Tarek Ghani is an assistant professor of strategy at Washington University's Olin Business School and a nonresident fellow of the Brookings Institution's Global Economy and Development Program.
Tarek's research explores the private sector’s role in the diffusion of new technologies and navigating economic, political and social fragility. In particular, he has studied the social impact of digital payments on public and private organizations and how markets adapt to major frictions in the institutional environment. His research has appeared in top journals such as the American Economic Review, AEJ: Microeconomics, AEJ: Economic Policy, Journal of Politics, Management Science, and the Review of Economics & Statistics. During 2020-2021, he served as chief economist and Future of Conflict program director at the International Crisis Group. He holds a Ph.D. in Business & Public Policy from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University.
