Jessica JEFFERS

Professeur Associé

Finance

jeffers@hec.fr https://sites.google.com/view/jessicajeffers/

Biographie

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.

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Articles scientifiques

The Impact of Restricting Labor Mobility on Corporate Investment and Entrepreneurship

Review of Financial Studies, À paraître, n° hhad054,

Shadow Contracts

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

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

Journal of Financial Economics, novembre 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)

Cahiers de recherche

Labor Reactions to Financial Distress: Evidence from LinkedIn Activity

SSRN Electronic Journal , 2022

The Risk and Return of Impact Investing Funds

Proceedings of Paris December 2021 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - ESSEC , 2021

The Impact of Restricting Labor Mobility on Corporate Investment and Entrepreneurship

SSRN Electronic Journal , 2019

Articles scientifiques

Shadow Contracts

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

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

Journal of Financial Economics, novembre 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)

Cahiers de recherche

Labor Reactions to Financial Distress: Evidence from LinkedIn Activity

SSRN Electronic Journal , 2022

The Risk and Return of Impact Investing Funds

Proceedings of Paris December 2021 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - ESSEC , 2021

The Impact of Restricting Labor Mobility on Corporate Investment and Entrepreneurship

SSRN Electronic Journal , 2019

Formation

2017
Ph.D., Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Etats-Unis

Nominations académiques

Responsabilités académiques à HEC

2022- Professeur Associé, Finance HEC Paris

Activités scientifiques

Adhésion à l'organisation académique ou professionnelle

Impact Finance Research Consortium (membre fondatrice)

Activités scientifiques

Rapporteur : 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