Larry Weifeng Liu

Dr. Larry Weifeng Liu is a Research Fellow at the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics within the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU). He is affiliated with the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), and the National Health and Medical Research Council's Centre of Excellence in Stronger Investments for Infectious Diseases (STRIDE). His research focuses on macroeconomics, public economics, and international economics, with an emphasis on long-term global challenges such as demographic shifts, climate policies, and international collective action.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, Australian National University
• Master of Economics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Bachelor of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Research Interests: His work integrates general equilibrium modeling (CGE, dynamic models, OLG) with econometric techniques like vector autoregressive models and causal inference. Key themes include global demographic impacts on capital flows and interest rates, climate policy design (e.g., carbon taxation, border adjustments), and mechanisms for coordinating international public goods provision.

Grants & Projects:

• Chief Investigator in STRIDE (2024-2028): Focuses on infectious disease investment strategies
• PI of 'China's Population Ageing and Climate Policy' (2023-2024): Examines demographic-climate policy interactions

Labs & Teams: Collaborates extensively with CAMA and CEPAR, contributing to scenario-based modeling frameworks like the NGFS climate scenarios and G-Cubed macroeconomic models.