Ali Tarhouni
Senior Lecturer in Business Economics

PhD, Michigan State University, 1983
MA, Michigan State University, 1978
BA, Libyan University, 1973

Specialties
Managerial economics, macroeconomic analysis, financial institutions and markets, international finance and investments.

Positions Held
Joined the University of Washington in 1985.
Assistant professor at Washington State University (1984-85)

Current Research
Cost factors in trauma centers, productivity measurement in the unified German economy, reaction of bank stocks to Latin American debt announcements.

Honors and Awards
MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn (2007, 2008)
E-Business Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn (2003)
MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn (1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2003)
PACCAR Award for Teaching Excellence (2002)
Daniel R. Siegel Service Award (2000, 2001)
Professor of the Year (1998)
Charles Summer Memorial Teaching Award (1997, 1998, 2002)
ADMIN 510 Outstanding Instructor (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Tyee Instructor of the Year (1987)

Academic Service
Advisory Board of the Center of Instructional Development and Research (CIDR) and the Business and Economics Development Program (BEDP).
Helped develop the School's Instructional Resources Office (1994) and the Business and Economic Development Program (1992).

Selected Publications
"Valuation of Internet Companies; Irrational Bubble or Change but Rational Expectations?", with Ed Rice, The E-Business Review, September 2003.

"What’s New on the Internet," with Ed Rice, The E-Business Review, September 2002.

Selected Consulting Experience
Food and Agriculture Organization, consultant. Sit on a number of advisory boards of Technology and Internet companies.

Contact Information

Phone:206-543-4577
Fax:206-543-7472
Office:422 Paccar Hall
Email:tarhouni@u.washington.edu
Web:

Mailing Address

Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Box 353226
Seattle, WA 98195-3226

"Economic incentives play a strong role in medical decisions, even for trauma care, where they are least likely to matter. What's more, there is little evidence to show that patients exert much influence on the amount of care they receive."