Li joined the Centre as a Research Fellow in October 2010. She completed her PhD in Economics from Rutgers University in January 2011 (supervisors: Rosanne Altshuler and Hilary Sigman).  She received her BS in economics from the College of New Jersey (summa cum laude) and her MA from Rutgers University.

Li’s doctoral research studies the impact of business taxation on choice of assets, the incidence of the corporate income tax, and the relationship between income taxes and business incorporation. Her current research focuses on the relationship between corporate income taxes and investment, tax structure and legal and organizational form, and the elasticity of corporate taxable income.

For further details of Li's research, please visit her personal website.