Jesper Haga

Jesper Haga

Associate Professor (Tenure Track) — Foundation Bergsrådet Marcus Wallenberg Associate Professor in Finance

Head, Department of Finance and Economics · Hanken School of Economics

I am an Associate Professor at Hanken School of Economics, doing empirical corporate finance research focused on entrepreneurial finance, corporate governance, and financial reporting.

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Publications

  1. Cost Behaviour and Reporting Frequency During the COVID-19 Outbreak

    Haga, J., Finne, G., & Sundvik, D. — Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 54, No. 4 (2024), p. 491–520

  2. Nothing to Fear: Strong Corporate Culture and Workplace Safety

    Haga, J., Huhtamäki, F., Sundvik, D., & Thor, T. — Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol. 63, No. 2 (2024), p. 519–550

  3. Organizational Resilience of Audit Firms — Evidence from the Outbreak of the COVID-19

    Haga, J., & Ittonen, K. — Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 2024

  4. Peer Firms' Reporting Frequency and Stock Price Synchronicity: European Evidence

    Haga, J., Högholm, K., & Sundvik, D. — Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Vol. 49 (2022)

  5. Employee Effort and Earnings Management

    Haga, J., Huhtamäki, F., & Sundvik, D. — Global Finance Journal, Vol. 53, No. 1 (2021)

  6. Ruthless Exploiters or Ethical Guardians of the Workforce? Powerful CEOs and Their Impact on Workplace Safety and Health

    Haga, J., Huhtamäki, F., & Sundvik, D. — Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 177, No. 3 (2021), p. 641–663

  7. Cost Behavior Around Corporate Tax Rate Cuts

    Haga, J., Höglund, H., & Sundvik, D. — Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Vol. 34 (2019), p. 1–11

  8. Long-Term Orientation and Earnings Management Strategies

    Haga, J., Huhtamäki, F., & Sundvik, D. — Journal of International Accounting Research, Vol. 18, No. 3 (2019), p. 97–119

  9. Is Earnings Management Sensitive to Discount Rates?

    Haga, J., Ittonen, K., Tronnes, P., & Wong, L. — Journal of Accounting Literature, Vol. 41 (2018), p. 75–88

  10. Stock Market Listing Status and Real Earnings Management

    Haga, J., Höglund, H., & Sundvik, D. — Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Vol. 37, No. 5 (2018), p. 420–435

  11. Are Momentum Crashes Pervasive Regardless of Strategy? Evidence from the Foreign Exchange Market

    Grobys, K., & Haga, J.Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 24, No. 20 (2017), p. 1499–1503

  12. Identifying Portfolio-Based Systematic Risk Factors in Equity Markets

    Grobys, K., & Haga, J.Finance Research Letters, Vol. 17 (2016), p. 88–92

  13. A Neural Network Approach to Measure Real Activities Manipulation

    Haga, J., Siekkinen, J., & Sundvik, D. — Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 42, No. 5 (2015), p. 2313–2322

  14. Initial Stage Clustering When Estimating Accounting Quality Measures With Self-Organizing Maps

    Haga, J., Siekkinen, J., & Sundvik, D. — Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 42, No. 21 (2015), p. 8327–8336

  15. Intermediate-Term Momentum and Credit Rating

    Haga, J.Finance Research Letters, Vol. 15 (2015), p. 59–67

  16. The Market Price of Credit Risk and Economic States

    Grobys, K., & Haga, J.Empirical Economics, 2015, p. 1–24

Working Papers

  1. Repeat SPAC Sponsors

    Finne, G., & Haga, J. — Working paper, posted 2026

  2. Performance Persistence of SPAC Sponsors

    Finne, G., & Haga, J. — Working paper, posted 2026

Awards

Hanken School of Economics, Finland

  • Rector's Teaching Award2024
  • Lecturer of the Year2022
  • Lecturer of the Year2019
  • Lecturer of the Year2017
  • Course of the Year (Capital Budgeting)2016
  • Lecturer of the Year2016
  • Lecturer of the Year2015

International Accounting Meeting, USA

  • Best Paper Award — "Audit Adjustments and Properties of Earnings in Private Firms"2026

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