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D-Index
63
Citations
20073
World Ranking
692
National Ranking
24

Overview

Chen Lin is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has made substantial contributions to the fields of economics, econometrics, finance, business, management, and accounting. Their research portfolio includes 92 publications primarily categorized under Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and 79 publications in Business, Management and Accounting. Key subfields of their work are Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Strategy and Management, and Information Systems.

The main topics Chen Lin addresses include Corporate Finance and Governance, Banking stability, regulation, and efficiency, Auditing, Earnings Management, and Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Market Dynamics and Volatility, Economic Growth and Development, as well as Energy, Environment, and Economic Growth.

Chen Lin has contributed numerous papers to several academic journals and publication venues. Frequent venues include the SSRN Electronic Journal with 34 publications, Management Science with 17 publications, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and Research in International Business and Finance each with 3 publications, and PNAS Nexus with 2 publications.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Chen Lin include:

  • Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Innovation, 2020, Management Science
  • Information Accessibility and Corporate Innovation, 2022, Management Science
  • Corporate Immunity to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, Journal of Financial Economics
  • Minimum Wage and Corporate Investment: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in China, 2021, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
  • Geographic Diversification and Banks' Funding Costs, 2020, Management Science

Chen Lin collaborates frequently with several co-authors, indicating a networked approach to research. Notable frequent collaborators include Ross Levine, Wensi Xie, Wenzhi Ding, Lai Wei, and Longfeng Zhao.

Best Publications

  • Corporate immunity to the COVID-19 pandemic

    Wenzhi Ding;Ross Levine;Ross Levine;Chen Lin;Wensi Xie

  • Creditor rights, information sharing, and bank risk taking

    Joel F. Houston;Chen Lin;Ping Lin;Yue Ma

  • Political connections and the cost of bank loans

    Joel F. Houston;Liangliang Jiang;Chen Lin;Yue Ma

  • Ownership Structure and the Cost of Corporate Borrowing

    Chen Lin;Yue Ma;Paul Malatesta;Yuhai Xuan

  • Do bank regulation, supervision and monitoring enhance or impede bank efficiency?

    James R. Barth;Chen Lin;Yue Ma;Jesús Seade

  • Do analysts matter for governance? Evidence from natural experiments

    Tao Chen;Jarrad Harford;Chen Lin

  • Political decentralization and corruption: Evidence from around the world

    C. Simon Fan;Chen Lin;Daniel Treisman

  • Institutional shareholders and corporate social responsibility

    Tao Chen;Hui Dong;Chen Lin

  • Financial innovation: The bright and the dark sides

    Thorsten Beck;Thorsten Beck;Tao Chen;Chen Lin;Frank M. Song

  • Corruption in bank lending to firms : cross-country micro evidence on the beneficial role of competition and information sharing

    James R. Barth;Chen Lin;Ping Lin;Frank M. Song

  • Inside the black box: Bank credit allocation in China's private sector

    Michael Arthur Firth;Chen Lin;Ping Liu;Sonia Man-lai Wong

  • Managerial Incentives, CEO Characteristics and Corporate Innovation in China's Private Sector

    Chen Lin;Ping Lin;Frank M. Song;Chuntao Li

  • Regulatory Arbitrage and International Bank Flows

    Joel F. Houston;Chen Lin;Yue Ma

  • The Real and Financial Implications of Corporate Hedging

    Murillo Campello;Chen Lin;Yue Ma;Hong Zou

  • Property rights protection and corporate R&D: Evidence from China

    Chen Lin;Ping Lin;Ping Lin;Frank Song

  • Corporate ownership structure and the choice between bank debt and public debt

    Chen Lin;Yue Ma;Paul Malatesta;Yuhai Xuan

  • Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance and Acquisition Outcomes

    Chen Lin;Micah S. Officer;Hong Zou

  • Friend or foe? The role of state and mutual fund ownership in the split share structure reform in China

    Michael Arthur Firth;Chen Lin;Hong Zou

  • Why Do Firms Evade Taxes? The Role of Information Sharing and Financial Sector Outreach

    Thorsten Beck;Thorsten Beck;Chen Lin;Yue Ma

  • Corporate ownership structure and bank loan syndicate structure

    Chen Lin;Yue Ma;Paul Malatesta;Yuhai Xuan

  • The Client Is King: Do Mutual Fund Relationships Bias Analyst Recommendations?

    Michael Arthur Firth;Chen Lin;Ping Liu;Yuhai Xuan

  • Inside the Black Box: Bank Credit Allocation in China’s Private Sector

    Michael Firth;Chen Lin;Wong Sonia;Ping Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross Levine
Ross Levine Hoover Institution
Yue Ma
Yue Ma City University of Hong Kong
Joel F. Houston
Joel F. Houston University of Florida
Sanford V. Berg
Sanford V. Berg University of Florida
Thorsten Beck
Thorsten Beck European University Institute
Michael S. Weisbach
Michael S. Weisbach The Ohio State University
Michael Firth
Michael Firth Lingnan University
James R. Barth
James R. Barth Auburn University
Bernard Yeung
Bernard Yeung National University of Singapore
Daniel Treisman
Daniel Treisman University of California, Los Angeles

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