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An N.Q. Cao

Post-doctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Chair of Economic and Agricultural Policy

Research Interests:

  • Agricultural commodity markets: information flows and market expectations
  • Machine-learning and econometric methodologies for commodity price analysis
  • Supply shocks and market reactions in the context of commodity storage models
  • Spatio-temporal market integration in development context

CV

  1. M.S. course “Microeconomics” - BAS 130
    • Instructor with full responsibility: WS 2020/21-present
    • Instructor of selected lectures and assignment supervision: WS 2017/18-WS 2019/20
  2. M.S. course “Advanced Applied Econometrics” - APO 230
    • Instructor with full responsibility: SS 2021-present
    • Instructor of selected lectures and lab exercise supervision: SS 2017-SS 2020
  3. Special Research Project for excellent M.S students in Agricultural Policy - APO 310: WS 2022/23
  4. Graduate Teaching Assistant
    • Ph.D. block course “Machine Learning in applied economic analysis”: SS 2023
    • Ph.D. block course “Advanced Applied Econometrics”: SS 2019-SS 2021
    • M.S. summer school “Learning policy impacts from data: applied econometrics of causal inference”: SS 2021
    • M.S. summer school “Machine Learning techniques in agricultural, food and environmental policy analysis”: SS 2020
    • M.S. AFECO compulsory excursion module (with main focus on European agricultural and food policy): SS 2019, SS 2024

11/2017 – 09/2023:
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics at the Chair of Economic and Agricultural Policy, Institute for Food and Resource Economics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

PhD thesis: “Market expectations, public information, and uncertainty resolution in agricultural commodity and equity markets”

 Visiting Scholar: College of ACES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA

multiple visits: Fall 2019 (Oct-Dec), Fall 2021 (Sep-Nov), Spring 2022 (Feb-Mar), Fall 2022 (Jul-Oct), Spring 2023 (Apr)

10/2015 – 09/2017:
M.S. in Agricultural and Food Economics (AFECO), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

09/2007 – 08/2011:
Bachelor in Banking and Finance, Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

11/2017 – 09/2023:
Research & Teaching Assistant, Chair of Economic and Agricultural Policy, Institute for Food and Resource Economics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany

08/2016 – 11/2017:
Student Assistant, Chair of Economic and Agricultural Policy, Institute for Food and Resource Economics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany

10/2015 – 05/2016:
Practical internship, Bioland-Gut Höfferhof, Much, Germany

04/2015 – 09/2015:
Housing Finance Officer, Habitat for Humanity International Viet Nam

09/2013 – 11/2014:
Project Officer, Marie Stopes International Viet Nam, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

10/2012 – 09/2013:
Finance Officer, Nam Viet Oil Refinery and Petrochemicals JSC., Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

01/2011 – 04/2011:
Intern, Vietcombank, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

08/2010 – 10/2010:
Intern, ANZ Bank Viet Nam, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

01/2008 – 03/2008:
Market Research Assistant, Consumer Behaviour & Insight, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

  • GEWISOLA Prize 2024 – Best Dissertation Award from the Society for Economic and Social Sciences of Agriculture of Germany (GEWISOLA)
  • Faculty Prize 2024 – Best Publication from a Dissertation in Agricultural Economics from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn
  • Summa cum laude – Ph.D. with Highest Distinction

Publications

Publications