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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Economics

Teaching areas

Microeconomics; Behavioral Economics; Industrial Organization; Public Economics.

Research areas

Behavioral and Experimental Economics; Applied Microeconomics

Education

PhD, Economics, McGill University, Canada, 2015
Master, Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006
Bachelor, Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005

Professional experience

Associate Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2020 - Present
Assistant Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2015 - 2020
Instructor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - 2015
Course Lecturer, McGill University, Quebec, Canada, 2012 - 2012
Lecturer, BRAC University, Bangladesh, 2007 - 2008

Memberships

Canadian Economics Association, CEA, International, March 2022 - December 2022
Economic Science Association, ESA, International, April 2021 - December 2021
Canadian Economics Association, CEA, International, February 2021 - December 2021
Canadian Economic Association, CEA, International, February 2019 - December 2019

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 4626

Dr. Dina Tasneem

Associate Professor
PhD, McGill University, Canada

Dina Tasneem's area of research interest includes behavioral and experimental economics, resource economics, applied microeconomics and dynamic decision making.

Publications

Adrian Lopes, Dina Tasneem And Ajalavat Viriyavipart. Determinants of Wheat Residue Burning: Evidence from India, Plos One, 29 December 2023
Adrian Lopes, Dina Tasneem And Ajalavat Viriyavipart. Nudges and Compensation: Evaluating Experimental Evidence on Controlling Rice Straw Burning., Ecological Economics, February 2023
Mehnaz Rabbani, Semab Rahman And Dina Tasneem. Trust and citizen participation in community-based monitoring system: An experimental evidence from Bangladesh, Journal Of Behavioral And Experimental Economics, 2022
Dina Tasneem And Hassan Benchekroun. A review of experiments on dynamic games in environmental and resource economics, 2020
Hassan Benchekroun, Amrita Chaudhuri And Dina Tasneem. On the impact of trade in a common property renewable resource oligopoly, Journal Of Environmental Economics And Management, 2020
Adrian Lopes, Ajalavat Viriyavipart And Dina Tasneem. The role of social influence in crop residue management: Evidence from Northern India, Ecological Economics, March 2020
Minhaj Mahmud And Dina Tasneem. Honesty, ability, norm, and socioeconomic status: experimental evidence from Bangladesh, Available At Ssrn 3478988, 2019
Dina Tasneem, Jim Engle-warnick And Hassan Benchekroun. Sustainable management of renewable resources: an experimental investigation in continuous time, Applied Economics, 2019
Dina Tasneem, Jim Engle-warnick And Others. Decision Rules for Precautionary and Retirement Savings, 2018
Dina Tasneem, Audrey Azerot, Marine De Montaignac, Jim Engle-warnick And Others. A Laboratory Study of Nudge with Retirement Savings, 2018
Dina Tasneem, Audrey Azerot, Marine Montaignac And Jim Warnick. Nudge vs. Financial Literacy in a Retirement Savings Laboratory Experiment, 2018
Dina Tasneem, Jim Engle-warnick And Hassan Benchekroun. An experimental study of a common property renewable resource game in continuous time, Journal Of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017

Conference Presentations

Disentangling the impact of financial literacy on behavior: Does financial literacy increase patience?, Assa Annual Meeting, Meea Session Titled “finance And Financial Markets In The Mena Region”, 6 January 2024
Developing healthy eating habits in children: An experimental study among UAE school children, 2nd “economic Policy And Research In The Uae And Beyond” Conference, 23 February 2023
Developing Healthy Eating Behavior at Early Age, Prague Conference On Behavioral Sciences 2022, 20 May 2022
Nudges and Compensation: Evaluating Experimental Evidence on Controlling Rice Straw Burning, 55th Annual Canadian Economics Association Meetings, June 2021
Developing healthy eating habits in children: Experimental evidence, 40th Meea Annual Meeting, January 2020
Honesty, Ability, Social Norm, and Socioeconomic Status: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh, Annual Conference Of The Canadian Economic Association, 2019
Developing healthy eating habits in children: Experimental evidence, Economics Seminar Series, 19 November 2019
On extrinsic and intrinsic incentives to control rice straw burning: Experimental evidence from India, Economic Seminar Series, Aus, April 2019
Decision Rules for Precautionary and Retirement Savings, Annual Conference Of The Canadian Economic Association, June, 2018., June 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Mobile financial services usage for international remittances: opportunities and challenges, American University of Sharjah, June 2024 - May 2025
Grant, Faculty Development Grant, School of Business Administration, 25 March 2024
Grant, Food Labeling and Demand for Healthy Food: An Experimental Evidence from the UAE, American University of Sharjah, June 2020 - May 2022
Grant, Disentangling the impact of financial literacy on behavior: Does financial literacy increase patience and risk tolerance?, American University of Sharjah, June 2019 - May 2021
Grant, Early Age Health Literacy and Dietary Choices as Investment in Human Capital: An Experimental Study among UAE School Children, American University of Sharjah, June 2017 - December 2019

Awards and Honors

Graduate Excellence Award in Economics, McGill University, 2012-2013
Graduate Excellence Fellowship, McGill University, 2011 - 2012
Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Award, McGill University, 2014
Graduate Students Assistant Fellowships and Awards, McGill University, 2009

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