Zheng (Michael) Song is a professor at the Department of Economics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was previously an assistant professor of Economics at Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. Prior to joining Booth he served as Assistant Professor in the department of economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and as a research fellow in the school of economics at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Song studies macroeconomics, Chinese economy, and political economy. His most recent publications include “Growing like China” which was co-authored with Kjetil Storesletten and Fabrizio Zilibotti. With experience teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, Song has taught courses such as Advanced Macroeconomics, Chinese Economy, and Dynamic Optimization. At Booth he teaches a course on China.Song earned his PhD in economics from the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University. He also holds an MPhil in economics from the University College London, a MA in economics from Fudan University and a BA in economics from Shanghai Institute for Foreign Trade.
