Larry Hsien Ping Lang

Lang was born in 1956 in Taoyuan County, Taiwan (now Taoyuan City), and his ancestors are from Weifang, Shandong. == Education ==

Lang received his bachelor's degree from Tunghai University in 1978, and his master's degree from National Taiwan University in 1980. He then studied at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a master's degree and a PhD in Finance. Lang was a lecturer at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, New York University Stern School of Business and The University of Chicago. Lang was also Chair Professor of Finance, the Faculty of Business Administration, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. == Career and professional ethics ==

1994: Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 1996–2000: Consultant on Corporate governance Projects for World Bank, Washington, D.C. 1998–2001: Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and the Financial Services Bureau of the Hong Kong Government. He researched corporate governance and protection of the interests of small shareholders. 2004: Joint-appointed professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in mainland China. August 2004: Host of a finance talk show Cáijīng Láng Xiánpáng (财经郎闲评, literally "Finance Lang Leisure Talk") on Shanghai Television Early 2006: Cáijīng Láng Xiánpáng suspended due to Lang's intention to uncover the Shanghai pension scandal on the show. June 2009: Lang made a comeback to host ''Larry's Eyes on Finance'' (), a news commentary talk show. == Notable works ==

Doctoral thesis Selected books for general audiences • East Asian Corporation: Heroes or Villains? (with S. Claessens and S. Djankov, 2000) • Corporate Governance (, 2004) • Governance and Expropriation (editor, 2005) • Manipulation (, 2006) • Operation (, 2006) • • • • Larry Hsien Ping Lang Says: Why We Live So Hard? (, 2010) : ''(TODO: Some more titles of Lang's works may need to be translated from Chinese.)'' Selected journal articles • "Dividends and Expropriation" (with Mara Faccio and Leslie Young, American Economic Review, 2001) • "When Does Corporate Diversification Matter to Productivity and Performance? Evidence from East Asia" (with S. Claessens and J. Fan, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Special Issue on Corporate Governance, July 2003) • "Disentangling the Incentive and entrenchment Effects of Large Shareholdings" (with S. Claessens, S. Djankov and J. Fan, Journal of Finance, December 2003) == References ==