Dr. Ajalavat Viriyavipart | American University of Sharjah
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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Economics

Teaching areas

Experimental Economics, Game Theory, Behavioral Economics, Microeconomics Theory

Research areas

Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Environmental Economics

Education

PhD, Economics, Texas A&M University, United States, 2015
BA, Economics (first Class Honor), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2010

Professional experience

Assistant Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2015 - Present

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 4692

Dr. Ajalavat Viriyavipart

Associate Professor
PhD, Texas A&M University, United States

Prior to joining AUS, Ajalavat Viriyavipart taught a class in economics when he was a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University, USA. His research interests are in the fields of Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, and Experimental Economics. His work has been published in leading journals in economics including Ecological Economics, European Economic Review, and Experimental Economics.

Publications

Adrian Lopes And Ajalavat Viriyavipart. Crop residue burning increased during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study of rural India, Heliyon, 13 March 2024
Paan Jindapon, Pacharasut Sujarittanonta And Ajalavat Viriyavipart. Income Interdependence and Informal Risk Sharing Under the Shadow of the Future
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
Paan Jindapon, Pacharasut Sujarittanonta And Ajalavat Viriyavipart. Prize-Linked Savings Games: Theory and Experiments, Games And Economic Behavior, May 2022
Pacharasut Sujarittanonta And Ajalavat Viriyavipart. Deterring Collusion with a Reserve Price: An Auction Experiment, Experimental Economics, June 2021
Adrian Lopes, Ajalavat Viriyavipart And Dina Tasneem. The role of social influence in crop residue management: Evidence from Northern India, Ecological Economics, March 2020
John Van Huyck, Ajalavat Viriyavipart And Alexander Brown. When less information is good enough: experiments with global stag hunt games, Experimental Economics, September 2018
Alexander Brown, Ajalavat Viriyavipart And Xiaoyuan Wang. Search deterrence in experimental consumer goods markets, European Economic Review, May 2018

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
Nudges and Compensation: Evaluating Experimental Evidence on Controlling Rice Straw Burning, 55th Annual Canadian Economics Association Meetings, June 2021
Deterring Bribes with a Reserve Price: An Auction Experiment, Asia-pacic Economic Science Association Meeting, January 2019
Deterring Bribes with a Reserve Price: An Auction Experiment, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, November 2018
Prize-Linked Savings Games: Theory and Experiments, University Of Electronic Science And Technology Of China, Chengdu, China,, May 2018
Prize-Linked Savings Games: Theory and Experiments, Inaugural Wuhan Cherry Blossom Workshop In Experimental Economics, Wuhan, China, March 2018
When Less Information is Good Enough: Experiments with Global Stag Hunt Games, New York University, Abu Dhabi, Uae, October 2015

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Faculty Research Grant - Comprehensive, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2025
Grant, Faculty Development Grant, School of Business Administration, 25 March 2024
Grant, FRG20-M-B71: Optimal design and framing in prize-linked savings, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2020 - 31 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, Faculty Research Grant (Regular) Two Year Award: FRG17-R-49, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2017 - 21 November 2019
Grant, Bribing in Auctions: An Experimental Study, Center for Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Chulalongkorn University, August 2016 - August 2018
Grant, Prize-linked Savings: An Experimental Study, Center for Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Chulalongkorn University, August 2016 - August 2018

Awards and Honors

Assistantship for the Most Promising Fourth-Year Students, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, 2014, June 2014
S. Charles Maurice Fellowship, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, 2014, June 2014
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Fellowship, Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2013-2014, August 2013
M.J. Grove End Scholarship, Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, Summer 2012 and Summer 2013, June 2012
Graduate Assistantship, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, 2010-2015, August 2010

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