Liyan Wang

Liyan Wang is a Professor of Accounting at the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.

Dr. Liyan Wang studied at three universities in central, southwestern and northern China respectively, and received his Ph.D. from Peking University with an emphasis in accounting.

His experience abroad includes: (1) as senior visiting researcher at The World Resources Institute, Washington DC, from Feb.-April 2002; (2) as visiting professor at Menlo College, California, from Aug.-Dec.2001; (3) as visiting scholar at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from Feb.-April; (4) as visiting scholar at University of Hertfordshire, England, and University of Dundee, Scotland, from Nov.1996-Nov.1997.

Before college, Dr. Wang once been foundry worker at Datong / Taiyuan Rolling Stock Plants raley from 1975-1978, and a farm worker in Qingxu County, Shanxi Province from 1974-1975.

Research Areas

• accounting professional ethics
• duties and responsibility
• financial effectiveness and value relevance for iso 14000 registration
• internal control system: empirical study on chinese enterprises
• corporate governance system
• performance evaluation for managers in chinese enterprises
• budgeting behaviors of chinese state-owned enterprises
• comparative study of disclosure behavior

Education Background

• 1992 Peking University Accounting
  
• 1985 Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Statistics
  
• 1982 Shanxi University of Finance and Economics Economics
  

Career Experience

• Director，Center for Responsibility and Social Value，PKU
• 1999-present，Director, Research Center for International Accounting and Finance, PKU
• 1993-2001，Head, Department of Accounting, Peking University

Research Results

• Liu, Qiliang, Weifeng He, and Le Luo, 2011. Mandatory adoption of IFRS, implementation of new laws, and accrual and real earnings management. China Accounting and Finance Review, 13 (1): 57-121.