Li, Z. & Liu, X. (2025), Top Executives with Academic Work Experience, Aspirational and Substantive Stakeholder-Friendly Engagement, and Firm Value, Abacus, forthcoming (ABS-3*/ABDC-A).
Li, Z., & Wang, B. (2024). Non-CEO executives' intraorganizational competition incentives and corporate labour investment efficiency. European Financial Management, 30, 1868–1915 (ABS-3*/ABDC-A).
Huang, C. & Li, Z. (2024). The Role of Cross-Border Alliances in Corporate Social Responsibility: International Evidence. Journal of Financial Research (ABS-3*/ABDC-A)
Li, Z., Liu, X. and Wang, B. (2024), Military-experienced senior executives, corporate earnings quality and firm value, Journal of Accounting Literature, Vol. 46 No. 3, pp. 401-445 (ABS-3*/ABDC-A).
Li, Z. & Wang, B. (2023). Community Social Capital and Board Advising: Evidence from the Structure of Board Committees. British Journal of Management (ABS-4/ABDC-A)
Li, Z. & Wang, P. (2023). Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and corporate social responsibility: Evidence from Chinese listed firms. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 50, 335–376. (ABS-3*/ABDC-A*)
Li, Z., Pryshchepa, O., & Wang, B. (2023). Financial experts on the top management team: Do they reduce investment inefficiency? Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 50, 198–235. (ABS-3*/ABDC-A*)
Li, Z. & Wang, P. (2022). Flotation costs of seasoned equity offerings: Does corporate social responsibility matter? European Financial Management, 28, 771– 808. (ABS-3*/ABDC-A)
Li, Z., Wang, B., & Zhou, D. (2022). Financial Experts of Top Management Teams and Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from China. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (ABS-3*)
Li, Z. & Wang, B. (2022). The Influence of Foreign Institutional Investors on Audit Fees: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms. Accounting Forum (ABS-3*)
Li, Z., Wang, P., & Wu, T. (2021). Do foreign institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? Evidence from listed firms in China. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting (ABS-3*/ABDC-A*)
Li, Z., Wang, B., Wu, T., & Zhou, D. (2021). The influence of qualified foreign institutional investors on internal control quality: Evidence from China. International Review of Financial Analysis, 78. (ABS-3*/ABDC-A)
Works-in-Progress
Top Management’s Financial Experience, Backgrounds in Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Financial Institutions, and Corporate Tax Aggressiveness (with Yukun Cao), revise & resubmit.
The Effect of Equity Blockholders on the Voluntary Delisting: Empirical Evidence from the USA (with Nick Tsitsianis and Zhihuan Li), 2025 Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA)
The Influence of Financial Analysts on Firms’ Workforce Diversity Engagement and Performance (with Chunling Xia and Zixuan Zhu), 2025 British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) Doctoral Masterclasses
Director Career Concerns and Corporate Social Responsibility (with Bo Wang), proceeding of the 2025 European Financial Management Association (EFMA) Annual Meeting (Greece) & 2024 Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting (USA) and 2024 FMA European Conference (Italy)
Board-level sustainability committees: Does community social capital matter? (with Oksana Pryshchepa and Bo Wang), proceeding of the 2023 FMA Annual Meeting
The Influence of Financial Analysts on Firms’ Workforce Diversity Engagement and Performance (with Zixuan Zhu and Chunling Xia), presented at the 2023 QMUL SBM PhD Conference, 2025 British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) Doctoral Masterclasses
Blockholders and Voluntary Delistings (with Zhihuan Li and Nick Tsitsianis), presented at the 2023 QMUL SBM PhD Conference and the 2024 British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Annual Meeting
The Functional Backgrounds of Managing Directors (with Zankai Wang and Chunling Xia), accepted for the presentation at the 2025 British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) Doctoral Masterclasses