HUNG TRUONG

Welcomes!

I am currently an SSHRC Fellow and Teaching Professor at the University of Ottawa. I am also a lecturer at Vietnam National University (Faculty of Political Economy, VNU-UEB). I obtained my PhD from Simon Fraser University in 2025. My research focuses on behavioural macroeconomics, especially how heterogeneity in households’ and firms’ macroeconomic perceptions and expectations shapes the economy. I have used survey data, laboratory and field experiments, and learning algorithms for my works. [Curriculum Vitae].

Publication

J. Arifovic, I. Salle, and H. Truong, "History-dependent monetary policy: a lab experiment and a HENK model," Experimental Economics (Forthcoming). [Codes]. [Link].
O. Kostyshyna, I. Salle, and H. Truong, "Anchored or Adrift? A Note on Measuring Inflation Expectations Anchoring," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (Forthcoming). [Link].

Working paper

''Heterogeneity in the Formation of Inflation Expectations: Evidence From Micro Data.'' R&R at Journal of Applied Econometrics. With KOSTYSHYNA Olena and SALLE Isabelle. [PDF]
''Anchored Inflation Expectations: What Recent Data Reveal.'' Bank of Canada's Staff Working Paper 2025-5. Joint with KOSTYSHYNA Olena and SALLE Isabelle. [Link]
''Macroeconomic literacy and expectations.'' With MIRDAMADI Michael and PETERSEN Luba. Submitted. [PDF]
''Macroeconomic Forecasting Experience and Expectation Formation: Evidence from the Lab.'' [WP PDF].
''Heterogeneity in Expectations: Empirical and Experimental Evidence.'' Joint with SALLE Isabelle. Draft available soon.

Work-in-progress

''The effects of initial information on expectations: An exploration-exploitation behavioral framework.'' [PDF].
''Binary or nonbinary? An evolutionary learning approach to gender identity.'' [2020 PDF].

Other research contribution

Brodeur, A., Mikola, D., Cook, N. et al, "Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research," Nature 652, 151–156 (2026). [Link].

Updates

2026

I am joining the Faculty of Political Economy at VNU University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, as a Lecturer.

I am going to present at the 2026 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society in Ha Noi in August.

I presented at the CMSG Inflation Session at the 60th Annual Meetings of the Canadian Economics Association in Vancouver in May.

I presented at the Experimental Economics session at Carleton-Ottawa's 2026 Summer Workshop.

2025

I am joining the Department of Economics at University of Ottawa this September 2025 as a Postdoctoral and Teaching Fellow under Prof. and Canada Research Chair Isabelle Salle.

I will visit Amsterdam School of Economics in April 2025.

I will present my thesis 3rd chapter at the Barcelona School of Economics Summer Forum 2025 in Barcelona in June 2025.

2023

I will present at the CIREQ's 1st Interdisciplinary PhD Student Conference on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence at McGill University, Montreal.

I will attend the 2023 NBER Heterogeneous-Agent Macro Workshop at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Our research for implementing price-level targeting has been accepted for the 2023 World Economic Science Association Meeting in Lyon, France.

Photo taken at Whistler, BC; 2,133 meters above sea level.

Publication

J. Arifovic, I. Salle, and H. Truong, "History-dependent monetary policy: a lab experiment and a HENK model," Experimental Economics (Forthcoming). [Codes]. [Link].

O. Kostyshyna, I. Salle, and H. Truong, "Anchored or Adrift? A Note on Measuring Inflation Expectations Anchoring," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (Forthcoming). [Link].

Working paper

''Heterogeneity in the Formation of Inflation Expectations: Evidence From Micro Data.'' R&R at Journal of Applied Econometrics. With KOSTYSHYNA Olena and SALLE Isabelle. [PDF]

''Anchored Inflation Expectations: What Recent Data Reveal.'' Bank of Canada's Staff Working Paper 2025-5. Joint with KOSTYSHYNA Olena and SALLE Isabelle. [Link]

''Macroeconomic literacy and expectations.'' With MIRDAMADI Michael and PETERSEN Luba. Submitted. [PDF]

''Macroeconomic Forecasting Experience and Expectation Formation: Evidence from the Lab.'' [WP PDF].

''Heterogeneity in Expectations: Empirical and Experimental Evidence.'' Joint with SALLE Isabelle. Draft available soon.

Work-in-progress

''The effects of initial information on expectations: An exploration-exploitation behavioral framework.'' [PDF].

''Binary or nonbinary? An evolutionary learning approach to gender identity.'' [2020 PDF].

Other research contribution

Brodeur, A., Mikola, D., Cook, N. et al, "Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research," Nature 652, 151–156 (2026). [Link].