I am a second‑year Econ Ph.D. student at Princeton University. My advisors are Prof. Jonathan E. Payne and Prof. Markus K. Brunnermeier. My full CV can be found here. You can contact me at zg3990@princeton.edu.
I obtained my B.S. in Physics and B.A. in Economics from Peking University, China.
Research interests
Macroeconomics, Macro‑finance, and Asset Pricing
Publications
- “Deep Learning for Solving and Estimating Dynamic Macro‑Finance Models,” with Wenhao Li, Lu Lu, Benjamin Fan, Edward Qiao and Anran Jiao. Computational Economics, 2025, 65(6): 3885-3921.
- “Global Solutions to Master Equations for Continuous‑Time Heterogeneous‑Agent Macroeconomic Models,” with Jonathan E. Payne, Mathieu Laurière, and Sebastian Merkel, Jan. 2026. Conditionally Accepted at Journal of Political Economy: Macro.
Working Papers
- “Institutional Asset Pricing with Segmentation and Household Heterogeneity,” with Goutham Gopalakrishna and Jonathan E. Payne, Feb. 2026.
- “AI in Equilibrium: Inference, Competition and Externalities,” with Haotian Xiang. Draft coming soon.