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Professor Lin is a leading scholar in corporate law and governance, whose empirical research offers critical insights into how regulations and governance practices influence corporate behavior. Her work has appeared in leading academic journals—including the Journal of Legal Studies and the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies—and has garnered attention in major media outlets, such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Bloomberg. Professor Lin’s scholarship has been cited by the Delaware Court of Chancery, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, underscoring its impact on policymaking.

In addition to her role as Associate Editor of the International Review of Law and Economics, she was recently appointed President (2025–2026) of the Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA). Professor Lin is also a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). Her academic contributions have led to visiting positions at Washington University in St. Louis, Reichman University, and Academia Sinica. Prior to her academic career, Professor Lin practiced as a corporate lawyer specializing in initial public offerings and corporate finance transactions. She earned her J.S.D. and J.S.M. degrees from Stanford Law School, as well as an M.B.A. and an LL.B. from National Taiwan University.

Professional Experiences and Awards

• President, Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA)
• Research Member, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
• Board Member, Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA)
• Associate Editor, International Review of Law and Economics (IRLE)
• Member, Editorial Board, Asia Pacific Law Review
• Editor, Taiwan Financial and Economic Law Review
• Associate Director, Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law (CCCL), City University of Hong Kong
• Director, LL.M. Programme, City University of Hong Kong (2018-2023)
• Outstanding Research Award, City University of Hong Kong, School of Law (2019)

Selected Publications
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• China's Corporate Social Credit System: The Dawn of Surveillance State Capitalism? 256 The China Quarterly 835-853 (2023) (with Curtis Milhaupt).
• The Effect of Political Influence on Corporate Valuation: Evidence from Party-Building Reform in China, 73 International Review of Law and Economics 106120 (2023) (with Christopher Chen and Re-Jin Guo).
• Do State-Owned Enterprises Have Worse Corporate Governance? An Empirical Study of Corporate Practices in China, 23 European Business Organization Law Review 711-734 (2022) (with Yun-chien Chang).
• The Rise of Non-Profit Organizations in Global Securities Class Action: A New Hybrid Model in China, 60 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 493-559 (2022) (with Yu Xiang).
• Party Building or Noisy Signaling? The Contours of Political Conformity in Chinese Corporate Governance, 50(1) Journal of Legal Studies 187-217 (2021) (with Curtis Milhaupt).
• An Empirical Study of Default Rules and Menus in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, 15(4) Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 875-915 (2018) (with Yun-chien Chang).
• Does Mandating Cumulative Voting Weaken the Controlling Shareholders? A Difference-in-Differences Approach, 52 International Review of Law and Economics 111-123 (2017) (with Yun-chien Chang).
• Controlling Controlling-Minority Shareholders: Corporate Governance and Leveraged Corporate Control, 2017(2) Columbia Business Law Review 453-510 (2017).
• Overseeing Controlling Shareholders: Do Independent Directors Constrain Tunneling in Taiwan?, 12 San Diego International Law Journal 363-416 (2011).
• Modeling Securities Class Action Outside the United States: The Role of Nonprofits in the Case of Taiwan, 4 New York University Journal of Law & Business 143-198 (2007).

Media Appearances

• Xi Jinping’s Grip on Chinese Enterprise Gets Uncomfortably Tight, The Economist (November 26, 2023).
• Lingling Wei, China’s New Way to Control Its Biggest Companies: Golden Shares, The Wall Street Journal (March 9, 2023).
• China’s Tech Founders Mostly Keep an Iron Grip Over Their Firms, The Economist (Sept. 13, 2018).
• Benjamin Robertson and Andrea Tan, Investors Wave Red Flags at Hong Kong Dual-Class Shares Plan, Bloomberg (August 23, 2017).