Skip to Navigation

Joseph W. Duncan, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow and Advisory Board Member
Expertise::: Commercial Credit Scoring, Data Architecture, Data Privacy, Econometrics, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Information Economics, Small Businesses, Statistics

Dr. Duncan is currently an independent consultant with many clients across a broad swath of industries. Prior to leaving the private sector, Duncan served as Chief Economist for Dun & Bradstreet, where he oversaw a team of economists generating economic and strategic business analysis for D&B. Duncan has authored dozens of books and hundreds of articles, many of which focus on information economics. Duncan was involved in the crafting of the Privacy Act and helped architect the Standard Industrial Classification system (SIC) for tracking economic data across the entire U.S. economy. His most recent book, Statistics for the 21st Century, addresses issues pertaining to the collection and use of such data.

Follow PERC here!

cover page image
Congress Faces Critical Decision About Consumer Credit Legislation (The Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970 and 1996) – more info...
cover page image
Information Sharing and SMME Financing in South Africa: A Survey of the Landscape – more info...
cover page image
The Fair Credit Reporting Act: Access, Efficiency and Opportunity - Part II – more info...
cover page image
The Impact of Provider- Identifiable Data on Healthcare Quality and Cost – more info...