Aida Sijamic Wahid
Bio
Aida Sijamic Wahid is an Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Toronto Scarborough. Her research focuses on issues in corporate governance and financial reporting quality. Aida is interested in the impact of external and internal governance mechanisms, such as the board of directors, audit committees, auditors, active investors, and regulators on financial reporting quality and firm decision outcomes. Her research agenda is focused on understanding how and under what conditions various monitoring mechanisms, alone or combined, alleviate the agency problem and lead to the best financial reporting and firm performance outcomes, in domestic and international settings. Aida has taught management control, data analytics, corporate governance, and auditing courses across multiple programs at the Rotman School of Management/the University of Toronto.
Other Info
CPA (Active license), Massachusetts, 2005 - present
Academic Positions
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2012 - 2019
Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Toronto
Non-Academic Positions
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2004 - 2007
Senior Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Boston, MA
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2002 - 2004
Treasurer, Celent Communications LLC, Boston, MA
Selected Publications - Papers
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How Do Firms Achieve Corporate Social Performance? An Integrated Perspective
with Ben Amar, Walid, Claude Francoeur, and Sylvian Marsat
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
Issue:28(3)
2021
Pages: 1078-1090
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Professional Directors and Governance Quality
with Kyle Welch
Contemporary Accounting Research
Issue: 36(4)
2019
Pages: 2238-2282
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The Effects and the Mechanisms of Board Gender Diversity: Evidence from Financial Manipulation
Journal of Business Ethics
Issue:153(3)
2019
Pages: 705-725
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Managing Reputation: Evidence from Biographies of Corporate Directors
with Ian Gow and Gwen Yu
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Issue:66(2-3)
2018
Pages: 448-469
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Director Tenure Diversity and Board Monitoring Effectiveness
with Na Li
Contemporary Accounting Research
Issue:35(3)
2018
Pages: 1363-1394
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Admitting Mistakes: Home Country Effect on the Reliability of Restatement Reporting
with Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu
The Accounting Review
Issue:90(3)
2015
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Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings
with Gwen Yu
The Accounting Review
Issue:89(5)
2014
Selected Publications - Forthcoming
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Regulating Gender Diversity: Evidence from California Senate Bill 826
with Abigail Allen
Management Science
Research and Teaching Interests
Research interests: corporate governance, financial reporting quality, international accounting issues, ESG
Teaching interests: data analytics, management control, corporate governance
Honors and Awards
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2016
Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto
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2015
Connaught New Researcher Award, University of Toronto
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)