LE LI, PhD in Economics
Assistant Professor
Contact Details
ORCID:0000-0003-1108-5559
Personal Webpage:https://sites.google.com/view/lile7k/
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. in Economics, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
M.A. in Economics, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics, China
B.A. in Management, Suzhou University of Science & Technology, China
Bibliography
Dr. Le Li is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Finance at the City University of Macau. He previously worked as a Ricercatore (Research Fellow) at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and later as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Chuo University, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. His research interests include firm growth, industrial dynamics, and complexity economics. His work has been published in international journals such as The Journal of Industrial Economics, The Stata Journal, and Industrial and Corporate Change.
Teaching Areas
Introductory Microeconomics
Research areas
- Firm growth, Industrial dynamics
- Complexity economics
Publications
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D'Angelo, A., Grazzi, M., Li, L., & Moschella, D. (2025). Unbundling the effect of EI relationship termination on export performance: The moderating role of export experience. Journal of International Management, 31(6), 101295.
- Settepanella, S., Terni, A., Franciosi, M., & Li, L. (2022). The robustness of the generalized gini index. Decisions in Economics and Finance, 45(2), 521-539.
- Li, L., & Settepanella, S. (2022). The deviation terms in the decomposition of aggregate productivity growth. Seoul Journal of Economics, 35(2), 118-130.
- Cococcioni, M., Grazzi, M., Li, L., & Ponchio, F. (2022). A toolbox for measuring heterogeneity and efficiency using zonotopes. The Stata Journal, 22(1), 25-59.
- Dosi, G., Grazzi, M., Li, L., Marengo, L., & Settepanella, S. (2021). Productivity decomposition in heterogeneous industries. The Journal of Industrial Economics, 69(3), 615-652.
- Bottazzi, G., Li, L., & Secchi, A. (2019). Aggregate fluctuations and the distribution of firm growth rates. Industrial and Corporate Change, 28(3), 635-656.
Working papers
- Campi, M., Dueñas, M., Li, L., & Wu, H. (2017, 12). Diversification, economies of scope, and exports growth of Chinese firms. (https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02681)

