My research is firmly situated in applied microeconomics, with a special focus on international trade, innovation, and policy.
My work combines theoretical models and empirical analysis to explore the nexus between innovation, exports, export quality, and the causal effect of different policies on these two aspects. My doctoral thesis explores Essays on International Trade and Innovation. I use data at different levels to examine the relationship between innovation and export quality, specifically export quality and patent intensity: a bidirectional relationship under institutional constraints, and the causal effects of policies on firms' innovation.
Livelihood transitions in rural Vietnam under climate change effects in the period of 2008–2018, Discover Sustainability, 5(1), 01/2024, [with Huynh Ngoc Chuong, Tran Thi Loc, Tran Luc Thanh Tuyen].
The Impact of Leading Economic Indicators on the Export of ASEAN Countries, Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 8(10), 10/2021.
Innovation Accelerating and Export Promoting: German Experience and Several Suggestions for Vietnam, Journal of Development and Integration, 44(54), 01/2019, [with Thanh Trong Nguyen].
Export Quality and Patent Intensity: A Bidirectional Nexus under Institutional Constraints, 2026. Under review, International Review of Economics and Finance. [Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=6064956].
Innovation Activities of European Firms under Horizon 2020 [with Filippo Belloc].
The Impact of Patents on Export Performance: A Meta-Analysis [with Chiara Franco].
Innovation of SMEs in Ho Chi Minh City under the Reform Push and the Resolution 11/NQ-CP.
The US Export Controls on Chinese Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Trade [with Nandu Nair].
European Trade Study Group 26th Annual Conference (ETSG 2025), 09/2025, Milan, Italy.
Frontiers of Causal Inference and Machine Learning (CIML) Conference, 07/2025, Lucca, Italy.
Annual Meeting of the PhD program in Economics 2025, 06/2025, Pontignano, Italy.
18th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics, 02/2025, Dortmund, Germany.
Young Economists of Tuscan Institutions Meeting (YETI) 2025, 01/2025. Pisa, Italy.
Annual Meeting of the PhD program in Economics 2024, 06/2024, Pontignano, Italy.
Technology, Innovation and Growth Conference (TIG 2024), 05/2024, Gdansk, Poland.
4th International Conference on Business (ICB 2021), 11/2021, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
International Conference: Sustainable Agricultural Development in Vietnam, Experience of Asian Countries, 07/2020, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
International Conference for Young Researchers in Economics and Business ICYREB 2019, 12/2019, Hue, Vietnam.