Nan Li, born in 1980, is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Department of Economic History at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SHUFE). He obtained his Ph.D. in social science (economics) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2011, and appointed as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Division of Social Science in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His researches mainly focus on economic growth and development, economic analysis in history, cliometrics, economic history of traditional China, political economy, and artwork auctions. He has published over 30 literatures in core journals both domestic and abroad, including Explorations in Economic History, Australian Economic History Review, Economic Research Journal, Historical Research, China Economic Quarterly, etc. Currently, his researches include: the long-term effect of historical shock (for example, civil war, disaster) on modern economic and social development; national capacity and borderland governance; asset pricing of Chinese art and market efficiency; estimating the effect of cultural (ethnic) diversity (measured by genetic distance) on economic and political development.