
20/10/2026 Jiekai Zhang – TCD Department of Economics Seminar Series
Jiekai Zhang is a lecturer in economics at the University of Southampton. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/66wbrg/doctor-jiekai-zhang
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Jiekai Zhang is a lecturer in economics at the University of Southampton. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/66wbrg/doctor-jiekai-zhang

Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal is a Professor at the School of Economics, University of Barcelona and a Researcher at the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB). https://elisabetviladecansmarsal.com/

Yihong Huang is an Assistant Professor at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. https://yihonghuang.com/
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