Academic Positions:

City University of Hong Kong, College of Business

Associate Professor of Finance, July 2025 - Present

Associate Editor, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (March 2025 - Present) 

Associate Editor,  Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies (March 2026 - Present) 

Associate Editor, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics (July 2026 - Present) 

Research Interests: 

My research spans empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance, and sustainable finance. Recent work examines how climate risk is priced in equity and bond markets, how financial innovation such as ETFs shape the information environment, and how major shocks affect the people working inside financial markets. My papers have been published in the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Journal of Econometrics, and presented at major academic and quant conferences. 

Contact Information: 

Rm 9-239, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building 

83 Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 

Email: weikaili@cityu.edu.hk 

For prospective PhD students, please read my research statement first.