Edward Lee is a Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Alliance Manchester Business School of the University of Manchester. His representative research outputs have been published in leading accounting academic journals on the UTD or FT list.
Edward currently serves as a Joint Editor-in-Chief of Accounting and Business Research, an internationally renowned academic journal in the accounting discipline. He also holds or held editorial position or board membership in several other accounting academic journals, including those affiliated with the AAA (American Accounting Association), BAFA (British Accounting and Finance Association), EAA (European Accounting Association), or various reputable Far East Asian universities. He served as the Director of Postgraduate Research at the Accounting and Finance Division of the Alliance Manchester Business School. Furthermore, he has visiting positions at other esteemed universities such as Fudan University of Shanghai, China and Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Edward’s academic research addresses accounting issues with important policy relevance, and focuses on corporate disclosure and capital market accounting research. He also engages further with interdisciplinary research in corporate finance, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility. With over 20 years of academic research, he has examined a wide array of topical issues ranging from the economic consequences of accounting standards and disclosure regulations to the capital market and information impact of anti-corruption, bank deregulations, demographic policy, financial crisis, industrial policies, and stock ownership reform. His recent research also addresses various accounting and finance topics relating to climate change, taxation, and the Chinese capital market.