Biography
Pepa Kraft received her PhD in Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, her M.Sc. in Banking and Finance from HEC University of Lausanne, and her B.Sc. with Honours in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics. Her research focuses on the role of accounting in credit markets, credit rating agencies, off-balance sheet financing and disclosure issues in financial reporting. She has taught courses on financial reporting and financial statement analysis at Chicago Booth, Stern and Wharton. Before joining academia, she has held posts at Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan in Corporate Equity Derivatives and Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the American Accounting Association and European Accounting Association.
Scientific articles
Accounting Review (The), November 2023, vol. 98, n° 7, pp 347–376, (in coll. with A. HUANG, S. WANG)
Management Science, August 2023, vol. 69, n° 8, pp 4864-4887, (in coll. with S. BONSALL, K. KOHARKI, K. A. MULLER, A. SIKOCHI)
European Accounting Review, 2023, vol. 32, n° 4, pp 779-807, (in coll. with Z. BOZANIC, A. TILLET)
Journal of Accounting and Economics, April-May 2022, vol. 73, n° 2-3, pp 101474, (in coll. with M. HUNG, S. WANG, G. YU)
European Accounting Review, 2021, vol. 30, n° 2, pp 223–250, (in coll. with W. R. LANDSMAN, Z. SHAN)
Journal of Corporate Finance, February 2020, vol. 60, n° 101532, (in coll. with Y. XIE, L. ZHOU)
Accounting Review (The), March 2015, vol. 90, n° 2, pp 641-674,
Journal of Accounting and Economics, April-May 2015, vol. 59, n° 2-3, pp 264-283,
China Accounting and Finance Review, 2014, vol. 16, n° 11, pp 148-154,
Review of Accounting Studies, 2013, vol. 18, n° 3, pp 783-823, (in coll. with S. KIM, S. G. RYAN)
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2023
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2019
Scientific articles
Management Science, August 2023, vol. 69, n° 8, pp 4864-4887, (in coll. with S. BONSALL, K. KOHARKI, K. A. MULLER, A. SIKOCHI)
European Accounting Review, 2023, vol. 32, n° 4, pp 779-807, (in coll. with Z. BOZANIC, A. TILLET)
Accounting Review (The), November 2023, vol. 98, n° 7, pp 347–376, (in coll. with A. HUANG, S. WANG)
Journal of Accounting and Economics, April-May 2022, vol. 73, n° 2-3, pp 101474, (in coll. with M. HUNG, S. WANG, G. YU)
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2023
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2019
Education
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2023- Professor, Accounting and Management Control HEC Paris
- 2017-2022 Associate Professor, Accounting and Management Control HEC Paris
- 2018- Departmental PhD Coordinator. HEC Paris
- 2017- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
External Academic Responsibilities
- 2010-2017 Assistant Professor, Accounting NYU Stern School of Business
- 2012-2013 Visiting Faculty The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- Verein fuer Socialpolitik
- French Accounting Association
- European Accounting Association
- CFA charterholder, member of NYSSA
- American Accounting Association
Editorial activities
Awards & honors
- 2023 Researcher of the Year Award of the HEC Foundation