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Dr. Zhigang Feng

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Dr. Zhigang Feng

  • Economics, Associate Professor

email:
zfeng@unomaha.edu
office:
MH  332BB
office phone:
402.554.2786
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=d3kG9ngAAAAJ&hl=en
personal website:
https://sites.google.com/site/zfeng202/

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Biography

Dr. Zhigang Feng is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University at Nebraska at Omaha. He obtained PhD in Economics at University of Miami in 2009. He has taught at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Zurich, and Purdue University before joined UNO. Dr. Feng's research focus on Macroeconomics, Computational Economics, Public Finance and Labor Economics. His current research is devoted to understand the impact of US health care policies on macro-economy with a focus on labor market issues. He has published articles in top general-interest and field Economics journals including International Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics, Quantitative Economics, and Economic Theory. He has been invited to present his works at many major universities, central banks and international conferences.

Teaching Interests

Macroeconomics, Quantitative Method, Public Finance

Research Interests

Macroeconomics, Computational Economics, Public Finance and Labor Economics

Service Summary

Dr. Zhigang Feng is serving as a member of the advisory committee for Holland Computing Center at University of Nebraska. He is currently serving as Faculty senator at UNO. He organized a mini-conference on Quantitative Macro and Public Finance in 2015. He has been invited to review research articles for numerous leading economic journals and grant applications for National Science Foundation and Swiss National Computing Center.

Awards and Honors

UCRCA 2022 Research fellowship, Scholarship/Research - 2022

CBA 2022 Summer Research Fellowship, Scholarship/Research - 2021

CBA 2021 Summer Research Fellowship, Scholarship/Research - 2020

Mammel Faculty-in-Residence Fellowship, Scholarship/Research - 2019

CBA 2019 Summer Research Fellowship, Scholarship/Research - 2019

UCRCA 2018 Research fellowship, Scholarship/Research - 2018

CBA 2018 Summer Research Fellowship, Scholarship/Research - 2018

Education

Ph D, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA, Economics, 2009

Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity

Selected Publications

Feng, Zhigang, Miao, Jianjun, Peralta-Alva, Adrian , Santos, Manuel. 2014. Numerical Simulation of Non-optimal Dynamic Equilibrium Models, International Economic Review, 55, 1, 83-110.

Feng, Zhigang. 2015. Time Consistent Optimal Fiscal Policy over the Business Cycle, Quantitative Economics, 6, 1, 189-221.

Feng, Zhigang, Villamil, Anne , Chivers, David . 2017. Employment-based Health Insurance and Misallocation: Implications for the Macroeconomy, Review of Economic Dynamics, 23, 1, 125-149.

Feng, Zhigang, Hoelle, Matt. 2017. Indeterminacy in stochastic overlapping generations models: real effects in the long run, Economic Theory, 63, 1, 559-585.

Feng, Zhigang, Zhao, Kai. 2018. Employer-based Health Insurance, Uncertain Medical Expenses, and Aggregate Labor Supply, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 154, Oct 2018, 156-174.

Service

Department, College, and University

Holland Computing Center (HCC) Advisory Committee, Committee Member, 01/01/2019 - 01/31/2019

Faculty Senate, Committee Member, 05/01/2021 - 05/31/2021

The Academic Freedom Coalition of Nebraska, Committee Member, 08/01/2021 - 08/31/2021

Media Contributions

TV, KMTV News Omaha, "Possible physician shortage concerns local doctors"https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/possible-physician-shortage-concerns-local-doctors, 07/01/2021

TV, KMTV News Omaha, "What is 'stagflation?': Ukraine crisis and its effect on Midwest economy" https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/what-is-stagflation-ukraine-crisis-and-its-effect-on-midwest-economy, 03/01/2022

Newspaper, Omaha World Herald, "How should I spend my stimulus money?"https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/what-is-stagflation-ukraine-crisis-and-its-effect-on-midwest-economy, 03/01/2021

TV, Access the Experts, “What will be the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the travel and tourism industry?”, 03/01/2021

TV, Fox42 KPTM, "$20 minimum wage in Nebraska" https://fox42kptm.com/newsletter-daily/lawmakers-pitch-20-minimum-wage-in-nebraska, 02/01/2021

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