Polina Efremenko is a Senior Researcher at HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne (Department of Accounting and Control), working in sustainable finance and sustainability accounting. Her current SNSF-funded project studies how Western sustainability regulations affect the Global South, with a focus on the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), in collaboration with Peter Fiechter, Florian Habermann, Gaia Melloni, Nicolas Rudolf and Sandra Schafhäutle.
Her research covers corporate sustainability, ESG regulation, sustainability accounting and financial markets. Her work on ESG and bond market resilience during the COVID crisis, with Sudheer Chava and Carolina Salva, is published in the Journal of Banking & Finance (2026). She holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Neuchâtel and was a Visiting Scholar at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business.
Curriculum Vitae
PhD in Finance,
University of Neuchâtel
Doctoral Thesis: "The Impact of Sustainability Factors on Bond Performance, M&A Activity and Investor Demand"
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Senior Researcher,
University of Lausanne
Project: "The Impact of Western Sustainability Regulations on the
Global South"
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