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Alison Taylor

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Alison Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Smith School of Business, Queen’s University. Her research focuses on climate risk and financial stability.

She received her PhD in Economics from University of Toronto, an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Warwick and a B Comm. in Management Economics and Finance from the University of Guelph.

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Academic Area

  • Finance

Interest Topics

  • Economics
  • Finance & Investment
  • Risk
  • Social Impact & Sustainability

Faculty Details

Profile

Full Bio

Alison Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.

She received her PhD in Economics from University of Toronto, an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Warwick and a B Comm. in Management Economics and Finance from the University of Guelph.

Her research focuses on climate risk and financial stability.

Academic Degrees

PhD | Finance (2023)
University of Toronto, Canada

MSc | Economics (2016)
University of Warwick, England

BCom | Management Economics & Finance (2013)
University of Guelph, Canada

Academic Experience

Smith School of Business | Queen's University
Assistant Professor (2023 - Present)

Teaching

Teaching Assistant (2017-2022)

  • Introduction to Microeconomics, University of Toronto, 3 semesters
  • Introduction to Macroeconomics, University of Toronto, 3 semesters
  • Energy and the Environment, University of Toronto, 1 semester
  • Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 4 semesters
  • Financial Economics I: Asset Pricing, 6 semesters
  • Financial Economics II: Corporate Finance, 3 semesters
  • Economics of Risk Management, 1 semester
  • Empirical Finance Economics (Undergraduate and Graduate) 2 semesters
  • Asset Pricing (MA and MFE) 1 semester

Assistant Professor (2023 - Present)

  • Introduction to Finance, Queen's University 

Publications

Working Papers *Presentation by co-author

Does financial distress affect emerging risk taking? Evidence from banks and hurricane risk in the household mortgage market

  • Presentations: FMA Doctoral Student Consortium (Fall 2022); Bertram Scholar Dinner (Fall 2022); Canadian Sustainable Finance Network Conference (Summer 2022); University of Toronto empirical microeconomics seminar (Summer 2022); University of Toronto financial economics seminar (Fall 2020; Fall 2021)
  • Media Coverage: University of Victoria Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation Year in Review (Forthcoming)

Climate litigation risk, investor learning and competitor firm spillovers.

  • Presentations: UCLA Climate Adaptation Research Symposium (Fall 2021); Bank of Canada Graduate Student Paper Award Workshop (Fall 2021); EFA Doctoral Tutorial (Summer 2021); CIREQ Interdisciplinary PhD Symposium on Climate Change (Summer 2021); AFA poster presentation (Winter 2021); UT Austin PhD Symposium (Summer 2020); University of Toronto financial economics seminar (Fall 2019)

Local information decay with P. Cziraki, J. Gider, and J. Mondria

  • Presentations: Texas A&M*

     

Work In Progress

Unsuccessful activism, unforeseen impacts: Do corporate greenhouse gas emissions increase following failed shareholder proposals? With T. Artiga González and P. Calluzzo

Discussions

2023 NFA: “Follow the pipeline: Anticipatory effects of proposed regulations” by S. Chang, J. Kalmenovitz and A. Lopez-Lira


         

Awards

Scholarships & Awards

2021 Bertram Scholar (Canadian Foundation for Governance Research)

2020 SSHRC Doctoral Awards (waitlisted)

2012 Dean’s Scholarship

2008-2013 Board of Governor’s Entrance Scholarship

Grants & Funding

2022 AFA Travel Grant

2022 EFA Travel Grant (unused)

2017-2022 U of T Program Fellowship Funding

Service

2019-2022 First Year PhD Student Mentor

2020 U of T Economics Graduate Committee

2018-2020 U of T Women in Economics, PhD Information Session organizer