Frank Weikai Li

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 991 citations indexed

About

Frank Weikai Li is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Weikai Li has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 991 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Finance, 28 papers in Accounting and 24 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Frank Weikai Li's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (29 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (19 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (15 papers). Frank Weikai Li is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (29 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (19 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (15 papers). Frank Weikai Li collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, Hong Kong and China. Frank Weikai Li's co-authors include Harrison Hong, Jiangmin Xu, Tinghua Duan, K.C. John Wei, Li Guo, Quan Wen, Qifei Zhu, Xuewen Liu, Baolian Wang and Avanidhar Subrahmanyam and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

Frank Weikai Li

39 papers receiving 946 citations

Hit Papers

Climate risks and market efficiency 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Climate risks and market efficiency
    2018 586 citations Harrison Hong, Frank Weikai Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank Weikai Li Singapore 12 639 593 313 173 58 42 991
Thanh Huynh Australia 12 492 0.8× 454 0.8× 278 0.9× 179 1.0× 23 0.4× 26 799
Jawad M. Addoum United States 11 424 0.7× 314 0.5× 259 0.8× 127 0.7× 36 0.6× 26 700
Jiangmin Xu China 6 489 0.8× 347 0.6× 144 0.5× 122 0.7× 49 0.8× 12 648
Ying Xia Australia 7 377 0.6× 418 0.7× 346 1.1× 159 0.9× 15 0.3× 16 730
Yezhou Sha China 12 614 1.0× 212 0.4× 197 0.6× 123 0.7× 31 0.5× 34 795
Frédéric Samama United States 11 475 0.7× 421 0.7× 146 0.5× 160 0.9× 37 0.6× 21 696
Justin Murfin United States 10 480 0.8× 549 0.9× 650 2.1× 122 0.7× 52 0.9× 14 1.0k
Abdullah Al Masum United States 10 374 0.6× 291 0.5× 300 1.0× 283 1.6× 14 0.2× 29 724
Nitin Kumar India 9 380 0.6× 278 0.5× 307 1.0× 68 0.4× 13 0.2× 24 612

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Weikai Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Weikai Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Weikai Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Weikai Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Weikai Li based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Frank Weikai Li. Frank Weikai Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Deng, Saiying, Tinghua Duan, Frank Weikai Li, & Xiaoling Pu. (2025). Major customers and carbon footprints along the supply chain. Journal of Corporate Finance. 92. 102752–102752. 2 indexed citations
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Huynh, Thanh, Frank Weikai Li, & Ying Xia. (2025). Something in the air: does air pollution affect fund managers’ carbon divestment?. Review of Accounting Studies. 30(3). 2607–2634.
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Li, Frank Weikai & Baolian Wang. (2024). The gender effects of COVID: evidence from equity analysts. Review of Accounting Studies. 30(2). 1683–1715. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Frank Weikai, et al.. (2024). Scope Similarity and Cross-Firm Return Predictability. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Duan, Tinghua & Frank Weikai Li. (2023). Climate change concerns and mortgage lending. Journal of Empirical Finance. 75. 101445–101445. 24 indexed citations
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Duan, Tinghua, et al.. (2023). Is Carbon Risk Priced in the Cross Section of Corporate Bond Returns?. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 60(1). 1–35. 50 indexed citations
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Duan, Tinghua, Frank Weikai Li, & Roni Michaely. (2023). Consumers’ Reaction to Corporate ESG Performance: Evidence from Store Visits. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Deng, Saiying, Tinghua Duan, Frank Weikai Li, & Xiaoling Pu. (2022). Customer Concentration and Corporate Carbon Emissions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Frank Weikai & Baolian Wang. (2021). The Gender Effects of COVID-19 on Equity Analysts. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Frank Weikai, et al.. (2020). Do Firms Adapt to Climate Change? Evidence from Establishment-Level Data. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Duan, Tinghua, Frank Weikai Li, & Quan Wen. (2020). Is Carbon Risk Priced in the Cross Section of Corporate Bond Returns?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 50 indexed citations
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Guo, Li, Frank Weikai Li, & K.C. John Wei. (2020). Security analysts and capital market anomalies. Journal of Financial Economics. 137(1). 204–230. 59 indexed citations
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Li, Frank Weikai, et al.. (2019). ETF Momentum. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Frank Weikai, et al.. (2018). Monitoring from Afar: Do Foreign Institutional Investors Deter Insider Trading?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Frank Weikai, et al.. (2018). Overseas Listing Location and Cost of Capital: Evidence from Chinese Firms Listed in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 55(2). 365–390. 2 indexed citations
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Guo, Li, Frank Weikai Li, & K.C. John Wei. (2018). Security Analysts and Capital Market Anomalies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Frank Weikai, et al.. (2017). Acquiring organizational capital. Finance research letters. 25. 30–35. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Frank Weikai, Abhiroop Mukherjee, & Rik Sen. (2017). Inside Brokers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Hong, Harrison, et al.. (2015). Days to Cover and Stock Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Frank Weikai. (2014). Macro Disagreement and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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