Profile
Dr. Tram Nguyen specializes in quantitative economic analysis and modeling within the context of labor and employment discrimination matters, industrial organization, and firm management. She has extensive experience analyzing large and varied datasets, as well as expertise in machine learning and statistical tools.
Dr. Nguyen has provided support to clients on issues related to the economics of class certification for both direct and indirect purchaser classes and applying rigorous econometric analyses in estimating antitrust damages in dozens of matters. Her casework spans a broad range of industries, including agricultural products, railroads, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products. Across these fields, Dr. Nguyen has extensive experience in leading teams of consultants to conduct empirical analysis of economic issues and present analytical insights in expert reports.
Dr. Nguyen’s academic research focused on issues of labor and employment in developing countries. In her dissertation, Dr. Nguyen analyzes the effects of a sector-specific minimum wage on wages in other sectors by examining the garment industry in Cambodia. During her undergraduate and graduate studies, she was awarded several research grants, excellent teaching recognitions, and academic prizes.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
- Research Assistant, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
INDUSTRIES
- Consumer Goods
- Pharmaceuticals
- Transportation
Insights & News
Publications
Edgeworth Insights
The Antitrust Prescription
Speaking Engagements
News
Of Significance Podcast
Project Experience
Project Experience
ANTITRUST, COMPETITION, AND COMMERCIAL DAMAGES
- Consultant to counsel on end-payer class certification and damages issues involving pay-for-delay, monopolization, and restrained competition allegations of a pharmaceutical product
- Assisted counsel in the production of defendants' and third parties’ data across multiple systems related to the direct and indirect purchaser classes involving allegations of price fixing of multiple prescription drugs
- Consultant to counsel on direct purchaser class certification and damages issues involving pay-for-delay and product hop allegations
- Assisted counsel in developing an econometric estimation model a nationwide settlement involving a pain management product
- Consultant to counsel on class certification issues involving price fixing claims and allegations of supply restriction and customer allocation in the chemical product industry including analyses of economic issues related to pass-through in various supply chains
- Consultant to counsel on class certification issues involving allegations of supply restriction in agricultural products for both direct and indirect classes, conducting economic and statistical analysis for Joint Defense Group
- Consultant to counsel on merit and damages issues involving allegations of price fixing in transportation markets related to direct action plaintiffs, conducting economic and statistical analyses
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
- Consultant to counsel on class certification and damages issues related to allegations of gender discrimination including statistical analyses of salary and promotion data
- Consultant to counsel on merits issues involving monopolization in a local labor market
Pharma Experience
Pharma Experience
- Consultant to counsel on end-payer class certification and damages issues involving pay-for-delay, monopolization, and restrained competition allegations of a pharmaceutical product
- Assisted counsel in the production of defendants' and third parties’ data across multiple systems related to the direct and indirect purchaser classes involving allegations of price fixing of multiple prescription drugs
- Consultant to counsel on direct purchaser class certification and damages issues involving pay-for-delay and product hop allegations
- Assisted counsel in developing an econometric estimation model a nationwide settlement involving a pain management product
- Consultant to counsel on class certification issues involving price fixing claims and allegations of supply restriction and customer allocation in the chemical product industry including analyses of economic issues related to pass-through in various supply chains
Practice Areas
Education
Dr. Nguyen earned her PhD and MA in economics from Stanford University. She earned her BS, summa cum laude, in economics and mathematics from Bates College.