Wenquan Li

Assistant Professor in Finance

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Wenquan Li is an Assistant Professor in Finance at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). He earned a PhD in Finance from The University of Queensland (UQ). Wenquan’s primary research interests include environmental and climate finance, household finance, and behavioral finance. His recent working papers also involve corporate bonds and mergers & acquisitions.

Wenquan’s research has been presented at prestigious conferences (e.g., AFA, FIRN, FMA, EFMA, AsianFA, CAFM, and NZFM) and featured on The FinReg Blog of the Duke Financial Economics Center. He received the Dean’s Award for Outstanding HDR Theses from UQ.

He serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for ABDC A*/A journals (e.g., BAR, JBFA, and JIFMIM) and is an alumnus of Ant Group’s Young Leaders Program in FinTech Research.

SSRN, Curriculum Vitae, Web of Science, Scopus, and Faculty Profile.

Media coverage in Chinese: UQCSSA, CUHK(SZ)-FINest.

Contact

Email: Wenquan.Li@xjtlu.edu.cn
Office: BS107, International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 215123

Education

PhD in Finance, The University of Queensland, 2021 – 2024
Msc in Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 2018 – 2020
BEcon in Finance, Hainan University, 2014 – 2018
Exchange Program, Nanyang Technological University, 2016

News

Dec 23, 2024	💼 Have joined the International Business School Suzhou at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU-IBSS) as an Assistant Professor in Finance.
Dec 04, 2024	‍🎉 Deeply honored to receive the Dean’s Award for Outstanding HDR Theses. Fewer than 10% of PhD graduates receive this distinction each year.
Nov 19, 2024	📍 Glad to present at the 2024 FIRN PhD Symposium held at Port Douglas.
Nov 15, 2024	‍📄 My PhD thesis, titled Three Essays on Corporate Toxic Emissions, is now accessible on UQ eSpace.
Nov 01, 2024	‍🎓 Proudly graduated from The University of Queensland with a Doctor of Philosophy in Finance.