Lynn Li is a Assistant Teaching Professor of Accounting at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. She received her PhD in Accounting from the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and previously taught at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University.

Li's research interests span accounting regulations, innovation, tax inversion, banking, blockchain, contracting, disclosure, and biotechnology. Her scholarly work has been published in journals including Contemporary Accounting Research and The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Through her research, she examines the intersection of accounting practices with regulatory frameworks, contributing valuable insights to both academic and industry discourse.

In her teaching role, Li instructs courses across the accounting curriculum, including introductory financial accounting, intermediate accounting, accounting research, and financial analytics. Her pedagogical approach integrates theoretical foundations with practical applications.

Education

  • PhD Accounting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BA Economics, Summa Cum Laude, Emory University

Selected Publications

  • “Regulatory Approval and Biotechnology Product Disclosure” with Luminita Enache and Edward J. Riedl.  Contemporary Accounting Research, 39(3): 1689-1725.
  • “Bank Competition and Financial Stability: Evidence from the Financial Crisis” with Brian Akins, Jeffrey Ng, and Tjomme Rusticus.  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 51(1): 1-28.