Amy Edwards
Assistant Director, Office of Markets (DERA)
Education Summary
- Ph.D. Finance, The Ohio State University, 1998
- B.A. Economics, University of Michigan, 1992
Fields of Interest
- Market Microstructure
- Information and Market Efficiency
- Government Policy and Regulation
- Securities Offerings
- 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, 2010, Short Selling in Initial Public Offerings, Journal of Financial Economics 998: 21-39.
- Amy K. Edwards, Lawrence E. Harris, and Michael S. Piwowar, 2007, Corporate Bond Market Transaction Costs and Transparency, Journal of Finance 62: 1421-1451.
- Gordon J. Alexander, Amy K. Edwards, and Michael G. Ferri, 2000, The Determinants of Trading Volume of High-yield Corporate Bonds, Journal of Financial Markets 3: 177-204.
- Gordon J. Alexander, Amy K. Edwards, and Michael G. Ferri, 2000, What Does Nasdaq's High-yield Bond Market Reveal About Bondholder-stockholder Conflicts?, Financial Management 29: 23-39.
- Amy K. Edwards, 2006, Corporate Bond Market Microstructure and Transparency: the US Experience, BIS Papers 26.
- Amy K. Edwards, 2003, Discussion of: Competition among markets: The repeal of Rule 390 by Kam, Panchapagesan and Weaver, Journal of Banking and Finance 27: 1737-1741.
- Amy K. Edwards, Paul Hughes, John Ritter, Patti Vegella, and Hao Zhang, The Impact of Hidden Orders in Smaller Stocks.
- 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
- Panel moderator and panelist, 2020 FMA Virtual Conference
- Discussant, 2019 FMA Conference
- Discussant, 2019 Cavalcade
- Discussant, 2017 FMA Conference
- Discussant, 2017 Conference on Financial Market Regulation
- Discussant, 2016 NBER Microstructure Conference
- Discussant, 2015 Notre Dame Conference
- Discussant, 2015 Utah Winter Finance Conference
- Panelist, 2014 FMA Conference
- Panelist, 2014 Baruch Equity Trading Round-Up
- Discussant, 2014 FINRA/UMD conference on Market Fragmentation, Fagility, and Fees
- Panelist, 2014 Georgetown conference on Financial Market Quality
- 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
- Tennessee, 2017
- 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
Last Reviewed or Updated: June 28, 2024