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Jessica JEFFERS

Professeur Associé

Finance

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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.

Articles scientifiques

Cahiers de recherche

Articles scientifiques

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)

Collusion through Common Leadership

Journal of Political Economy, À paraître, (in coll. with A. HERRERA-CAICEDO, E. PRAGER)

Cahiers de recherche

Formation

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

Nominations académiques

Responsabilités académiques à HEC

  • 2022- Professeur Associé, Finance HEC Paris
  • 2022- Membre du GREGHEC, le laboratoire de recherche CNRS-HEC Paris, GREGHEC HEC Paris

Responsabilités académiques externes

  • 2017-2022 Professeur Assistant University of Chicago

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