Welcome to my homepage! I am an Assistant Professor at the School of Finance, Renmin University of China. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Tsinghua University in June 2025. I was also a visiting PhD student at HKU Business School in 2023, and at Cornell SC Johnson Graduate School of Management from 2024 to 2025.
My primary research interest lies in FinTech, digital finance, and digital assets. I am also interested in financial intermediary, asset pricing, and Chinese economy.
Email: zhiheng_he[at]outlook.com
[May2025]The working paper Market Power and Redeemable Loyalty Token Design (with Kenneth Rogoff and Yang You) won the Best Paper Prize at Dishui Lake International Conference in Finance.
[Jul2025]Presentation: International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF 2025), Beijing
[Jul2025]Presentation: CES China, Guangzhou
[Aug2025]Presentation: World Congress of the Econometric Society (ESWC 2025), Seoul