Working Papers

1. Working papers on human evolution and population growth 

Early State Formation in a Malthusian Economy 

(November 2025) - with Xilin Wang - MPRA Paper No. 126926 

Prehistoric Shuttle Dispersals in a Malthusian Economy 

(October 2025) - MPRA Paper No. 126606  

2. Working paper on international trade and economic growth

Agricultural Trade and Industrial Development (revised version to be available)

(April 2025) - with Yuichi Furukawa, Pietro Peretto and Rongxin Xu - MPRA Paper No. 124669 

Revise and resubmit at International Economic Review

3. Working paper on fiscal policy and economic growth

Paving the Road to Prosperity: Productive Government Spending, Takeoff and Robust Endogenous Growth (new version)

(January 2026) - with Pietro Peretto and Xilin Wang - MPRA Paper No. 124831 

Revised and resubmitted to European Economic Review

4. Working paper on labor market policy and economic growth

How Minimum Wages Affect Automation and Innovation in a Schumpeterian Economy (revised version to be available)

(August 2021) - with Guido Cozzi, Haichao Fan, Yuichi Furukawa and Chih-Hsing Liao - MPRA Paper No. 103974 

Revise and resubmit at Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

5. Working paper on tourism and economic growth

Tourism, Takeoff and Growth: A Quantitative Analysis of Macau 

(January 2026) - with Rongxin Xu - MPRA Paper No. 127890 

Forthcoming paper

A Malthusian Model of Hybridization in Human Evolution 

Oxford Economic Papers, forthcoming