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Dr. Shadi Farshadfar

Dr. Shadi Farshadfar

Chair, Accounting | Professor
DepartmentAccounting
EducationBA, MA, PhD
OfficeTRS 3-076
Phone416-979-5000 ext: 554214

Overview

Dr. Shadi Farshadfar is a 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 the Journal 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. 

Financial reporting quality, earnings management, international accounting, disclosure regulation, governmental accounting, accounting education, labor investment, corporate governance, gender diversity.

Journal Articles (Selected)
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.
AFA615 Public Sector and Nonprofit Accounting
AFA706 Financial Accounting Theory
ACC110 Introductory Financial Accounting
ACC706 Accounting Theory
Canadian Academic Accounting Association
American Accounting Association
2022 Ted Rogers School of Management Research Recognition Award 
2022 Ted Rogers School of Management Teaching Innovation Award 
2022 Best Paper Award; American Accounting Association - Gender Issues and Worklife Balance Section 
2012 Ted Rogers School of Management Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award