PUBLICATIONS

Land rights in historical Vietnam: Theory and evidence. (2023)

Explorations in Economic History, 90 (October). (link)

An authoritarian state devises land rights to maximize tax revenue. Population density reduces the prevalence of private ownership. Theory is tested. 

The Origins of Cultural Divergence: Evidence from Vietnam. (with Peter Martinsson and Ola Olsson) (2022)

Journal of Economic Growth, 27 (1). (link)

Individualistic members out-migrated from collectivistic societies, giving rise to cultural divergence. We test, using  survey, census, and experimental data.

Coverage: Marginal Revolution, Econlib.

Land Tenure and Economic Development: Evidence from Vietnam. (2021) 

World Development, 140 (April). (link)

The nationwide land privatization in 1993 Vietnam did not boost rural economic development very much.

Coverage:  UEH Podcast (in Vietnamese), Edlab (in Vietnamese)

WORKING PAPERS

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