Tho Pham

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Lecturer in Economics
- PGR Director (Admissions)
- Module Convenor: EC228, EC327, ECM132/IDM082
Areas of interest
Applied economics, financial economics, data science
Postgraduate supervision
I am interested in supervising research in line with my areas of interest.Research centres and groups
Background
I joined the Department of Economics at the University of Reading in September 2018. My research interests are in applied economics, empirical finance, data science, and emerging market economies. I am particularly interested in the implications of big data/big data analytics for economic research as well as macroeconomic measurement and policies. My research has been covered in a number of media outlets including The Guardian, BBC, The Times and The Economist among others.
Academic qualifications
- PhD Finance, Swansea University
- MSc Banking and Finance, Coventry University
- BA (Hons) International Economics, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
Awards and honours
- Rapid Response Policy Engagement Scheme – QR Strategic Priorities Fund (2020)
- Newton Fund Research Environmental Links UK/Vietnam Grant (2017)
- UNU-WIDER Research Project Grant (2016)
Websites/blogs
Personal WebsitePublications
- Pham, T. , Ĺšpiewanowski, P. , Talavera, O. (2021) Exploring social media: Twitteronomics and beyond. In: Hashimzade, N. and Thornton, M. , (eds.) Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Empirical Mircroeconomics. Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications Edward Elgar , London. pp. 388-415. ISBN: 9781788976473 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788976480
- Pham, T. , Talavera, O. , Wood, G. , Yin, S. (2021) Quality of working environment and corporate financial distress. Finance Research Letters ISSN: 1544-6123 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.102449
- Pham, T. , Talavera, O. , Tsapin, A. , Pham, T. (2021) Branch network structure, authority and lending behavior. Economic Systems ISSN: 0939-3625
- Gorodnichenko, Y. , Pham, T. , Talavera, O. (2021) Social media, sentiment and public opinions: evidence from #Brexit and #USElection. European Economic Review , 136 ISSN: 0014-2921 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103772
- Faryna, O. , Pham, T. , Talavera, O. , Tsapin, A. (2021) Wage and unemployment: evidence from online job vacancy data. Journal of Comparative Economics ISSN: 0147-5967 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2021.05.003
- Gorodnichenko, Y. , Pham, T. , Talavera, O. (2021) Conference presentations and academic publishing. Economic Modelling , 95 pp. 228-254. ISSN: 0264-9993 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2020.12.017
- Caglayan, M. , Pham, T. , Talavera, O. (2021) Dollarization, pass-through, and domestic lending: evidence from Turkish banking. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade , 57 (11). pp. 3190-3201. ISSN: 1540-496X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1540496x.2019.1678146
- Caglayan, M. , Pham, T. , Talavera, O. , Xiong, X. (2020) Asset mispricing in peer-to-peer loan secondary markets. Journal of Corporate Finance , 65 ISSN: 0929-1199 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101769
- Pham, T. , Talavera, O. , Tsapin, A. (2020) Shock contagion, asset quality and lending behaviour: the case of war in Eastern Ukraine. Kyklos ISSN: 1467-6435 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12261
- Pham, T. , Talavera, O. , Junhong, Y. (2020) Multimarket competition and profitability: evidence from Ukrainian banks. Oxford Economic Papers , 72 (2). pp. 517-545. ISSN: 1464-3812 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpz041
- Pham, T. and Talavera, O. (2018) Discrimination, social capital, and financial constraints: the case of Viet Nam. World Development , 102 pp. 228-242. ISSN: 0305-750X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.10.005
- Pham, T. , Talavera, O. , Zhang, M. (2018) Self-employment, financial development and well-being: evidence from China, Russia and Ukraine. Journal of Comparative Economics , 46 (3). pp. 754-769. ISSN: 0147-5967 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2018.07.006