Ming Zeng

Ming Zeng is a Senior Lecturer in Financial Economics at the University of Gothenburg, affiliated with the Department of Economics and the Centre for Finance. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Singapore Management University (2018), a Master’s in Financial Engineering from ESSEC Business School (2012), and a Bachelor’s in Applied Mathematics from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2011).

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, Singapore Management University (2018)
• Master of Financial Engineering, ESSEC Business School (2012)
• Bachelor of Applied Mathematics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2011)

Research Interests

His research focuses on Empirical Asset Pricing, International Finance, and Financial Econometrics. Key themes include currency carry trades, political cycles in asset markets, inflation risk, and the dynamics of real exchange rates. He explores topics like sovereign credit risk, firm efficiency, and term structure models of equity and bond yields, often linking macroeconomic factors to financial market outcomes.

Teaching

He teaches courses in Financial Markets and Asset Pricing, International Finance, Financial Econometrics, and Macroeconomics, integrating theoretical frameworks with practical applications in quantitative finance.

Research Trends

Zeng’s work emphasizes global financial markets and political economy effects, with recent studies analyzing presidential cycles, inflation ambiguity, and policy uncertainty. His methodologies bridge empirical finance with macroeconomic theory, addressing questions of market efficiency and risk pricing.

Labs/Teams

He contributes to the Centre for Finance at the University of Gothenburg, fostering interdisciplinary research in financial economics and econometric modeling.