Sam Jindani

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore

Sam Jindani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore.

His research focuses on game theory, with particular interest in applications to social norms.

Recent work by Sam Jindani

A stepping stone approach to mitigating harmful social norms

Can an intermediate, less severe action serve as a stepping stone to eliminating a harmful norm? Research on female genital cutting in Somalia suggests that the intermediate action risks becoming the new norm.

Institutions & Political Economy

Selim Gulesci Sam Jindani Eliana La Ferrara David Smerdon Munshi Sulaiman Peyton Young

Published 17.07.25