Mei
Li
Position / Title: 
Assistant Professor of Economics
Phone: 
ext. 52187
Email: 

mli03 at uoguelph.ca

Fax: 
519-763-8497
Building: 
MacKinnon
Room: 
745

Areas of Specialization: International finance, banking, financial stability, and information in Macroeconomics

Mei Li joined the Department of Economics at the University of Guelph in 2007. She received a BA (1994) and MA (1997) in International Economics from Wuhan University, and an MA (2001) and PhD (2008) both in Economics, from Queen's University. Her research interests include international finance, banking, financial stability, and information in Macroeconomics. She is currently working on the optimal appreciation path of the renminbi, the role of large traders such as Soros in currency attacks, and systemic risk in the financial system.

Research: 

"Endogenous Inflows of Speculative Capital and the Optimal Currency Appreciation Path," (with Junfeng Qiu) Canadian Journal of Economics, forthcoming

"Technological Progress, Economic Growth and Volatility," Working Paper

"A Large Trader in a Dynamic Currency Attack Model," (with Frank Milne) Working Paper

"Investment Complementarities, Banking and Systemic Bankruptcy," Working Paper

"Speculative Capital Inflows, Adaptive Expecations and the Optimal Currency Appreciation Path," (with Junfeng Qiu) Working Paper

Contact the Department

Department of Economics & Finance
7th floor MacKinnon
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario,
N1G 2W1 Canada
Phone: 519-824-4120
Fax: 519-763-8497