Curtis R. Taylor | Scholars@Duke

Curtis R. Taylor
Professor of Economics

Taylor's primary research interest is microeconomic theory with emphasis on the areas of Industrial Organization, Political Economy, and the Theory of Contracts. He has worked on a variety of topics such as: the optimal design of research contests, the causes and timing of market crashes, and consumer privacy. Professor Taylor's research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, among others.

He served as an associate editor for the American Economic Review from 1995 to 2001, and is currently on the editorial boards of the RAND Journal of Economics, the Journal of Industrial Organization, the BE Journal of Theoretical Economics, and the BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2000

Contact Information

315 Social Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
crtaylor@econ.duke.edu (919) 660-1800
Personal Website

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Yale University 1992
- B.A., University of Washington 1986
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Director of Graduate Studies of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 - 2018
- Visiting Professor, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2000
Recognition
In the News
- AUG 31, 2015 TWC News
  
  Dancing Duke economics professor overcomes challenges
- AUG 30, 2015 TWC News
  
  Dancing Duke Economics Professor Overcomes Vision Challenges
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Collaborative Research: Monotone Methods in Dynamic Screening Contracts awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2015
- Privacy and Information Acquisition in Competitive Markets awarded by National Science Foundation 2004 - 2008
- Consumer Profiles, Consumer Privacy, and the Information Marketplace awarded by National Science Foundation 2002 - 2004
- Markets with Imperfect Information Transmission awarded by National Science Foundation 2000 - 2001
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Häfner, S., and C. R. Taylor. “On young Turks and yes men: optimal contracting for advice.” Rand Journal of Economics 53, no. 1 (March 1, 2022): 63–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12400.
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  - Jacobs, J. A., A. M. Kolb, and C. R. Taylor. “Communities, Co-ops, and Clubs: Social Capital and Incentives in Large Collective Organizations.” American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 13, no. 3 (January 1, 2021): 29–69. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20180359.
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  - Green, B., and C. R. Taylor. “Breakthroughs, deadlines, and self-reported progress: Contracting for multistage projects.” American Economic Review 106, no. 12 (December 1, 2016): 3660–99. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20151181.
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  - Acquisti, A., C. Taylor, and L. Wagman. “The economics of privacy.” Journal of Economic Literature 54, no. 2 (June 1, 2016): 442–92. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.54.2.442.
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  - Chavez, H., C. R. Taylor, and R. Rodríguez-Kábana. “Population dynamics and interactions between plant parasitic and non-parasitic nematodes: An empirical analysis.” Applied Soil Ecology 78 (June 1, 2014): 11–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.02.002.
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  - Moss, D. L., and C. R. Taylor. “Short ends of the stick: The plight of growers and consumers in concentrated agricultural supply chains.” Wisconsin Law Review 2014, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 337–68.
  - Taylor, C., and L. Wagman. “Consumer privacy in oligopolistic markets: Winners, losers, and welfare.” International Journal of Industrial Organization 34, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 80–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2014.02.010.
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  - Krishna, R Vijay, Giuseppe Lopomo, and Curtis R. Taylor. “Stairway to heaven or highway to hell: Liquidity, sweat equity, and the uncertain path to ownership.” Rand Journal of Economics 44, no. 1 (March 2013): 104–27.
  - Burke, J. M., C. R. Taylor, and L. Wagman. “Information acquisition in competitive markets: An application to the US mortgage market.” American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 4, no. 4 (December 1, 2012): 65–106. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.4.4.65.
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  - Conitzer, V., C. R. Taylor, and L. Wagman. “Hide and seek: Costly consumer privacy in a market with repeat purchases.” Marketing Science 31, no. 2 (March 1, 2012): 277–92. https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.1110.0691.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and H. Yildirim. “Subjective performance and the value of blind evaluation.” Review of Economic Studies 78, no. 2 (April 1, 2011): 762–94. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdq005.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and H. Yildirim. “Public information and electoral bias.” Games and Economic Behavior 68, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 353–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2009.06.007.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and H. Yildirim. “A unified analysis of rational voting with private values and group-specific costs.” Games and Economic Behavior 70, no. 2 (January 1, 2010): 457–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2010.02.008.
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  - Conitzer, Vincent, Curtis R. Taylor, and Liad Wagman. “Who Benefits from Online Privacy?,” August 15, 2009.
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  - Burke, J., and C. R. Taylor. “What's in a poll? Incentives for truthful reporting in pre-election opinion surveys.” Public Choice 137, no. 1–2 (October 1, 2008): 221–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-008-9322-x.
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  - Loginova, Oksana, and Curtis R. Taylor. “Price Experimentation with Strategic Buyers.” Review of Economic Design 12, no. 3 (June 1, 2008): 165–87.
  - Burton, D. M., H. A. Love, G. Ozertan, and C. R. Taylor. “Property rights protection of biotechnology innovations.” Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 14, no. 4 (December 1, 2005): 779–812. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9134.2005.00083.x.
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  - Taylor, C. R. “Consumer privacy and the market for customer information.” Rand Journal of Economics 35, no. 4 (January 1, 2004): 631–50. https://doi.org/10.2307/1593765.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and Oksana Loginova. “"Price Experimentation when Consumers Are Strategic" (In preparation).” Journal of Economic Theory, 2004.
  - Taylor, Curtis R. “Privacy in Competitive Markets,” June 2003.
  - Taylor, C. R. “Supplier surfing: Competition and consumer behavior in subscription markets.” Rand Journal of Economics 34, no. 2 (January 1, 2003): 223–46. https://doi.org/10.2307/1593715.
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  - Taylor, Curtis R. “Private Demands and Demands For Privacy: Dynamic Pricing and the Market for Customer Information,” March 2002.
  - Rupp, N. G., and C. R. Taylor. “Who initiates recalls and who cares? Evidence from the automobile industry.” Journal of Industrial Economics 50, no. 2 (January 1, 2002): 123–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6451.00171.
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  - Jeitschko, T. D., and C. R. Taylor. “Local discouragement and global collapse: A theory of coordination avalanches.” American Economic Review 91, no. 1 (January 1, 2001): 208–24. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.91.1.208.
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  - Taylor, C. R. “Indirect damages from price fixing: The Alabama lysine case.” Review of Industrial Organization 18, no. 1 (January 1, 2001): 33–43. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026518028305.
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  - Taylor, C. R. “The old-boy network and the young-gun effect.” International Economic Review 41, no. 4 (January 1, 2000): 871–91. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2354.00088.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and R. Rodríguez-Kábana. “Optimal rotation of peanuts and cotton to manage soil-borne organisms.” Agricultural Systems 61, no. 1 (July 1, 1999): 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-521X(99)00034-7.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and R. Rodríguez-Kábana. “Population dynamics and crop yield effects of nematodes and white mold in peanuts, cotton and velvet beans.” Agricultural Systems 59, no. 2 (February 1, 1999): 177–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00089-4.
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  - Taylor, C. R. “Time-on-the-market as a sign of quality.” Review of Economic Studies 66, no. 3 (January 1, 1999): 555–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-937X.00098.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and S. N. Wiggins. “Competition or Compensation: Supplier Incentives under the American and Japanese Subcontracting Systems.” American Economic Review 87, no. 4 (September 1, 1997): 598–618.
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  - Taylor, C. R. “The long side of the market and the short end of the stick: Bargaining power and price formation in buyers’, sellers’, and balanced markets.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 110, no. 3 (January 1, 1995): 837–55. https://doi.org/10.2307/2946701.
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  - Duffy, P. A., C. R. Taylor, D. L. Cain, and G. J. Young. “The economic value of farm program base.” Land Economics 70, no. 3 (January 1, 1994): 318–29. https://doi.org/10.2307/3146532.
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  - Novak, F. S., G. W. Armstrong, C. R. Taylor, and L. Bauer. “An analysis of alternative cropping decision rules.” Agricultural Systems 46, no. 1 (January 1, 1994): 19–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/0308-521X(94)90167-E.
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  - Taylor, C. R. “Delivery-contingent contracts for research.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 9, no. 1 (April 1, 1993): 188–203.
  - Penson, J. B., and C. R. Taylor. “United States agriculture and the general economy: Modeling their interface.” Agricultural Systems 39, no. 1 (January 1, 1992): 33–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/0308-521X(92)90004-8.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and F. S. Novak. “Optimal Flex Cropping and Storage of Spring Wheat under a Progressive Income Tax.” Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue Canadienne D’Agroeconomie 40, no. 3 (January 1, 1992): 369–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7976.1992.tb03702.x.
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  - Tronstad, R., and C. R. Taylor. “Dynamically optimal after-tax grain storage, cash grain sale, and hedging strategies.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 73, no. 1 (January 1, 1991): 75–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/1242885.
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  - Taylor, C. R. “Two practical procedures for estimating multivariate nonnormal probability density functions.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 72, no. 1 (January 1, 1990): 210–17. https://doi.org/10.2307/1243160.
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  - Novak, F. S., G. D. Schnitkey, and C. R. Taylor. “Intertemporal Portfolio Choices: An Application to Agriculture.” Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue Canadienne D’Agroeconomie 37, no. 4 (January 1, 1989): 1091–1091. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7976.1989.tb00821.x.
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  - Taylor, C. R. “Stochastic dynamic duality: Theory and empirical applicability.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 66, no. 3 (January 1, 1984): 351–57. https://doi.org/10.2307/1240802.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and O. R. Burt. “Near-Optimal Management Strategies for Controlling Wild Oats in Spring Wheat.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 66, no. 1 (January 1, 1984): 50–60. https://doi.org/10.2307/1240615.
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  - Collins, G. S., and C. R. Taylor. “TECHSIM: a regional field crop and national livestock econometric simulation model.” Agricultural Economics Research 35, no. 2 (December 1, 1983): 1–18.
  - Taylor, C. R., G. A. Carlson, F. T. Cooke, K. H. Reichelderfer, and I. R. Starbird. “Aggregate economic effects of alternative boll weevil management strategies.” Agricultural Economics Research 35, no. 2 (January 1, 1983): 19–28.
  - Taylor, C. R. “The Nature of Benefits and Costs of Use of Pest Control Methods.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 62, no. 5 (January 1, 1980): 1014–15. https://doi.org/10.2307/1240302.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and H. Talpaz. “Approximately optimal carryover levels for wheat in the United States.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 61, no. 1 (January 1, 1979): 32–40. https://doi.org/10.2307/1239497.
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  - Taylor, C. R. “A production function model for aggregate time-series data.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 57, no. 1 (January 1, 1975): 122–23. https://doi.org/10.2307/1238850.
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  - Taylor, C. R. “A regional market for rights to use fertilizer as a means of achieving water quality standards.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 2, no. 1 (January 1, 1975): 7–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/0095-0696(75)90017-0.
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  - Taylor, C. R., and J. C. Headley. “Insecticide resistance and the evaluation of control strategies for an insect population.” The Canadian Entomologist 107, no. 3 (January 1, 1975): 237–42. https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent107237-3.
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- Scholarly Editions
  - Boleslavsky, R., D. L. Kelly, and C. R. Taylor. “Selloffs, bailouts, and feedback: Can asset markets inform policy?,” May 1, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2017.02.009.
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  - Taylor, Curtis R., Vincent Conitzer, and Liad Wagman. “Online Privacy and Price Discrimination,” July 2010.
  - Taylor, Curtis R., and Huseyin Yildirim. “Re-examining Voter Turnout in Large Elections,” May 2005.
- Conference Papers
  - Taylor, C. R. “The role of risk versus the role of uncertainty in economic systems.” In Agricultural Systems, 75:251–64, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00068-9.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Service to the Profession
- Associate Editor. RAND Journal of Economics. 2005 2005
- Associate Editor. Journal of Industrial Economics. 2003 - 2010 2003 - 2010

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

In the News

Awards & Honors

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Scholarly Editions

Conference Papers

Recent Courses

Service to the Profession