Christopher D Walker, Assistant Professor

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Duke University. My research focuses on Bayesian semi/nonparametrics and structural econometric models relevant to industrial organization. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2025, an A.M. in Economics from Harvard University in 2022, and a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours with the University Medal) from The University of Sydney in 2019.

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Education:

Ph.D.	Harvard University	2025
M.A.	Harvard University	2022
B.Ec.	University of Sydney (Australia)	2019
Ph.D.	Duke University	2015
M.Phil.	University of Cambridge	2009
B.A.	University of California, San Diego	2007

Specialties:

Functional Anatomy
Paleontology

Recent Publications

1. Kolokotrones, T; Stock, JH; Walker, CD, Is Newey–West optimal among first-order kernels?, Journal of Econometrics, vol. 240 no. 2 (March, 2024), pp. 105399-105399, Elsevier BV [doi]
2. Berger, LR; Hawks, J; de Ruiter, DJ; Churchill, SE; Schmid, P; Delezene, LK; Kivell, TL; Garvin, HM; Williams, SA; DeSilva, JM; Skinner, MM; Musiba, CM; Cameron, N; Holliday, TW; Harcourt-Smith, W; Ackermann, RR; Bastir, M; Bogin, B; Bolter, D; Brophy, J; Cofran, ZD; Congdon, KA; Deane, AS; Dembo, M; Drapeau, M; Elliott, MC; Feuerriegel, EM; Garcia-Martinez, D; Green, DJ; Gurtov, A; Irish, JD; Kruger, A; Laird, MF; Marchi, D; Meyer, MR; Nalla, S; Negash, EW; Orr, CM; Radovcic, D; Schroeder, L; Scott, JE; Throckmorton, Z; Tocheri, MW; VanSickle, C; Walker, CS; Wei, P; Zipfel, B, Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa., Elife, vol. 4 (January, 2015) [doi]  [abs]
3. Walker CS and Churchill SE, Territory size in Canis lupus: implications for Neandertal mobility, in Mobility: interpreting behavior from skeletal adaptations and environmental interactions, edited by Marchi D and Carlson K (2014), New York: Springer
4. DeSilva JM, Holt KG, Churchill SE, Carlson KJ, Walker CS, Zipfel B, Berger LR, The lower limb and mechanics of walking in Australopithecus sediba, Science, vol. 340 no. 6129 (2013)