Nguyen, Anh-Tuan

About

I am an economist working at the intersection of behavioral economics, experimental economics, agricultural economics, environmental economics, development economics and applied econometrics. My research studies how people make decisions when information is incomplete, risks are difficult to assess, and social and institutional contexts shape what is feasible. I focus on sustainable choices and technology adoption, with a particular interest in agriculture and rural economies.

I earned a PhD in Economics from the lab EconomiX, University of Paris Nanterre, under the supervision of Prof. Phu Nguyen-Van (Research Director, CNRS). My doctoral thesis, "Individual Preferences and Organic Adoption Decisions in Uncertain Contexts", examined how risk and ambiguity preferences, time preference, information completeness, and government interventions influence farmers' willingness to adopt organic practices. The thesis received the Best Thesis Prize from the International Society of Vietnam Economists in June 2026. In March 2026, I received the Qualification for the position of Associate Professor (Maître de conférences), Section 5 – Economics Science, issued by the French National Council of Universities (CNU).

Methodologically, I combine econometric analysis with survey and experimental approaches. I work with observational and panel data, policy evaluation designs, and experiments conducted with real decision makers, often in field settings. Alongside research, I teach microeconomics, econometrics and quantitative methods at graduate and undergraduate levels, with an emphasis on clear identification, transparent inference, and communication that supports decision making.

Affiliations

EconomiX, University of Paris Nanterre, France — Associate Researcher (Dec 2025 – Current)
SciencesPo, Department of Economics, Le Havre — Lecturer (Aug 2026 – Aug 2027)
VNU University of Economics and Business, Vietnam — Associate Lecturer (Feb 2020 – present)
International Society of Vietnam Economists (ISVE) — Communications Manager (Jan 2026 – present)

Education

PhD, Economics, University of Paris Nanterre, France (Nov 2022 – Dec 2025)
Supervisor: Prof. Phu Nguyen-Van
MSc, Agricultural, Resource and Environmental Economics, University of Western Australia (Jan 2018 – Dec 2019)
Supervisor: Prof. David Pannell
BSc (Hons), AgriBusiness Administration, Vietnam National University of Agriculture (Sep 2010 – Nov 2014)
Advanced Training Program with UW-Madison
Training course, Agriculture, Economics and Nature — University of Western Australia & Knowledge Grows (Jan – Apr 2015)
Coordinator: Prof. David Pannell

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Selected scholarships & awards

Best Thesis Prize, International Society of Vietnam Economists (ISVE), June 2026
Vietnam National University Certificate for Scientific Research and Innovation, 2021–2025
France Excellence Scholarship, November 2022 – November 2025
Australia Awards Scholarship, January 2018 – December 2019

Publications

Journal articles

Farmers' Preferences and Attitudes in Conversion to Organic Farming: A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment

Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Phu Nguyen-Van, Nguyen To-The · Ecological Economics, 250, 109116 (2026) · doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2026.109116

Information Completeness and Farmers' Risk Preferences Promote Conversion to Organic Farming

Tuan Nguyen-Anh · Journal of Rural Studies (2026) · doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104013

Do community-oriented farmers present a greater willingness for organic transition: Evidence from Vietnam

Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Do Pham-Thanh, Nguyen To-The, Anh Dao-Viet · Agricultural Economics (2025) · doi:10.1111/agec.70055

Impact of human capital and individual traits on farmer's decision towards sustainable farming practices: A meta-analysis

Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Nguyen To-The, Tuyen Tiet, Phong Nguyen-The · Journal of Environmental Management (2025) · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126752

Unveiling the path to the fourth industrial revolution: Exploring technology adoption and firm-level barriers

Chinh Hoang-Duc, Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Kien Hoang-Le, Linh Nguyen-Thi-Thuy, Huong Nguyen-Thi-Lan, Uyen Nguyen-Dinh, Nguyen To-The · Technological Forecasting & Social Change (2026) · doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2026.124563

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Policy and Governance as Drivers of Enterprise Digitalization in Vietnam

Linh Nguyen-Thi-Thuy, Nga Le-Thuy, Ashfaq Ahmad Shah, Le Nguyen-Truc, Trang Vo-Mai, Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Mai Dong-Thanh, Nguyen To-The, Cuong Dinh-Van, Huong Nguyen-Thi-Lan · Public Organization Review (2025) · doi:10.1007/s11115-025-00894-1

Give a Fish or Teach to Fish? Poverty Alleviation Effect of Government Support Policies and Self-Help Commercial Activities

Chinh Hoang-Duc, Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Hang Nguyen-Thu, Vuong Vu-Tien, Thao Le-Phuong, Nguyen To-The · Journal of Development Studies (2024) · doi:10.1080/00220388.2024.2413082

Governmental support and multidimensional poverty alleviation: efficiency assessment in rural areas of Vietnam

Chinh Hoang-Duc, Hang Nguyen-Thu, Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Hiep Tran-Duc, Linh Nguyen-Thi-Thuy, Phuong Do-Hoang, Nguyen To-The, Vuong Vu-Tien, Huong Nguyen-Thi-Lan · The Journal of Economic Inequality (2024) · doi:10.1007/s10888-024-09620-1

Adapting to the new normal: A sustainable livelihood framework for the informal sectors during COVID-19

Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Shawn Leu, Anh Nguyen-Thi-Phuong, Thanh Ngo-Dang, Nguyen To-The · Review of Development Economics (2023) · doi:10.1111/rode.12974

Willingness to pay to reduce the ecological and health risks from water pollution in emerging urban regions: the case of the Red River Delta in Vietnam

Nicolas Lampach, Tuyen Tiet, Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh (corresponding) · Environmental Management (2023) · doi:10.1007/s00267-023-01788-y

Do flexible exchange rates matter for monetary autonomy?

Rim Oueghlissi, Hoa Ho-Sy, Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Riadh El-Ferktaji · Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (2023) · doi:10.1080/13547860.2023.2287859

Do intangible assets stimulate firm performance? Empirical evidence from Vietnamese agriculture, forestry and fishery SMEs

Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Chinh Hoang-Duc, Linh Nguyen-Thi-Thuy, Vuong Vu-Tien, Uyen Nguyen-Dinh, Nguyen To-The · Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 7(3), 100194 (2022) · doi:10.1016/j.jik.2022.100194

Composite effects of human, natural and social capitals on sustainable food-crop farming in Sub-Saharan Africa

Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Chinh Hoang-Duc, Tuyen Tiet-Tong, Phu Nguyen-Van, Nguyen To-The · Food Policy (2022) · doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102284

The influences of cultural values on consumers' green purchase intention in emerging markets: Evidence from South Korea and Vietnam

Anh Nguyen-Thi-Phuong, Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh (corresponding) · Current Psychology (2022) · doi:10.1007/s12144-022-04064-0

Drivers of Land Use Efficiency among Ethnic Minority Groups in Vietnam: A Longitudinal Study

Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Chinh Hoang-Duc, Anh Le-Ngoc, Thinh Nguyen-An · Journal of Asia Pacific Economy (2022) · doi:10.1080/13547860.2022.2044658

Technical efficiency and the adoption of multiple agricultural technologies in the mountainous areas of Northern Vietnam

Nicolas Lampach, Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh · Land Use Policy, 103, 105289 (2021) · doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105289

Changes in the environment from perspectives of small-scale farmers in remote Vietnam

Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Duy Nong, Shawn Leu, Nguyen To-The · Regional Environmental Change, 21(4) (2021) · doi:10.1007/s10113-021-01835-6

Market-oriented extension and technical efficiency in small-scale maize farmers: Evidence from northern Vietnam

Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh (corresponding) · Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2(2), 51–62 (2021) · doi:10.1108/JADEE-05-2020-0101

Book

Analysis of producers' behavior: Case study of organic tea farming households in Vietnam

Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh (co-chief author), Lam Truong-Do · Vietnam National University Publisher (2021). ISBN: 978-604-324-757-2

Under review, revision & submitted

Tuan Nguyen-Anh (2026). "Irreversible Thresholds and the Collapse of Marginal Deterrence". Journal of Economic Theory [Submitted].
Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Nguyen To-The (2026). "Revealed Patterns of AI Dependency in Student Writing: The Bypass Effect and Evaluative Gaps". Journal of Computer Assisted Learning [Under review].
Tuan Nguyen-Anh (2026). "Ambiguity Dominance and the Value of Institutional Information in Organic Conversion: Evidence from Stated and Elicited Individual Preferences". Food Policy [Under review].
Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Phu Nguyen-Van (2026). "Exploring Farmers' Preferences in Adopting Organic Farming Under Uncertainty". European Review of Agricultural Economics [Under review].
Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Phu Nguyen-Van (2026). "Optimal Taxation and Rebound Effects in Agricultural Consumption". Agricultural Economics [Under review].
Tuan Nguyen-Anh (2026). "Planning vs. Scaling: Two-Stage Adoption of Eco-Incense in Informal Vietnamese Enterprises". Environment, Development and Sustainability [Under review].
Tuan Nguyen-Anh (2026). "The Value of Information under Ambiguity: A Theoretical and Experimental Study". Journal of Agricultural Economics [Under review].
Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Linh Nguyen-Yen, Tham Nguyen-Thi-Hong, Thanh Nguyen (2025). "Digital technologies and technical efficiency: Insights from smallholder tea farmers in Tuyen-Quang province, Vietnam". Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies [Major revision].

Working papers

Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Cuong Le-Van (2026). "Corruption and Penalty: Theory and Evidence from Public Procurement".
Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Thi Kim Cuong Pham, Anne Stenger, Jérôme Hergueux, Nguyen To-The (2026). "Conspicuous Consumption versus Conspicuous Conservation in Individual Participation to Environmental Protection Programme".
Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Thi Kim Cuong Pham, Anne Stenger, Nguyen To-The, Elisabeth Tovar (2026). "Fairness and Acceptability in Local Climate Adaptation and Maladaptation: Evidence from a Vignette Experiment in Vietnam".
Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Phu Nguyen-Van (2026). "Improving the effectiveness of a supportive policy to promote organic farming at farm-scale level: A Spatial Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design".

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Teaching

SciencesPo Le Havre – Lecturer, Department of Economics (Aug 2026 – Aug 2027)

Microeconomics

Undergraduate · 45 h/year

Supply and demand; consumer choice and utility maximization; production and costs; perfect competition; monopoly and price discrimination; oligopoly and game theory; market failures.

Economics of Seas and Oceans

Undergraduate · 45 h/year

Bioeconomic models (Gordon-Schaefer); fishery management (ITQs, TURFs, taxes); total economic value; non-market valuation (travel cost, hedonic pricing, contingent valuation, avoided cost); blue carbon; ecosystem-based and coastal climate adaptation; property rights at sea (UNCLOS, EEZ, high seas).

Mathematics for Economists

Undergraduate · 45 h/year

Linear algebra (systems of equations, matrices, determinants, eigenvalues); vector spaces; quadratic forms; unconstrained and constrained optimisation (Lagrangians, Kuhn-Tucker); concavity and convexity; comparative statics.

International Trade and Finance

Undergraduate · 45 h/year

Gravity model; comparative advantage (Ricardo); specific-factors model; Heckscher-Ohlin and Stolper-Samuelson; economies of scale (Krugman); heterogeneous firms (Melitz); tariffs and trade policy; balance of payments; interest parity; exchange rate determination (DD-AA); PPP; the trilemma; optimum currency areas.

Statistics / Quantitative Methods

Undergraduate · 45 h/year

Descriptive statistics; probability distributions; statistical inference (confidence intervals, hypothesis testing); regression analysis; data visualization; statistical software (R, Stata, Excel).

DEPOCEN, CASED program – Lecturer (2026, remote)

Advanced Econometrics

Graduate · 24 h/year

Linear regression; model specification; regression diagnostics and inference with non-ideal data; confounding, matching and propensity scores; instrumental variables; panel data.

VNU University of Economics and Business – Lecturer (Jan 2022 – present, remote)

Microeconomics

Undergraduate · 45 h/year

Supply and demand; consumer choice and utility maximization; production and costs; market structures; market failures.

University of Paris Nanterre – Doctoral Lecturer, EconomiX (Jan 2023 – Jan 2025)

Business English for Banking and Finance

Master's level · 24 h/year

Professional communication; financial vocabulary; sustainable finance; risk management; corporate governance; contemporary issues in banking and finance; cybersecurity compliance. Full course delivery, including lectures, assessments and student mentoring.

VNU University of Economics and Business – Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Political Economy (Feb 2020 – Dec 2022)

Teaching volume: 135 hours/semester (270 hours/year)

Institutional Economics

Undergraduate · 45 h/semester

Institutions; governance; contract theory; common pool resources; transaction costs.

Applied Statistics

Undergraduate · 45 h/semester

Descriptive statistics; probability distributions; hypothesis testing; regression; ANOVA; time series basics; R, SPSS, Stata.

Econometrics

Undergraduate · 45 h/semester

Linear regression; model specification; joint hypothesis testing; regression diagnostics; nonlinear models; causality with unobserved confounders; panel data.

Microeconomics

Undergraduate

Supply and demand; consumer choice; production and costs; market structures; market failures.

Agricultural Economics

Undergraduate · 45 h/semester

Farm management; agricultural production; value chains; agricultural technologies.

Earlier

IELTS Preparation Tutor (part-time), June 2015 – December 2017 — English proficiency and academic writing.

Projects

Current

Behavioral Preferences and Smallholder Demand for Digital Traceability Certification in Vietnam
Principal Investigator, 2026 · NAFOSTED · €50,000 · AEARCTR-0019321
AI Engagement, Belief Formation, and Human Capital Investment: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Principal Investigator, 2026–2028 · €6,000 · AEARCTR-0018436
Conspicuous Consumption versus Conspicuous Conservation in Individual Participation to Environmental Protection Programme
Co-Principal Investigator, 2026–2027 · BETA, INRAE & VNU-UEB · €10,800
Research and Application of WebGIS for Optimizing Production Operations and Management in Agriculture amid Digital Transformation
Key Research Member, 2026–2029 · NAFOSTED (NCUD.09-2025.43) · €80,000
Environmental protection behavior, transformation and technical efficiency in agricultural production: farming households in Vietnam
Key Research Member, 2025–2027 · NAFOSTED (502.01-2024.41) · €60,000
Fairness and Acceptability in Local Climate Adaptation and Maladaptation: Evidence from a Vignette Experiment in Vietnam
Principal Member, 2024–2026 · BETA, INRAE & VNU-UEB · €5,000

Earlier

Farmers' attitudes and behaviors toward climate change adaptation: smallholder farmers in Vietnam's mountainous regions
Principal Investigator, 2021–2023 · VNU-UEB · €5,000
Improving trade facilitation measures in food and agriculture under COVID-19 and digital trade in South and South East Asia
Consultant, Jul 2021 – Jan 2022 · FAO (TF.ESFDD.TFAA400019385) · €20,000
Analysis of agricultural products value chains and micro-finance demand in Son La, Vietnam
Consultant, Jul – Aug 2021 · IFPRI
Research awareness and behavior of farmers in the North to climate change
Key Research Member, 2019–2021 · NAFOSTED
High-technology agricultural production models for farmer income and New Rural Development, Vinh Phuc province
Research Member, 2017–2018 · Vinh Phuc Department of Science and Technology
Solutions to promote production and marketing in agriculture and aquaculture, Thai Binh province
Research Member, 2015–2016 · Thai Binh Department of Science and Technology
Collaboration and cooperation in the production and consumption of agricultural products, Vinh Phuc province (2016–2020)
Research Member, 2015–2016 · Vinh Phuc Department of Science and Technology
Developing value chains of main agricultural products, Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province
Research Member, 2015–2016 · Yen Bai Department of Science and Technology
Evaluation of the New Rural Development program in Dak Nong province, 2010–2014
Research Member, 2015–2016 · Dak Nong Department of Science and Technology
Humid Tropics Household Survey
Enumerator, Dec 2014 – Jan 2015 · ILRI (CGIAR)
Towards more profitable and sustainable vegetable farming systems in north-western Vietnam (AGB/2012/059)
Enumerator, Mar – Apr 2014 · ACIAR

Service

Professional leadership

Communications Manager, International Society of Vietnam Economists (ISVE) — January 2026 to present.

ivse.net · Facebook

Peer reviewer

Journal	Papers reviewed
Environmental and Resource Economics	2
The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics	1
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics	2
Journal of Rural Studies	1
Review of Development Economics	3
Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies	2
Sustainable Development	2
Agricultural and Food Economics	1
Climate and Development	1
Environment, Development and Sustainability	3
Energy Nexus	1

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SciencesPo Le Havre – Lecturer, Department of Economics (Aug 2026 – Aug 2027)

DEPOCEN, CASED program – Lecturer (2026, remote)

VNU University of Economics and Business – Lecturer (Jan 2022 – present, remote)

University of Paris Nanterre – Doctoral Lecturer, EconomiX (Jan 2023 – Jan 2025)

VNU University of Economics and Business – Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Political Economy (Feb 2020 – Dec 2022)

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