SANJIT DHAMI
Sanjit Dhami is currently a Reader in the Department of Economics at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He completed his PhD from the University of Toronto in Sept 1997. His other degrees include a Masters in economics from the University of Toronto and an MPhil in economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He has previously taught at the Universities of Essex and Newcastle Upon Tyne. In the past he has worked in the areas of economic theory, public economics, political economy and macroeconomics. His most recent research is largely in theoretical foundations of Behavioural Economics as well as its applications jointly with Dr. Ali al-Nowaihi. Representative Publications (2010) " Social Preferences and Redistribution", (with Ali al-Nowaihi) forthcoming in the European Economic Review. (2010) "Optimal income taxation in the presence of tax evasion: Expected utility versus prospect theory", (with Ali al-Nowaihi) forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. (2010) "The existence of a Condorcet winner when voters have other regarding preferences", (with Ali al-Nowaihi) forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economic Theory. (2009) "A value function that explains the magnitude and sign effects", (with Ali al-Nowaihi), forthcoming in Economics Letters. (2008) "The Utility Function Under Prospect Theory", Economics Letters, 99, 337-339 (with Ali al-Nowaihi and Ian Bradley)
(2007) "Why Do People Pay Taxes? Prospect Theory Versus Expected Utility Theory", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 64, pages 171–192 (with Ali al-Nowaihi)
(2007) "Corruption in a hierarchical asymmetric information game", Journal of Public Economic Theory, 9 (4) pp. 727-755 (with Ali al-Nowaihi)
(2006) "A Note On The Loewenstein-Prelec Theory Of Intertemporal Choice." Mathematical Social Sciences, Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 99-108 (joint with Ali al-Nowaihi).
(2006) "A simple derivation of Prelec’s probability weighting function." Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 50 (6), pages 521-524. (with Ali al-Nowaihi).
(2003) "The Political Economy of Redistribution Under Asymmetric Information", Journal of Public Economics, Vol 87/9-10 pp 2069-2103
SANJIT DHAMI
Sanjit Dhami is currently a Reader in the Department of Economics at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He completed his PhD from the University of Toronto in Sept 1997. His other degrees include a Masters in economics from the University of Toronto and an MPhil in economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He has previously taught at the Universities of Essex and Newcastle Upon Tyne. In the past he has worked in the areas of economic theory, public economics, political economy and macroeconomics. His most recent research is largely in theoretical foundations of Behavioural Economics as well as its applications jointly with Dr. Ali al-Nowaihi. Representative Publications (2010) " Social Preferences and Redistribution", (with Ali al-Nowaihi) forthcoming in the European Economic Review. (2010) "Optimal income taxation in the presence of tax evasion: Expected utility versus prospect theory", (with Ali al-Nowaihi) forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. (2010) "The existence of a Condorcet winner when voters have other regarding preferences", (with Ali al-Nowaihi) forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economic Theory. (2009) "A value function that explains the magnitude and sign effects", (with Ali al-Nowaihi), forthcoming in Economics Letters. (2008) "The Utility Function Under Prospect Theory", Economics Letters, 99, 337-339 (with Ali al-Nowaihi and Ian Bradley)
(2007) "Why Do People Pay Taxes? Prospect Theory Versus Expected Utility Theory", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 64, pages 171–192 (with Ali al-Nowaihi)
(2007) "Corruption in a hierarchical asymmetric information game", Journal of Public Economic Theory, 9 (4) pp. 727-755 (with Ali al-Nowaihi)
(2006) "A Note On The Loewenstein-Prelec Theory Of Intertemporal Choice." Mathematical Social Sciences, Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 99-108 (joint with Ali al-Nowaihi).
(2006) "A simple derivation of Prelec’s probability weighting function." Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 50 (6), pages 521-524. (with Ali al-Nowaihi).
(2003) "The Political Economy of Redistribution Under Asymmetric Information", Journal of Public Economics, Vol 87/9-10 pp 2069-2103