Christopher Edmonds

Christopher Edmonds
Associate Professor

Associate Professor (P), Accounting and Finance , Collat School of Business

Overview

Chris Edmonds is an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the UAB Collat School of Business. He coordinates the mass section face-to-face and online Principles of Accounting courses. Dr. Edmonds teaches accounting with a business decision-making approach. Today’s market values critical thinking more than the ability to follow a set of manual accounting procedures. His courses are flipped and very interactive. For his online accounting classes, he has created hundreds of short videos teaching accounting with a decision making approach. He has received numerous teaching awards from UAB as well as from Virginia Tech. He is also an author on several best-selling accounting textbooks.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2019	The Information Value of Qualified and Adverse Audit Reports: Evidence from the Municipal Sector. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory. 2019
2018	Price momentum and the premium for meeting or beating analysts' forecasts of earnings 2018
2017	Does timeliness of financial information matter in the governmental sector?. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. 36:163-176. 2017
2015	Do risk management activities impact earnings volatility?. Research in Accounting Regulation. 27:66-72. 2015
2015	The relation between risk management and earning volatility. Research in Accounting Regulation. 27:66-72. 2015
2014	Organizational form and accounting choice: Are nonprofit or for-profit managers more aggressive?. Accounting Review. 89:1867-1893. 2014
2013	CEO bonus compensation: The effects of missing analysts' revenue forecasts. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 41:149-170. 2013
2013	The Effects of Missing Analysts' Revenue Forecasts. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 41:149-170. 2013
2013	The impact of meeting or beating analysts' sales forecasts on executive bonus compensation. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 41:149-170. 2013
2012	Evidence Regarding Elimination of IFRS-U.S. GAAP Reconciliation. Advances In Quantitative Analysis of Finance And Accounting. 10:83-116. 2012
2012	IFRS, U.S. GAAP, and XBRL Financial Statements: An Introduction and Case Study. AIS Educator Journal. 7:75-79. 2012
2011	The impact of meeting or beating analysts' operating cash flow forecasts on a firm's cost of debt 2011
2011	Importance of Meeting or Beating Analysts' Cash Flow Forecasts on a Firm's Cost of Debt 2011
2010	An examination of the links between srs technology and an active learning environment in a managerial accounting course. Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations. 11:81-100. 2010
2008	An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of SRS Technology on Introductory Managerial Accounting Students. Issues in Accounting Education. 23:421-434. 2008

Book

Year	Title	Altmetric
2019	Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts 2019
2018	Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts 2018
2018	Introductory Financial Accounting for Business 2018
2017	Survey of Accounting 2017
2016	Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts 2016
2015	Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts 2015
2014	Survey of Accounting 2014
2013	Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts 2013

Research Overview

His research is focused in two areas: the capital market effects of financial reporting and accounting education. He has written articles that have appeared in publications including: The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Advances in Accounting, and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education, and Advances in Accounting Education. He serves on several editorial boards and is a frequent speaker at universities conferences.

Teaching Overview

Chris Edmonds is coordinates the mass section face-to-face and online Principles of Accounting courses. Dr. Edmonds teaches accounting with a business decision-making approach. Today’s market values critical thinking more than the ability to follow a set of procedures. His courses are flipped and very interactive. For his online accounting classes, he has created hundreds of short videos teaching accounting with a decision making approach. He has received numerous teaching awards from UAB as well as from Virginia Tech. He is also an author on several best-selling accounting textbooks. He frequently speaks on teaching accounting at universities conferences.