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Curry Hilton
Instructor - Economics
Economics
Koury Business Center 207
2075 Campus Box
Elon, NC 27244
chilton@elon.edu
Phone: (336) 278-5980

Brief Biography

Curry W. Hilton is an economics instructor in the Koury Business Center at Elon University.  In addition to teaching, he serves as a senior pricing analyst at Wiglaf Pricing, a boutique management consultancy in Chicago, IL.  His primary academic research focuses on the efficacy of price structures, price segmentation techniques, negotiations, and firm strategy.  Hilton is a member of the Professional Pricing Soceity and the Decision Sciences Institute.  

Education

2009  M.A. Economics: Microeconomics & Industrial Organization, Clemson University

2013  B.A. Mathematics & Statistics, High Point University

2007  B.S. Business Economics, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Employment History

Elon University, Elon, NC. Economics Instructor

Wiglaf Pricing, Chicago, IL. Senior Pricing Analyst

Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC (2009 - 2011): Economics Instructor

Laurel University, High Point, NC (2010 - 2011): Economics Instructor

 

Courses Taught

  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Business Economics
  • Statistics for Business Decision Making
  • Principles of Economics
  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Industrial Organization

Publications

  • Hilton, C. "Avoiding Price Wars", Journal of Professional Pricing, 4th Quarter 2012 Ed., pp. 16-17, December 2012.
  • Hilton, C. "Hawk-Dove Pricing", The Wiglaf Journal, December 2012.
  • Hilton, C. "Promotional Pricing...click click boom", The Wiglaf Journal, November 2012.
  • Hilton, C. “Importance of Negotiating Power in Pricing: The Principle Negotiation Approach”,     Professional Pricing Society: Pricing Advisory Newsletter, September 2011. 
  • Hilton, C. “Avoiding Price Wars: The Loyalty Effect”, The Wiglaf Journal, September 2012.
  • Hilton, C. (2012) Special Pricing Structures in Restaurants. In P. Szende, Restaurant and Hospitality Management (pp..). Pearson-Prentice Hall Publishing.
  • Hilton, C. “Setting the Price in the Face of Competitive Substitutes – An Economic Approach”, The Wiglaf Journal, August 2012.
  • Hilton, C. “The Importance of Negotiating Power in Pricing: The Principled Negotiation Approach”, The Wiglaf Journal, August, 2012.
  • Hilton, C. “Monsanto & the Global Glyphosate Market: Case Study”, The Wiglaf Journal, June 2012.
  • Hilton, C. “Going Once, Going Twice, Sold! The QuiBids Marketplace”, The Wiglaf Journal, April 2012.
  • Hilton, C. “The Foundation of Firm Existence”, The Wiglaf Journal, January 2012.
  • Hilton, C. “Effective Price Segmentation Techniques”, The Wiglaf Journal, December 2011.
  • Hilton, C. “Play Ball! Preventing the Resale of Sporting Event Tickets”, Wiglaf Journal, August 2011.
  • Hilton, C. “A Price Segmentation Tale: The Amazon Book Market”, Wiglaf Journal, June 2011.
  • Hilton, C. “The Consequences of Kelo: A Financial Approach.” VMD Publishing, Ltd. July, 2010.  ISBN 978-3-639-26784-6, Paperback

Presentations

  • 1-day Workshop Presentation. Professional Pricing Society Spring Conference, April 30, 2013. "Game Theoretical Modeling: An Empirical Approach to Competitive Pricing".
  • Pricing Experts Track Break Out Session, Professional Pricing Society Fall Conference, October 25, 2012. “Pricing in Competitive Environments: A Game Theoretical Approach”.
  • Live Online Webinar, Wiglaf Pricing, September 2012. “Pricing in Competitive Environments: A Game Theoretical Approach.”
  • Invited Presentation: IQPC Pricing and Revenue Summit, August 2012. “The Power of Predictive Analytics in Pricing”.
  • Live Online Webinar, Wiglaf Pricing, June 2012. “Pricing with Exchange Value Models: Competitive Based Pricing using Differential Value.”

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