Haresh Sapra

{{Short description|American academic}}

{{Infobox economist

| name = Haresh Sapra

| birth_date =

| nationality = American

| institution = University of Chicago

| field = Accounting, Information economics

| alma_mater = University of Houston
University of Minnesota

}}

Haresh Sapra is the Charles T. Horngren Professor of Accounting{{cite web|title=Two Indian-Americans Among 13 Named Professorships at U Chicago |date=9 July 2019 |url=https://www.newsindiatimes.com/two-indian-americans-among-13-named-professorships-at-u-chicago/ |publisher=News India Times}} at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business specializing in the real effects of accounting disclosure and measurement rules.{{cite web |title=Haresh Sapra |url=https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/s/haresh-sapra |website=The University of Chicago Booth School of Business |language=en}} He is currently a senior editor of the Journal of Accounting Research.{{cite web |title=Editorial Information |url=https://research.chicagobooth.edu/arc/journal-of-accounting-research/editorial-information |website=The University of Chicago Booth School of Business}}

Sapra is an applied theorist who is best known for his research on the impact of mark-to-market accounting on bank stability and the role of accounting conservatism on debt contracting.