TUAN ANH LUONG         Curriculum Vitae
De Montfort University                                                                 Office: HU 4.79
Hugh Aston Building                                                                     Mobile: (+44) 07922237866
The Gateway, Leicester UK                                                          Email: [email protected]
 
Nationality: Vietnamese, British
Update: June 2022
 
 

CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor (Reader) in Economics and Finance, De Montfort University
Vice Director, Institute of Research in Economics, Environment and Data Science (IREEDS)
Programme Leader of MSc Business Economics (joint)
Module Leader of Macroeconomics in the Global Context (ECON 5001) and Dissertation Study Support (ECON 5000)
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-organizer, Vietnam Symposium on International Business 2019 - present
Guest Editor, Singapore Economics Review 2019
Visiting scholar, Toulouse University of Economics, March 2018 to April 2018
Member of the Vietnam Economic Policy Group 2017-now
Member of the Productivity Research Network, Asian Development Bank, 2017-now.
Member of the Canadian Economic Association and the Royal Economic Society. 
VC2020 Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University, August 2017 to August 2021
VC2020 Lecturer, De Montfort University, March 2016 to August 2017
Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, July 2009 to February 2016
 
 
EDUCATION
Princeton University, Ph.D. in Economics, 2011
Dissertation: Three Essays in International Trade
Advisors: Pinelopi Goldberg (Yale University) Gene Grossman (Princeton University) Mark Melitz (Harvard University)
Princeton University, M.A. in Economics, 2006
Ecoles des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, M.A., Economics, 2004
Ecole Polytechnique, B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Economics, 2003
 
 
 
 
 
 
PUBLICATIONS
  1. Luong, T. and Z. Azuma, “On the road to economic prosperity: the role of infrastructure in Ghana” in the Elements in the Economics of Emerging Market, Ed. by B. Sergi, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
  2. Fan, H. and T. Luong and E. Lai and L. Zhang (2022) “Import liberalization and Export Product Mix” –Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 55(1) pp. 419-57
  3. Liu Q., R. Lu, Y. Lu and T. Luong (2021) “Import Competition and Firm Innovation: Evidence from China”, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 151 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102650
  4. Luong, T. (2021) “Ethnic Diversity and the Quality of Export: Evidence from Chinese firm-level data” –  Journal of Economic Studies, vol 48(7) pp. 1323-35
  5. Luong, T. (2021) “Reopening the economy and food security” – Covid Economics, vol. 56 pp. 195-243
  6. Luong, T. and T. Nguyen (2021) “The impact of ICT on Service Trade” –Singapore Economics Review, vol 66(4), pp.1073-86.
  7. Luong, T. and T. Nguyen, (2020) ''Globalization and infectious diseases: Evidence on the reproduction rate of the COVID-19 pandemic'', Economics Bulletin, 40(2) pp. 1675-1685.
  8. Luong, T. (2018) “Picking Cherries or Lemons? A unified theory of cross-border mergers and acquisitions” – World Economy, vol. 41(2), pp. 653-666.
  9. H. Fan and X. Gao and A. Li and T. Luong (2017) “Trade Liberalization and Markups: Micro Evidence from China” - Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 46(1), pp. 103-130.
  10. Luong, T. and S. Li and R. Huang (2016) “Country of Export Destination Effects”, Lambert Academic Publishing.  
  11. Luong, T. and W. Chen (2016) “The Intensive and Extensive Margins of Exports and Labor Heterogeneity” – Review of Development Economics, vol. 20(1) pp.201-13.
  12. Luong, T. (2013) “Does learning by exporting happen? Evidence from the automobile industry in China”, Review of Development Economics, vol. 17(3), pp. 461-73
  13. Luong, T. (2011) “The Impact of Input and Output Tariffs on Firms’ Productivity”, Review of International Economics, vol. 19(5), pp.821-35. 
  14. Luong, T. (2007) “Monetary Policy and Credit Market Imperfections”, Vietnam Science & Technology Development, vol. 10(8)
 
SCHOLARSHIPS and GRANTS
  • Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) research fund (£6000) – Principal Investigator
  • Higher Education Innovation Funding – from 2020 to 2022 (£13,000) - Principal Investigator
  • The Trade and Investment Policy Reforms to Stimulate Economic Growth FTURS02-2020-04 – from 2021 to 2024 (£28,000) – Co Investigator
  • British Academy “Humanities and Social Sciences Tackling Global Challenges Program 2020” from 2021 to 2023 (£47,840) – Co Investigator
  • The Vietnamese National Foundation of Science and Technology “Globalisation and the impacts on Climate Change” from 2019 to 2021 (£24,000) – Principal Investigator
  • Australian Embassy in Vietnam “Vietnam Industrial Map Building” – from 2020 to 2021 (£63,000) – Co Investigator
  • Vice Chancellor Research grant 2016 – 2021 ($6,000) – Principal Investigator
  • Future Research Leadership grant (£1,500) in 2020 – Principal Investigator
  • “Social and Institutional Aspects of Vietnam integration” research grant from 2017 to 2019 (£15,000) – Co investigator
  • De Montfort University Faculty of Business and Law Research Grant 2017 (£2,800) – Principal Investigator
  • Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Research Grant from 2009 to 2012 (£4,000) – Principal Investigator
  • Princeton University Graduate School Fellowship, 2004-2008.
  • Princeton University Centennial Fellowship, 2004-2006.
  • Princeton University Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship, 2005-2008.
  • French Government Fellowship (CROUS, EGIDE), 2001-2004.
  • Ho Chi Minh City National University Scholarship (highest rank), 1998-2000.
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Education Scholarship (highest rank), 1995-1998.
 
 
WORK IN PROGRESS
  1. Government policies or personal decisions: Substitutes or Complements? – submitted to the International Economics
  2. The Impact of Media on Trade: Evidence from the 2008 China Milk Contamination Scandal – joint work with Ce Matthew Shi and Zheng Wang – R&R at the Canadian Journal of Economics.
  3. Luong, T. and K. Le and K. Truong “The Impacts of Rainfall Shocks on Migration in Vietnam” – submitted to Economic Analysis and Policy
  4. Luong, T. and H. Nguyen “The optimal timing of environmental policy” – submitted to Resource and Energy Economics.
  5. Luong,T. and Chon L., “Does foreign capital curb CO2 emissions more than domestic capital among OECD countries?” – submitted to Global Environmental Change
  6. Luong, T. “The role of health expenditures in health outcomes: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic” – submitted to Bulletin of Economic Research.
  7. Luong, T. “Multiproduct firm, factor endowment and trade liberalization”
  8. Luong, T. and H. Nguyen “COVID-19, lockdown and labor uncertainty” - submitted to the European Economic Review
  9. Luong, T. “A theory of the network of suppliers”.
  10. Aubert, C. and T. Luong and H. Nguyen “COVID-19, mitigation policy and food insufficiency”.
  11. Luong, T. and G. Kitsoleris “Intergenerational Income Mobility: Evidence from Greece”
  12. Cartwright, E. and T. Luong and J. Payne and S. Virmani “The economic impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic for Leicester” – SSRN http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3622981
  13. Do, Luong and Nguyen “Sustaining Vietnam’s Economic Miracle: The role of Productivity Growth”. 
  14. Luong, T. and Z. Azuma “The Covid-19 induced Economic Crisis”
 
 
TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS
 
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education
 
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
         
  • Courses: Introduction to Microeconomics, Introduction to Macroeconomics, Introduction to Econometrics, Intermediate Microeconomic theory, Advanced Microeconomic theory, International Economics, Advanced International Economics, Frontier Research in International Economics.
  • Thesis supervision: Undergraduate and Post graduate levels.
 
 
MASTER SUPERVISIONS
 
  • Harry Frost (De Montfort University, graduated with Distinction in 2019)
  • Zenas Azouma (De Montfort University, graduated with Distinction in 2019)
  • Amy Elliott (De Montfort University, graduated with Distinction in 2019)
  • Muhammad Muhammad (De Montfort University, graduated in 2019)
  • Riyaad Umerji (De Montfort University, graduated in 2019)
  • Imran Ahmed (De Montfort University, graduated in 2019)
 
 
DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONS
 
  • Georgios Kitsoleris – First supervisor
  • Zenas Azuma  – First supervisor
  • Nhan Le  – First supervisor
  • Bilal Liadi – Second supervisor
 
 
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
  • Successfully validate the MSc Economics programme in 2022.
  • Transform the Dissertation module from a lecture-based to a workshop-based module.
  • Improve the supervisor-supervisee relationship.
 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
  • Referee for Review of Development Economics, Journal of Asian and African Studies, World Economy, Frontiers of Economics in China, European Economics Review, International Economic Journal, Review of International Economics, China Economic Review, Spatial Economic Analysis.
  • Conference and Seminars at the University of Navarra (Spain), Beijing University of International Business and Economics, Tsinghua University, Beijing University, Nottingham University in Ningbo (China), Singapore Management University (Singapore), Queensland University (Australia), the City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Toulouse School of Economics (France), Rouen University (France ), the Mid-West International Trade Meeting, the International Economic and Finance Society meeting, the International Economic Association meeting, the Econometric Society in North America, in Europe and in Asia, EITI Conference, GEP conference, Australian Trade Workshop, European Trade Study Group, Royal Economic Society Meeting.
 
BOOK EDITING
          Frank/Cartwright (2020) Microeconomics and Behaviour – 3rd edition
            Perloff J. (2017) Microeconomics – 7th edition
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
            MATLAB, STATA, SPSS, R, C, C++, JAVA, Python.
 
 
 
LANGUAGES     
            English (fluent), French (advanced), Vietnamese (native), Chinese (basic).