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I am an Economist at the International Monetary Fund. I obtained my PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan.
My research interest lies at the intersection of macroeconomics and international trade. I work on topics related to trade and growth, innovation and productivity, monetary policy and inequality.
Email: tlan@imf.org
Cyclical Inequality in the Cost of Living and Implications for Monetary Policy, joint with Lerong Li and Minghao Li, June 2025.
The Coagglomeration of Innovation and Production, December 2019.
Specialization, Market Access and Real Income, joint with Dominick Bartelme and Andrei Levchenko, December 2023.
Forthcoming, Journal of International Economics \ IMF Working Paper, No. 2024/051
The 2020-2022 Inflation Surge Across Europe: A Phillips-Curve-Based Dissection, joint with Chikako Baba, Romain Duval, Petia Topalova
Forthcoming, Applied Economics Letters \ IMF Working Paper, No. 2023/030
Price Stickiness Along the Income Distribution and the Effects of Monetary Policy, joint with Javier Cravino and Andrei Levchenko.
Journal of Monetary Economics, 110 (April 2020), 19-32 | VoxEu.org Column
Geoeconomic Fragmentation: What's at Stake for the EU, joint with Chikako Baba, Aiko Mineshima, Florian Misch, Magali Pinat, Asghar Shahmoradi, Jiaxiong Yao, and Rachel Van Elkan
IMF Working Paper, No. 2023/245
The Economic Impacts on Germany of a Potential Russian Gas Shutoff, joint with Galen Sher, Jing Zhou
IMF Working Paper, No. 2022/144
Wage Dynamics in Europe: Are Labor Markets Heralding More Inflation? Regional Economic Outlook: Europe, Chapter 2, October 2023.
Have Price Hikes Been Greater for the Middle Class in the US? (Analytical Box), Fiscal Monitor, Chapter 2, April 2023.
Inflation in Europe: Assessment, Risks, and Policy Implications, Regional Economic Outlook: Europe, Chapter 2, October 2022.
Global Trade and Value Chains in the Pandemic, World Economic Outlook, Chapter 4, April 2022.
How to Overcome the Barriers to Economic Diversification: A Labor Market Approach, Selected Issues, March 2022.
Measuring Inequality in Real Time Using Big Data, Analytical Corner, October 2021.
Energy Price Impacts on Potential Output, joint with Manasa Patnam, Fred Toscani, Claire Li.
Disclaimer: The views expressed here are mine alone and should not be attributed to the IMF, its Executive Board, or Management.