Welcome!
I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the School of Economics at Singapore Management University in June 2026.
My research interests are International Trade and Spatial Economics. My work studies strategic interactions in trade policy across governments, the interplay between trade and the environment, and public policies that shape the spatial allocation of human capital. Methodologically, I combine reduced-form causal inference with structural quantitative methods. More recently, I have also been exploring the use of AI and machine learning to solve and analyze high-dimensional quantitative models.
I am currently on the Economics Job Market and available for interviews.
You can reach me at tongni.2021@phdecons.smu.edu.sg