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Tanjim HOSSAIN

Assistant Professor
Email: tanjim@ust.hk
Ph.D.      2004    Princeton University, Economics
M. A.      2001    Princeton University, Economics 
B. A.      1999    University of Maryland,  Economics
B. S.      1999    University of Maryland, Computer Science

 personal website: http://ihome.ust.hk/tanjim


ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2004
  • Member, Executive Committee, Center for Experimental Business Research (cEBR), HKUST  

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applied microeconomics, behavioral economics, experimental economics, industrial organization

PUBLICATIONS 

  • “…Plus Shipping and Handling: Revenue (Non)-Equivalence in Field Experiments on eBay,” with John Morgan, Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy, 2006, Vol. 6:2:3
  • “Learning by Bidding,” RAND Journal of Economics, Summer 2008, 39(2), 509-529
  • “The Quest for QWERTY,” with John Morgan, American Economic Review, May 2009, 99(2), 435-440
  •  “Sniping and Squatting in Auction Markets,” with Jeffrey C. Ely, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, August 2009, 1(2), 68-94
  • “Shrouded Attributes and Information Suppression: Evidence from the Field” with Jennifer Brown and John Morgan, Forthcoming, Quarterly Journal of Economics

 

 Working Papers

  • “Bargaining with Learning”
  • “Do All Markets Ultimately Tip? Experimental Evidence,” with Dylan Minor and John Morgan
  • “The Behavioralist Visits the Factory: Increasing Productivity Using Simple Framing Manipulations,” with John List
  • “When Do Markets Tip? A Cognitive Hierarchies Approach,” with John Morgan “


 FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS

Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review, 2007-08

PI, Hong Kong Research Grant Council, General Research Fund Grant, "Estimating Competition Effect Using Private Information: Evidence from
Tea Auctions,” 2008–10

PI, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Research Project Competition, “Private Signals, Information Processing and the No Trade Theorem,” 2007–09

PI, Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Competitive Earmarked Research
Grant, “Sniping and Squatting in Online Auctions,” 2006–08

Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars, Graduate Fellow, 2002–04

Phi Beta Kappa, Elected Member, May 1999