Zhigang Feng, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Economics
College of Business Administration
Zhigang Feng is an expert in macroeconomics, computational methods, AI and machine learning, health and labor economics, and insurance markets.
Biography
Zhigang Feng, Ph.D., is a professor of economics, teaching the principles of macroeconomics and intermediate macroeconomics, and has previously taught quantitative macro with machine learning.
Feng has taught in esteemed universities both nationally and internationally, and has been published in numerous top-tier journals including the International Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics, Quantitative Economics, and more. His research topics include macroeconomics, computational economics, and applying AI and machine learning to large-scale models of fiscal policy and debt. Zhigang has also investigated economic impacts on health insurance reform.
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