bargaining Power in Buyers’, Sellers’, and Balanced Markets, Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 110 (August 1995), pp. 837–855