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Department
Département
Finance
Teaching areas
Domaine d’enseignement
Accounting, Management Control & Economics
Finance
Research areas
Domaine de recherche
Accounting & Auditing
Finance and Insurance
Biography
Biographie
Lin Li received his Ph.D. in finance from the School of Accounting and Finance at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a B.S. in accounting from Shandong University in China. Prior to joining Audencia, Professor Li was an assistant professor of accounting at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Shenzhen University. He has taught mergers and acquisitions, financial accounting, and financial statement analysis at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Professor Li's research interests include information disclosure in financial markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. His research has been published in prestigious accounting and finance journals and featured in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
Section CV
Formation
PhD
Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU), Hong Kong
(2009)
Experience
Assistant Professor
Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China (PRC)
2017 - 2023
Assistant Professor
Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU), Hong Kong, China (PRC)
2009 - 2016
Publications
Forthcoming
LI, J. (2025). The role of intangible investment in predicting stock returns: Six decades of evidence. Financial Management
Published
LI, J., LAM, P., TONG, W., LAW, J. (2024). CEO Turnovers Due to Poor Industry Performances: An Examination of the Boards’ Retention Criteria. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Volume 44 (March–April 2024), 107178.
REN, Y., LI, J., WILSON, T., PETER, L. (2024). When acquirers are short on cash flow in M&A deals. International Review of Financial Analysis, 94.
LI, J., TONG, W. (2022). Who Shall Succeed? An Examination of Manager Overconfidence and CEO Selection. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 49 (9-10), 1736-1783.
LI, J., TONG, W., PETER, C. (2022). Changes in the Incentive Contracts of Takeover Targets after Merger Failures. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 37 (1), 143-172.
LI, J., TONG, Wilson T.S. (2018). Information uncertainty and target valuation in mergers and acquisitions. Journal of Empirical Finance, 45, 84-107.
CHENG, P., LI, J., TONG, W. (2016). Target Information Asymmetry and Acquisition Price. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 43 (7-8), 976-1016.
CHENG, P., LI, J., TONG, W. (2008). What Triggers the Top Management Changes in China?. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 4 (2), 50-87.
Press articles
LI, J., LAM, P., TONG, W., LAW, J. (2024). CEO Turnovers Due to Poor Industry Performance: An Examination of the Boards’ Retention Criteria. Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Scientific activities
Reviewer for an academic journal
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade,
2025
International Review of Financial Analysis,
2025
Journal of Economics and Business,
2025
International Review of Financial Analysis,
2024
Journal of Business Ethics,
2024
International Review of Financial Analysis,
2022
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade,
2022
Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Finance,
2022
Journal of Economics and Business,
2015
Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics,
2015
China Accounting and Finance Review,
2015
Awards and honors
University research grant, 2025
Paper was featured in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, 2024
University research grant, 2023
Won the “Excellent Instructor Award” from the Auditing Society of China., 2022
University Competitive Research Grants for Young ScholarsUniversity Competitive Research Grants for Young Scholars, 2020
Startup Research Grant, 2017
Hong Kong Government Research Funding (GRF) Grant, 2014
University research grant, 2014
Shortlisted for the Best Paper Award at the Financial Management Association (FMA) Asia Annual Conference, 2013
University Competitive Research Grant for Newly Recruited Junior Academic Staff, 2010