Bio

Saumitra Jha is an Associate Professor of Political Economy at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and, by courtesy, of Economics and of Political Science.

Saumitra holds a BA from Williams College, master’s degrees in economics and mathematics from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in economics from Stanford University. Prior to joining the GSB, he was an Academy Scholar at Harvard University. He has been a Fellow of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance and the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University and received the Michael Wallerstein Award for best published article in Political Economy from the American Political Science Association in 2014 for his research on ethnic tolerance. Saumitra has consulted on economic and political risk issues for the United Nations/ WTO and the World Bank.

Academic Appointments

Contact

  • Academic
    saumitra@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Graduate School of Business - Faculty Position: Assoc Professor
    • Knight Management Center, E218
    • 655 Knight Way
    • Stanford,  California  94305 
    University - Faculty Department: FSI Position: Senior Fellow

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 4935
  • Other Names:
    Saum Jha

2020-21 Courses

Stanford Advisees

  • Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
    Janka Deli
  • Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
    Nirvikar Jassal
  • Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
    Marcos Manuel Salgado
  • Master's Program Advisor
    Rehana Mohammed
  • Doctoral (Program)
    Hyeon Seok Yu, Floyd Zhang

All Publications

  • Valuing Peace: The Effects of Financial Market Exposure on Votes and Political Attitudes ECONOMETRICA Jha, S., Shayo, M. 2019; 87 (5): 1561–88

    View details for DOI 10.3982/ECTA16385

    View details for Web of Science ID 000488189200006

  • Trading for peace ECONOMIC POLICY Jha, S. 2018; 33 (95): 485-+

    View details for Web of Science ID 000441002900005

  • A New Economic History of Colonial India: A Review Journal of Economic History Jha, S. 2017; 77 (2): 641-643
  • Financial Market Exposure Raises Support for Peace The Political Economist Jha, S., Shayo, M. 2016; Spring
  • FINANCIAL ASSET HOLDINGS AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES: EVIDENCE FROM REVOLUTIONARY ENGLAND QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS Jha, S. 2015; 130 (3): 1485-1545

    View details for DOI 10.1093/qje/qjv019

    View details for Web of Science ID 000359638900010

  • 'Unfinished business': Historic complementarities, political competition and ethnic violence in Gujarat JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION Jha, S. 2014; 104: 18-36

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.02.023

    View details for Web of Science ID 000337982300003

  • Gandhi’s Gift: Lessons for Peaceful Reform from India’s Struggle for Democracy Economics of Peace and Security Journal Bhavnani, R., Jha, S. 2014; 9 (1): 80-92
  • Trade, Institutions, and Ethnic Tolerance: Evidence from South Asia AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW Jha, S. 2013; 107 (4): 806-832

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0003055413000464

    View details for Web of Science ID 000330464600010

  • Analyzing Political Risk in Developing Countries: A Practical Framework for Project Managers Business and Politics Jha, S. 2013; 15 (1): 117-136
  • Can Financial Innovations Mitigate Ethnic and Civil Conflict? World Financial Review Jha, S. 2013
  • Who has voice in a deliberative democracy? Evidence from transcripts of village parliaments in south India JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Ban, R., Jha, S., Rao, V. 2012; 99 (2): 428-438

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.05.005

    View details for Web of Science ID 000309092400019

  • Does Combat Experience Foster Organizational Skill? Evidence from Ethnic Cleansing during the Partition of South Asia AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW Jha, S., Wilkinson, S. 2012; 106 (4): 883-907

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S000305541200041X

    View details for Web of Science ID 000311519300011

  • Sharing the Future: Financial Innovations and Innovators in Solving the Political Economy Challenges of Development Proceedings of the 16th World Congress of the International Economic Association Jha, S. 2012
  • The administrative foundations of self-enforcing constitutions 120th Annual Meeting of the American-Economic-Association Gonzalez de Lara, Y., Greif, A., Jha, S. AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC. 2008: 105–9

    View details for DOI 10.1257/aer.98.2.105

    View details for Web of Science ID 000256370300017

  • Governance in the gullies: Democratic responsiveness and leadership in Delhi's slums WORLD DEVELOPMENT Jha, S., Rao, V., Woolcock, M. 2007; 35 (2): 230-246

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.10.018

    View details for Web of Science ID 000245063300004

  • Maintaining Peace across Ethnic Lines: New Lessons from the Past Economics of Peace and Security Journal Jha, S. 2007; 2 (2): 89-93