Lowell Taylor

H. John Heinz III University Professor of Economics, Heinz College, and by Courtesy, Tepper School of Business

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Education

• University of Michigan - Ph D (Economics) - 1989

Publications

• Does Affirmative Action Work? Caste, Gender, College Quality, and Academic Success in India
  (author(s): Surendra Bagde, Dennis Epple, Lowell Taylor)
  American Economic Review, 106(6), 2016
• The Great Migration and African-American Mortality: Evidence from the Deep South
  (author(s): Dan Black, Seth Sanders, Evan Taylor, Lowell Taylor)
  American Economic Review, 105(2), 2015
• Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance
  (author(s): Randall Cebul, James Rebitzer, Lowell Taylor, Mark Votruba)
  American Economic Review, 101(5), 2011
• Physician Incentives in Health Maintenance Organizations
  (author(s): Martin Gaynor, James Rebitzer, Lowell Taylor)
  Journal of Political Economy, 112(4), 2004
• Monitoring and Motivation: An Analysis of a Field Experiment
  (author(s): Daniel Nagin, James Rebitzer, Seth Sanders, Lowell Taylor)
  American Economic Review, 92(4), 2002
• Rat Race Redux: Adverse Selection in the Determination of Work Hours in Law Firms
  (author(s): Renee Landers, James Rebitzer, Lowell Taylor)
  American Economic Review, 86(3), 1996
• Workers as Creditors: Efficiency Wages and Performance Bonds
  (author(s): Joseph Ritter, Lowell Taylor)
  American Economic Review, 84(3), 1994
• A Model of Dual Labor Markets When Product Demand is Uncertain
  (author(s): James Rebitzer and Lowell Taylor)
  Quarterly Journal of Economics, 106(4), 1991

Awards and Honors

• International Health Economic Association - 20th Annual Arrow Award for the best paper in health economics, for “Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance” (2012)
• National Institute for Health Care Management - 11th Annual Health Care Research Award for excellence in original and creative health care research, for “Physician Incentives in Health Maintenance Organization” (2004)
• Carnegie Mellon University – Named University Professor (2018)
• Carnegie Mellon University – Martcia Wade Award for Teaching Excellence (2007)
• Carnegie Mellon University – Martcia Wade Award for Teaching Excellence (2004)
• Carnegie Mellon University – Martcia Wade Award for Teaching Excellence (1994)