Krislert Samphantharak
krislert@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-0627
Fax: (858) 534-3939
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
Office: #1307
Education
Ph.D. and A.M., University of Chicago, 2003 (Economics)
B.A., Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1998 (Economics, First Class Honors with a Gold Medal)
Programs and Centers
Southeast Asia Regional Concentration ProgramBiography
Professor Krislert Samphantharak's research applies frameworks and theories in corporate finance and asset pricing to study household finance in developing economies. His current research on village economies in Thailand looks at household's occupation diversification, volatility and smoothing of household income and consumption, and risks and returns on household assets. He also studies the role of family and networks in family businesses and corporate restructuring in emerging economies. Other research interests include the effect of unpredictable corruption on firm investment, the effect of sales tax on gasoline prices, the effect of firm's lobby spending on its effective tax rate, and economic development of economies in Southeast Asia.
Samphantharak's recent book, Households as Corporate Firms: An Analysis of Household Finance Using Integrated Household Surveys and Corporate Financial Accounting, is available from Cambridge University Press.
Perspectives
Samphantharak can provide commentary about finance and development, family businesses, business groups in East Asia, and formal and informal financial institutions in village economies.
Expertise
Samphantharak has expertise in the areas of economic development, corporate finance, corporate governance, business groups, family business, and economic development of Southeast Asia.
Current Projects
Samphantharak's research applies frameworks and theories in corporate finance and asset pricing to study household finance in developing economies. His current research on village economies in Thailand looks at household's occupation diversification, volatility and smoothing of household income and consumption, and risks and returns on household assets. He also studies the role of family and networks in family businesses and corporate restructuring in emerging economies. Other research interests include the effect of unpredictable corruption on firm investment, the effect of sales tax on gasoline prices, the effect of firm's lobby spending on its effective tax rate, and economic development of economies in Southeast Asia.
Background Notes
Samphantharak joined IR/PS in 2003.
Publications of Note
Book
Households as Corporate Firms: An Analysis of Household Finance Using Integrated Household Surveys and Corporate Financial Accounting. (with Robert M. Townsend), Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Articles
"$2.00 Gas! Studying the Effects of Gas Tax Moratorium" (with Joseph J. Doyle, Jr.) Journal of Public Economics, April 2008.
"Mixing Family with Business: A Study of Thai Business Groups and the Families behind Them." (with Marianne Bertrand, Simon Johnson, and Antoinette Schoar) Journal of Financial Economics, June 2008.
“Predictable Corruption and Firm Investment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Survey of Cambodian Entrepreneurs,” (with Edmund Malesky), Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2008, 3: 227–267.
"Lobbying and Taxes." (with Brian K. Richter and Jeffrey F. Timmons), American Journal of Political Science, October 2009.
"Edgeworth Cycles Revisited." (with Joseph J. Doyle, Jr. and Erich J. Muehlegger), Energy Economics, May 2010.
