I am an assistant professor of finance at the department of finance at Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati since August, 2025. I hold a Ph.D. in Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Research Interests: Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions, Private Equity, Financial Intermediation, Commercial Real Estate Finance, Household Finance
Email: da.li@uc.edu
Work: (513) 556-6531
Email: da.li@uc.edu
[Research News]
Recent 6 months:
4/2026: "The Economics of Search Friction in Private Equity" has been accepted for presentation at the 2027 ASSA-AREUEA Meeting.
3/2026: "Good Networks, Bad Networks: Investor Connections and Private Equity Performance" has been accepted for presentation at the 2026 MRS Meeting.
3/2026: "When Learning Does Not Translate into Discipline" has been accepted for presentation at the 2026 UWM Alumni Conference.
2/2026: "Eviction Regulations and Private Equity Investments in Multifamily" has been accepted for presentation at the 2026 AREUEA National Meeting.
1/2026: "When Learning Does Not Translate into Discipline" covered by the University of Colorado Boulder (Link).
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11/2025: "Benchmarking Private Equity Performance When Fund-Level Cash Flows are Missing" (with Timothy Riddiough) has been accepted for publication at The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (Link).
10/2025: "Eviction Regulations and Private Equity Investments in Multifamily" has been accepted for presentation at the 2025 Boca Finance and Real Estate meeting.
09/2025: "Eviction Regulations and Private Equity Investments in Multifamily" has been accepted for presentation at the 2025 UNC CREDA meeting (Link).
08/2025: "Unnatural Selection in Private Equity Real Estate?" (with Timothy Riddiough) has been accepted at The Journal of Portfolio Management (Link).Â