Edward Li

Edward Li is Adjunct Associate Professor at CBS. He teaches the MBA courses -- Core Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation. 

Besides his appointment at CBS, he is Associate Professor of Accounting and area coordinator for Ph.D. program at the Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York (CUNY). His research interests include financial market regulation and enforcement, equity analyst, and corporate disclosures. He has published papers in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting & Economics, and Management Science. His research was featured on Harvard Law School Forum and NYU Law School Forum. Before joining Zicklin, he was on faculty at University of Rochester’s Simon Business School.

His recent research focuses on understanding how Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT process corporate disclosures and generate forecasts. He has been invited to give talks at CFA Society of New York, CFA Society of Hong Kong, and Wolfe Research. 

Professor Li received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Tsinghua University, University of Illinois, and Michigan State University, respectively. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and the Certified Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) certificates.