Dr. Shadi Farshadfar is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Ted Rogers School of Management. Her teaching interests are in financial accounting. Her research interests include financial reporting quality, earnings management, international accounting, disclosure regulation, and accounting education. She has published in refereed academic journals including theJournal of Accounting and Public Policy, International Journal of Accounting, Accounting and Finance and Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. Her research papers have been presented in academic conferences such as the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference, Dr. Farshadfar is the recipient of the 2012 Ted Rogers School of Management Scholarly, Research, and Creative Activity Award, the 2022 Ted Rogers School of Management Research Recognition Award, as well as the 2022 Ted Rogers School of Management Teaching Innovation Award. Outside TMU, Dr. Farshadfar serves as a member of the Board of Directors for The Neighbourhood Group Community Services.
Farshadfar, S., Yu, D., & Habib, A. (2023). Labor investment efficiency and the firm life cycle. Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting (in press).
Farshadfar, S., Samarbakhsh, L., & Jiang, Y. (2023). Does
comparability enhance the usefulness of earnings? Some Canadian evidence. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 52, Article number: 100560.
Farshadfar, S., Schneider, T., & Bewley, K. (2022). The usefulness of accrual-based surpluses in the Canadian public sector. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 41(5). Article number: 106961.
Farshadfar, S., & Monem, R. (2019). Further evidence of the relationship between accruals and future cash flows. Accounting & Finance, 59(1), 143-176.
Refereed Conference Papers and Proceedings (Selected)
Farshadfar, S., Samarbakhsh, L., & Jahan, I. (2022, August) Executive age, executive gender and financial statement comparability. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (presented).
Farshadfar, S., Samarbakhsh, L., & Jahan, I. (2022, May) Executive age, executive gender and financial statement comparability. 2022 14th Annual Midyear Meeting of the Public Interest Section held jointly with the Gender Issues and Worklife Balance Section (presented). BEST PAPER AWARD.
Farshadfar, S., Schneider, T., & Bewley, K. (2021, February). The usefulness of accrual data in the Canadian public sector. Government and Nonprofit Section Midyear Meeting.
Farshadfar, S., Schneider, T., & Bewley, K. (2021, January). The usefulness of accrual data in the Canadian public sector. Hawaii Accounting Research Conference.
