Yuansha Li

Yuansha (Annie) Li serves as Associate Professor of Accounting at the Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she joined in June 2011 after prior faculty appointments at University of Wisconsin Parkside and research fellowships at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her professional background includes significant industry experience as a CPA with KPMG and corporate finance leadership at a NYSE-listed company.

Her academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Accounting, Hong Kong Baptist University (2008)
• Master of Science in International Business, Lancaster University, UK (2002)
• Bachelor of Arts in International Accounting and Finance, Central University of Finance & Economics, Beijing (1999)

Professor Li's research program critically examines corporate governance mechanisms, ownership structures, and their impact on financial reporting quality within global capital markets. Her work demonstrates how institutional environments shape accounting practices, with particular focus on emerging economies and cross-border regulatory frameworks. She actively contributes to scholarly discourse through publications in premier journals and as a corporate governance columnist for The Hong Kong Economic Journal, East Asia's most influential financial daily.

Her publication record reveals a sustained research trajectory investigating governance-earnings management relationships, with recent studies expanding into tax avoidance behaviors linked to local gambling preferences (2024) and economic development's influence on IFRS comparability (2023). Her work consistently bridges theoretical accounting frameworks with empirical analyses across diverse international contexts, especially China and the European Union.

Professor Li has received extensive recognition for her scholarship:

• Best Paper Award (International Accounting Section) at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (2017)
• Best Paper Award at Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference (2016)
• KPMG Best Paper Award at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (2013)
• Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Research Award (2008)
• Fulbright Research Scholar grant (2007)
• Hong Kong Baptist University Doctoral Fellowship (2004)
• Multiple Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants scholarships
• China Institute of Certified Public Accountants Scholarship (1999)

Her research has been supported by competitive grants including Fulbright awards and university fellowships, with her corporate governance analyses receiving particular scholarly attention. Professor Li maintains active engagement with academic communities through conference presentations at venues like the American Accounting Association Annual Meetings.