Christian Ahlin

Christian Ahlin is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Michigan State University's College of Social Science. His research focuses on Development Economics and Microfinance, with a particular emphasis on credit contract design, group lending dynamics, and empirical analysis of fraud and inequality. Contact: ahlinc@msu.edu.

His scholarly work intersects with fields including:

• Development Economics
• Microfinance
• Adverse Selection
• Empirical Industrial Organization
• Risk Analysis
• Policy Evaluation

Recent publications examine group lending mechanisms, conditional inequality metrics, fraud detection, and theoretical models of credit allocation. His empirical studies span Thailand, Uganda, and South Korea, addressing financial inclusion, contract structure, and behavioral economics.