Wei Li

Wei Li serves as Chester A. Phillips Fellow and Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business, holding dual PhDs in Business Administration and Mathematics from the same institution along with a BA in Mathematics from Xian Jiaotong University.

Education:

• PhD in Business Administration, University of Iowa
• PhD in Mathematics, University of Iowa
• BA in Mathematics, Xian Jiaotong University

His research spans corporate finance, asset pricing, and behavioral finance with particular expertise in mutual fund dynamics, shadow banking systems, and corporate pension risk allocation. Recent work examines how implicit guarantees drive trust product markets in China and how tournament incentives affect mutual fund active share decisions, while earlier studies explored Bayesian bubble models and religiosity's impact on debt costs.

Analysis of his publication timeline reveals evolving research trajectories: pre-2010 work focused on asset pricing anomalies and incentive structures, 2013-2018 research emphasized behavioral aspects of investment decisions and entrepreneurial finance, and current studies (2022-2024) investigate institutional investment policies and shadow banking mechanisms within global financial systems.

Scientific Awards:

• Runner-up, Commonfund Prize - European Finance Association, 2012

As an active faculty member, Professor Li contributes to doctoral education and research supervision within the Finance Department while maintaining continuous publication output in premier journals including Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of Finance. His current Henry B. Tippie Research Fellowship (2016-2025) supports ongoing investigations into market microstructure and institutional finance.