Si Li

Empirical Corporate Finance, Corporate Misreporting, Executive Compensation, Incentives, Corporate Bankruptcy, Debt, Investments, Insurance Regulation.

• Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics - Review of Finance Best Paper Award in 2010
• TCFA (The Chinese Finance Association) Best Paper Award in 2012
• Best Paper on Corporate Finance, The 2013 Northern Finance Association Annual Meetings
• Best Paper in Corporate Finance, The 2013 FMA Asia Annual Meetings
• Best Paper Award, The 22nd Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets in 2014 
• Best Paper in Corporate Finance, The 2015 Asian Finance Association Annual Meetings
• The Journal of Finance Top Cited Article in 2023

Finance Publications:

• Graham, John R., Si Li, and Jiaping Qiu, 2008, Corporate Misreporting and Bank Loan Contracting, Journal of Financial Economics 89-1, 44-61 
• Brav, Alon, J.B. Heaton, and Si Li, 2010, The Limits of the Limits of Arbitrage, Review of Finance 14-1, 157-187 (Second Prize, Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics - Review of Finance Best Paper Award, awarded for the best paper published in the Review of Finance in 2010.)
• Graham, John R., Si Li, and Jiaping Qiu, 2012, Managerial Attributes and Executive Compensation, Review of Financial Studies 25-1, 144-186 (This paper was previously titled "Managerial Ability and Executive Compensation")  
• Li, Si, Jeff Madura, and Nivine Richie, 2013, Bond Market Response to the Collapse of Prominent Investment Banks, Financial Review 48, 645-670 
• He, Zhiguo, Si Li, Bin Wei, and Jianfeng Yu, 2014, Uncertainty, Risk, and Incentives: Theory and Evidence, Management Science 60-1, 206-226 (The 2012 TCFA (The Chinese Finance Association) Best Paper Award)
• Li, Si and Nivine Richie, 2016, Income Smoothing and the Cost of Debt, China Journal of Accounting Research 9-3, 175-90 
• Li, Qingyuan, Si Li, and Li Xu, 2018, National Elections and Tail Risk: International Evidence, Journal of Banking and Finance 88-3, 113-28
• Li, Si and Xintong Zhan, 2019, Product Market Threats and Stock Crash Risk, Management Science 65-9, 3949-4450 (Best Paper Award, The 22nd Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets in 2014)
• Li, Si and Fabricio Perez, 2021, The Evolution of Pay Premiums for Managerial Attributes , Journal of Corporate Finance 69 (Best Paper in Corporate Finance, The 2015 Asian Finance Association Annual Meetings) (Previously titled "Executive Compensation and the Market Valuation of Managerial Attributes")  
• Graham, John R., Hyunseob Kim, Si Li, and Jiaping Qiu, 2023, Employee Costs of Corporate Bankruptcy, Journal of Finance 78-4 (Previously titled "Human Capital Loss in Corporate Bankruptcy." 1. Best Paper on Corporate Finance, The 2013 Northern Finance Association Annual Meetings; 2. Best Paper in Corporate Finance, The 2013 FMA Asia Annual Meetings; 3. The Journal of Finance Top Cited Article in 2023)  

Insurance Publications:

• Carayannopoulos, Peter, Mary Kelly, and Si Li, 2010, The Impact of the 2003 Regulatory Reform in the Canadian Property/Casualty Insurance Industry on Insurers' Surplus Levels, Journal of Insurance Issues 33-1, 54-84
• Kelly, Mary, Anne Kleffner, and Si Li, 2012, Insurance Regulation and the Composition of Insurance Markets, Journal of Insurance Regulation 31, 27-57
• Kelly, Mary, Anne Kleffner, and Si Li, 2012, Loss Reserves and the Employment Status of the Appointed Actuary, North American Actuarial Journal 16-3, 285-305
• Kelly, Mary, Anne Kleffner, and Si Li, 2013, The Impact of Regulation on the Availability and Profitability of Auto Insurance in Canada, Insurance and Risk Management 81-3, 197-224.

BU393 Financial Management II (Corporate Finance)

BU463 Advanced Corporate Finance

BU/MF663 Advanced Corporate Finance

BU863 Ph.D. Seminar on Empirical Corporate Finance