Gani Aldashev

Gani Aldashev is a Professor of Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and a Research Fellow at the ECARES (European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics). Previously he taught at the University of Namur (Belgium) and University of Cergy-Pontoise (France). He received his PhD in Economics at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) in 2005. He is a member of the European Development Network (EUDN), founding member of the N.G.O. (Nonprofits, Governments, and Organizations) Network, and an associate member of Theoretical Research in Development Economics (ThReD) research network.

Current professional positions

• Oct. 2015 – present Professor of Economics, Université libre de Bruxelles
• Oct. 2015 – present Research Fellow, European Center for Advanced Research in
• Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université libre de Bruxelles
• Jan. 2020 – June 2020 Ronald Coase Visiting Professor of Economics & Law, Tilburg University

Fields of interest

Main fields: Development Economics, Economic History, Political Economics

Secondary fields:

Public Economics, Behavioral Economics

Current professional affiliations

• Apr. 2018 – present Senior Fellow, Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare
• (I3H), Université libre de Bruxelles
• Oct. 2012 – present Full member, European Development Network (EUDN)
• Mar. 2011 – present Associate, Theoretical Research in Development Economics (ThReD)
• June 2011 – present Founding Member, N.G.O. (“Nonprofits, Governments, Organizations”) Research Network

Past professional positions

• Sep. 2005 – Sep. 2015: Assistant, Associate, and Professor of Economics, Univ. of Namur
• Apr. 2008 – May 2009: Adjunct Instructor, Università Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC), Italy
• Sep. 2005 – Aug. 2007: Associate Fellow, CORE (UCLouvain), Belgium
• Sep. 2004 – July 2005: Visiting Marie Curie Fellow, DELTA (ENS), Paris, France
• Sep. 2003 – July 2004: Visiting Marie Curie Fellow, London School of Economics, UK

Education

• May 2005 PhD Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
• June 2000 MA (with distinction) Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
• Jan. 1999 BA (summa cum laude, Valedictorian) International Economics, American University of Paris, France

10 most significant publications

1. Aldashev G., Verdier, T. 2009. “When NGOs Go Global: Competition on International Markets for Development Donations”, Journal of International Economics, vol. 79.
2. Aldashev G., Verdier, T. 2010. “Goodwill Bazaar: NGO Competition and Giving to Development”, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 91.
3. Aldashev, G., Platteau, J.-Ph., Wahhaj, Z. 2011. “Legal Reform in the Presence of a Living Custom: An Economic Approach”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, vol. 108.
4. Aldashev, G., Chaara, I., Platteau, J.-Ph., Wahhaj, Z. 2012. “Using the Law to Change the Custom”, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 97.
5. Aldashev, G., Marini, M., Verdier, T. 2014. “Brothers in Alms? Coordination between Nonprofits on Markets for Charitable Giving”, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 117.
6. Aldashev, G., Limardi, M., Verdier, T. 2015. “Watchdogs of the Invisible Hand: NGO Monitoring and Industry Equilibrium”, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 116.
7. Aldashev, G., Guirkinger, C. 2017. “Colonization and changing social structure: Evidence from Kazakhstan”, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 127.
8. Aldashev, G., Zanarone, G. 2017. “Endogenous Enforcement Institutions”, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 128.
9. Aldashev, G., Kirchsteiger, G., Sebald, A. 2017. “Assignment Procedure Biases in Randomized Policy Experiments”, Economic Journal, vol. 127.
10. Aldashev, G., Jaimovich, E., Verdier, T. 2018. “Small is Beautiful: Motivational Allocation in the Nonprofit Sector”, Journal of European Economic Association, vol.