Pepa Kraft

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.

EDUCATION

• 2010 Ph.D., Accounting, The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business - USA
• 2002 MSc Banking and Finance, HEC Lausanne - Switzerland
• 1999 Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Finance, London School of Economics & Political Science - United Kingdom

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

• 2018- Departmental PhD Coordinator.HEC Paris
• 2017- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC ParisHEC Paris
• 2017- Associate Professor, Accounting and Management ControlHEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

• 2010-2017 Assistant Professor, AccountingNYU Stern School of Business
• 2012-2013 Visiting FacultyThe 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

• 2020 Member of scientific/editorial committee for Swiss Accounting Research Alpine Camp
• 2020- Asscociate Editor of European Accounting Review
• 2014 FARS Editorial Committee (track Debt Contracting and Credit Ratings)
• Ad hoc referee for Journal of Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting Economics; European Accounting Review; Review of Accounting Studies; Contemporary Accounting Research; Management Science; Accounting Horizons; The Accounting Review; Research Grants Council Hong Kong; Journal of Financial Reporting; Journal of Law, Finance Accounting; Law Policy; Financial Accounting Reporting Section; American Accounting Association