Journal Articles
Working Papers
- Lin, Michael C.Y. (2019). "Evaluation and Determinants of US Metro Economic Performance." Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Paper]
Magazine Articles
- Lin, M.C.Y. (2021). "Attracting and Retaining Talent: Taiwan's Challenges and Opportunities amid COVID-19." Taiwan Insight, March 15, 2021. [Read Magazine]
- Lin, M.C.Y. and Perry Wong (2018). "Tale of two cities: from farmland to tech mecca." Macau Magazine, September 2018, pp. 30-39. [Read Magazine]
Book Chapters
- Lin, M.C.Y. (2014). “Are Cities in Taiwan Shrinking?” in Harry W. Richardson and Chang Woon Nam (eds.), Shrinking Cities: A Global Perspective. New York: Routledge, pp. 182-204. [Read the Book Info]
- Peng, K.H., Y.C. Kuo, and C.Y. Lin (2010). “Community Planning.” in Roger Bristow (ed.), Planning in Taiwan: Spatial Planning in the Twenty First Century. New York: Routledge. [Read the Book Info]
Reports
- Michael C.Y. Lin and GPEC Team (2023). Greater Phoenix Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Ecosystem. April 2023. Phoenix: Greater Phoenix Economic Council.
- Michael C.Y. Lin and GPEC Team (2023). Greater Phoenix Semiconductor Ecosystem. March 2023. Phoenix: Greater Phoenix Economic Council.
- Michael C.Y. Lin and GPEC Team (2022). Greater Phoenix Cybersecurity Ecosystem. November 2022. Phoenix: Greater Phoenix Economic Council.
- Michael C.Y. Lin and GPEC Team (2022). Greater Phoenix Healthcare and Biomedical Ecosystem. August 2022. Phoenix: Greater Phoenix Economic Council.
- Michael C.Y. Lin and GPEC Team (2022). Greater Phoenix Software and IT Ecosystem. July 2022. Phoenix: Greater Phoenix Economic Council.
- Michael C.Y. Lin and GPEC Team (2022). Greater Phoenix E-Commerce, Distribution, and Logistics Ecosystem. June 2022. Phoenix: Greater Phoenix Economic Council.
- Perry Wong and Michael C.Y. Lin, (2022). Best-Performing Cities China 2021: The Nation's Most Successful Economies. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Klowden, Kevin, Jessica Jackson, Michael C.Y. Lin, and Samuel Hanigan (2020). Examining Arizona's Technology and Research Initiative Fund. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Michael C.Y. Lin, Joe Lee, and Perry Wong (2020). Best-Performing Cities 2020: Where America's Jobs Are Created and Sustained. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Perry Wong, Lin, M.C.Y., and Jessica Jackson (2019). Best-Performing Cities China 2019: The Nation's Most Successful Economies. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Jackson, Jessica, Joe Lee, Michael C.Y. Lin, and Minoli Ratnatunga (2019). Best-Performing Cities 2018: Where America's Jobs Are Created and Sustained. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Lin, M.C.Y. and Perry Wong (2018). Best-Performing Cities China 2018: The Nation's Most Successful Economies. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Lin, M.C.Y. and Perry Wong (2018). "Tale of Two Cities: From Farmland to Tech Mecca." Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Jackson, Jessica, Joe Lee, Michael C.Y. Lin, and Minoli Ratnatunga (2018). Best-Performing Cities 2017: Where America's Jobs Are Created and Sustained. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Wong, Perry, Michael C.Y. Lin, and Joe Lee (2017). Best-Performing Cities China 2017: The Nation's Most Successful Economies. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Jackson, Jessica, Joe Lee, Michael C.Y. Lin, and Minoli Ratnatunga (2017). "Regional Performance Over Time Case Study: The Bend-Redmond, Ore. Metropolitan Statistical Area." Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Wong, Perry, Michael C.Y. Lin, and Jessica Jackson (2016). Best-Performing Cities China 2016: The Nation's Most Successful Economies. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Lin, M.C.Y., Minoli Ratnatunga, and Perry Wong (2016). "Regional Performance Over Time: Thriving and Reviving Amid Economic Challenges." Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Paper]
- Lin, M.C.Y. and Perry Wong (2016). "Recapturing the Taiwan Miracle: Diversifying the Economy Through Innovation and Collaboration." Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Paper] [Read the press release]
- Wong, Perry and Michael C.Y. Lin (2015). Best-Performing Cities China 2015: The Nation's Most Successful Economies. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
- Klowden, Kevin, Kristen Harris, with Michael C.Y. Lin (2015). Strategies for Growing the Pittsburgh Media Cluster. Santa Monica: Milken Institute. [Download Report]
Conference Papers
- Lin, M.C.Y. (2019). "Economic Performance Over Time: A Principal Component Analysis on U.S. Metros," Session 3B: Metropolitan I, 58th Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, April 5, 2019, Arlington, Virginia. [Read the Abstract]
- Lin, M.C.Y. (2012). ”Talent Migration: Does Urban Density Matter?,” The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, November 1-4, 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Heikkila, E.J. and M.C.Y. Lin (2012). “An Integrated Model of Formal and Informal Housing Sectors,” Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, February 8-11, 2012, Kauai, Hawaii.
- Peng, K.H., T.Y. Liu, P.C. Wang, and C.Y. Lin (2006). “A Study of Community Participation in Planning and Management of Ecological Engineering,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Urban Planning, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Lin, C.Y. (2002). "A Study of Public-Private Partnership Mechanisms for Urban Environmental Management in Taiwan," The 6th Asia-Pacific NGO's Environmental Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Lin, C.Y. (2002). “The Influence of Economic Globalization on Spatial Planning in the Financial Industry: Taipei as a Case Study,” The 3rd Symposium on Land Economics, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan (in Chinese).
- Peng, K.H. and C.Y. Lin (2002). “Impacts of Information Technologies on Spatial Planning of Banking Industry in Metropolitan Core City: A Case Study of Taipei,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Urban Planning. Taipei, Taiwan.
Commentary
- Lin, M.C.Y. and Perry Wong. "Innovation Needed to Diversify Economy," The China Post. August 18, 2016. [Read the commentary]
Blogs
- Lin, M.C.Y., Perry Wong, and Joe Lee. "China's Emerging Regional Clusters: Growth Challenges for Smaller Cities," September 11, 2017. [Read the Blog]
- Lin, M.C.Y. "Stoking the Startup Machine in Taiwan," March 24, 2017. [Read the Blog]
- Wong, Perry and Michael C.Y. Lin "Medium and Small Cities Will Drive China's Growth," September 14, 2015. [Read the Blog]
- Lin, M.C.Y. "Nurturing a Film and TV Industry Cluster: More Than Just Incentives," August 6, 2015. [Read the Blog]
Media Interviews
- Stephen Hamway, "NM 'left behind' in wage growth," Albuquerque Journal, February 28, 2020. [Read the News]
- Chris Green, "Rockford region climbs in annual ranking of top-performing economies," Rockford Register Star, February 27, 2020. [Read the News]
Data Visualization
- Business Types - Downtown Santa Monica [View from my Tableau page]
- Business Types and Occupancy - Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. [View from my Tableau page]
- Foot Traffic - Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. [View from DTSM Inc.] [View from my Tableau page]
- Hotel Average Daily Rate and Occupancy Rate - Downtown Santa Monica. [View from DTSM Inc.] [View from my Tableau page]
- Labor Market Explorer for US Metropolitan Areas. 2021. [View from the Milken Institute Research Department GitHub] [View from my Tableau page]
- New Development - Downtown Santa Monica. [View from my Tableau page]
- Office and Retail Space Rental Rates - Downtown Santa Monica and Third Street Promenade. [View from DTSM Inc.] [View from my Tableau page]
- Retail Space Occupancy - Downtown Santa Monica [View from my Tableau page]