Curriculum Vitae



Paan Jindapon
Associate Professor of Economics
Harris Schlesinger Memorial Endowed Faculty Fellow
Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies
Culverhouse College of Business
The University of Alabama


Contact Information
Mailing address: UA Box 870224, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, U.S.A.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (205) 348 7841
Fax: +1 (205) 348 0590


Post-Ph.D. Positions
2022-Present: Harris Schlesinger Memorial Endowed Faculty Fellow
2012-Present: Associate Professor of Economics, University of Alabama
2006-2012: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Alabama


Education
2002-2006: Ph.D. (Economics), Texas A&M University, Texas, U.S.A. 
       Dissertation: Essays on Risk Aversion
       Advisor: William S. Neilson
1999-2002: M.B.A., Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
1997-1998: M.A. (Applied Economics), Southern Methodist University, Texas, U.S.A.
1991-1995: B.A. (Economics), Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand


Publications
  1. Higher-Order Generalizations of Arrow-Pratt and Ross Risk Aversion: A Comparative Statics Approach. Journal of Economic Theory, September 2007. (Coauthor: William S. Neilson)
  2. Option Price without Expected Utility. Economics Letters, September 2008.  (Coauthor: W. Douglass Shaw)
  3. The Impact of Societal Risk Attitudes on Terrorism and Counterterrorism. Economics & Politics, August 2009. (Coauthor: William S. Neilson)
  4. Network Externalities and the Structure of Terror Networks. Journal of Conflict Resolution, April 2010. (Coauthor: Walter Enders)
  5. Prudence Probability Premium. Economics Letters, October 2010.
  6. On the Economics of Interrogation: The Big 4 Versus the Little Fish Game. Journal of Peace Research, May 2011. (Coauthor: Walter Enders)
  7. Do Risk Lovers Invest in Self Protection? Economics Letters, November 2013.
  8. Persuasive Communication when the Sender's Incentives are Uncertain. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, November 2013. (Coauthor: Carlos Oyarzun)
  9. Price Discrimination through Refund Contracts in Airlines. International Journal of Industrial Organization, May 2014. (Coauthor: Diego Escobari)
  10. Risk Lovers and the Rent Over-Investment Puzzle. Public Choice, July 2015. (Coauthor: Christopher Whaley)
  11. Risk Attitudes and Heterogeneity in Simultaneous and Sequential Contests.  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, June 2017. (Coauthor: Zhe Yang)
  12. Political Business Cycles in a Dynamic Bipartisan Voting Model. Mathematical Social Sciences, November 2019. (Coauthor: Matt Van Essen)
  13. Free Riders and the Optimal Prize in Public-Good Funding Lotteries, Journal of Public Economic Theory, July 2020. (Coauthor: Zhe Yang)
  14. Market Making with Convex Quotes, Finance Research Letters, November 2020. (Coauthor: Hae-shin Hwang)
  15. Comparative Risk Apportionment, Economic Theory Bulletin, April 2021. (Coauthors: Liqun Liu and William S. Neilson)
  16. Risk Preference Heterogeneity in Group Contests, Journal of Mathematical Economics, August 2021. (Coauthor: Phil Brookins)
  17. Prize-Linked Savings Game: Theory and Experiment, Games and Economic Behavior, May 2022. (Coauthors: Pacharasut Sujarittanonta and Ajalavat Viriyavipart)
  18. Contest Divisioning (Coauthor: Phil Brookins), Review of Economic Design, August 2022.
  19. Indefinitely Repeated Contests with Incumbency Advantage (Coauthors: Cary Deck and Zachary Dorobiala), Journal of the Economic Science Association, January 2024.
  20. Bundling in Advance Sales: Theory and Evidence from Round-trip vs Two One-way Tickets (Coauthors: Diego Escobari and Nicholas G. Rupp), Journal of Industrial Economics, forthcoming.


Working Papers
  1. Income Interdependence and Informal Risk Sharing: The Effects of Future Interactions and Directed Altruism (Coauthors: Pacharasut Sujarittanonta and Ajalavat Viriyavipart), under review.
  2. Bargaining over R&D Technology in Open Innovation (Coauthor: Dongryul Lee), under review.
  3. Diversity and Team Selection (Coauthor: Tigran Melkonyan), under review.
  4. Ambiguity, Cognitive Reflection, and Strategic Complexity across Auctions (Coauthors: Cary Deck, Tigran Melkonyan, and Mark Schneider), under review.
  5. In Search of Mixed Risk Attitudes (Coauthor: Jack Maurer)
  6. The Effects of Prudence and Reference-Dependence Preference on Insurance and Saving Decisions (Coauthor: Boyi Zhuang)
  7. Self-protection under Compound Risk (Coauthor: Sebastain Awondo)
  8. Collusion in Large Contests (Coauthor: Phil Brookins)

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Teaching Experience
The University of Alabama
  • EC 110 Principles of Microeconomics (U) Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2019
  • EC 112 Honors Principles of Microeconomics (U) Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2022
  • EC 308 Intermediate Microeconomics (U) Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2017, Spring 2022, Spring 2024
  • EC 310 Honors Intermediate Microeconomics (U) Spring 2020
  • EC 412/512 Industrial Organization (U/G) Spring 2015
  • EC 470/570 Mathematical Economics (U/G) Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2014, Summer 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
  • EC 497/597 Economics of Insurance (U/G) Fall 2016
  • EC 508 Microeconomic Theory (G) Fall 2009, Fall 2024
  • EC 600 Advanced Mathematical Economics (G) Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
  • EC 610 Seminar in Microeconomic Theory (G) Fall 2008, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017
  • EC 660 Game Theory (G) Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013

Texas A&M University
  • ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics (U) Fall 2003
  • ECMT 463 Introduction to Econometrics (U) Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Summer 2005, Summer 2006

Bangkok University
  • TSM 618 Managerial Economics (G) Fall 2013, Spring 2014

Mahidol University
  • ICBE 348 Economics of Human Resources (U) Fall 2013

Note: U = undergraduate level; G = graduate level


Advising and Mentoring
Doctoral Dissertations Directed
  1. Christopher Whaley (Economics) Extensions in Risk, Uncertainty, and Insurance. University of Alabama, 2016.
  2. Zhe Yang (Economics) Three Essays on Risk Attitudes and the Theory of Contests. University of Alabama, 2019.

Doctoral Committees Served
  1. Junhua Yu (Economics) University of Alabama, 2008.
  2. Patrick Cooper (Economics) University of Alabama, 2010.
  3. Hunter Holzhauer (Finance) University of Alabama, 2010.
  4. Bradford Patterson (Economics) University of Alabama, 2011.
  5. Kelsey Brasel (Accounting) University of Alabama, 2013.
  6. Bing Liu (Operations Management) University of Alabama, 2013.
  7. Jackson Mills (Finance) University of Alabama, 2015.
  8. Trevor Sorensen (Accounting) University of Alabama, 2016.
  9. Jasmine Bordere (Accounting) University of Alabama, 2016.
  10. Boyi Zhuang (Economics) University of Alabama, 2016.
  11. Christopher McCoy (Accounting) University of Alabama, 2018.
  12. Jiahong Gao (Economics) University of Alabama, 2020.
  13. Emily Blum (Accounting) University of Alabama, 2020.
  14. Fan Wu (Economics) University of Alabama, 2020.
  15. James Lawson (Accounting) University of Alabama, 2021.
  16. Huizhen Zhong (Economics) University of Alabama, 2021.
  17. Davidson Gillette (Accounting) University of Alabama, 2022.
  18. Leah Diehl (Accounting) University of Alabama, 2022.
  19. Steven Dandemiller (Accounting) University of Alabama, 2023.

Journal Referee
Bulletin of Economic Research, Decisions in Economics and Finance, Defence and Peace Economics, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, Economic Theory Bulletin, Economics Letters, Environmental and Resource Economics, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, International Economic Review, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Genocide Research, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Politics, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Management Science, Mathematical Social Sciences, Operations Research, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Theory and Decision, Water Resources Research


Awards
2006: Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Economics,  Texas A&M University.
2010: Computer-Based Honors Program Faculty Mentor of the Year, Honors College, University of Alabama.
2019: Thomas D. F. Moore Endowed Teaching Award, Culverhouse College of Business, University of Alabama}