Alex Edwards
Bio
Alex Edwards is the Director of the CPA Ontario Centre for Accounting Innovation Research and an Associate Professor of Accounting. His research is focused on taxation and capital markets and has been published 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 serves as an editor for Contemporary Accounting Research and the Journal of the American Taxation Association, and is a member of the Editorial Board for the Accounting Review. 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.
Academic Positions
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2018-
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
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2011-2018
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
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2004-2006
Lecturer, Brock University
Non-Academic Positions
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2002-2005
Senior Accountant and Tax Specialist, KPMG
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2000-2001
Accountant, Secker, Ross & Perry LLP
Selected Publications - Papers
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A. Edwards, A. Kubata, and T. Shevlin
The Accounting Review
Issue:95(5)
2021
Pages: 231-261
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G. De Franco, A. Edwards, and S. Liao
Management Science
Issue:67(3)
2021
Pages: 1876-1894
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A. Edwards and M. Todtenhaupt
Journal of Financial Economics
Issue:138(2)
2020
Pages: 549-571
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A. Edwards, M. Hutchens, and S. Olhoft Rego
The Accounting Review
Issue:94(4)
2019
Pages: 245-273
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A. Bird, A. Edwards, and T. Ruchti
The Accounting Review
Issue:93(5)
2018
Pages: 97-117
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A. Edwards
Journal of the American Taxation Association
Issue:40(1)
2018
Pages: 57-80
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A. Bird, A. Edwards, and T. Shevlin
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Issue:64(1)
2017
Pages: 150-166
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A. Edwards, C. Schwab, and T. Shevlin
The Accounting Review
Issue:91(3)
2016
Pages: 859-881
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A. Edwards, T. Kravet, and R. Wilson
Contemporary Accounting Research
Issue:33(1)
2016
Pages: 33-77
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B. Blaylock, A. Edwards, and J. Stanfield
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Issue:50(3)
2015
Pages: 325-348
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A. Edwards and T. Shevlin
Journal of Financial Economics
Issue:101(2)
2011
Pages: 473-491
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A. Edwards, A. Koester, and T. Shevlin
Tax Notes
Issue:May
2010
Pages: 669-674
Research and Teaching Interests
Research Interests: Capital markets, taxation. Teaching Interests: Financial accounting, taxation.
Honors and Awards
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CPA Ontario Doctoral Fellow, Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario
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2016 - 2021
Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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2018 - 2020
Rotman School of Management Teaching Award, University of Toronto
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2019
Roger Martin Excellence in Research Award, University of Toronto
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2016
Teaching Grant, CPA/Rotman Centre for Innovation in Accounting Education
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2014-2015
Connaught New Researcher Award, University of Toronto
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2012-2014
Teaching Grant, CA/Rotman Centre for Innovation in Accounting Education
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2012-2013
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Toronto
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2006-2009
Doctoral Fellowship, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
Academic / Professional Service
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2020-
Editor, Contemporary Accounting Research
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2020-
Editor, Journal of the American Taxation Association
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2020-2022
Trustee, American Taxation Association
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2017-
Editorial Board, The Accounting Review
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2015-2020
Editorial Board, Contemporary Accounting Research
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2016-2018
Editorial Board, Journal of the American Taxation Association