Mark H. Lang

University of North Carolina

Mark Lang is Thomas W. Hudson, Jr./Deloitte and Touche L.L.P. Distinguished Professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina. He teaches and conducts research in financial accounting. Prof. Lang's research interests include international accounting and analysis; stock market valuation of accounting information; employee stock option valuation, taxation and exercise behavior; causes and effects of voluntary disclosure; and multinational tax strategy. His recent research has focused on determinants of accounting quality internationally and, in particular, the quality of financial reporting under IFRS.

He has served on the IASB’s Share-Based Payment Advisory Group, the AICPAs Blockage Factor Task Force, the American Accounting Association's Financial Advisory Committee and is an incoming member of FASAC. His research has appeared in a variety of journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Investment Management. He received his PhD and MBA from the University of Chicago.

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