Professor Lin's research interests are centered on industrial economics, competition policy, and innovation. His publications have appeared in such journals as the Journal of Economic Theory, the Journal of Financial Economics, International Economic Review, the Journal of Industrial Economics, the International Journal of Industrial Organization, European Economic Review, the Journal of International Economics, and the Journal of Development Economics. He is now the Director of the Centre for Competition Policy and Regulation at Lingnan University. He has written extensively on competition policy developments in China and Hong Kong.