Wei Lin

Assistant Professor of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Wei Lin is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

Wei Lin received my PhD from UC Berkeley in 2022. His research interests include learning and matching frictions in technology adoption, migration market, and firm-to-firm network.

Recent work by Wei Lin

Fostering connections between firms improves business performance

Evidence from China finds that firms underestimate the value of new partnerships and therefore under-search for partners. As a result, referrals to new suppliers and clients can greatly improve firm performance.

Firms

Jing Cai Wei Lin Adam Szeidl

Published 14.01.25

Wei Lin

Recent work by Wei Lin

Fostering connections between firms improves business performance