Keren Bar-Hava is the Head of the Accounting Department at the Hebrew University Business School, and currently serves as a Member of the Israel Accounting Standard Board. She is an expert in accounting, and her research focuses on market efficiency, corporate governance, fair value versus cost, and adoption of the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standard).
Her research has been published in the Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, and European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). Her work has been cited in The Marker.
Dr. Bar-Hava earned her Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance, an M.Sc. in Economics, and a B.Sc. in Economics and Accounting from Tel Aviv University. She did post-doctorate work in accounting at New York University.
In addition to her academic experience, Dr. Bar-Hava has served as a Full Member of the Israeli Securities Authority, and as an external director in a number of Israeli companies.
She teaches the courses Fundamentals in Accounting, Financial Accounting, and Contemporary Matters in Accounting and the Israeli Capital Market.
She published the book Numbers and What’s Between Them: Reading Financial Reports and Understanding the Business Environment [Hebrew – Matar Publishing].
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Bar-Hava, K. (2025). Letter: Artificial intelligence can ride to the rescue of ESG. Financial Times.
Bar-Hava, K., Huang, S., Segal, B., Segal, D. (2021).Do independent directors tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth when they resign? Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 36 (1), 3-29.
Bar-Hava, K., Gu, F., Lev, B. (2020). Market Evidence on Investor Preference for Fewer Directorships. Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis 55 (3).
Bar-Hava, K., Katz, R., Lauterbach, B. (2018). Is it Worthwhile to Augment the Legal Protection of Public Debt Placed by Privately Held Companies? European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)-Finance Working Paper.
Bar-Hava, K., & Katz, R. (2016). The Asymmetric Market Reaction of Stockholders and Bondholders to the Implementation of Early-Warnings Pre Going Concern Opinion. Available at SSRN 2729774.
Bar-Hava, K. & Hertz, C. (2012). Fair Value Disclosure of the Publicly Traded Venture Capital Industry. Available at SSRN 2113114.
Ofer, A.R., Sarig, O., & Bar-Hava, K. (2007). New Tests of Market Efficiency Using Fully Identifiable Equity Cash Flows. Available at SSRN 965242.
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