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Dr. Dakshina G. De Silva

Associate Professor

Department of Economics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1014

Faculty Office: 254 Holden Hall
Phone: 806.742.2466 ext 237
E-mail: dakshina.de-silva@ttu.edu

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Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of Oklahoma, 2002
M.S., International Economics, Radford University, 1997
B.S., Economics, Radford University, 1995 

Research Interests

Industrial organization. Auction theory and applications. Game theory. Wind engineering.

Courses Offered

 

Selected Publications

“The Impact of Public Information on Bidding in Highway Procurement Auctions” (with Timothy Dunne, Anuruddha Kankanamge, and Georgia Kosmopoulou.) Forthcoming in the European Economic Review.

“The Impact of Change in Auction Format on Bidding Behavior” (with Anuruddha Kankanamge and Georgia Kosmopoulou), Economics Letters, 2007, 95: 60-65.

“The Effect of Shill Bidding upon Prices: Experimental Evidence,” (with Georgia Kosmopoulou), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2007, 25(2): 291-313.

“Stochastic Synergies in Sequential Auctions.” (with Thomas D. Jeitschko, and Georgia Kosmopoulou), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2005, 23(3-4): 183-201.

“Synergies in Recurring Procurement Auctions: An Empirical Investigation,” Economic Inquiry, 2005, 43(1): 55-66.

“An Empirical Analysis of Entrant and Incumbent Bidding in Road Construction Auctions,” (with Timothy Dunne and Georgia Kosmopoulou) Journal of Industrial Economics, 2003, 51(3): 295-316.

“Sequential Bidding in Road Construction Auctions,” (with Timothy Dunne and Georgia Kosmopoulou) Economics Letters, 2002, 76: 239-244.