People

Yiwei Li

Lecturer
EBS - Finance
 Yiwei Li

Profile

Biography

Yiwei Li is a Lecturer (US: Assistant Professor) in Finance at the Finance group of Essex Business School and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research interests are in the fields of Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance. She received her PhD in Finance from ICMA Centre and MRes from Lancaster University. She welcomes inquiries from potential PhD students interested in Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance.

Qualifications

  • Phd ICMA,

  • MRes Lancaster University,

Appointments

University of Essex

  • Lecturer, EBS, University of Essex (2019 - present)

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Introduction to Finance (BE304)

  • Valuation and Mergers and Acquisitions (BE342)

  • Corporate Finance (BE350)

Previous supervision

Haolan Yang
Haolan Yang
Thesis title: Three Empirical Studies of Corporate Finance
Degree subject: Finance
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 13/9/2024
Mengying Zhao
Mengying Zhao
Degree subject: Occasional Study: Essex Business School (Research)
Degree type: Occasional Postgraduate Study
Awarded date: 6/10/2021

Publications

Journal articles (9)

Fang, X., Girardone, C., Li, Y. and Zeng, Y., (2024). Generalist CEOs and stock price crash risk. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting

He, X., Li, Y. and Li, H., (2024). Revolutionizing Bitcoin price forecasts: A comparative study of advanced hybrid deep learning architectures. Finance Research Letters. 69, 106136-106136

Li, Y., Wei, S., Qinjing, Z. and Tingyu, S., (2023). The Impact of Shareholder Litigation Risk on Income Smoothing. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 61 (4), 1379-1413

Mike, C., Li, Y., Carol, P. and Xiu-ye, Z., (2023). Does the age of compensation committee members matter for CEO compensation?. Corporate Governance. 32 (4), 600-624

Fu, X., Li, Y. and Zhang, Z., (2023). Institutional investors, non-mandatory regulations, and board gender diversity. Finance Research Letters. 58 (C), 104509-104509

Benlemlih, M., Li, Y. and Assaf, C., (2022). Executive compensation and environmental performance: Evidence from CEO inside debt. Energy Economics. 116, 106403-106403

Li, Y. and Zhang, X-Y., (2019). Impact of board gender composition on corporate debt maturity structures. European Financial Management. 25 (5), 1286-1320

Li, Y. and Zeng, Y., (2019). The impact of top executive gender on asset prices: Evidence from stock price crash risk. Journal of Corporate Finance. 58, 528-550

Li, Y., Gong, M., Zhang, X-Y. and Koh, L., (2018). The impact of environmental, social, and governance disclosure on firm value: The role of CEO power. The British Accounting Review. 50 (1), 60-75

Reports and Papers (2)

Clements, M., Li, Y., Padgett, C. and Zhang, X-Y., Does the Age of Compensation Committee Members Matter for CEO Compensation?

Fang, X., Li, Y., Pittman, J. and Zeng, Y., (2023). Executive Team Heterogeneity and Information Suppression: Evidence from Stock Price Crash Risk

Contact

yiwei.li@essex.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1206 874161

Location:

EBS.3.126D, Colchester Campus