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Postal address:	University of Luxembourg, Department of Economics and Management (DEM) Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, Campus Kirchberg, Bloc G 6, Rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi L-1359 Luxembourg
Workplace:	CESifo, (more information at EDIRC) Département d'Économie et de Management (Department Economics and Management), Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance (Department of Law, Economics and Finance), Université du Luxembourg (University of Luxembourg), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Endogenous Working Hours, Overlapping Generations, and Balanced Neoclassical Growth
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in VfS Annual Conference 2023 (Regensburg): Growth and the "sociale Frage", Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2023) View citations (1)
   DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2023) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Endogenous working hours, overlapping generations, and balanced neoclassical growth, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (2025) (2025)

2023

2. Population Aging and the Rise of Populist Attitudes in Europe
   DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg

2022

3. Explaining the Decline in the US Labor Share: Taxation and Automation
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
   Also in DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2020) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Explaining the decline in the US labor share: taxation and automation, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer (2023) View citations (2) (2023)

2021

4. Automation, Growth, and Factor Shares in the Era of Population Aging
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (13)
   Also in DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2020) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Automation, growth, and factor shares in the era of population aging, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2021) View citations (13) (2021)
5. The Supply of Hours Worked and Fluctuations between Growth Regimes
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article The supply of hours worked and fluctuations between growth regimes, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2021) View citations (4) (2021)

2020

6. Endogenous Task-Based Technical Change - Factor Scarcity and Factor Prices
   DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg View citations (2)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Endogenous task-based technical change—factor scarcity and factor prices, Economics and Business Review, Sciendo (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
7. Tasks, Technology, and Factor Prices in the Neoclassical Production Sector
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
   Also in DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2018) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Tasks, technology, and factor prices in the neoclassical production sector, Journal of Economics, Springer (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
8. Taxation, Automation Capital, and the Functional Income Distribution
   VfS Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference): Gender Economics, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (1)
9. The Supply of Hours Worked and Endogenous Growth Cycles
   DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg View citations (2)

2019

10. Automation, Economic Growth, and the Labor Share - A Comment on Prettner (2019) -
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (6)
11. Individual Attitudes towards Immigration in Aging Populations
    DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019)

2018

12. Technological Progress, the Supply of Hours Worked, and the Consumption-Leisure Complementarity
    VfS Annual Conference 2018 (Freiburg, Breisgau): Digital Economy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (4)
    Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2017)
    Working Papers, HAL (2017) View citations (2)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2018) View citations (4)
    DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2017)

2016

13. Factor Income Distribution and Endogenous Economic Growth - When Piketty Meets Romer -
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    Also in VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2016)
    DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2016)
14. Population Aging and Inventive Activity
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (10)
    Also in DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2016) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article POPULATION AGING AND INVENTIVE ACTIVITY, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (2022) (2022)

2015

15. A Generalized Steady-State Growth Theorem
    VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2013) View citations (1)
    DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2013) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article A GENERALIZED STEADY-STATE GROWTH THEOREM, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
16. Endogenous Capital- and Labor-Augmenting Technical Change in the Neoclassical Growth Model
    DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg View citations (5)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2015) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Endogenous capital- and labor-augmenting technical change in the neoclassical growth model, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2017) View citations (15) (2017)

2014

17. Capital- and Labor-Augmenting Technical Change in the Neoclassical Growth Model
    VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
18. Essential Inputs and Unbounded Output: An Alternative Characterization of the Neoclassical Production Function
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
    Also in DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2014)

2013

19. Capital- and Labor-Saving Technical Change in an Aging Economy
    DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article CAPITAL‐ AND LABOR‐SAVING TECHNICAL CHANGE IN AN AGING ECONOMY, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2017) View citations (6) (2017)
20. POPULATION, PENSIONS, AND ENDOGENOUS ECONOMIC GROWTH
    DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg View citations (1)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2008) View citations (1)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Population, pensions, and endogenous economic growth, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier (2014) View citations (28) (2014)

2011

21. Ist Wirtschaftswachstum systemimmanent?
    Working Papers, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2010)
22. Property Rights, Optimal Public Enforcement, and Growth
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    Also in DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2011)
23. Steady-state growth and the elasticity of substitution
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (23)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2010) View citations (2)
    DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2010) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Steady-state growth and the elasticity of substitution, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier (2011) View citations (24) (2011)

2010

24. Beschäftigungswirkungen verringerter Sozialleistungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt - Was bewirkt Hartz IV?
    DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg
    Also in Working Papers, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics (2010)

2009

25. Population Aging and the Direction of Technical Change
    Working Papers, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2009) View citations (3)

2008

26. Cross-Country Income Differences and Technology Diffusion in a Competitive World
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
27. Productive Government Expenditure and Economic Growth
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article PRODUCTIVE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell (2009) View citations (82) (2009)

2007

28. Factor Substitution, Income Distribution, and Growth in a Generalized Neoclassical Model
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    See also Journal Article Factor Substitution, Income Distribution and Growth in a Generalized Neoclassical Model, German Economic Review, De Gruyter (2009) View citations (19) (2009)

2006

29. Something out of Nothing? Neoclassical Growth and the ‘Trivial’ Steady State
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2005

30. Neoclassical Growth and the 'Trivial' Steady State
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    See also Journal Article Neoclassical growth and the "trivial" steady state, Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (1) (2008)
31. On the Long-Run Evolution of Technological Knowledge
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article On the long-run evolution of technological knowledge, Economic Theory, Springer (2007) View citations (5) (2007)

2004

32. Extensive and Intensive Growth in a Neoclassical Framework
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Extensive and intensive growth in a neoclassical framework, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier (2005) View citations (42) (2005)

2002

33. Capital Accumulation, Factor Prices and Endogenous Labor-Saving Technical Change
    Discussion Papers, Institut fuer Volkswirtschaftslehre und Statistik, Abteilung fuer Volkswirtschaftslehre
34. National Minimum Wages, Capital Mobility and Global Economic Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article National minimum wages, capital mobility, and global economic growth, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2006) View citations (10) (2006)

2001

35. Shopping Hours and Price Competition
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Shopping hours and price competition, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2005) View citations (35) (2005)
36. Trade Union Objectives and Economic Growth
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (8)
    Also in CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy (2000) View citations (5)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2001)
    See also Journal Article Trade Union Objectives and Economic Growth, FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2002) View citations (20) (2002)
37. Wage Growth, Productivity Growth, and the Evolution of Employment
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (8)
    Also in Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim (1999) View citations (4)

1999

38. Endogenous Technical Change in a Competitive Economy
    Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim View citations (4)
    Also in Papers, Sonderforschungsbreich 504 (1999) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Endogenous Technical Change in a Competitive Economy, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2001) View citations (78) (2001)

1998

39. Competition in multi-characteristics spaces: Hotelling was almost right
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (179)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1997)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996) View citations (8)
    Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie (1996) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Competition in Multi-characteristics Spaces: Hotelling Was Almost Right, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1998) View citations (232) (1998)
40. On the incentives to provide fuel-efficient automobiles
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article On the incentives to provide fuel-efficient automobiles, Journal of Economics, Springer (2001) (2001)

1997

41. Attribute Dependence and the Provision of Quality
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1997)
    See also Journal Article Attribute dependence and the provision of quality, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (13) (2001)

1996

42. Mark-Up Pricing and Bilateral Monopoly
    Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie
    See also Journal Article Mark-up pricing and bilateral monopoly, Economics Letters, Elsevier (1997) View citations (12) (1997)
43. Precommitment in Competing Vertical Chains
    Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Precommitment in Competing Vertical Chains, Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell (1998) View citations (13) (1998)
44. R&D Decisions when Quality and Variety Interact
    Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie

1995

45. Note on Duopolistic Vertical Restraints
    Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie
    See also Journal Article Note on duopolistic vertical restraints, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1997) View citations (13) (1997)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Endogenous working hours, overlapping generations, and balanced neoclassical growth
   Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2025, 29, -
   See also Working Paper Endogenous Working Hours, Overlapping Generations, and Balanced Neoclassical Growth, CESifo Working Paper Series (2024) (2024)

2024

2. Societal Aging and Attitudes towards Women in the Labor Market: Evidence from European Countries
   Economics Bulletin, 2024, 44, (4), 1326 - 1332

2023

3. Explaining the decline in the US labor share: taxation and automation
   International Tax and Public Finance, 2023, 30, (6), 1481-1528 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Explaining the Decline in the US Labor Share: Taxation and Automation, CESifo Working Paper Series (2022) View citations (3) (2022)

2022

4. POPULATION AGING AND INVENTIVE ACTIVITY
   Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2022, 26, (5), 1127-1161
   See also Working Paper Population Aging and Inventive Activity, CESifo Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (10) (2016)

2021

5. Automation, growth, and factor shares in the era of population aging
   Journal of Economic Growth, 2021, 26, (4), 415-453 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Automation, Growth, and Factor Shares in the Era of Population Aging, CESifo Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (13) (2021)
6. The supply of hours worked and fluctuations between growth regimes
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2021, 194, (C) View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper The Supply of Hours Worked and Fluctuations between Growth Regimes, CESifo Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (4) (2021)

2020

7. Editorial introduction
   Economics and Business Review, 2020, 6, (2), 3-6
8. Endogenous task-based technical change—factor scarcity and factor prices
   Economics and Business Review, 2020, 6, (2), 81-118 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Endogenous Task-Based Technical Change - Factor Scarcity and Factor Prices, DEM Discussion Paper Series (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
9. FACTOR INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND ENDOGENOUS ECONOMIC GROWTH: PIKETTY MEETS ROMER
   Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58, (3), 1342-1361 View citations (1)
10. Tasks, technology, and factor prices in the neoclassical production sector
    Journal of Economics, 2020, 131, (2), 101-121 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Tasks, Technology, and Factor Prices in the Neoclassical Production Sector, CESifo Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2018

11. A GENERALIZED STEADY-STATE GROWTH THEOREM
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2018, 22, (4), 779-804 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper A Generalized Steady-State Growth Theorem, VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy (2015) (2015)

2017

12. A NOTE ON THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NEOCLASSICAL PRODUCTION FUNCTION
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2017, 21, (7), 1827-1835 View citations (1)
13. CAPITAL‐ AND LABOR‐SAVING TECHNICAL CHANGE IN AN AGING ECONOMY
    International Economic Review, 2017, 58, (1), 261-285 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Capital- and Labor-Saving Technical Change in an Aging Economy, DEM Discussion Paper Series (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
14. Endogenous capital- and labor-augmenting technical change in the neoclassical growth model
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2017, 170, (C), 346-384 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Endogenous Capital- and Labor-Augmenting Technical Change in the Neoclassical Growth Model, DEM Discussion Paper Series (2015) View citations (5) (2015)

2014

15. Population, pensions, and endogenous economic growth
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2014, 46, (C), 50-72 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper POPULATION, PENSIONS, AND ENDOGENOUS ECONOMIC GROWTH, DEM Discussion Paper Series (2013) View citations (1) (2013)
16. Property Rights, Public Enforcement, and Growth
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2014, 116, (3), 797-819 View citations (1)
17. Real factor prices and factor-augmenting technical change
    The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2014, 14, (1), 661-687 View citations (2)

2013

18. Adjustment costs in a variant of Uzawa's steady-state growth theorem
    Economics Bulletin, 2013, 33, (4), 2860-2873 View citations (7)

2011

19. Steady-state growth and the elasticity of substitution
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2011, 35, (8), 1215-1228 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Steady-state growth and the elasticity of substitution, Post-Print (2011) View citations (23) (2011)

2009

20. Factor Substitution, Income Distribution and Growth in a Generalized Neoclassical Model
    German Economic Review, 2009, 10, (4), 464-479 View citations (19)
    Also in German Economic Review, 2009, 10, (4), 464-479 (2009) View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Factor Substitution, Income Distribution, and Growth in a Generalized Neoclassical Model, CESifo Working Paper Series (2007) (2007)
21. Frictional unemployment, labor market institutions, and endogenous economic growth
    Economics Bulletin, 2009, 29, (2), 1127-1138 View citations (2)
22. PRODUCTIVE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2009, 23, (4), 692-733 View citations (82)
    See also Working Paper Productive Government Expenditure and Economic Growth, CESifo Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (21) (2008)

2008

23. Comment on "On the openness to trade as a determinant of the macroeconomic elasticity of substitution"
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, 30, (2), 703-706 View citations (5)
24. Neoclassical growth and the "trivial" steady state
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, 30, (3), 1097-1103 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Neoclassical Growth and the 'Trivial' Steady State, CEPR Discussion Papers (2005) (2005)

2007

25. On the long-run evolution of technological knowledge
    Economic Theory, 2007, 30, (1), 171-180 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper On the Long-Run Evolution of Technological Knowledge, CESifo Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2006

26. National minimum wages, capital mobility, and global economic growth
    Economics Letters, 2006, 90, (2), 285-289 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper National Minimum Wages, Capital Mobility and Global Economic Growth, CEPR Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (1) (2002)

2005

27. Extensive and intensive growth in a neoclassical framework
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2005, 29, (8), 1427-1448 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper Extensive and Intensive Growth in a Neoclassical Framework, CEPR Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (4) (2004)
28. Shopping hours and price competition
    European Economic Review, 2005, 49, (5), 1105-1124 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Shopping Hours and Price Competition, CEPR Discussion Papers (2001) View citations (1) (2001)

2004

29. Malthus and Solow - a note on closed-form solutions
    Economics Bulletin, 2004, 10, (6), 1-6 View citations (6)

2002

30. Trade Union Objectives and Economic Growth
    FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2002, 59, (1), 49-67 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Trade Union Objectives and Economic Growth, CESifo Working Paper Series (2001) View citations (8) (2001)

2001

31. Attribute dependence and the provision of quality
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2001, 31, (5), 547-569 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Attribute Dependence and the Provision of Quality, CEPR Discussion Papers (1997) (1997)
32. Endogenous Technical Change in a Competitive Economy
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2001, 101, (1), 1-39 View citations (78)
    See also Working Paper Endogenous Technical Change in a Competitive Economy, Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications (1999) View citations (4) (1999)
33. On the incentives to provide fuel-efficient automobiles
    Journal of Economics, 2001, 73, (2), 149-165
    See also Working Paper On the incentives to provide fuel-efficient automobiles, Discussion Paper (1998) View citations (1) (1998)

1998

34. Competition in Multi-characteristics Spaces: Hotelling Was Almost Right
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1998, 78, (1), 76-102 View citations (232)
    See also Working Paper Competition in multi-characteristics spaces: Hotelling was almost right, LIDAM Reprints CORE (1998) View citations (179) (1998)
35. Precommitment in Competing Vertical Chains
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 1998, 12, (4), 333-359 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Precommitment in Competing Vertical Chains, Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie (1996) View citations (10) (1996)

1997

36. Mark-up pricing and bilateral monopoly
    Economics Letters, 1997, 54, (2), 179-184 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Mark-Up Pricing and Bilateral Monopoly, Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie (1996) (1996)
37. Note on duopolistic vertical restraints
    European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (8), 1559-1567 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Note on Duopolistic Vertical Restraints, Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie (1995) (1995)

Chapters

2010

1. Population, Specialized Occupations and Semi-Endogenous Growth
   Palgrave Macmillan