His primary research areas include Market Microstructure, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), ETF trading, Mutual Funds, and Emerging Equity Markets. After joining BGSU in August 2006, Dr. Li has published more than twenty peer-reviewed papers and his research works have appeared in top finance journals such as Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Financial Research, Financial Review, Journal of Empirical Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Investing, etc.