HighlightsBridges accounting, technology, and policy with rigorous empirical methods; research has influenced global regulatory discussions and received significant media attention; recognized for innovative work on AI, blockchain, and market efficiency; awarded Most Promising Researcher and Most Promising Teacher at SMU.
Focused research areas include Investigates the intersection of emerging technologies (e.g., generative AI, blockchain, open-source algorithms) and capital markets, with a focus on investor behavior, information processing, public finance, and the economic consequences of regulatory and policy changes.
- AcRF Tier 1 Grant (S$21,000), Ministry of Education, Singapore (2024)
- Della Suantio Fellowship, SMU (2024 - 2025)
- AcRF Tier 1 Grant (S$12,000), Ministry of Education, Singapore (2023)
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- Q Cheng, P Lin, Y ZhaoJournal of Accounting and Economics, 101821, 2025
- SF Cheng, Y Li, P LinSingapore Management University School of Accountancy Research Paper, 2024
- J Green, P Lin, N XuSingapore Management University School of Accountancy Research Paper Forthcoming, 2023
- B Fang, P Lin
- S Cheng, P Lin, Y Tan, Y ZhangProduction and Operations Management 32 (3), 685-703, 2023
- SF Cheng, G De Franco, P LinJournal of Accounting and Economics 75 (1), 101516, 2023
Dr Pengkai Lin joined Singapore Management University in 2021. He obtained his PhD degree from Tulane University and his bachelor’s degree from Xiamen University. Pengkai’s research interests include financial disclosures, the relation between accounting information and asset prices, and auditing. He has published in Management Science. His teaching interests include accounting analytics, financial accounting, and financial statement analysis.
Education
PhD in Business Administration, Tulane University
Bachelor of Management in Accounting, Xiamen University
Research Interests
Financial Disclosures
Capital Markets
Auditing
Municipal Bond
Teaching Interests
Accounting Analytics
Financial Accounting
Financial Statement Analysis
Selected Recognition and Awards
FARS Doctoral Consortium Fellowship, 2020
Champion, QP Case Analysis Competition (Mainland China), HKICPA, 2016
National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China, 2015
Selected Appointments and Services
Reviewer, FARS Midyear Meeting, 2020
Reviewer, Auditing Section Midyear Meeting, 2020
Reviewer, AAA Annual Meeting, 2020-2021
Selected Publications
“Riding the Blockchain Mania: Public Firms’ Speculative 8-K Disclosures,” with Stephanie F. Cheng, Gus De Franco, and Haibo Jiang, Management Science, 2019, 65(12): 5449-5956