Business School,Beijing Normal University

LI Kun

C.V.

Kun Li Ph.D., Associate Professor of Finance
Native Place: Tianjin Department of Finance Business School, Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875, China Tel: 010-58807847 Email: [email protected]
Education
2015	Ph.D. in Finance, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
2010	Master in Health & Bio-Pharmaceutical Economics, Lehigh University
2008	Master in Economics, Lehigh University
2006	Bachelor in Finance, Nanjing University
Work Experience
2013-2015	Entrepreneurship & Innovation Research Fellow, U.S. Smart Grid Cluster
2012	Quantitative Researcher, the CME Group
2007-2008	Research Analyst, Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center
2007	Research Analyst, United General Mortgage Corp.
Research Interests
High-Frequency Finance Financial Markets and Market Microstructure Applied Microeconomics Chinese Economy Energy Market
Courses Taught Investments (English-taught) BNU, Spring 2017 Recipient of University High-Quality Course (selected only 2 faculties at Business School); Recipient of Research Funds for Teaching and Education Reform of Central Universities, Ministry of Education of China; Market Microstructure & High-Frequency Trading BNU, Spring 2017 2017 University Creative Course Project (approved only 3 courses at Business School); Recipient of Research Fund for Teaching Innovation (Awarded to only 9 courses out of 3,600 courses); Statistics for Business & Economics(English-taught) BNU Recipient of Research Fund for Teaching Innovation (Awarded to only 10 courses out of 3,600 courses); Fall 2016 Recipient of Research Fund for Teaching Innovation (Awarded to only 12 courses out of 3,600 courses); Fall 2017 Principle of Finance BNU, Fall 2016 Recipient of University Model Curricula Award (Awarded to only 69 courses out of 3,600 courses); Receive a top-20 student evaluation score among 3,600 courses; Computing Tools & Business Analysis (English-taught) IIT, Spring 2014 Initiator and designer of this undergraduate core course for Business School students; Evaluated by students as "the most important and valuable undergraduate course";
Professional Societies/Activities
--The 8th Workshop on Internet and Network Economics (WINE), 2012 --The 12th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2013 --The 12th Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS), 2013 --The International Conference on Identification, Information and Knowledge in the Internet of Things (IIKI), 2016 --Ad-hoc Referee for journals: ACM Transactions on the Web; Economics: E-Journal; Energy Policy; International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Honors and Awards
-- Research Funds for Teaching and Education Reform of Central Universities, Ministry of Education of China, 2017 -- , Organization Department of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, 2016 - -Excellence in Teaching Award (University Model Curricula), BNU, 2016 -- Outstanding Young Faculty Research Grant, BNU, 2016 -- Beta Gamma Sigma (Highest Distinction to Business Scholars) 2016 --The U.S. Smart Grid Cluster Research Fellowship, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 2013 - 2015 -- Stuart School Research & Travel Grant, IIT 2014 - 2015 --Stuart School Dean Scholarship, IIT 2010 - 2015 --Graduate Scholarship, IIT 2010 - 2015 -- Graduate Teaching & Research Scholarship, Lehigh University 2008 - 2010 -- U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium Travel Grant, National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR), Washington, D.C. 2007 --Yinxing Prize for Best Undergraduate Research Paper in Business & Economics, Nanjing University, China. 2004
Selected Publications
“How does Employee Education Affect Employer’s Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence from China”, with Xiaokai Li, Economics Letters, Volume 234, 2024, 111498.(DOI: ) “Does Stock Price Crash Risk affect Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure?”, Applied Economics Letters, 2024, Volume 31, Issue 14, Pages 1286-1291. () “Do Circuit Breakers Impede Trading Behavior? A Study in Chinese Financial Market”, Singapore Economic Review, 2019, volume 64, issue 5, pages 1127-1144 () “Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in China: Trends, Context and Impact on Company Performance”, with Nasrin R. Khalili and Weiquan Cheng, Sustainability, 2019, volume 11, issue 2, 354. () “The Significance of Calendar Effects in the Electricity Market”, with Joseph D. Cursio, Mengfei Jiang and Xi Liang, Applied Energy, 2019, volume 235, pages 487-494. () “Reaction to News in the Chinese Stock Market: a Study on Xiong’an New Area Strategy”, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2018, volume 19, pages 36-38. () “Do High-Frequency Fleeting Orders Exacerbate Market Illiquidity?”, Electronic Commerce Research, 2018, volume 18, issue 2, pages 241-255. () “How Does High-Frequency Trading Affect Low-Frequency Trading?”, with Rick Cooper and Ben Van Vliet, Journal of Behavioral Finance, 2018, volume 19, issue 2, pages 235-248. ()

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