I am a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at Leibniz University Hannover. I served as a Visiting Professor of International Macroeconomics at the University of Konstanz for the summer semester of 2024.
In my research, I use household survey data to explore macroeconomics and household finance questions. I currently focus on designing randomized controlled trials (RCT) in household survey experiments to evaluate the causal effect of central bank communication and economic literacy on the formation of consumers' inflation expectations and their economic decision-making.
I hold an M.A. in Policy Economics from Williams College in the U.S., an M.Sc. in Quantitative Economics, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Before embarking on my Ph.D., I was an Economist at the Monetary Policy Department at the State Bank of Vietnam from 2007 to 2015.
https://www.gif.uni-hannover.de/de/nghiem
Publications:
Are Consumers' Spending Decisions in Line With A Euler Equation? with Lena Dräger , The Review of Economics and Statistics (2021).
The effects of fiscal policy on households during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam, with Dzung Bui (Marburg University), Lena Dräger (Hannover University), and Bernd Hayo (Marburg University). World Development (2022)
Macroeconomic expectations and consumer sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of others’ beliefs, with Dzung Bui (Marburg University), Lena Dräger (Hannover University), and Bernd Hayo (Marburg University). European Journal of Political Economy (2023)
Inflation Literacy, Inflation Expectations, and Trust in the Central Bank: A Survey Experiment, with Lena Dräger. Accepted at the Review of Economics and Statistics, CESifo Working Paper No. 10539 & Hannover Economic Paper No. dp-709, June 2023.
Elasticity of Intertemporal Substitution in the Euro Area with Michal Marenčák. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (January 2025). CAMA Working Paper 56/2024
Work in progress
"Personal Inflation Rates in the Euro Area" with Michal Marenčák
"Anchoring Households' Inflation Expectations when Inflation is High" with Ami Dalloul and Lena Dräger. Under review. CESifo Working Paper No. 11042, April 2024.
The Marginal Propensity to Consume and Household Savings during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam (2024), with Dzung Bui and Bernd Hayo. Under review. Hannover Economic Paper No. dp-717