Keith Walker

Dr. Keith Walker is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation, University of Toledo. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration (2016, Texas Tech University), a Master of Accountancy (2009, Kennesaw State University), and a Bachelor of Business Administration (2007, Kennesaw State University). Before academia, he worked as a public accountant for six years.

His research focuses on taxation, corporate governance, and their intersection, particularly examining CEO decision horizons, corporate tax avoidance, and equity incentives' impact on earnings management. His teaching includes Individual Taxation and Taxation of Business Entities.

Recent work explores how U.S. multinational corporations use permanently reinvested foreign earnings linked to managerial equity incentives. No explicit awards are listed, though his research has been published in peer-reviewed journals like Advances in Taxation.

Dr. Walker advises no listed students and has no disclosed grants. His affiliation with the Neff College places him within the broader University of Toledo ecosystem, though specific labs/teams are not mentioned.