#  Saumitra Jha 

Associate Professor of Political Economy, Stanford Graduate School of Business

 Senior Fellow, Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law

Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

 

 

 



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 email <saumitra@stanford.edu> 

 



 

**Research interests:** economic, financial and organizational approaches to mitigating political polarization and conflict; non-violent protests; apex corruption; political risk



 

 

 





 

 

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