Dr Tuan Anh Luong - De Montfort University

More About DMU

• Home
  • Full listing of DMU academic staff

Dr Tuan Anh Luong

Job: Associate Professor

Faculty: Business and Law

School/department: Leicester Castle Business School

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: 0116 257 7262

E: [email protected]

W: http://www.tuanluong.com

Close all sections Open all sections

Personal profile

Tuan Anh Luong is currently an Associate Professor at De Montfort University. He received his PhD in Economics from Princeton University. He is also the Vice Director of the Institute for Research in Economics, Environment and Data Science. His research focuses on using firm-level data to gain insights on the impacts of globalization on firms’ performance, labour market and recently on the environment. He is particularly interested in the intersections between Globalization and Climate Change. His work was published in the Journal of Development Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, the World Economy, Review of International Economics, among others.

Research group affiliations

• Royal Economic Society
• Agricultural Economic Society
• American Economic Association
• China Trade Research Group
• Empirical Investigation in Trade and Investment
• International Economic and Finance Society
• Asia Pacific Trade Seminar
• MidWest Conference in Trade
• Australian Trade Workshop

Publications and outputs

1. Luong, T. and Kitsoleris, G. (2024) “Socio-economic mobility in Greece and the role of education” – Public Sector Economics, forthcoming

2. Luong (2024) “The role of health expenditures in health outcomes:

Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic”, forthcoming, Bulletin of Economic Research

3. Le, Luong, Nguyen, Nguyen (2023). “The relative roles of domestic and foreign capital in aggregate production of GDP and CO2-equivalent emission across OECD countries”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 30, No. 11, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24208-w

4. Luong, T. and H., Nguyen and K., Truong and K., Le (2023) “Rainfall variability and internal migration: the importance of agriculture linkage and gender inequality” Economic Analysis and Policy, vol 77, pp. 326-336 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.11.021

5. Luong, T. and Z. Azuma (2022), “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, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029360 .

6. 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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12573

7. Liu Q., R. Lu, Y. Lu and T. Luong (2021) “Import Competition and Firm Innovation: Evidence from China”, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 151https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102650

8. 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

9. Luong, T. (2021) “Reopening the economy and food security” – Covid Economics, vol. 56 pp. 195-243

10. Luong, T. and T. Nguyen (2021) “The impact of ICT on Service Trade” –Singapore Economics Review, vol 66(4), pp.1073-86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S021759082049003X

11. 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.

12. Luong, T. (2018) “Picking Cherries or Lemons? A unified theory of cross-border mergers and acquisitions” – World Economy, vol. 41(2), pp. 653-666.

13. 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.

14. Luong, T. and S. Li and R. Huang (2016) “Country of Export Destination Effects”, Lambert Academic Publishing.

15. 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.

16. 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

17. Luong, T. (2011) “The Impact of Input and Output Tariffs on Firms’ Productivity”, Review of International Economics, vol. 19(5), pp.821-35.

18. Luong, T. (2007) “Monetary Policy and Credit Market Imperfections”, Vietnam Science & Technology Development, vol. 10(8)

Research interests/expertise

International Trade; Environmental Economics; Network Economics; Development Economics

Areas of teaching

Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Statistics.

Qualifications

PhD in Economics

Courses taught

Macroeconomics in the Global Context; 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; Industrial Economics; Data Management and Visualization.

Honours and awards

• Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Research Grant, 2009-2012, research fund.
• Princeton University Graduate School Fellowship, 2004-2008, outstanding academic record.
• Princeton University Centennial Fellowship, 2004-2006, outstanding academic record.
• Princeton University Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship, 2005-2008, research fund.
• French Government Fellowship (CROUS, EGIDE), 2001-2004, outstanding academic record.
• Ho Chi Minh City National University Scholarship (highest rank), 1998-2000, best student awards.
• The Vietnamese Ministry of Education Scholarship (highest rank), 1995-1998, outstanding academic record.

Membership of professional associations and societies

Royal Economics Society

Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts

Agricultural Economic Society

Professional licences and certificates

Fellow of Higher Education Academy

Projects

- Evidence-based policy making

- Energy transition in Vietnam

- Network resilience

Forthcoming events

Conference attendance

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, Asia Pacific Trade Seminars.

Recent research outputs

1. Luong, T. and Kitsoleris, G. (2024) “Socio-economic mobility in Greece and the role of education” – Public Sector Economics, forthcoming

2. Luong (2024) “The role of health expenditures in health outcomes:

Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic”, forthcoming, Bulletin of Economic Research

3. Le, Luong, Nguyen, Nguyen (2023). “The relative roles of domestic and foreign capital in aggregate production of GDP and CO2-equivalent emission across OECD countries”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 30, No. 11, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24208-w

1. Luong, T. and H., Nguyen and K., Truong and K., Le (2023) “Rainfall variability and internal migration: the importance of agriculture linkage and gender inequality” Economic Analysis and Policy, vol 77, pp. 326-336 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.11.021

5. Luong, T. and Z. Azuma (2022), “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, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029360 .

1. 6. 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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12573

Current research students

Georgios Kitsoleris; Zenas Azuma; Nhan Le; Bilal Liadi

Externally funded research grants information

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) research fund (£6000) – 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

“Social and Institutional Aspects of Vietnam integration” research grant from 2017 to 2019 (£15,000) – Co investigator

Internally funded research project information

• Future Research Leadership grant (£1,500) in 2020 – Principal Investigator
• Higher Education Innovation Funding – from 2020 to 2022 (£13,000) - Principal Investigator
• Vice Chancellor Research grant 2016 – 2021 ($6,000) – Principal 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

Professional esteem indicators

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; International Trade and Economic Development.

ORCID number

0000-0001-9569-3564