刘劲教授现任长江商学院副院长，会计与金融教授。 刘教授在2008年正式加入长江。在此之前，他是加州大学洛杉矶分校安德森管理学院(UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL)终身教授。1998在哥伦比亚大学经济系授课，1999 年获哥伦比亚大学商学院（Columbia Business School）工商管理博士学位。刘教授长期从事资本市场，财务会计和股权投资的研究，是证券分析领域的国际著名学者。多个国际一级学术刊物的长期审稿人, <<会计研究评论>> (REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING STUDIES) 编委，曾获2005年加州大学安德森管理学院杰出研究奖（Eric and "E" Juline Faculty Excellence in Research Award）， 2007年巴克莱全球投资（BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS）最佳论文奖， 以及2010年长江商学院最佳研究奖。教学科研之余，还活跃于实业界，是多个国内与国际公司的独立董事，风险投资基金的高级顾问。在2007-2008期间，担任MERRILL LYNCH风险投资部门（PROPRIETARY TRADING）的资深顾问, 建立股权数量投资模型。

1. "On the Relation between Expected Returns and Implied Cost of Capital", with Hughes, John & Liu, Jun, Review of Accounting Studies, 2009.
2. "On the relation between predictable market returns and predictable analysts' forecast errors," with John Hughes and Wei Su, the Review of Accounting Studies, 2008. Winner of the BGI best paper award.
3. "Are executive stock option exercises driven by private information?" with David Aboody, John Hughes and Wei Su, the Review of Accounting Studies, 2008. 
4. "Information asymmetry, diversification and cost of capital," with John Hughes and Jun Liu, the Accounting Review, 2007.
5. "Cash flow is king? Comparing valuations based on cash flow versus earnings multiples,” with Jacob Thomas and Doron Nissim, the Financial Analyst Journal, 2007.
6. "On international accounting valuation," the Journal of International Accounting Research, 2006.
7. "Earnings quality, insider trading and cost of capital," with David Aboody and Jack Hughes, the Journal of Accounting Research, 2005.
8. "Discussion of ‘The role of changes in expectations in explaining the cross-section of returns.'" Review of Accounting Studies, September 2004.
9. "Valuation and Accounting for Inflation and Foreign Exchange," with John Hughes and Mingshan Zhang, Journal of Accounting Research, September 2004.
10. "Measuring Value Relevance in a (possibly) Inefficient Market," with David Aboody and John Hughes, Journal of Accounting Research, September 2002.
11. "Equity Valuation Using Multiples," with Jacob Thomas and Doron Nissim, Journal of Accounting Research, March 2002.
12. "The Feltham-Ohlson (1995) Model: Empirical Implications," with James Ohlson, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, summer 2000.
13. "Stock Returns and Accounting Earnings," with Jacob Thomas, Journal of Accounting Research, spring 2000.