Kevin Li

Dr Kevin Li

Associate Professor

Adelaide Business School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I am currently an Associate Professor/Reader at Adelaide Business School. Prior to my move to Adelaide, I was affiliated with UNSW Sydney from 2015 onward. My teaching expertise focuses on financial accounting and data analytics. Additionally, I hold memberships with the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). My research interests include capital market regulation, stock price discovery surrounding earning announcements, credit default swaps, dividends and other topics in the empirical accounting and finance. I obtained my PhD in Accounting from The University of Melbourne in 2015.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2024 - ongoing Associate Professsor University of Adelaide
    2020 - 2024 Senior Lecturer UNSW Sydney
    2015 - 2020 Lecturer UNSW Sydney

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2020 Award Abacus Top Cited Article 2020 Abacus Australia -
    2020 Award AAA International Accounting Section Midyear Miami Best Paper Award AAA United States -
    2015 Award Highly Commended Certificate for AFAANZ Best PhD Thesis Award AFAANZ Australia -

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2012 - 2015 University of Melbourne Australia PhD in Accounting
    2007 - 2010 Xi'an Jiaotong University China MPhil in Management
    2003 - 2007 Xi'an Jiaotong University China Bachelor in Management

  • Certifications
    Date Title Institution name Country
    — ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants United Kingdom
    — CICPA Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accoutants -

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2024 Li, K., Deng, X., & De Groote, S. (2024). Dividend Signaling and Investor Protection: An International Comparison. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics.
    2024 Li, K., He, W., & Si, Y. (2024). Is auditors' migration status associated with their performance?. The European Accounting Review, 2384379-1-2384379-27.
    DOI
    2023 Landsman, W. R., Li, C. K., & Zhao, J. D. (2023). CDS Trading Initiation, Information Asymmetry, and Dividend Payout. Management Science, 69(1), 684-701.
    DOI Scopus5
    2021 Morris, R. D., Dai, L., De Groote, S., Holmes, E., Lau, L., Li, C. K., & Nguyen, P. (2021). Coping with COVID: pivoting perspectives from teaching a third-year undergraduate financial accounting course. Accounting Research Journal, 34(3), 279-289.
    DOI Scopus4
    2021 Jia, Q., Li, C. K., & Si, Y. (2021). Specifying Dividend Provisions in Response to Dividend Regulation: Evidence from China. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 57(14), 4121-4142.
    DOI
    2021 Li, C. K. (2021). Wealth effects of dividend regulation: Evidence from China. Australian Journal of Management, 46(2), 197-223.
    DOI
    2021 He, C., Li, C. K., Monroe, G. S., & Si, Y. (2021). Diversity of signing auditors and audit quality. Auditing, 40(3), 27-52.
    DOI Scopus16
    2020 Li, C. K., Luo, J. H., & Soderstrom, N. S. (2020). Air pollution and analyst information production. Journal of Corporate Finance, 60, 24 pages.
    DOI Scopus29
    2020 He, W., Jackson, A. B., & Li, C. K. (2020). Hierarchy and Performance of Analyst Teams. European Accounting Review, 29(5), 877-900.
    DOI Scopus5
    2020 Jackson, A. B., Li, C., & Morris, R. D. (2020). Earnings <scp>Co‐movements</scp> and the Informativeness of Earnings. Abacus, 56(3), 295-319.
    DOI
    2018 He, W., & Li, C. K. (2018). The effects of a comply-or-explain dividend regulation in China. Journal of Corporate Finance, 52, 53-72.
    DOI Scopus25
    2017 Li, C. K., Luo, J. H., & Soderstrom, N. S. (2017). Market response to expected regulatory costs related to haze. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 36(3), 201-219.
    DOI Scopus18

  • Internet Publications
    Year Citation
    2023 Li, K., & De Groot, S. (2023). Why you’re probably paying more interest on your mortgage than you think. The Conversation; Yahoo; ABC; SBS.
    2019 Li, C., & Soderstrom, N. (2019). Smoke haze hurts financial markets as well as the environment. The Conversation.

  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 - 2022 Principal Supervisor The signalling value of dividends: a cross-country analysis UNSW Sydney - Honours Full Time Shelly Deng
    2021 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Information disclosure UNSW Sydney - Postdoctorate Full Time Yuchen Zhang
    2018 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Earnings predictability UNSW Sydney - Honours Full Time Kelwin Tang

  • Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice
    Date Title Type Institution Country
    2023 - ongoing Deputy Editor Editorial Accounting and Finance -
    2022 - ongoing Editorial Board Editorial Journal of Accounting and Public Policy -
    2015 - ongoing Editorial Board Editorial Accounting and Finance -
  • Position: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 83134386
  • Email: k.li@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: 10 Pulteney Street - Nexus 10 Tower, floor Thirteenth Floor
  • Room: 13.41
  • Org Unit: Adelaide Business School
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