Luosai Zhang

Luosai Zhang

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Matching Theory · Market Design · Dynamic Matching

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publications

The Properness of Weak Stability Notions

Published in Economics Letters, 2025

This paper introduces a criterion called properness to evaluate different weak stability notions, ensuring theoretical consistency across matching settings.

Recommended citation: Zhang, L. (2025). "The Properness of Weak Stability Notions." Economics Letters, 247, 112163.
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Some New Characterizations of Top Trading Cycles

Published in Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2025

This paper studies the housing market problem introduced by Shapley and Scarf (1974), refining several existing characterizations of the well-known top trading cycles (TTC) rule.

Recommended citation: Chen, Y., Jiao, Z., Zhang, C., and Zhang, L. (2025). "Some New Characterizations of Top Trading Cycles." Journal of Mathematical Economics, 121, 103190.
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talks

Matching with Prudent Players

Published:

Presented joint work with Sambuddha Ghosh, “Matching with Prudent Players,” at the Impromptu Workshop hosted by CCBEF at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, June 12–13, 2023.

Noncooperative Foundations of Dynamic Matching

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Presented joint work with Sambuddha Ghosh, “Noncooperative Foundations of Dynamic Matching,” at the 2023 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (AMES), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, July 28–30, 2023.

Multiperiod Matching: Non-cooperative Foundations

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Joint work with Sambuddha Ghosh, presented at the PhD (Postdoctoral) and Young Scholars Forum in Applied Economics, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, November 4, 2023.

Multi-Period Matching with Externalities

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Joint work with Sambuddha Ghosh, presented at the 2025 CCBEF-IES Workshop on Theory and Evidence, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, May 19, 2025.

Multi-Period Matching with Externalities

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Joint work with Sambuddha Ghosh, presented at the 2025 Shanghai Microeconomics Workshop, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, June 20–21, 2025.

Instantaneous Stability and the Dynamic Matchmaker Game

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Joint work with Sambuddha Ghosh, presented at the 7th Symposium on Neuroeconomic Theory and the Annual Conference of the China Society for Game Theory and Experimental Economics, Shandong University, December 6–7, 2025.

teaching

Mathematical Analysis III (Undergraduate)

Undergraduate course, Teaching Assistant, School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), 2018

Teaching assistant for the undergraduate course “Mathematical Analysis III,” School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2018–2020.

Advanced Topics in Microeconomics (Ph.D.)

Ph.D. course, Teaching Assistant, School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), 2018

Teaching assistant for the Ph.D.-level course “Advanced Topics in Microeconomics,” School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2018–2020.

Advanced Microeconomics III (Ph.D.)

Ph.D. course, Teaching Assistant, School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), 2019

Teaching assistant for the Ph.D.-level course “Advanced Microeconomics III,” School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2018–2020.

Game Theory and Information Economics (Undergraduate)

Undergraduate course, Teaching Assistant, School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), 2019

Teaching assistant for the undergraduate course “Game Theory and Information Economics,” School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2018–2020.