Hong-Jen Lin
Associate Professor
Finance
Location: 521 Whitehead Hall
Phone: 718.951.5012
Fax: 718.951.5358
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Hong-Jen Abraham Lin is an associate professor and the deputy chair of the department of finance. He joined Brooklyn College in 2007 and devotes his research efforts to commercial banking, e-finance and international finance. His scholarly work has been published in books and journals such as Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money, Journal of Insurance Regulation, International Journal of Finance, Managerial Finance, Multinational Finance Journal, International Finance, North American Actuarial Journal, Asian Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, and Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce. He delivered several lectures to government officials and practitioners in seminars. Moreover, he has been granted research awards by the Society of Actuaries and PSC-CUNY, and won Long-Term Thesis Award from Acer Inc. He currently serves as the executive director of the American Association for Chinese Studies.
Education:
Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo - 2004 (Management Science)
M.B.A., National Sun Yat-Sen University - 1993 (Finance)
B.A., National Taiwan University - 1991 (Finance )
Areas of Expertise:
Financial institutions, international finance, financial technology
Books and Publications
"Chapter 8, Money and Banking in Taiwan: Country Identity and the Top Trade Partner", in the book entitled "A Century of Development in Taiwan: From Colony to Modern State," Edited by Peter C.Y. Chow, the City College and Graduate Center. 2021. Published by Edward Elgar. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2021
Mohanty, SK, and H Lin (2021). Efficiency in China's Banking Sector: A Comparative Analysis of Pre- and Post-Basel II Eras. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies 24(2), 29 pages. DOI: 10.1142/S0219091521500107. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Wen, M,, H Lin, P Born, Chun Wang, and Charles C Yang, "Cash Flow Risk Management in the Property/Liability Insurance Industry: A Dynamic Factor Modeling Approach". North American Actuarial Journal 22(2), 309-322, https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2018.1423994 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
Yang, C., Lin, H., "The (Mis)alignment of Health Insurers' Efficiency Measures from Different Perspectives and Their (Un)linkage with Financial Ratios and Asset Allocation." Journal of Insurance Regulation 36 (6), 29 printed pages, http://www.naic.org/prod_serv/JIR-ZA-08-EL.pdf?171. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Mohanty, S.K.,; Lin, H.J., Aljuhani, E.A.; Bardesi, H.J.. Banking Efficiency in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: A Comparative Study. Review of Financial Economics 31, 99-107. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Lin, H. "Trends of Future Integration of Commercial Banking Between Taiwan and China After ECFA." Economic Integration Across the Taiwan Strait in Global Perspective. Ed. Peter C.Y. Chow. Edward Elgar Publishing Co. March 31. ISBN-13: 978-0857939722. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2013
Mohanty, S.K., W.T. Lin and H.J. Lin. "Measuring Cost Efficiency in Presence of Heteroskedasticity: The Case of the Banking Industry in Taiwan." Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money 26: 77-90. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
Lin, H., M. Wen and W.T. Lin, "The Relationships between Information Technology, E-Commerce, and E-Finance in the Financial Institutions: Evidence from the Insurance Industry." Intelligent Information and Database Systems (ACIIDS 2012), part II, 7197: 194-206. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
Chen, Y.H., Winston T. Lin and Hong-Jen Lin. "Technological Progresses and Time-Varying Patterns of Cost Efficiencies in Commercial Banks: An International Comparison." International Journal of Finance 23.3: 6915-77. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
Lin, H.J., Min-Ming Wen and Charles C. Yang. "Risk Management, Cost Efficiency and Frontier in Property Liability Insurance Companies." North American Actuarial Journal 15.4, 487-98. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
Lin, Hong-Jen and Winston T. Lin. IT and Efficiency Analysis in Commercial Banks and Insurance Firms: A Global Comparison. Verlag Dr. Muller Publishing Company. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2009
Lin, Hong-Jen, Patricia Born, Charles C. Yang and Min-Ming Wen. "The Dynamic Interactions between Risk Management, Capital Management, and Financial Management in the U.S. Property/Liability Insurance Industry." Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance 4.1. Article 2 available at http://www.bepress.com/apjri/vol4/iss1/2. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2009
Lin, Hong-Jen, Winston T. Lin and Sunil K. Mohanty. "The Cost and Profit Efficiencies and Scope Economies of Commercial Banks: Evidence from Taiwan and China." International Journal of Finance 21.2: 6097-123. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2009
Lin, H. The Strategies of International E-Finance under Basel II:
A Complementary Assets Approach. Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce vol. 12, no.3
(http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/) (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
Lin, Hong-Jen, and Winston T. Lin. "International E-Banking: ICT Investments and the Basel Accord." Journal of Comparative International Management 10.1: 23-39. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
Lin, Hong-Jen and David C. VanderLinden. "Parables, Premium Puzzles, and Asset Pricing." Managerial Finance 32 .10: 792-801. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
Lin, Winston T., Hong-Jen Lin and Yueh H. Chen. "The Dynamics and Stochastics of Currency Betas Based on the Unbiasedness Hypothesis in Foreign Exchange Market." Multinational Finance Journal 6.3: 167-95. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2002
Lin, Hong-Jen and Winston T. Lin. "A Dynamic and Stochastic Beta and Its Implications in Global Capital Markets." International Finance 3.1: 123-60. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2000
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Koppelman School of Business Research Impact Award (Awards and Honors) 2019
Tow Faculty Traveling Award for the Project "From the Historical Silk Road to the New Silk Road: The One-Belt One-Road Initiatives". (Awards and Honors) 2018
The National Association of Insurance Commissioner(NAIC) Spencer L. Kimball the Best Paper Award of Year 2017.
Yang, C., Lin, H., "The (Mis)alignment of Health Insurers' Efficiency Measures from Different Perspectives and Their (Un)linkage with Financial Ratios and Asset Allocation." Journal of Insurance Regulation 36 (6), 29 printed pages, http://www.naic.org/prod_serv/JIR-ZA-08-EL.pdf?171. (Awards and Honors) 2017
Society of Actuaries grant, for "Dynamic Factor Model Analysis on the Cash Flows of Investment and Hedging Strategies of the U.S. Insurance Industry," with Min-Ming Wen, Patricia Born and Chun Wang. 2013-14. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
New Faculty Fund, for "Transaction Costs of International Stock Markets." March 15-June 30. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
PSC-CUNY Award # 63415-00 41, for "Effects of Credit Default Swaps and Reinsurance on Risk-Taking Behaviors and Cost Efficiency of the Insurance Industries in the United States." July 1, 2010- June 30, 2011. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
CUNY New Faculty Fund, for "Efficiency Analysis." March 15-June 30. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
PSC-CUNY Award # 62088-00 40 (Regular-Track), for "Cost and Profit Efficiency of Banks in China: The Impacts of Joining into WTO and Basel II." July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Society of Actuaries grant, for "An Application of Structural Equation Modeling on the Linkage of Risk Management, Capital Management, and Financial Management for Insurance Industry." Min Ming Wen (project chair), Hong-Jen Lin and Patricia Born, 2006-07. Proceedings available at www.soa.org/research/risk-management/research-application-structural-equation.aspx. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
H.J. Abraham Lin, "Trade Finance and Banking Efficiency-an example in Taiwan," presented in the American Association for Chinese Studies, the 64th annual conference in Denver CO, October 8, 2022. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2022
Lin, H. and Mohanty, S.K. (2022), "International Trades, Capital Regulations, and Efficiency:
Evidence from the Banking Sector in China during the Pre-China-US Trade War Era," presented in the World Finance Conference, Turin Italy, in Session 89 * Banking and Financial Institutions on August 3rd, 2022.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2022
Mohanty, SK, and H. Lin "International Trades, Capital Requirement and Banking Efficiency: A Case of China of the Pre- Trade War Era" presented in the 28th annul conference of the SFM, Securities and Financial Markets Symposium, Dec. 10, 2020, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Virtual). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020
"International Trades, Capital Requirement and Banking Efficiency: A Case of China of the Pre- Trade War Era" in the Seminar of the Department of Finance, University at Buffalo, SUNY. November 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
Presenting a paper entitled "International Trades, Capital Requirement and Banking Efficiency: A Case of China of the Pre- Trade War Era." in the annual meeting of the American Association for Chinese Studies on October 5. University of Washington, Seattle WA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
Lin, H.J. "From the Historical Silk Road to the New Silk Road: The One-Belt One-Road Initiatives" presented in the annual conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies, Baltimore MD, Oct. 6, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
Mohanty, S.K., Lin, H.J., and Lin, W.T. " Efficiency in China's Banking Sector: A Comparative Analysis of the Pre- and Post-Basel II Eras" World Finance and Banking Symposium, Taichung, Asia University, Taiwan. December 13, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
"Bank Reforms in Taiwan: Past, Now and Future" in the Annual Conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies, October 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
"Bank Reforms in Taiwan: Past, Now and Future" July 12, 2017 in the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"WTO, Basel II, and Efficiency of Banks in China's Banking Sector." 2017 Global Finance Association Annual Meeting. May 5th, at Hofstra University, New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
"Shadow Banking: Kill It or Save It? Experience from Taiwan and China", presnetd in the in the 40th annual meeting of the Chinese American Academic & Professional Society (CAAPS) on August 15, Flushing New York. available at https://aacs.ccny.cuny.edu/2015conference/Papers/Lin%20Hong-Jen.pdf (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
"Shadow Banking: Kill it or Save it?" presented in the annual conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies, in Houston TX, Oct. 10. paper is available https://aacs.ccny.cuny.edu/2015conference/Papers/Lin%20Hong-Jen.pdf. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Shadow Banking: Save It or Kill It? Experience from Taiwan and China" presented in the Central Bank of the Republic of China, Taiwan, July 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
"WTO, Basel II, and Efficiency of Banks in China's Banking Sector." 2015 Eastern Financial Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, April 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Banking Integration and Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement between Taiwan and China: Myths and Facts?" 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Chinese Studies. Washington, D.C., Oct. 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Born, P., H. Lin, M. Wen and C. Wang. "Cash Flow Risk Management in the Property/Liability Insurance Industry: A Dynamic Factor Modeling Approach." National Central University. Chungli, Taiwan, April 17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
Born, P., H. Lin, M. Wen and C. Wang. "Cash Flow Risk Management in the Property/Liability Insurance Industry: A Dynamic Factor Modeling Approach." National Taiwan University. Taipei, Taiwan, April 18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
Born, P., H. Lin, M. Wen and C. Wang. "Cash Flow Risk Management in the Property/Liability Insurance Industry: A Dynamic Factor Modeling Approach." Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, March 29. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Lin, H., S.K. Mohanty and W.T. Lin. "Transitional Deregulation of China Banks: Joining into WTO and the New Basel Accord" 2nd Paris Financial Management Conference. Dec. 17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Lin, H., S.K. Mohanty, and W.T. Lin, "Transitional Deregulation of China Banks: Joining into WTO and New Basel Accord." 2nd Paris Financial Management Conference. Paris, Dec. 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Mohanty, S.K., H.J. Lin and W.T. Lin. "Transitional Deregulation of China Banks: Joining into WTO and the New Basel Accord." 2nd Paris Financial Management Conference. Paris, Dec. 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"The Integration of Commercial Banks across the Taiwan Strait: Now and Future." Annual Meeting of the Chinese American Academic & Professional Association. Flushing, N.Y., Aug. 25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Lin, H. "Ch. 4 Trends of Future Integration of Commercial Banking Between Taiwan and China After ECFA." Taiwan Pen Club. Livingston, N.J., April 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Mohanty, S.K., H.J. Lin, E.A. Aljuhani and H.J. Bardesi. "Banking Efficiency in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: A Comparative Study." Annual conference of Eastern Economic Association. New York, May 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Mohanty, S.K., Hong-Jen Lin, E.A. Aljuhani and H.J. Bardesi. "Islamic Banking in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: A Comparative Efficiency Study." 49th Annual Conference of Eastern Finance Association. St. Pete Beach, Fla., April 13. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Mohanty, S.K., W.T. Lin and H.J. Lin. "Effects of Firm-specific and Macroeconomic Environmental Variables on Cost and Profit Efficiencies: A Study of Commercial Banks in Taiwan." Annual Meeting of the American Association for Chinese Studies. Oct. 14. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Mohanty, Sunil K., Hong-Jen Lin, Eid A. Aljuhani and Hisham J. Bardesi. "Banking Efficiency in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: A Comparative Study." 20th Annual Conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Management (PBFEAM). Rutgers University, New Jersey, Sept. 8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Mohanty, Sunil K., Winston T. Lin and Hong-Jen Lin. "Measuring Cost and Profit Efficiency of Banks: An Application of Heteroskedastic Stochastic Frontier (HSF) Analysis." Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting. Boston, April 14. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"The Global Economy and the Investment Strategies" panel discussion. Forum of World Economy and Investments, hosted by firsttrade.com and the World Journal (the most popular Chinese newspaper in North America). New York, July 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"After the Memorandum of Understanding: The Integration of Banking Industry Between Taiwan and China." 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies. Winston-Salem, N.C., Oct. 16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Banks in China: An Analysis of Cost and Profit Analysis." Banking Liberalization, Corporate Governance and FDI Entry mini international conference. Kaohsiung, Taiwan, March 31. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"On the MOU and ECFA Between Taiwan and China: The Perspective From Efficiency Analysis of Commercial Banks." Annual Conference of Chinese American Academic & Professional Society. Flushing, N.Y., Aug. 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Lin, Hong-Jen,Charles Yang, Patricia Born and Min-Ming Wen. "Regulatory Effects on the Dynamic Interactions between Risk Management, Capital Management, and Financial Management in the U.S. Property/Liability Insurance Industry." American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting. August 5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Lin, Hong-Jen and Winston T. Lin. "Banks in China: An Analysis of Cost and Profit Efficiencies." Annual conference of the Eastern Economics Association. Boston, March 7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Nonlinear SUR vs. Nonlinear OLS in Forecasting Foreign Exchange Rates: A Case of Dynamic Speed of Adjustment." 27th International Symposium on Forecasting. June 25. Available for members of International Institute of Forecasting. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Professional Leadership
A Board Member of the American Association for Chinese Studies. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
