Edward X. Li

Assistant Professor of Accounting Office: CS-3-160C Carol Simon Hall Phone: (585) 275-4278 Email: edward.li@simon.rochester.edu Web site: http://edwardli.simon.rochester.edu

Professor Li has research interests in securities laws and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations, information intermediaries, corporate disclosure choices and capital markets. His teaching interests are in the areas of financial accounting and financial statement analysis.

One of his current research areas is corporate filing disclosures and information dissemination process. He recently published a paper, “Market Reaction Surrounding the Filing of Periodic SEC Reports,” at The Accounting Review with K. Ramesh. Along this line, he is working on another paper examining the role of newswires in screening and disseminating value-relevant information in the periodic SEC reports. Another research area of his is on firms’ disclosures of future prospects. In one study, he explores how firms use material contracts filings as a disclosure device to reveal future prospects. In another study with C. Wasley and J. Zimmerman, he examines the circumstance in which management issues earnings forecasts for non-voluntary incentives.

Li received a Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship and a Department of Accounting and Information System Student Research Award from Michigan State University in 2007. He holds the Certified General Accountant of Canada and the Chartered Financial Analyst designations.

BS, Accounting,
Tsinghua University (Beijing)

MS, Accounting,
Tsinghua University (Beijing)

MS, Agricultural and Consumer Economics,
University of Illinois

PhD, Accounting,
Michigan State University