Krislert Samphantharak

Krislert Samphantharak is an associate professor of economics at GPS. He is an expert in corporate finance and economic development, family businesses, business groups in East and Southeast Asia, and formal and informal financial institutions in village economies.

Samphantharak’s current research on village economies in Thailand looks at household occupation diversification, volatility and the smoothing of household income, and consumption, as well as risks and returns on household assets. Other interests include the effect of unpredictable corruption on firm investment, of sales tax on gasoline prices and of a firm's lobby spending on its effective tax rate.