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yongyi lin

ph.d. candidate
university of maryland
ylin17@umd.edu


about me

I am a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in managerial economics and strategy at Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. I am on the 2025-2026 job market.

research interests

I examine how regulations and market structures shape innovation strategies in knowledge-intensive industries. My research reveals how transparency mandates, intellectual property regimes, and venture capital concentration influence firms’ R&D decisions, from geographic allocation and risk-taking to the fundamental choice between novel and incremental innovation. Through studies of pharmaceutical development and entrepreneurial finance, I investigate the unintended consequences of institutional forces on technological progress and competitive dynamics.

articles

  1. Information Transparency and Firms' R&D Decisions: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry
    Yongyi Lin
    Job Market Paper
    nominated for 2025 Strategic Management Society Ph.D. Paper Prize.
    invited to present at 2025 Wharton Corporate Strategy and Innovation Conference, 2025 Strategy Science Conference, 2025 Industry Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2025 Duke Strategy Ph.D. Conference, 2025 East Coast Doctoral Conference.
  2. Are There Gender Differences in Ambition? Evidence from an Online Experiment
    Nathan Barrymore, Cristian L. Dezső, Yongyi Lin
    under review at Organization Science
  3. Venture Capital, Market Power, and Financing of Innovation
    Chengmou Lei, Yongyi Lin
    poster presentation at 2026 American Finance Association Annual Meeting
  4. Has Urbanization Accelerated PM2.5 Emissions? An Empirical Analysis with Cross-country Data
    Qichen Dong, Yongyi Lin, Jieyu Huang, and Zhongfei Chen
    China Economic Review

work in progress

Information Transparency and Brain Drain [data collection]
Yongyi Lin
Signaling and Venture Capital Investment Decisions [data collection]
Yongyi Lin
Investment Ownership Legislation and Patenting [data analysis]
Justin Frake, Yongyi Lin, Kyeongki Park, and Evan Starr

teaching

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