Guangyu Li

Guangyu Li is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London. He holds a PhD from King’s College London (2024) and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies (2022-2023). His research integrates field investigations and archival methods to study sell-side analysts' roles in capital markets and management control systems within financial firms.

Education:

• PhD in Accounting, King’s College London (2024)
• Visiting Scholar, Harvard University (2022-2023)

Research Interests:

Li focuses on sell-side analysts' functions, corporate governance, and incentive systems in financial institutions. His work explores how analysts act as social intermediaries and how performance metrics influence their behavior. He also examines gender differences in analysts' field activities, such as corporate site visits, and their implications for market efficiency.

Advising & Grants:

No formal advisees or grants are listed. He teaches accounting and finance courses at Bayes Business School and King’s Business School.