Toronto – Alexander Edwards, a professor of accounting at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management is a recipient of a University of Toronto Distinguished Professor Award. He will hold the title of University of Toronto Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Taxation for a five-year term. The awards program recognizes faculty with highly distinguished accomplishments and those who display exceptional promise, and who maintain an extraordinary level of activity in their research and scholarly work.
Alexander Edwards is a professor and the area coordinator of accounting at the Rotman School. 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, the National Tax Journal, and Tax Notes. He serves as a deputy editor-in-chief for Contemporary Accounting Research and is a member of the Editorial Board for the Accounting Review. He joined the Rotman School in 2011. Before entering academics, he worked as a tax specialist and auditor with KPMG LLP.
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Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
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