Jeffery Zhang is an assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan. He teaches and writes on financial regulation, law and economics, and digital assets.

Before joining Michigan Law, Zhang served as a senior attorney in the Federal Reserve Board’s Legal Division and, before that, as an economist in the Board’s Division of Supervision and Regulation. He also served in the White House Council of Economic Advisers during the Obama and Biden administrations.

His research has been published or is forthcoming in various journals, including the Georgetown Law Journal, University of Chicago Law Review, Yale Journal on Regulation, and Journal of Financial Regulation.

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Education

  • Boston College, AB
  • Harvard University, JD
  • Yale University, PhD, economics

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"The Orkney Slew and Central Bank Digital Currencies"

Harvard National Security Journal
MLaw Repository WWW

""Nobody is Proud of Soft Dollars": The Impact of MiFID II on U.S. Financial Markets"

Journal of Financial Regulation
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"Taming Wildcat Stablecoins"

University of Chicago Law Review
MLaw Repository HEIN

"The Costs of Banks Engaging in Non-Banking Activities: A Case Study"

Yale Journal of Regulation
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  • Corporate and Securities Law
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Mini-seminars Teach Major Lessons

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Washington Economist and Lawyer Jeffery Zhang Joins Michigan Law Faculty

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