Curriculum Vitae

Positions

• Research Fellow2026 - Current
  • Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
    • School of Economics

Education

• University of Technology Sydney 2024
  • Ph.D. in Economics
  • Supervisory Panel: Isa Hafalir (main), Luis Vasconcelos, Kentaro Tomoeda
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2019
  • B.S. in Economics

Research Intetests

• Auction Theory
• Behavioural and Experimental Economics

Research

When Speed is of Essence: Perishable Goods Auctions

Hafalir, I., Kesten, O., Sherstyuk, K., & Tao, C. (2026). When speed is of essence: Perishable goods auctions. Journal of Economic Theory, 106149.

Istanbul Flower Auction: The Need for Speed

Hafalir, I., Kesten, O., Luo, D., Sherstyuk, K., & Tao, C. (2024). Istanbul Flower Auction: The Need for Speed. arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.08288.

Repeated Gambles with Bundled Options: A Behavioural Model of Probability Misperception

Other Work Experience

• Behavioural Lab Manager2023
  • University of Technology Sydney
  • Duties include
    • oTree programming assistance
    • Qualtrics programming assistance
    • ORSEE server maintenance
• Teaching Assistance2020 - 2023
  • University of Technology Sydney
  • Courses
    • Mathematics for Business and Economics
    • Game Theory
    • Business Statistics

Conferences

• Xiamen Conference on Experimental Economics, 2024
• Australian PhD Conference in Economics and Business, 2024