- Phone:
- (812) 855-0563
- Email:
- trananh@iu.edu
- Areas of Interest:
- Institutions, technologies, and human intelligence
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Education
- Ph.D. in Public Policy, Harvard University, 2009
- Master in Advanced Economics, University of New South Wales, 1999
- A.B. (with honors) in International Relations, Russian Economic Academy, 1994
Courses
- Approaches to Development
- Development Economics
- International Economic Strategy and Trade Policy
- Public Management Economics
- Economic Development, Globalization and Entrepreneurship
Biography
Anh Tran is a professor at the O’Neill School, specializing in the governance of public and business organizations. His current research focuses on institutions, digital technologies and human intelligence. His articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Politics, American Economic Journal: Applied Policy, and other leading academic journals.
Tran has been economic advisor to several prime ministers of Vietnam. He also serves as chair of Vietnam Initiative at IU, a global network of experts on development policies for Vietnam. He has led two major US government projects in Vietnam to train senior policymakers and innovate the higher education system.
Tran frequently works as consultant for innovations by governments, corporations, the United Nations and the World Bank, and has lived and worked in Russia, France, and Australia. He has participated in UNDP Academic Fellowship, Asia Foundation's Emerging Leaders Program, and the Vietnamese Prime Minister's Research Council. Tran is co-founder of the International Society of Vietnamese Economists.
Highlights
- Advisor, Digital Transformation, Government of Vietnam (2020-present)
- Faculty Advisor, Mindfulness Society, Indiana University (2023-present)
- Co-leader, USAID Partnership for Higher Education Reform (2021-2025)
- Consultant, Digital Transformation, World Bank (2018-2019)
- Outstanding Junior Faculty at Indiana University (2014)
- Award for Excellence in Student Teaching, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2007-2008)
In the News
- "O'Neill School, International Development awarded $14.2 million to modernize universities in Vietnam" - IU Newsroom, September 2, 2021
Selected Works
- "The impact of recentralization on public services: A difference-in-differences analysis of the abolition of elected councils in Vietnam," (with C. Nguyen and E. Malesky), American Political Science Review, 108 (1): 1-25 (2014)
- "The adverse effects of sunshine: A field experiment on legislative transparency in an authoritarian assembly," (with E. Malesky and P. Schuler), American Political Science Review, 106(4): 762‐786 (2012)
- "Importing corruption culture from overseas: Evidence from corporate tax evasion in the United States,"Journal of Financial Economics, (forthcoming)
- "Rank as an incentive: Evidence from a field experiment," (with R. Zeckhauser), Journal of Public Economics, 96 (9–10): 645–650 (2012)