Amy K. Edwards
Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Division of Economic and Risk Analysis

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

2010–present

Assistant Chief Economist

Office of Economic Analysis

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

2008–2009

Financial Economist

Office of Economic Analysis

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

1997–2008

• Amy K. Edwards and Kathleen Weiss Hanley, Short Selling in Initial Public Offerings, 2010, Journal of Financial Economics 998, 21-39.
• Amy K. Edwards, Lawrence E. Harris, and Michael S. Piwowar, Corporate Bond Market Transaction Costs and Transparency, 2007, Journal of Finance 62, 1421-1451.
• Gordon J. Alexander, Amy K. Edwards, and Michael G. Ferri, The Determinants of Trading Volume of High-yield Corporate Bonds, 2000, Journal of Financial Markets 3, 177-204.
• Gordon J. Alexander, Amy K. Edwards, and Michael G. Ferri, What Does Nasdaq's High-yield Bond Market Reveal About Bondholder-stockholder Conflicts? 2000, Financial Management 29, 23-39.
• Amy K. Edwards, Corporate Bond Market Microstructure and Transparency: the US Experience, 2006, BIS Papers 26.
• Amy K. Edwards, Discussion of: Competition among markets: The repeal of Rule 390 by Kam, Panchapagesan and Weaver, 2003, Journal of Banking and Finance 27, 1737-1741.

• Amy K. Edwards and M. Nimalendran, Corporate Bond Market Transparency: Liquidity Concentration, Informational Efficiency, and Competition.
• Amy K. Edwards and Jeffrey H. Harris, Stepping Ahead of the Book.
• Amy K Edwards, Are the Best Quotes Good Indications of the Supply of Liquidity? Evidence from Decimalization.

Conference Activities

Panelist, 2013 Notre Dame Conference

Panel moderator and panelist, 2012 FMA Conference

Panelist, 2012 Notre Dame Conference

Discussant, 2012 RMA UNC Conference

Speaker, 2011 FMA Members' Breakfast

Panelist, 2011 Notre Dame Conference

Discussant, 2010 RMA UNC Conference

Panelist and moderator, 2009 FMA Conference

Panelist and moderator, 2008 FMA Conference

Paper presentation (by coauthor), 2008 WFA Conference

Paper presentation, 2008 NBER Microstructure Conference

Paper presentation (by coauthor), 2008 EFM Oxford IPO Symposium

Discussant, 2008 AFA Conference

Paper presentation, 2008 WAFA Conference

Paper presentation, 2007 MTS Conference

Paper presentation (by coauthor) and discussant, 2007 FMA Conference

Paper presentations (two) and discussant (two), 2007 RS-DeGroote Conference on Market Structure and Integrity

Paper presentation (by coauthor), 2006 Bank of Canada Conference on Fixed Income Markets

Discussant, 2006 SGE session at ASSA Conference

Discussant, 2005 FMA Conference

Paper presentation (by coauthor), 2005 WFA Conference

Paper presentation (by coauthor), 2005 Moody's and LBS Credit Risk Conference

Paper presentation (by coauthor), 2005 Utah Winter Finance Conference

Discussant, 2005 NBER Microstructure Conference

Panel moderator, panelist (two panels) and discussant, 2004 FMA Conference

Paper presentation (by coauthor), 2004 Q Group Research Seminar

Paper presentation (by coauthor), 2004 Bank of Canada Fixed Income Workshop

Discussant, 2003 FMA Conference

Panel moderator and discussant, 2002 FMA Conference

Paper presentation, 2002 Eastern Finance Association Conference

Discussant, 2002 WAFA Conference

Discussant, 2002 Toronto Stock Exchange Conference

Discussant, 2002 AFA Conference

Paper presentation, 2001 NBER Microstructure Conference

Discussant, 2001 WFA Conference

Discussant, 2001 NYSE Conference

Paper presentation and discussant, 2001 FMA Conference

Conference organizer and paper presentation, 2001 WAFA Conference

Paper presentation and discussant, 2000 FMA Conference

Discussant, 2000 AFA Conference

Discussant, 2000 WAFA conference

Paper presentation (by coauthor), 1999 FMA European Conference

Paper presentation (by coauthor), 1999 EFMA Conference

Paper presentation and discussant, 1998 WAFA Conference

Paper presentation, 1997 FMA Conference

Paper presentation, 1995 FMA Conference

Discussant, 1995 Midwest Finance Association Conference

University Presentations

Rutgers University, 2009

University of Virginia, 2008

Babson College, 2008

The Ohio State University, 2006

George Mason University, 2005

Federal Reserve Board of Governors, 2004

American University, 2004

University of Minnesota, 2001

Duke University, 2001

Nasdaq Economic Research, 2001

Commodities and Futures Trading Commission, 1997

Tulane University, 1997

Loyola University, 1997

Pace University, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission, 1997