John Christian Langli

John Christian Langli holds a Ph.D. from The Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and is currently Professor of Business Economics at the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law at BI The Norwegian School of Business. His research interests are empirical reserach in financial accounting, auditing and corporate governance.

Selected publications:

• Governance Structure and Firm Performance in Private Family Firms, Journal of Busines Finance & Accounting, 2015: 42(9): 1216-1250 (with Limei Che)
• Audits of private firms. In Routledge Companion to Auditing, edited by David Hay, W.Robert Knechel and Marleen Willekens, 2014 (with Tobias Svanström).
• Agency Conflicts and Auditing in Private Firms. Accounting, Organizations, and Society, 2012, 37(7): 500-517 (with Ole-Kristian Hope and Wayne B. Thomas.
• Auditor Independence in a Private Firm and Low Litigation Risk Setting. The Accounting Review, 2010. 85(2): 573-605 (with Ole-Kristian Hope).

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 1993 Norwegian School of Economics, NHH Ph.D Dr. Oecon.
• 1988 BI Norwegian Business School Master of Science in Business

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2006 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Professor
• 1994 - 2006 BI Norwegian Business School Associate professor
• 2000 - 2005 BI Norwegian Business School Head of Department
• 1993 - 1994 University of Washington Visiting scholar
• 1992 - 1994 Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) Scholarship holder
• 1988 - 1992 BI Norwegian Business School Scholarship holder
• 1987 - 1988 BI Norwegian Business School Research Assistant

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Hope, Ole-Kristian; Che, Limei; Langli, John Christian. 

Does the Big-4 Effect Exist when Reputation and Litigation Risks are Low? Evidence from Audit-Partner – Auditee Pair Switches. 6th Workshop on Audit Quality; 2016-09-29 - 2016-10-01 BI HSN

Langli, John Christian; Hope, Ole-Kristian; Che, Limei. 

Does the Big-4 effect exist? Evidence from Audit-Partner Switches. Workshop; 2016-04-27 - 2106-04-27 BI HSN

Che, Limei; Langli, John Christian. 

Audit quality and partner wealth. EARNet 2015 Conference; 2015-09-10 - 2015-09-12 BI

Downing, Jeff; Langli, John Christian. 

Auditor Choice and Accounting-System Quality. European Auditing Research Network Conference; 2015-09-11 - 2015-09-12 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Introducing voluntarily audit for small private limited liability firms: Evidence from Norway. Audit Workshop; 2015-06-10 - 2015-06-10 BI

Che, Limei; Langli, John Christian. 

Family involvement and firm performance in private family firms. Nordic Accounting Conference 2014; 2014-11-13 - 2014-11-14 BI

Langli, John Christian; Che, Limei. 

Family involvement and firm performance in private family firms. Annual meeting of the European Accounting Association; 2014-05-21 - 2015-05-23 BI

Che, Limei; Langli, John Christian. 

Agency conflicts and firm performance in private family firms. 22nd Nordic Academy of Management Conference; 2013-08-21 - 2013-08-23 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Gender Quotas for Boards. On the impact of requirements for equal opportunity for boards of public limited companies. Company Law and Empirical Studies Workshop; 2012-02-15 - 2012-02-15 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Patterns of Executive Compensation in Private Family Firms. European Accounting Association; 2012-05-09 - 2012-05-11 BI

Hope, Ole-Kristian; Langli, John Christian; Thomas, Wayne B.. 

Agency Conflicts and Auditing in Private Firms. EARNet 2011; 2011-09-16 - 2011-09-17 BI

Langli, John Christian; Kvaal, Erlend; Mohammad, Abdolmohammadi. 

Earnings Management Priorities of Private Family Firms. FIBE-konferansen; 2011-01-05 - 2011-01-07 BI

Langli, John Christian; Kvaal, Erlend; Mohammad, Abdolmohammadi. 

Earnings Management Prioritites in Private Familiy Firms. European Accounting Associations Annual Congress; 2011-04-20 - 2011-04-22 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Agency Conflicts and Auditing in Private Firms. European Accounting Associations Annual Congress; 2010-05-19 - 2010-05-21 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Agency Conflicts and Auditing in Private Firms. Workshop on Audit Quality; 2010-10-01 - 2010-10-02 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Earnings Management Priorities of Private Firms. Nordic Conference on Financial Reporting; 2010-11-25 - 2010-11-26 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Auditor Independence in a private firm and low litigation risk setting. The 31st Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association; 2008-04-23 - 2008-04-25 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Auditor Independence in a private firm and low litigation risk setting. American Accounting Association's annual meeting; 2008-08-03 - 2008-08-06 BI

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Che, Limei; Langli, John Christian; Svanstrøm, Tobias. 

Education, Experience and Audit Effort. Auditing 2017 BI HSN

Langli, John Christian. 

Resultatføring av inntekter og kostnader før og etter fravalg av revisor i små AS : tyder utviklingen på økte skatteunndragelser?. Praktisk økonomi og finans 2016 ;Volume 32 [i.e. 33].(2) p. 200-215 BI

Langli, John Christian; Che, Limei. 

Har fravalg av revisor ført til dårligere finansieringsvilkår?. Praktisk økonomi og finans 2016 ;Volume 32 [i.e. 33].(1) p. 111-125 BI HSN

Che, Limei; Langli, John Christian. 

Governance Structure and Firm Performance in Private Family Firms. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 2015 ;Volume 42.(9) p. 1216-1250 BI

Hope, Ole-Kristian; Langli, John Christian; Thomas, Wayne B.. 

Agency conflicts and auditing in private firms. Accounting, Organizations and Society 2012 ;Volume 37.(7) p. 500-517 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Kjønnskvoterte styrer. Om virkninger av kravet til likestilling i styrene i allmennaksjeselskapene. Praktisk økonomi og finans 2011 (4) p. 67-92 BI

Hope, Ole-Kristian; Langli, John Christian. 

Auditor Independence in a Private Firm and Low Litigation Risk Setting. Accounting Review 2010 ;Volume 85.(2) p. 573-605 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Hvem er brukerne av årsregnskapene til små aksjeselskaper, og trenger de reviderte regnskaper?. Praktisk økonomi og finans 2009 ;Volume 25.(1) p. 104-119 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Konsekvenser av bevisst og utbevisst rot med bokføringen i fortid og fremtid. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse 2007 ;Volume 10.(6) p. 32-48 BI

Langli, John Christian; Saudagaran, Shahrokh. 

Taxable Income Differences Between Foreign and Domestic Controlled Corporations in Norway. ? 2004 ;Volume 13.(4) p. 713-742 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Accounting Diversity and Firm Valuation. ? 1998 ;Volume 33.(5) BI

RESEARCH REPORTS

Langli, John Christian. 

Evaluering av unntak for revisjonsplikt i små aksjeselskaper. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2015 625 p. BI

Abdolmohammadi, Mohammad; Kvaal, Erlend; Langli, John Christian. 

Earnings Management Priorities of Private Family Firms. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2010 41 p. BI

Langli, John Christian; Hope, Ole-Kristian; Thomas, Wayne B.. 

Agency Conflicts and Auditing in Private Firms. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2010 54 p. Working Paper(2/2010) BI NHH

Langli, John Christian; Ramnefjell, Per Espen. 

Konkurs! Oppfatninger om konkurskriminalitet og konkursinstituttets virkemåte blant aktører involvert i avdekking og etterforskning av staffbare forhold. : Norges forskningsråd 1998 (43) BI

POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Hope, Ole-Kristian; Langli, John Christian. 

Er høye honorarer for revisjon og rådgivning en trussel mot uavhengigheten?. Praktisk økonomi og finans 2009 ;Volume 25.(4) p. 55-63 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Regnskapskvalitet - om hvordan regnskapsmessig støy svekker kvaliteten på regnskapsinformasjon. Praktisk økonomi og finans 2005 (1) p. 49-62 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Flytting av overskudd mellom land i flernasjonale selskaper: Hvilken rolle spiller selskapenes internprising?. ? 1999 (4) BI

Langli, Jon Christian. 

Flytting av overskudd mellom land i flernasjonale selskaper: Hvilken rolle spiller selskapenes internprising?. ? 1999 (4) BI

BOOKS

Tellefsen, Jan Terje; Langli, John Christian. 

Årsregnskapet. Gyldendal Akademisk 2004 (ISBN 8205311668) 774 p. BI

Høyvarde, Hans Kristian; Langli, John Christian. 

Studiehefte til årsregnskapet. Oslo: Gyldendal 2001 (ISBN 8200453472) 451 p. BI

Høyvarde, Hans Kristian; Langli, John Christian. 

Studiehefte til årsregnskapet. Oslo: Gyldendal 2001 (ISBN 8205305331) BI

Tellefsen, Jan Terje; Langli, John Christian. 

Årsregnskapet. Gyldendal Akademisk 2001 (ISBN 8200453464) 757 p. BI

Tellefsen, Jan T.; Langli, John Christian. 

Årsregnskapet. Universitetsforlaget 1998 640 p. BI

CHAPTERS

Langli, John Christian; Svanstrøm, Tobias. 

Audits of private companies. I: The Routledge Companion to Auditing. Routledge 2014 ISBN 978-0-415-63363-5. p. 148-158 BI

Langli, John Christian. 

Konkurskriminalitet i Norge. I: Ekonomisk brottslighet och nationalstatens kontrollmakt/Leif Appelgren & Hans Sjögren (red.). Hedemora: Gidlunds förlag i samarbete med Riksbankens jubileumsfond 2001 BI