Laura Yue Li

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Professor

283 Wohlers hall 1206 South Sixth Street

1206 South Sixth Street

Champaign, IL 61820

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (12)

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Citation 17

Performance, Growth and Earnings Management

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Dec 2005
Chi-Wen Jevons Lee, Laura Yue Li and Heng Yue
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy
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Citation 17

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earnings management, rational expectation, accruals, performance, growth

Performance, Growth and Earnings Management

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 20 Dec 2005
Chi-Wen Jevons Lee, Laura Yue Li and Heng Yue
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy

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earnings management, rational expectation, accruals, performance, growth

Relative Performance Evaluation and Related Peer Groups in Executive Compensation Contracts

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2010
Guojin Gong, Laura Yue Li and Jae Yong Shin
University of Connecticut, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Seoul National University - College of Business Administration
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executive compensation, relative performance evaluation, peer group, SEC regulation

Relative Performance Evaluation and Related Peer Groups in Executive Compensation Contracts

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 03 Nov 2010
Guojin Gong, Laura Yue Li and Jae Yong Shin
University of Connecticut, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Seoul National University - College of Business Administration

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executive compensation, relative performance evaluation, peer group, SEC regulation

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Accounting Performance Goals in CEO Compensation Contracts and Corporate Risk Taking

Chen, CX., Kim, M., Li, LY., and Zhu, W. (2021), Accounting Performance Goals in CEO Compensation Contracts and Corporate Risk Taking, Management Science (Accepted)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2021
Clara Xiaoling Chen, MJ Kim, Laura Yue Li and Wei Zhu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy
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Citation 10

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performance goals, target setting, risk taking, executive compensation

The Association Between Management Earnings Forecast Errors and Accruals

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
Guojin Gong, Laura Yue Li and Hong Xie
University of Connecticut, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Kentucky - Von Allmen School of Accountancy
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voluntary disclosure, management earnings forecasts, mandatory disclosure, accruals

The Association Between Management Earnings Forecast Errors and Accruals

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 22 Oct 2008
Guojin Gong, Laura Yue Li and Hong Xie
University of Connecticut, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Kentucky - Von Allmen School of Accountancy

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voluntary disclosure, management earnings forecasts, mandatory disclosure, accruals

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Disaggregation and the Quality of Management Earnings Forecasts

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Sep 2008
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy, University of Washington, Bothell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy
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Citation 11

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Management earnings forecasts

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Serial Correlation in Management Earnings Forecast Errors

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 05 Jan 2011
Guojin Gong, Laura Yue Li and Jeff J. Wang
University of Connecticut, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and San Diego State University - Accountancy
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voluntary disclosure, management earnings forecasts, serial correlation

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Is Hiring Fast a Good Sign? The Informativeness of Job Vacancy Duration for Future Firm Profitability

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 13 May 2023
Ciao-Wei Chen and Laura Yue Li
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Downloads 395 (155,086)
Citation 6

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Job vacancy duration, Job postings, Human capital, Firm profitability

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Earnings Non-Synchronicity and Voluntary Disclosure

AAA 2010 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper, Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2012
Guojin Gong, Laura Yue Li and Ling Zhou
University of Connecticut, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of New Mexico
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Citation 18

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earnings non-synchronicity, voluntary disclosure, management earnings forecasts

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Whom Should I Work For? Firm Characteristics and New Workers' Future Pay

SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 24-12
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Oct 2024
Laura Yue Li and Hayoung Yoon
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Accounting Department
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Wages, Firm Financial Performance, Firm Stock Performance, Job Security, Income Levels

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Smoothing GAAP ETRs Through Tax Accruals And The Quality of Financial Reporting

Forthcoming in the Journal of the American Taxation Association
Posted: 18 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2025
Bocconi University - Department of Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Boston University - Department of Accounting and George Mason University

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effective tax rates, accrual management, financial reporting quality, smoothing, managerial discretion, ETR forecasts

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Relative Performance Evaluation and the Timing of Earnings Release

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Posted: 25 Mar 2019
Guojin Gong, Laura Yue Li and Huifang Yin
University of Connecticut, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

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Relative performance evaluation, Accounting-based performance target, Earnings release timing, Earnings management

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Operating Cash Flows and Earnings Target Revision

Journal of Management Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 13 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2021
Wei Zhu, Laura Yue Li and Shuyang Wang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northeastern University - Accounting Group

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target setting; target revision; target achievability; operating cash flows