Working Papers

1. Working paper on human evolution and population growth 

A Malthusian Model of Hybridization in Human Evolution (new version)

(June 2025) - MPRA Paper No. 125139 

2. Working paper on fiscal policy and economic growth

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

(May 2025) - with Pietro Peretto and Xilin Wang - MPRA Paper No. 124831 

3. 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

4. Working paper on labor market policy and economic growth

How Minimum Wages Affect Automation and Innovation in a Schumpeterian Economy (new version)

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

Forthcoming papers

Dynamic Effects of Labor Income Taxation in an Unequal Schumpeterian Economy 

European Economic Review, forthcoming (with Pietro Peretto and Chih-Hsing Liao) 

Natural Selection and Innovation-Driven Growth 

Macroeconomic Dynamics, forthcoming (with Guido Cozzi, Haichao Fan and Dongmin Hu)

Human Brain Evolution in a Malthusian Economy 

Macroeconomic Dynamics, forthcoming