Dr Larry Li

Research Interests

Initial Public Offerings, Corporate Governance, Operational Risk, Chinese Stock Markets, Foreign Exchange Rate

Research Projects and Funding

July 2014, $7855 [jointly with Professor Adela McMurray (RMIT), and Associate Professor YiLun Xu (NanJing Unviersity), and Professor Ming Yu Cheng (University Tunku Abdul Rahman)] from College of Business Asia Research Clusters Scheme, to pursue the research topic: A Longitudinal Study of Corporate Ownership, Efficiency and Performance: Evidence from China

October 2013, $9,672 from College Research Grant Scheme, to pursue the research topic: Efficient operational losses: a model and estimation procedure

April 2013, $3745.75 from the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University to pursue the research topic: Are private firms less leveraged than state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China?

May 2012, [jointly with Professor Imad Moosa(RMIT)] $4879.05 from the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University to pursue the research topic: Frequency & Severity of Operational Losses

January 2012, [jointly with Professor Imad Moosa(RMIT)] $18900 from the Australian Centre for Financial Studies to pursue the research topic: An International Profile of Operational Risk

March 2011, [jointly with Professor Tony Naughton(RMIT), and Professor On Kit Tam (RMIT)] $13382 from College of Business RMIT University to pursue the research topic: Do Private Firms Outperform in China

August 2010, $20,000 from the College of Business RMIT University for Research Readership to buy out my teaching time over a six month period.

August 2010, [jointly with Professor Imad Moosa (RMIT), and Professor Tony Naughton (RMIT)] $4407 from the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University to pursue the research topic: The Capital Structure of Chinese Companies: An Extreme Bounds Analysis

March 2010, [jointly with Professor Tony Naughton (RMIT), and Professor On Kit Tam (RMIT)] $13571 from the College of Business RMIT University to pursue the research topic: Do private firms outperform in China?

March 2010, [jointly with Professor Richard Heaney (RMIT), and Dr. Monica Tan (RMIT)] $13132 from the College of Business RMIT University to pursue the research topic: Nominee ownership in Australia.

October 2009, [jointly with Professor Richard Heaney (RMIT), and Dr. Vicar Valencia (RMIT)] $15000 from the Australian Centre for Financial Studies to pursue the research topic: CEO Compensation and Corporate Governance: Empirical Evidence from Australia

June 2009, [jointly with Professor Richard Heaney (RMIT), and Dr. Vicar Valencia (RMIT)] $4407 from the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University to pursue the research topic: CEO Compensation and Corporate Governance: Empirical Evidence from Australia

October 2008, [jointly with Professor Tony Naughton (RMIT), Associate Professor Terry Hallahan (RMIT), and Dr. Michael Graham (RMIT)] $8000 from Australian Centre for Financial Studies to pursue the research topic: Trustee Board Characteristics and the Efficiency and Performance of Superannuation Funds?

April 2007, [jointly with Professor Xiangkang Yin (La Trobe)] $16625 from the Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University to pursue the research topic: A New Wave of Financial Reform in China – the Comprehensive Floatation of Non-Tradable Shares.

April 2007, [jointly with Associate Professor Ishaq Bhatti (La Trobe), Dr. Darren Henry (La Trobe) and Dr. Hayat Khan (La Trobe)] $11700 from the Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University to pursue the research topic: Risk Management in Finance – Estimation Revisited

January 2007, [jointly with Professor Imad Moosa (Monash) and Professor Tony Naughton (RMIT)] $7500 from the Australian Centre for Financial Studies to pursue the research topic: An Investigation into the Chinese Exchange Rate Regime and its Implications for International Financial and Trading Relations.

May 2006, [jointly with Professor Tony Naughton (RMIT) and Associate Professor Mike Dempsey(Monash)] $3500 from the Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University to pursue the research topic: Wanted: Beta Dead or Alive in Chinese Markets.

December 2005, [jointly with Professor Tony Naughton (RMIT) Associate Professor Madhu Veeraraghavan (Monash) and Professor Charles Corrado (Massey)] $15000 from the Australian Centre for Financial Studies to pursue the research topic: The end of non-tradable shares in China: Modelling the impact on existing shareholders

Financial Statement Analysis, International Finance, Corporate Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Instruments, Financial Institution Management, Financial Institutions, Instruments and Markets

• PhD in Finance, Griffith University, 2006
• Master of Business Administration, Finance Major, Griffith University, 2000
• Bachelor of Sciences, NanJing University, P.R. China, 1993