Alex Edwards
Assistant Professor of Accounting at Rotman School of Management
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- Rotman School of Management
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Biography
Rotman School of Management
Alex Edwards is an Associate Professor of Accounting and the Director of the CPA Ontario Centre for Accounting Innovation Research. His research is focused on taxation and capital markets and has been accepted for publication in the Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of the American Taxation Association, and Tax Notes. He is a member of the Editorial Board for the Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research, and serves as an ad hoc editor for Contemporary Accounting Research. Prior to joining Rotman, Alex taught a variety of classes at the University of Washington and Brock University. Before entering academics, Alex worked as a tax specialist and auditor with KPMG LLP.
Honors and Awards
- CPA Ontario Doctoral Fellow; Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario
- 2016 - 2021 Insight Grant; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- 2016 Teaching Grant; CPA/Rotman Centre for Innovation in Accounting Education
- 2014-2015 Connaught New Researcher Award; University of Toronto
- 2012-2014 Teaching Grant; CA/Rotman Centre for Innovation in Accounting Education
- 2012-2013 Excellence in Teaching Award; University of Toronto
- 2006-2009 Doctoral Fellowship; The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
Selected Publications - Papers
- Capital Gains Taxation and Funding for Start-Ups A. Edwards and M. Todtenhaupt
- Journal of Financial Economics
- Product Market Peers in Lending G. De Franco, A. Edwards, and S. Liao Management Science
- The Pricing and Performance of Supercharged IPOs A. Edwards, M. Hutchens, and S. Olhoft Rego The Accounting Review 2019
- Taxes and Peer Effects A. Bird, A. Edwards, and T. Ruchti The Accounting Review 2018
- The Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance and Firm Creditworthiness A. Edwards Journal of the American Taxation Association 2018
- Does U.S. Foreign Earnings Lockout Advantage Foreign Acquirers? A. Bird, A. Edwards, and T. Shevlin Journal of Accounting and Economics 2017
Research and Teaching Interests
Research Interests: Capital markets, taxation. Teaching Interests: Financial accounting, taxation.
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