Research

Publications

Adaptive fisher behavior alone can induce tipping points and stock collapse: a synthesis of bioeconomic theory that applies to all capture fisheries under open access (with R. Arlinghaus, E. Ehrlich & M. Quaas)

Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture (Forthcoming)  -  Open Access

Conditions align,

Small changes shift the balance,

Tipping points unfold. 

The demographic transition and stagnation in countries vulnerable to climate change (with Ch. Vasilakis) 

Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control  178: 105141. (2025)   -  Open Access

Online Appendix

Climate burns the land, 

Women fetch water daily, 

Dreams dry in the dust. 

Can price feedbacks cause human behavior-induced tipping points? An extension of the Gordon-Schaefer model. (with M. Quaas, D. Koemle, E. Ehrlich & R. Arlinghaus)

Fisheries Research 259, 106550. (2023)

Price drives steady shifts,

Fishing efforts push the edge,

Tipping points emerge. 

Subsidies, temporary laying-up, and efficiency in coastal commercial fisheries (with D. Koemle, X. Yu & R. Arlinghaus) 

Marine Resource Economics 38 (2), 153 - 179. (2023) 

Laying-up brings shifts,

Subsidies affect the trend,

Species mix will change. 

Climate policy and wealth distribution

Environmental Modeling & Assessment 27, 919 - 934. (2022) 

Rich should shoulder more,

For the planet's fragile health,

Fairness in the air. 

The education gender gap and the demographic transition in developing countries (with J. Dávila & A. Greulich)

Journal of Population Economics 34 (2), 431 - 474. (2021)  

Awarded Osaka University Prize 2021. Coverage: Le Magazine de la Recherche 

Tech frees women's hands,

Education rises high,

Demographics shift. 

Feldstein meets George: Land rent taxation and socially optimal allocation in economies with environmental externality (with O. Edenhofer)

Resource & Energy Economics  53, 20 - 41. (2018).  Coverage: NEP - DGE Blog

Land tax for the earth,

Capital grows, youth thrive high,

Old age sees wealth rise. 

On the fiscal strategies of escaping poverty-environment traps towards sustainable growth (with O. Edenhofer)

 Journal of Macroeconomics 55, 253 - 273. (2018)

Policies reshape,

Life spans grow, the trap dissolves,

Paths to futures clear. 

Self-enforcing intergenerational social contracts for Pareto improving pollution mitigation (with K. Burghaus & O. Edenhofer)

Environmental & Resource Economics 68 (1), 129 - 273. (2017)  

Generations vow,

Contracts forge a greener path,

Welfare grows with time. 

Policy options for a socially balanced climate policy (with G. Schwerhoff, O. Edenhofer, G. Grinmalda, M. Jacob, D. Klenert & J. Siegmeier)

Economics E-Journal 11, 1 - 12. (2017)

Efficient yet fair,

Climate costs shared through accords, 

Balance shapes the way. 

From agriculture to manufacturing: How does Geography matter? 

Cliometrica 10 (3), 277 - 309. (2016).  Coverage:  MCC 

Fertile lands bring wealth,

Yet delay the march to skills,

Fortunes may reverse. 

Implementing steady state efficiency in overlapping generations economies with environmental externalities (with J. Dávila)

Journal of Public Economic Theory 16 (4), 620 - 649. (2014)                      

Capital and waste,

Policies shift toward the goal,

Balance finds its way. 

Can geography lock a society in stagnation?  (with J. Dávila)

Economics Letters 120 (3), 442 - 446. (2013)

Geography shape fate,

Land, suitability, and walls,

Stagnation or growth. 

Other publications

Vaccine COVID-19 strategies for Vietnam (with T. Hoang and A. Nguyen)

Tia Sang Forum (in Vietnamese, 2021)

Working Papers and on-going papers

Driven by automation, shaped by inequality: Understanding flatter and U-shaped Fertility-Income Patterns. 

Heterogenous resource users and anthropogenic tipping points. (with R. Arlinghaus, J. Abbott, E. Fenichel & M. Quaas)

Environment, life expectancy, and the slow demographic transition in Africa. (with Ch. Vasilakis)

Wealth inequality and U-shape fertility structure. (with R. Horii)

Which should take higher priority for Africa: education for girls or basic infrastructure?