Mingfeng Lin

Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business

800 West Peachtree St.

Atlanta, GA 30308

United States

http://https://mlin.scheller.gatech.edu/

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Judging Borrowers by the Company They Keep: Friendship Networks and Information Asymmetry in Online Peer-to-Peer Lending

Western Finance Association 2009 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2014
Mingfeng Lin, Nagpurnanand Prabhala and Siva Viswanathan
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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peer-to-peer lending, social networks, information asymmetry

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Home Bias in Online Investments: An Empirical Study of an Online Crowdfunding Market

Forthcoming, Management Science
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2015
Mingfeng Lin and Siva Viswanathan
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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home bias; peer-to-peer lending; quasi-experiment; crowdfunding; behavioral explanations

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Market Mechanisms in Online Peer-to-Peer Lending

Management Science, 63(12): 4236-4257.
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2019
Zaiyan Wei and Mingfeng Lin
Purdue University - Daniels School of Business and Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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Citation 43

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Peer-to-peer lending, Market mechanisms, Auctions, Posted prices, Debt crowdfunding

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Words Matter: The Role of Texts in Online Credit Markets

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2021
Qiang Gao, Mingfeng Lin and Richard W. Sias
Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and University of Arizona - Department of Finance
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texts, peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding, predictive analysis, sentiment analysis, subjectivity analysis, readability analysis, deception detection, machine learning

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Too Big to Fail: Larger Samples and False Discoveries

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 06-068
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2011
Mingfeng Lin, Henry C. Lucas and Galit Shmueli
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Institute of Service Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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large samples, p-values, statistical significance, practical significance

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The Long Tail is Longer than You Think: The Surprisingly Large Extent of Online Sales by Small Volume Sellers

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 May 2008
Joseph Bailey, Gordon Gao, Wolfgang Jank, Mingfeng Lin, Henry C. Lucas and Siva Viswanathan
University of Maryland, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Maryland - Decision and Information Technologies Department, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Internet Retailing, Long Tail, Electronic Commerce

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'Banking' on the Internet: Does Internet Banking Really Improve Bank Performance?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Jan 2012
Mingfeng Lin, Henry C. Lucas and Joseph Bailey
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland
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Internet banking, adoption, innovation, propensity score, difference-in-differences

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Effectiveness of Reputation in Contracting for Customized Production: Evidence from Online Labor Markets

Forthcoming, Management Science, NET Institute Working Paper No. 10-22
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2016
Mingfeng Lin, Yong Liu and Siva Viswanathan
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of Arizona and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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The Effect of Secondary Market Closure on Primary Market Liquidity: Evidence from Peer-to-Peer Lending

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 31 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2025
Craig W. Holden, Mingfeng Lin, Kai Lu, Jan Schneemeier, Zaiyan Wei and Jun Yang
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business, Purdue University - Daniels School of Business and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance
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Market Liquidity, Funding Time, Secondary Market, Primary Market, P2P lending

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Revealed Wisdom of the Crowd: Bids Predict Loan Quality

Forthcoming, Management Science
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 May 2021 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2024
Jiayu Yao, Mingfeng Lin and D. J. Wu
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Georgia Institute of Technology - Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business
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wisdom of the crowd, platform, crowdfunding, fintech

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Do Incentive Hierarchies Induce User Effort? Evidence from an Online Knowledge Exchange

Forthcoming, Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2021
Paulo Goes, Chenhui Guo and Mingfeng Lin
University of Arizona - Department of Management Information Systems, Michigan State University - Department of Accounting & Information Systems and Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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online knowledge exchange; motivation; status; incentive hierarchy; goals; effort; user-generated content

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Does Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records Improve Quality of Care?

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2015
Yu-Kai Lin, Mingfeng Lin and Hsinchun Chen
Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and University of Arizona - Department of Management Information Systems
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Meaningful use, MU, electronic health records, EHR, quality of care

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Lower Taxes, Smarter Crowd? The Impact of Tax Incentives on Equity Crowdfunding

Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 18-27
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Jul 2018
Wei Chen, Mingfeng Lin and Bryan Zheng Zhang
University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
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Equity Crowdfunding, Tax Incentives, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, Wisdom of Crowd, Screening

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When More Is Less: Field Evidence on Unintended Consequences of Multitasking

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Feb 2017
Paulo Goes, Noyan Ilk, Mingfeng Lin and J. Leon Zhao
University of Arizona - Department of Management Information Systems, Florida State University, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
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Multitasking, Customer Satisfaction, Service Operations, Information Systems

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Education Crowdfunding and Student Performance: An Empirical Study

Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 18-26
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 26 May 2020 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2020
Qiang Gao, Mingfeng Lin and D. J. Wu
Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Georgia Institute of Technology - Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business
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Donation crowdfunding, donations, education, offline impact, student performance

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An Overview of Technologically Enabled Finance

Forthcoming in The Palgrave Handbook of Technological Finance, Edited by Raghavendra Rau, Robert Wardrop & Luigi Zingales
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Mar 2021
David C. Brown and Mingfeng Lin
University of Arizona - Department of Finance and Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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FinTech, Peer-to-Peer Lending, Crowdfunding, Cryptocurrency, Robo-Advising

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When "Signals" Boomerang: Employers' Reactions to a Novel Signaling Mechanism

Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 3399245
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 06 May 2023 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2024
Qiang Gao, Mingfeng Lin, Yong Liu and Chenhui Guo
Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of Arizona and Michigan State University - Department of Accounting & Information Systems
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guarantee, reputation, online labor market, contract, information asymmetry

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Open Versus Sealed Auctions in Online Labor Markets: Evidence from A Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2025
Qiang Gao, Chenhui Guo, Mingfeng Lin and Hanzhe Zhang
Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York, Michigan State University - Department of Accounting & Information Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Department of Economics, Michigan State University
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Online labor market, labor contracts, procurement, sealed auctions, open auctions, natural experiment

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Showing the Forest, not the Trees: Backer List Transparency and Crowdfunding Dynamics

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Sep 2024
Mingfeng Lin, Shengsheng Xiao and Jie Yu
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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Crowdfunding, Herding, Platform Design, Information Disclosure, Privacy

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Impact of Certification Costs In Online Labor Markets

Forthcoming, Information Systems Research, NET Institute Working Paper No. 12-02
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 24 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 13 May 2025
Jiaru Bai, Qiang Gao, Paulo Goes and Mingfeng Lin
Stony Brook University, Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York, University of Arizona - Department of Management Information Systems and Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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Certification Test Cost, Online Labor Market, Contract Rates and Price, Service Quality

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Exploitation and Exploration: Improving Search Precision on E-commerce Platforms

Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Wei Zhou, Mingfeng Lin, Mo Xiao and Lu Fang
University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of Arizona - Eller College of Management and Zhejiang University

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E-commerce, Consumer Search, Platform Design, Search Precision, Consumer Engagement

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Do Electronic Health Records Affect Quality of Care? Evidence from the HITECH Act

Lin, Y.-K., Lin, M., and Chen, H. 2019. “Do Electronic Health Records Affect Quality of Care? Evidence from the HITECH Act,” Information Systems Research (30:1), pp. 306–318.
Posted: 18 Nov 2020
Yu-Kai Lin, Mingfeng Lin and Hsinchun Chen
Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and University of Arizona - Department of Management Information Systems

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HITECH, Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Healthcare, Information Systems Adoption, Information Systems Use

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Experts vs. Non-Experts in Online Crowdfunding Markets

MIS Quarterly, 47(1): 97-126
Posted: 23 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
Mingfeng Lin, Richard W. Sias and Zaiyan Wei
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of Arizona - Department of Finance and Purdue University - Daniels School of Business

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FinTech, Crowdfunding, Experts, Non-experts

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Education Crowdfunding and Student Performance: An Empirical Study

Information Systems Research, forthcoming
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 May 2019 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2020
Qiang Gao, Mingfeng Lin and D. J. Wu
Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Georgia Institute of Technology - Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business
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donation crowdfunding, donations, education, offline impact, student performance