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Faculty Profile

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LIN Pengkai

Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Accounting
School of Accountancy SOA

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

SSRN

Google Scholar

Highlights
6
Publications
4
H-Index (All Time)
310
Citations (All Time)
Pengkai Lin is an award-winning accounting scholar whose research on technology, capital markets, and public policy has garnered international recognition and significant media and regulatory attention.

Lin’s research bridges accounting, technology, and public policy, with demonstrated influence on regulatory bodies (FSB, PCAOB) and broad media coverage; recognized for methodological rigor, policy relevance, and timely insights into how technological and institutional changes shape markets and information environments.

Focused research areas include The impact of emerging technologies (generative AI, blockchain, open-source tools) on investor behavior and information processing; effects of public policy (e.g., marijuana legalization) on capital markets and innovation; behavioral aspects of financial reporting and auditing; information dissemination and processing efficiency.
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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

SSRN

Google Scholar