Trung Vu
PhD, University of Otago
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Trung is a Vietnamese economist with expertise in development economics, political economy, and applied econometrics. He joined Loughborough University as a Lecturer in Economics in 2022, having previously completed a PhD in Economics at the University of Otago. He is also a Research Associate in the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at Australian National University.
Trung’s research interests are mainly in the area of empirical modelling of economic growth and development. His current research examines the fundamental determinants of comparative development, with a focus on how deep-rooted institutional, cultural, and human characteristics shape long-term outcomes.
Contact details
Contact details
Email: Trung.Vu [at] lboro.ac.uk
Office: Loughborough Business School, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
Selected working papers
Selected working papers
Understanding the productivity slowdown in aging economies (with Lei Xu), June 2025
Ancestral irrigation and collective climate action (with James B. Ang), May 2025
Novelty-seeking traits and the origins of individualism: A biological perspective on economic development (with James B. Ang), March 2025
Revisiting the ancient origins of gender inequality, February 2025
Revisions requested at the Journal of Applied Econometrics
Intertemporal preference and income redistribution, August 2024
Ancestral distance, policy compliance, and state effectiveness, October 2023
The deep historical roots of comparative cross-country health status (with P. Dorian Owen, Alfred A. Haug, and Arlene Garces-Ozanne), October 2022
Recent publications
Recent publications
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, January 2025
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, December 2024
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, September 2024
Oxford Economic Papers, August 2024
Land Economics, May 2024
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