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Education background

Ph.D. in Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S. 2016
M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, U.S. 2012
Minor in Statistics, University of Tennessee, TN, U.S. 2012
B.A. in Economics, Southwest University, Chongqing, China, 2010

Research areas

Labor Economics, Education Economics, Transportation Economics, Applied Econometrics

Publications:
Tong, T., T.E. Yu, S. Cho, and K. Jensen. 2015. Impact of Public Infrastructure on Output of U.S. Food Manufacturing Industries: A Heterogeneous Dynamic Panel Approach. Agribusiness 32(4): 439-453. (SSCI/SCI)
Tong, T., T.E. Yu, and R.R. Roberts. 2014. Dynamics of Transport Infrastructure, Exports and Economic Growth in the United States. Journal of the Transportation Research Forum. 53: 65-81. (EI)
Tong, T., T.E. Yu, S. Cho, K. Jensen, and D. de la Torre Ugarte. 2013. Evaluating the Spatial Spillover Effect of Transportation Infrastructure on Agricultural Output across the United States. Journal of Transport
Geography. 30:47-55. (SSCI)

Participated Projects:
Li, H., T. Tong, and X. Sun. 2015. Human Capital of Managerial Leadership is R Enterprise. Policy Brief, proceedings of LLLight’in’ Europe Research Project