Faculty Profile

M. Shahe Emran is an assistant professor of Economics and International Affairs at GWU. He was educated at Stanford University (PhD in Economics) and Dhaka University, Bangladesh (MSS in Economics). He is currently the coordinator of the Tax Task Force at IPD, Columbia University. He worked previously at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and the World Bank. His research interests focus on Development Economics, Public Economics, and Applied Econometrics. His recent research has been published in Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Development Economics and Canadian Journal of Economics. Current research projects include (1) Microfinance, Missing Markets, and Ultra-poor (with Joe Stiglitz, Forhad Shilpi, Stephen Smith), (2) Efficiency and Equity Issues in Tax Reform in Developing Countries (with Joe Stiglitz), (3) Financial Liberalization and Entrepreneurial Development (with Joe Stiglitz), (4) Access to Markets, and Rural Poverty and Inequality (with Zhaoyang Hou), and (4) Private Investment in developing Countries (with Forhad Shilpi and Subika Farazi).

Professor Emran teaches Development Economics at GW (Undergraduate, Masters, and PhD levels).

Assistant Professor
PhD, Stanford University

Interests: Development economics, public economics, international economics and applied econometrics.

Contact Information:
Office: Monroe 302
(202) 994-6922
semran@gwu.edu