Huidan Lin is an Economist in the European Department. She received BA in economics from Beijing University and PhD in Economics from Columbia University. Her research includes corporate finance, corporate governance, banking, and labor market. Her publications appeared on Review of Finance and Journal of Banking & Finance.

Email: hlin@imf.org

Fluent In: Chinese.

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, Columbia University

M.Phil. in Economics, Columbia University

B.A. in Economics, Peking University

Refereed Activities:

Journal of Banking and Finance; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Awards and Honors:

Charles River Associates Award for the Best Paper on Corporate Finance, WFA, June 2010 (What's bank reputation worth? The effect of fraud on financial contracts and investment, with D. Paravisini)

Country work or Mission Assignment:

Portugal (current)

Korea, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

IMF Career:

Economist (European Department)

Economist Program (Finance Department, Asia and Pacific Department)

Huidan Lin is an Economist in the European Department. She received BA in economics from Beijing University and PhD in Economics from Columbia University. Her research includes corporate finance, corporate governance, banking, and labor market. Her publications appeared on Review of Finance and Journal of Banking & Finance.

Email: hlin@imf.org

Fluent In: Chinese.

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, Columbia University

M.Phil. in Economics, Columbia University

B.A. in Economics, Peking University

Refereed Activities:

Journal of Banking and Finance; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Awards and Honors:

Charles River Associates Award for the Best Paper on Corporate Finance, WFA, June 2010 (What's bank reputation worth? The effect of fraud on financial contracts and investment, with D. Paravisini)

Country work or Mission Assignment:

Portugal (current)

Korea, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

IMF Career:

Economist (European Department)

Economist Program (Finance Department, Asia and Pacific Department)

IMF Books and Working Papers:

Determinants of Remittances:Evidence from Tonga, Working Paper No. 11/18, January 01, 2011

Publications in Refereed Journals

"The effect of financing constraints on risk", with D. Paravisini, Review of Finance (2013) 17 (1): 229-259.

"Foreign bank entry and firms’ access to bank credit: Evidence from China", 2011, Journal of Banking and Finance 35, 1000-1010

IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers

Portugal: Article IV 2012, Selected Issues (How fast can Portugal grow?), 2012