About Me

I am currently an assistant professor at University of Macau. My research focuses on applying psychology and economic theories to explain individual behavior in technology-mediated environments, to develop effective strategies for individuals and platforms, and to apply various computational methodologies to generate interdisciplinary research in business. Currently my research topics are in fintech, financial data analytics, social media, and e-commerce.

Publications

  • Yan Lin, Rui Shen, Jasmine Wang, and Y. Julia Yu (2024). Global Evolution of Environmental and Social Disclosure in Annual Reports. Journal of Accounting Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-679X.12575

   ๐Ÿ”ฅ Mentioned by The European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI): The Evolution of ESG Disclosure: More Words, Less Meaning?

   ๐Ÿ”ฅ Data and Code: https://github.com/jar-es-disclosure/global-es-disclosure

   ๐Ÿ”ฅ SSRN Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4500957

  • Yan Lin, Dai Yao, Xingyu Chen (2021). Happiness Begets Money: Emotion and Engagement in Live Streaming. Journal of Marketing Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/00222437211002477 (Lead Article, JMR most cited paper from 2021โ€“2022 according to Journal Citation Reports)

  • Yan Lin, Wai Fong Boh. "Informational Cues or Content? Examining Project Funding Decisions by Crowdfunders." Information and Management Volume 58, Issue 7, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2021.103499

  • Yan Lin, Wai Fong Boh (2020). "How Different Are Crowdfunders? Examining Archetypes of Crowdfunders." Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 71(11), 1357-1370 https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24332

  • Liang Zhu, Yan Lin, Mingming Cheng (2020). "Sentiment and guest satisfaction with peer-to-peer accommodation: When are online ratings more trustworthy?"" International Journal of Hospitality Management, 86 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2019.102369

Working Papers and Projects

  • Yan Lin, Yutong Ma, Yulin Fang, Matthew Ting Chi LIU, Jinglong Zhang, Combating AI Aversion with Disclosure Framing: The Case of AI-Generated Webcomics
  • Yan Lin, Wai Fong Boh. Gauging Novelty in Entrepreneurial Endeavors: A Theory-Driven Text Analysis Approach. Under review
  • Xingyu Chen, Yan Lin, Dai Yao. All Smiles Are Not Created Equal: More Duchenne Smiles Leads to Less Extrinsic Rewards from Viewers in Live Streaming

Courses Taught

  • Master's Program (Msc): Introduction to Modern Financial Technology (็พไปฃ้‡‘่ž็ง‘ๆŠ€ๅฐŽ่ซ–)

  • Executive Program (DBA): Technology Advancement and Application for Business Management (ๅ•†ๆฅญ็ฎก็†ไธญ็š„ๅ…ˆ้€ฒ็ง‘ๆŠ€่ˆ‡ๆ‡‰็”จ)

Grants

  • PI: Research on Financial Text Analysis System Based on Large Language Models (MOP, 398,000), 2025 - 2027, Science and Technology Development Fund, Macau SAR (ๆพณ้–€็ง‘ๅญธๆŠ€่ก“็™ผๅฑ•ๅŸบ้‡‘)

  • Co-PI: ๅŸบๆ–ผAIๅ’Œ้‹็ฑŒ่ฆๅŠƒ็š„็‡Ÿ้Šท่ณ‡ๆบๅˆ†้…ๅ„ชๅŒ– Marketing Resource Allocation Based on AI and Operations Research (RMB, 500,000), 2025/6/13 - 2026/5/30, WeBank (ๅพฎ็œพ้Š€่กŒ)

  • PI: Machine Learning for Explainable Robo-adviser (RMB, 100,000), Multi-Year Research Grant (MYRG), 2024 - 2025, University of Macau

  • PI: Global Financial Text Analysis: ESG and Culture (MOP 150,000), Start-up Research Grant (SRG), 2022 โ€“ 2025, University of Macau

Education

PhD in Information Systems, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2017

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology Bachelor of Economics in Finance (Dual) University of Science and Technology of China, 2011

Contact

Email: yanlin[at sign]um[dot]edu[dot]mo

Address: E22-3072, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau, E22, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China

Recruitment

PhD Information

I am looking for PhD students in the area of Financial Text Analysis and LLM.

Here are the general requirements: 1. Strong academic background. 2. Highly motivated and is able to work independently. 3. Good command of English (spoken and academic writing). 4. Good programing skills (e.g., Python) and experienced with statistical software (e.g., Stata).

Scholarship

Qualified students will be recommended for the UM PhD Scholarship. PI funding is also available.

Please send me your resume and other materials if you are interested. Please understand that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.