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Tarun joined LSE as Professor of Financial Economics in 2026.
His research spans household finance, behavioural economics, real estate, and finance and development, with publications in leading journals across economics and finance. He has earned several awards, including the Brattle Prize for the best paper in the Journal of Finance and the Jensen Prize for the best paper in the Journal of Financial Economics.
In 2026, Tarun was the AEA-AFA Joint Luncheon Speaker at the American Economic Association / American Finance Association Annual Meetings, delivering a lecture titled "Household Finance In Action." His book, Fixed: Why Personal Finance Is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone, which brings related themes to a wider audience, was named one of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2025.
Tarun currently serves as Executive Editor of the Review of Financial Studies. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, a Senior Academic Fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economics Research, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research. His past professional service includes roles as Council Member of the Society of Financial Studies and Director of the European Finance Association.
Beyond academia, Tarun has held significant policy and advisory positions. He chaired the Inter-Regulatory Committee on Household Finance constituted by the Reserve Bank of India, served as Visiting Scholar at the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, acted as Economic Adviser to the European Securities and Markets Authority, and was an Allocation Advisory Board Member for the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund.
He holds a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Williams College, an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University. Prior to his current appointments, he spent over a decade on the faculty of the University of Oxford.
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