Zhigang Feng
Associate Prof. of Economics
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Interests
Quantitative Macro
Public Finance
Health & Labor Economics
Machine Learning
Trainings
PhD in Economics, 2009
University of Miami
Post-Doc, 2009-2012
University of Zurich
Work in Progress:
1. Optimal Taxation in Dynamic Equilibiurm Models with Heterogenous Agents and Aggregate Uncertainty
Recent Working Papers:
1. Markov Perfect Equilibrium in Economies with Sovereign Default and Distortionary Taxation, with Manuel Santos.
2. Health, Health Insurance and Inequality, online appendix, with Jiaying Gu, Chaoran Chen. r&r, IER
3. Long-Term and Cyclical Properties of Time-Consistent Fiscal Policies, with Manuel Santos. under review
4. Sovereign Default and Optimal Fiscal Policies over the Business Cycle, with Manuel Santos.
5. Optimal Taxation with Incomplete Markets –an Exploration via Reinforcement Learning, with Jiequn Han and Shenghao Zhu. under review
6. Imperfect Tradable Health, and Provision of Employment-based Health Insurance, with Dan Bernhardt, preliminary & incomplete version.