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Charles S. Taragin

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, 2007
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2022 - present
  • Economist

    Federal Trade Commission

    2019 - 2022
  • Economist

    Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

    2007 - 2019
  • Consequences of Model Choice in Predicting Horizontal Merger Effects
    Matthew Panhans and Charles Taragin
    FTC Working Paper (2022)
  • Simulating Mergers in a Vertical Supply Chain with Bargaining
    Gloria Sheu and Charles Taragin
    RAND Journal of Economics (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12385
  • Economics at the Antitrust Division: 2017–2018
    Luke M. Froeb, Russell W. Pittman, Charles S. Taragin, Steven Tschantz, and Gregory J. Werden
    Review of Industrial Organization (2018)
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11151-018-9663-7
  • The simple algebra of surplus in private values open auctions: A nested logit merger model
    Luke M. Froeb, Vladimir Mares, Steven Tschantz, and Charles Taragin
    Economics Bulletin (2018)
  • Competition and Price Discrimination in the Market for Mailing Lists
    Ron Borzekowski, Raphael Thomadsen, and Charles Taragin
    Quantitative Marketing and Economics (2009)
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11129-009-9050-7
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2005)
Last update: October 3, 2022