HUNG TRUONG

Welcomes!

I am currently an SSHRC Fellow at the University of Ottawa, having completed my Ph.D. in Economics at Simon Fraser University in 2025. My research focuses on behavioral macroeconomics, especially how households’ and firms’ macroeconomic perceptions and expectations shape their decisions. I use household survey data, laboratory experiments, and learning algorithms to study macroeconomic dynamics and policy alternatives. [Curriculum Vitae].

Publication

Anchored or Adrift? A Note on Measuring Inflation Expectations Anchoring (2026). Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. Joint with KOSTYSHYNA Olena and SALLE Isabelle. (Link).
History-dependent monetary policy: a lab experiment and a HENK model. Conditional acceptance at Experimental Economics. Joint with ARIFOVIC Jasmina and SALLE Isabelle. [Codes]. (PDF).

Working paper

Macroeconomic literacy and expectations. Joint with MIRDAMADI Michael and PETERSEN Luba. (2026 Version) . Submitted.
Heterogeneity in the Formation of Inflation Expectations: Evidence From Micro Data. Joint with KOSTYSHYNA Olena and SALLE Isabelle. Supersedes "Anchored Inflation Expectations: What Recent Data Reveal." Bank of Canada's Staff Working Paper. (2026 Version). Submitted.

Work-in-progress

Recession scarring and expectations: Evidence from the lab. Draft available upon request.

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

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

Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research (2026). Nature. A meta-project joint with BRODEUR, MIKOLA, COOK, and many others. (Link).

Updates

2026

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

Anchored or Adrift? A Note on Measuring Inflation Expectations Anchoring (2026). Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. Joint with KOSTYSHYNA Olena and SALLE Isabelle. (Link).

History-dependent monetary policy: a lab experiment and a HENK model. Conditional acceptance at Experimental Economics. Joint with ARIFOVIC Jasmina and SALLE Isabelle. [Codes]. (PDF).

Working paper

Macroeconomic literacy and expectations. Joint with MIRDAMADI Michael and PETERSEN Luba. (2026 Version) . Submitted.

Heterogeneity in the Formation of Inflation Expectations: Evidence From Micro Data. Joint with KOSTYSHYNA Olena and SALLE Isabelle. Supersedes "Anchored Inflation Expectations: What Recent Data Reveal." Bank of Canada's Staff Working Paper. (2026 Version). Submitted.

Work-in-progress

Recession scarring and expectations: Evidence from the lab. Draft available upon request.

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

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

Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research (2026). Nature. A meta-project joint with BRODEUR, MIKOLA, COOK, and many others. (Link).