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Anh Tran

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Phone:
(812) 855-0563
Email:
trananh@indiana.edu
Room Number:
410K
Areas of Interest:
Institutions and behavior of bureaucrats, entrepreneurs, and workers in developing countries

Curriculum Vitae

    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

    Biography

    Anh Tran is a professor at the O'Neill School, specializing in the governance issues of developing countries. His current research focuses on performance management and leadership in public organizations. His articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Public Economics, American Economic Journal: Applied Policy, and other leading academic journals. 

    Tran is currently an economic advisor to the prime minister of Vietnam. He also serves as director of the Vietnam Initiatives at IU, a global think tank on development policies for Vietnam, and is the co-founder and director of the Vietnam Young Leaders Award, a scholarship program that brings exceptional government officials from Vietnam to the United States for postgraduate degrees. 

    Tran frequently works as consultant for reform initiatives by national governments, 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

    • 2014 Outstanding Junior Faculty at Indiana University
    • Director, Vietnam Initiative, Indiana University
    • 2014 Best Paper in Comparative Policy Award, Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
    • Consultant, World Bank Institute and United Nations Development Programme
    • 2007-2008 Dean's Award for Excellence in Student Teaching, J.F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

    In the News

    • "Social Scientists Develop Profile To Spot Likely Tax Evaders" - NPR, Aug. 21, 2015
    • "McRobbie Wraps up Visit to Vietnam" - Herald Times Online, June 1, 2014
    • "IU Delegation Heading to Asia" - Inside Indiana Business, May 15, 2014
    • "Indiana University Bloomington Presents Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards" - IU Bloomington Newsroom, March 12, 2014

    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)

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