Bo Li 李波
Assistant Professor of Finance
Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Bo Li joined Guanghua School of Management, Peking University as an Assistant Professor of Finance in October 2023. Before joining Peking University, Li served as Assistant and Associate Professor at Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance (2013–2023). She is the recipient of a number of grants and awards, such as the 2023 Masahiko Aoki Award, a biennial prize given to the best paper in economics and finance.
She conducts interdisciplinary research with primary research focusing on the intersection between finance, political economy and economic history. Specific interests include technological adoption and industrial development in history, with a special interest in the role of the government in industrial policies. Her recent research agenda covers a range of topics including corruption, bankruptcy law, industrial policies, and venture capital market in emerging economy such as China. Her research has been published in various top academic journals, such as the Journal of Political Economy, Management Science, Review of Finance, the Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting. She developed numerous cases for MBA and EMBA classes (including Harvard Business School Cases) and focused on law and finance in emerging markets.
She holds a PhD in Economics from Queen’s University, an MSc in Economics from the University of British Columbia, a BA in Economics from the Western University.