Working Papers

1. Working paper on automation and economic growth

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

(March 2026) - with Guido Cozzi, Haichao Fan, Yuichi Furukawa and Chih-Hsing Liao - MPRA Paper No. 128543 

Revised and resubmitted to Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

2. 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

3. Working paper on human evolution and population growth 

Early State Formation and Interstate Competition in a Malthusian Economy (revised version to be available) 

(June 2026) - with Xilin Wang and Rongxin Xu - MPRA Paper No. 128541 

Revise and resubmit at Journal of Population Economics

Forthcoming Papers

Agricultural Trade and Industrial Development 

International Economic Review, forthcoming (with Yuichi Furukawa, Pietro Peretto and Rongxin Xu)

Tourism, Takeoff and Growth: A Quantitative Analysis of Macau 

Journal of Macroeconomics, forthcoming (with Rongxin Xu)