Working Papers

1. Working paper on human evolution and population growth 

Early State Formation in a Malthusian Economy (new version) 

(April 2026) - with Xilin Wang and Rongxin Xu - MPRA Paper No. 126926 

2. 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. 103974 

Revised and resubmited to Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

3. Working paper on international trade and economic growth

Agricultural Trade and Industrial Development (new version)

(February 2026) - with Yuichi Furukawa, Pietro Peretto and Rongxin Xu - MPRA Paper No. 124669 

Revised and resubmitted to International Economic Review

4. 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

5. Working paper on tourism and economic growth

Tourism, Takeoff and Growth: A Quantitative Analysis of Macau 

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

Forthcoming papers

Prehistoric Shuttle Dispersals in a Malthusian Economy 

International Journal of Economic Theory, forthcoming 

A Malthusian Model of Hybridization in Human Evolution 

Oxford Economic Papers, forthcoming