Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Biography
Conducts monthly surveys of consumer attitudes, expectations and behavior · Calculates monthly indices of consumer sentiment and expectations, one of the nation’s leading economic indicators · Studies impact on economy since 9/11 · Studies economic forecasting, psychology of consumer confidence and attitudes of U.S. RV owners
Projects
Publications
- Curtin, Richard T. (2017). George Katona: a founder of behavioral economics. In Frantz, Roger; Chen, Shu-Heng; Dopfer, Kurt; Heukelom, Floris; Mousavi, Shabnam (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Behavioral Economics. Routledge:London, UK.
- Suzer-Gurtekin, Z. Tuba; ElKasabi, Mahmoud; Liu, Mingnan; Lepkowski, James M.; Curtin, Richard T.; McBee, Rebecca (2016). Effect of a pre-paid incentive on response rates to an Address-Based Sampling (ABS) Web-Mail survey. Survey Practice, 9(4).
- Elkasabi, Mahmoud; Suzer-Gurtekin, Z. Tuba; Lepkowski, James M.; Kim, Uiyoung; Curtin, Richard T. and McBee, Rebecca (2014). A Comparison of ABS Mail and RDD Surveys for Measuring Consumer Attitudes. International Journal of Market Research, 56(6), 737-756.
- Anderson, Soren T.; Kellogg, Ryan; Sallee, James M. and Curtin, Richard T. (2011). Forecasting Gasoline Prices using Consumer Surveys. American Economic Review, 101(3), 110-114.
- Yan, Ting and Curtin, Richard T. (2010). The Relation between Unit Nonresponse and Item Nonresponse: A Response Continuum Perspective. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 22(4), 535-551.
- Yan, Ting; Curtin, Richard T. and Jans, Matthew (2010). Trends in Income Nonresponse Over Two Decades. Journal of Official Statistics, 26(1), 145-164.
- Curtin, Richard T. (2010). Inflation Expectations and Empirical Tests: Theoretical Models and Empirical Tests. 34-75. In Sinclair,P. J. N. (Ed.), Inflation Expectations. Routledge:London ; New York.
- Curtin, Richard T. and Reynolds, Paul D. (2010). New Business Creation: An International Overview. In Reynolds,Paul D. (Ed.), International Studies in Entrepreneurship. Springer:New York.
- Reynolds, Paul D. and Curtin, Richard T. (2009). New Firm Creation in the United States : Initial Explorations with the PSED II Data Set. 342. International Studies in Entrepreneurship; Variation: International Studies in Entrepreneurship.. New York ; London:Springer.
- McManus, Walter; Senter, Richard J.; Curtin, Richard T. and Garver, Michael S. (2009). The Demographic Threat to Detroit’s Automakers. Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing, 17(2), 81-92.
- Curtin, Richard T. and Reynolds, Paul D. (2008). Business Creation in the United States: Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics II Initial Assessment. 155. Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship. Now Publishers, Inc:Hanover, Mass.
- Curtin, Richard T. (2008). What U.S. Consumers Know about Economic Conditions. In Giovannini,Enrico (Ed.), Statistics, Knowledge and Policy: Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies. OECD:Paris.
- Curtin, Richard T. (2008). The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index. 135. In Lavrakas,Paul J. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods. Sage:Thousand Oaks, Calif.