Portrait of Kunjian Li

Kunjian Li

M.A. in Computational Social Sciences, Economics Concentration, University of Chicago

Advisors: Ralph S.J. Koijen and Stefan Nagel

My research explores asset pricing and macro-finance, focusing on inelastic markets, expectation formation, and the role of monetary policy.

Before Chicago, I completed concurrent degrees at Shenzhen University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Statistics and a Bachelor of Economics in Finance. I am currently affiliated with the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), contributing to research at the China Initiative and the TONOMUS Global Center for Digital and AI Transformation, and previously served as Research Associate and Center Lead.

Research areas: Asset Pricing, Macro-Finance, Machine Learning

Email: kunjianli@uchicago.edu