Lin William Cong

Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Rudd Family Professor of Management and Associate Professor of Finance; Faculty Director of the FinTech at Cornell Initiative

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Sage Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
p: (607) 255-7859

Lin William Cong

Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Rudd Family Professor of Management and Associate Professor of Finance; Faculty Director of the FinTech at Cornell Initiative

Expertise

FinTech; economic big data; entrepreneurship and innovation; information economics; financial economics

Current Research Interest

Application of artificial intelligence and unstructured data analytics in investments, corporate finance, and other social science issues; cryptoasset pricing, staking, and regulation; the interaction among digitization, small businesses, and development

Distinction

Johnson Faculty Research Award
Poets&Quants Best 40 Under 40 MBA/Business School Professors
Kauffman Foundation Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship
AAM-CAMRI-CFA Institute Prize in Asset Management
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) Best Paper Award, Eastern Finance Association
The Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship

Selected Publications

Cong, Lin William, Ye Li, and Neng Wang. “Tokenomics: Dynamic Adoption and Valuation.” Review of Financial Studies 34, no. 3 (2021): 1105–1115. (Editor’s Choice)

Azarmsa, Ehsan, and Lin William Cong. “Persuasion in Relationship Finance.” Journal of Financial Economics.

Cornell Research Website Article

It's Time for High-Tech Economics