Van Anh Vuong Visiting Researcher at ZEW

Professor Van Anh Vuong was a visiting researcher in ZEW’s Research Department “Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics” from 8 to 12 October 2018. From 2012 to 2018 she worked as a junior professor at the University of Cologne. Since October 2018 she has been an assistant professor at Maastricht University. Her research focuses on empirical industrial organisation, innovation economics and applied microeconomics. During her visit, she worked with ZEW researcher Professor Bettina Peters and ZEW Research Associate Professor Mark Roberts from Pennsylvania State University on two joint research papers that analyse the long-term returns that companies generate from investments in research and development (“Firm R&D Decision and Export Market Exposure”) and in human capital (“Measuring Long-Run Benefits of Firm’s Innovations and Human Capital Investments”).