David Leung
Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University
Published Papers:
Accounting for Wealth Concentration in the US
with Barış Kaymak and Markus Poschke [draft] [slides]
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 2026, 18(1): 187-222
A Proposed Tax Reform for China: Enhancing Consumption and Pension Sustainability
with Zhaoyong Chen and Joseph Mai
China Economic Review 2025: 102481
The Welfare Implications of Top Marginal Tax Reform in Taiwan
with Ming-Jen Lin and Xiao Yan Jiang
Taiwan Economic Review 2025, 53(4): 479-517
Competition, Agglomeration, and Tenant Composition in Shopping Malls
with Peng Liu and Tingyu Zhou
Real Estate Economics. 2024 Mar;52(2):552-76.
Progressive Income vs. Consumption Taxation: Tackling Taiwan’s Aging Population and Rising Inequality
Taiwan Economic Forecast and Policy (Accepted)
Working Papers:
The Optimal Tax Progressivity and Household Heterogeneity
Consumption Smoothing and Welfare Implications of Redistributive and Insurance Systems: The Case of Japan
with Charles Leung and Kazuto Sumita [slides]
Progressive consumption tax reforms
with Markus Poschke
CIRANO Discussion Paper 2023rp-07.
Work in Progress:
Accounting for the Difference in Wealth Concentration Across Countries
with Markus Poschke
The Failure of Department Stores
with Peng Liu and Tingyu Zhou
Land Price, Firm Sorting, and the Dynamics of Firm Productivity
with Joseph Mai
