Kevin Li

Dr Kevin Li

Associate Professor

School of Accounting and Finance

College of Business and Law

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

Available For Media Comment.

I am currently an Associate Professor/Reader at Adelaide Business School. Prior to my move to Adelaide, I had been working for UNSW Sydney since 2015 as a Lecturer (2015-2020) and Senior Lecturer (2020-2024). My teaching expertise focuses on financial accounting, business data analytics and consolidation accounting. 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 securities 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.

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

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

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

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

Year Citation
2025 Li, K., He, W., & Si, Y. (2025). Is auditors' migration status associated with their performance?. European Accounting Review, 34(4), 1365-1390.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Li, C., & Coulton, J. (2025). Dividend imputation in Australia: Franking credits, tax changes and payout policy. Australian Tax Forum: a journal of taxation policy, law and reform.
2025 Zhang, Y., Kang, H., & Li, K. (2025). Investor Perceptions of Mandatory Quarterly Interim Management Statements. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 54, 20 pages.
DOI
2024 Li, K., Deng, X., & De Groote, S. (2024). Dividend Signaling and Investor Protection: An International Comparison. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 20(3), 14 pages.
DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2023 Landsman, W. R., Li, C. K., & Donny Zhao, J. (2023). CDS Trading Initiation, Information Asymmetry, and Dividend Payout. Management Science, 69(1), 684-701.
DOI Scopus10 WoS9
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 Scopus1 WoS1
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: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 40(3), 27-52.
DOI Scopus24 WoS20
2020 Li, C. K., Luo, J. -H., & Soderstrom, N. S. (2020). Air pollution and analyst information production. Journal of Corporate Finance, 60, 101536.
DOI Scopus43 WoS42
2020 He, W., Jackson, A. B., & Li, C. K. (2020). Hierarchy and Performance of Analyst Teams. European Accounting Review, 29(5), 877-900.
DOI Scopus8 WoS9
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 Scopus33 WoS29
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 Scopus24 WoS19

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.

Introduction to Financial Accounting

Consolidation Accounting

Current issues in Financial Accounting

Accounting Data Analytics

Empirical methodology in Accounting Research

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Impact of ESG on the stock prices of listed companies from investor sentiment perspective Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Sijie Weng
2025 Co-Supervisor Impact of ESG on the stock prices of listed companies from investor sentiment perspective - Master Full Time Miss Sijie Weng

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

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 -

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