Skip to main content
About HEC About HEC Faculty & Research Faculty & Research Master’s programs Master’s programs MBA Programs MBA Programs PhD Program PhD Program Executive Education Executive Education Summer School Summer School HEC Online HEC Online About HEC Overview Overview Who
We Are Who
We Are
Egalité des chances Egalité des chances HEC Talents HEC Talents International International Campus
Life Campus
Life
Sustainability Sustainability Diversity
& Inclusion Diversity
& Inclusion
Stories Stories The HEC
Foundation The HEC
Foundation
Coronavirus Coronavirus
Faculty & Research Overview Overview Faculty Directory Faculty Directory Departments Departments Centers Centers Chairs Chairs Knowledge Knowledge Master’s programs Master in
Management Master in
Management
Master in
International Finance Master in
International Finance
MS
& Masters MS
& Masters
Ecole Polytechnique
-HEC programs Ecole Polytechnique
-HEC programs
Dual-Degree
programs Dual-Degree
programs
Exchange
students Exchange
students
Certificates Certificates Student
Life Student
Life
MBA Programs MBA MBA Executive MBA Executive MBA TRIUM EMBA TRIUM EMBA PhD Program Overview Overview HEC Difference HEC Difference Program details Program details Research areas Research areas HEC Community HEC Community Placement Placement Job Market Job Market Admissions Admissions Financing Financing Executive Education Executive Masters Executive Masters Executive Certificates Executive Certificates Executive short programs Executive short programs Online Online Companies Companies Executive MBA Executive MBA Infinity Pass Infinity Pass Summer School Youth Programs Youth Programs Summer programs Summer programs HEC Online Overview Overview Degree Program Degree Program Executive certificates Executive certificates MOOCs MOOCs Summer Programs Summer Programs

Jessica JEFFERS

Associate Professor

Finance

 Profile picture

Biography

Jessica studies empirical corporate finance, with a special interest in labor and finance, entrepreneurship, law, and sustainability. She is a founding member of the Impact Finance Research Consortium. She also co-organizes the Labor & Finance Online Seminar (LFOS) with Tania Babina (Columbia), David Matsa (Kellogg), and Elena Simintzi (UNC).

Jessica earned her PhD in finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She has received prizes including the AQR Top Finance Graduate Award, the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship for entrepreneurship studies, and the Investment for Impact Research Prize. Prior to academia, she worked in management consulting for the financial industry. She holds a BA in economics & mathematics from Yale University.

Scientific articles

Shadow Contracts

University of Chicago Business Law Review, Spring 2022, vol. 1, n° 1, (in coll. with A. M. TUCKER)

Contracts with (Social) benefits: The implementation of impact investing

Journal of Financial Economics, November 2021, vol. 142, n° 2, pp 697-718, (in coll. with C. Geczy, D. K. Musto, A. M. Tucker)

In Pursuit of Good & Gold: Data Observations of Employee Ownership & Impact Investment

Seattle University Law Review, 2017, vol. 40, n° 2, (in coll. with C. GECZY, D. K. MUSTO, A. M. TUCKER)

Institutional Investment When Shareholders Are Not Supreme

Harvard Business Law Review, 2015, vol. 5, n° 1, pp 75-139, (in coll. with C. GECZY, D. K. MUSTO, A. M. TUCKER)

Working papers

Scientific articles

Shadow Contracts

University of Chicago Business Law Review, Spring 2022, vol. 1, n° 1, (in coll. with A. M. TUCKER)

Contracts with (Social) benefits: The implementation of impact investing

Journal of Financial Economics, November 2021, vol. 142, n° 2, pp 697-718, (in coll. with C. Geczy, D. K. Musto, A. M. Tucker)

In Pursuit of Good & Gold: Data Observations of Employee Ownership & Impact Investment

Seattle University Law Review, 2017, vol. 40, n° 2, (in coll. with C. GECZY, D. K. MUSTO, A. M. TUCKER)

Institutional Investment When Shareholders Are Not Supreme

Harvard Business Law Review, 2015, vol. 5, n° 1, pp 75-139, (in coll. with C. GECZY, D. K. MUSTO, A. M. TUCKER)

Working papers

Education

  • Ph.D., in Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - USA

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2022- Associate Professor, Finance HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Impact Finance Research Consortium (founding member)

Editorial activities

  • Referee: Review of Financial Studies Journal of Finance Review of Finance Management Science Journal of Law Economics Review of Economics and Statistics Journal of Business Ethics Review of Corporate Finance Studies Journal of the European Economic Association