Welcome!

I am a final-year Ph.D. candidate in the School of Economics at Singapore Management University. My research interests lie in International Trade, Spatial Economics, and AI and Big Data for Quantitative Policy Analysis.

My current work mainly studies how governments interact strategically with different policy instruments and how those interactions shape economic performance, climate outcomes, and welfare. Methodologically, I combine targeted empirical diagnostics with structural quantitative models, embedding micro-foundations and institutional details in general equilibrium frameworks to deliver transparent counterfactuals for policy evaluation and design.

I am on the 2025-2026 Economics Job Market and available for interviews.

You can reach me at tongni.2021@phdecons.smu.edu.sg