December 2025
Dam Linh Nguyen
Department of Economics
New York University
n.linh [at] nyu.edu
https://dlinh-n.github.io/
Bio
Dam Linh Nguyen is a PhD Candidate in Economics at NYU. Linh’s research fields include empirical industrial organization, applied micro-econometrics, machine learning, causal inference, and matching. His academic work has covered a diverse array of topics: from eviction policy and electric vehicle subsidy design to the distributional effects of open banking in credit markets.
In summer 2025, Linh supported assortment planning for Amazon Private Brands by providing optimal feature selection recommendations for new product launches. Specifically, he developed, estimated, and simulated demand models to uncover a new opportunity projected to generate over $2M annually for Amazon’s retail business. Between 2015 and 2020, Linh was a Senior Analyst in the Antitrust Group at NERA Economic Consulting. He led teams of analysts and conducted competitive research, contributing to the completion of multi-billion dollar mergers in consumer packaged goods, data storage technology, and agrochemicals, among other industries.
Linh earned an MPhil in Economics from NYU; a BSc in Applied Mathematics, magna cum laude, from Columbia University; and a BA in Economics, as a Levy Institute Scholar, from Bard College.
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Education
2020- PhD in Economics, New York University
2020-2024 MPhil in Economics, New York University
2013-2015 BSc in Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
2010-2013 BA in Economics, Bard College
Research Fields
Empirical IO, Applied Econometrics, Machine Learning, Causal Inference, Data Science, Matching
Professional Experience
2025 PhD Economist Intern, Amazon.com
2015-2020 Senior Analyst, NERA Economic Consulting
2014 Part-time Intern, TAU Investment Management
Research Experience
2023- Co-author with N. Hickok and A. Berman, NYU/MIT
2022- Co-author with D. Waldinger, S. Nelson, W. van Dijk, and J.E. Humphries, NYU/Booth/Yale
2019- Co-author with P.A. Chiappori and B. Salanié, Columbia University
2014-2015 Research Assistant to P.A. Chiappori, B. Salanié, and W. Kopczuk, Columbia University
2013 Research Assistant to O. Giovannoni and S. DeSilva, Levy Economics Institute/Bard
Working Papers
Nonpayment and Eviction in the Rental Housing Market (with J.E. Humphries, S. Nelson, W. van Dijk, and D. Waldinger). June 2025. [PDF]. R&R at Journal of Political Economy.
The Econometrics of Matching with Transferable Utility: A Progress Report (with P.A. Chiappori and B. Salanié). October 2025. [PDF]. Submitted.
Out with the Old, In with the New: Equity and Efficiency of Secondary-Market Subsidies for Electric Vehicles (with A. Berman and N. Hickok). November 2025. [PDF].
The Distributional Effects of Data Interoperability: Evidence from the U.S. Residential Mortgage Market (Job Market Paper). November 2025. [PDF].
Work in Progress
Copyrights and Product Variety: Evidence from the Golden Age of Hip Hop.
Awards, Honors, and Scholarships
2022 CV Starr Center Research Funding, New York University
2020-2025 Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship, New York University
2020-2021 NYU Economics Summer Stipend, New York University
2015 Magna Cum Laude, Columbia University
2013-2015 Dean’s List, Columbia University
2013 Amicus Foundation Scholarship, Bard College
2013 BSRI Research Stipend, Bard College
2010-2013 Levy Economics Institute Scholarship, Bard College
2010-2013 NCAA Men’s Soccer All-Academic Team, Bard College
Skills
Language: Native Bilingual: Vietnamese, Polish; Fluent: English
Computer: Advanced: Python, R, MATLAB, SAS, Microsoft Office; Intermediate: Julia; Basic: Stata