Leye Li

678 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 434 citations indexed

About

Leye Li is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Leye Li has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 434 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Accounting, 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 5 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Leye Li's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (13 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (13 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (5 papers). Leye Li is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (13 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (13 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (5 papers). Leye Li collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. Leye Li's co-authors include Louise Yi Lu, Jeong‐Bon Kim, Yangxin Yu, Gary S. Monroe, Charl de Villiers, Jenny Jing Wang, Bo Qin, Yu Flora Kuang, Rencheng Wang and Chen Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Accounting and Economics and Journal of Accounting Research.

In The Last Decade

Leye Li

14 papers receiving 420 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Financial statement comparability and expected crash risk
    2016 287 citations Jeong‐Bon Kim, Leye Li et al. Journal of Accounting and Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leye Li Australia 8 388 185 147 54 22 18 434
Jeff Zeyun Chen United States 14 425 1.1× 134 0.7× 181 1.2× 75 1.4× 45 2.0× 35 475
Mahmud Hossain United States 10 464 1.2× 124 0.7× 211 1.4× 87 1.6× 23 1.0× 24 530
Samuel L. Tiras United States 10 358 0.9× 105 0.6× 168 1.1× 34 0.6× 30 1.4× 35 401
Steven Utke United States 9 455 1.2× 102 0.6× 156 1.1× 130 2.4× 47 2.1× 43 511
Byungcherl Charlie Sohn Macao 11 414 1.1× 100 0.5× 243 1.7× 50 0.9× 21 1.0× 20 452
Minlei Ye Canada 11 403 1.0× 108 0.6× 134 0.9× 66 1.2× 40 1.8× 32 452
Skrålan Vergauwe United Kingdom 6 274 0.7× 80 0.4× 121 0.8× 62 1.1× 11 0.5× 11 320
Awad Elsayed Awad Ibrahim United Kingdom 10 279 0.7× 56 0.3× 168 1.1× 51 0.9× 33 1.5× 18 367
Charles McClure United States 10 257 0.7× 87 0.5× 139 0.9× 63 1.2× 31 1.4× 18 322
Hye Seung Lee United States 10 391 1.0× 87 0.5× 143 1.0× 67 1.2× 31 1.4× 27 445

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leye Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leye Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leye Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leye 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 Leye Li. Leye Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Li, Leye, et al.. (2025). The impact of local corruption on firms' narrative R&D disclosures. Journal of Corporate Finance. 94. 102841–102841.
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Lin, Wen‐Hui, et al.. (2025). Repetitive key audit matters and audit effort. Pacific Accounting Review. 37(2). 209–242.
3.
Li, Leye, et al.. (2024). Does client importance affect key audit matters reporting? New Zealand evidence. Pacific Accounting Review. 36(3/4). 277–296. 1 indexed citations
4.
Chen, Chen, Leye Li, Louise Yi Lu, & Rencheng Wang. (2023). Flu Fallout: Information Production Constraints and Corporate Disclosure. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Li, Leye, et al.. (2023). Managerial litigation risk and corporate investment efficiency: Evidence from universal demand laws. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 20(1). 196–232. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Leye, Louise Yi Lu, Yi Wang, & Yangxin Yu. (2023). Workforce diversity and financial statement readability. Accounting and Finance. 63(S1). 1599–1631.
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Chen, Chen, Leye Li, Louise Yi Lu, & Rencheng Wang. (2023). Flu Fallout: Information Production Constraints and Corporate Disclosure. Journal of Accounting Research. 61(4). 1063–1108. 3 indexed citations
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Kuang, Yu Flora, Leye Li, Louise Yi Lu, & Bo Qin. (2022). Death is a law: Death of former colleagues and management forecasts. Accounting Organizations and Society. 102. 101350–101350. 7 indexed citations
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Villiers, Charl de, et al.. (2022). The moderating effect of board gender diversity on the relation between corporate social responsibility and firm value. Journal of Management Control. 33(1). 109–143. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Leye, et al.. (2021). External labour market competitions and stock price crash risk: evidence from exposures to competitor CEOs’ award‐winning events. Accounting and Finance. 62(S1). 1421–1460. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Leye, Gary S. Monroe, & Jenny Jing Wang. (2020). State ownership and abnormal accruals in highly-valued firms: Evidence from China. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics. 17(1). 100223–100223. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Leye, et al.. (2020). The Impact of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act on Firms’ R&D Disclosure. European Accounting Review. 30(5). 1067–1104. 8 indexed citations
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Kim, Jeong‐Bon, Leye Li, Louise Yi Lu, & Yangxin Yu. (2020). Financial statement comparability and managers’ use of corporate resources. Accounting and Finance. 61(S1). 1697–1742. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Leye, et al.. (2019). Social Capital and Managers’ Use of Corporate Resources. Journal of Business Ethics. 168(3). 593–613. 41 indexed citations
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Li, Leye, et al.. (2018). Managerial Litigation Risk and Corporate Investment Efficiency: Evidence from Derivative Lawsuits. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Leye, et al.. (2017). Litigation Risk and Cost Behavior: Evidence from Derivative Lawsuits. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Jeong‐Bon, Leye Li, Louise Yi Lu, & Yangxin Yu. (2016). Financial Statement Comparability and Expected Crash Risk. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5 indexed citations
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Kim, Jeong‐Bon, Leye Li, Louise Yi Lu, & Yangxin Yu. (2016). Financial statement comparability and expected crash risk. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 61(2-3). 294–312. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

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