Po Lin Chen

Po Lin Chen serves as a Part-time Lecturer at Rikkyo University's College of Business and Research Associate at Waseda University's School of International Liberal Studies, specializing in empirical finance and economics with focus on Japanese corporate behavior and financial systems since completing a 2025 Ph.D. in Economics at Waseda University.

Chen's academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Economics, Waseda University (2025)
• MSc in Finance, Waseda University, Graduate School of Business and Finance (2022)
• Master in Applied Economics, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Department of Economics (2020)
• Bachelor in Public Finance, National ChengChi University, College of Social Science (2017)

Research centers on corporate finance mechanisms including bankruptcy impacts on cash reserves, economic policy uncertainty effects on R&D investment, and banking sector restructuring. Chen employs econometric analysis of Japanese firm-level data to examine industrial organization dynamics, money and banking systems, corporate governance structures, and financial decision-making under regulatory changes, with particular attention to post-merger welfare consequences in banking.

2024 publications reveal consistent focus on Japanese financial markets through three empirical studies: analysis of bankruptcy experiences influencing corporate cash holdings, investigation of economic policy uncertainty moderating R&D investment via ownership structures, and welfare impact assessment of mega-bank mergers on deposit demand. These works demonstrate methodological rigor in applying econometric modeling to unique Japanese datasets, contributing to understanding financial stability mechanisms in mature economies undergoing structural transformation.