Mika
Vaihekoski
Professor, Department of Accounting and Finance
Professor of Finance
Areas of expertise
finance
asset pricing
portfolio management
corporate finance
financial history
econometrics
Biography
Mika Vaihekoski is Professor of Finance at the University of Turku (UTU), Turku School of Economics, Department of Accounting and Finance.
Vaihekoski got his M.Sc. in economics and business administration from Turku School of Economics, and a D.Sc in finance from Hanken School of Economics. During his doctoral studies he was also a student at the Graduate School of Finance and Financial Accounting. With the help of the ASLA-Fulbright scholarship Vaihekoski also visited Kellogg Graduate School of Management at the Northwestern University in the USA.
Prior to joining Turku School of Economics / University of Turku in 2008, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Helsinki School of Economics and as the Director of the Finance Institute at LTT Research Ltd from 2000 to 2004. In 2004, he was appointed as a Professor of Finance at the Lappeenranta University of Technology.
Teaching
- LRS34 Financial Econometrics
- LRS31 Asset Pricing and Portfolio Theory
- LRS28 Advanced Corporate Finance
- LRS25 Financial Modeling and Simulation
- LR05 Intermediate Finance
- Master's Thesis Seminar
Research
Vaihekoski has published several articles in finance journals. He is currently also an assiciate editor the European Journal of Finance and International Journal of Portfolio Analysis and Management. His research interests included financial markets, asset pricing, corporate finance, portfolio management, financial econometrics, and financial history.
Publications
Expected and realized returns in conditional asset pricing models: A new testing approach (Esitys European financial management association annual meeting -konferenssissa, Basel 29.6.-2.7. 2016) (2016)
Eastern finance association annual meeting, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Finance Association
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Rahoitusalan sovellukset ja Excel (2016)
(Vertaisarvioitu tieteellinen erillisteos tai raportti (C1))Book review: Entrepreneurial finance: Concepts and cases (2016)
International Small Business Journal
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Expected returns and conditional asset pricing: A new testing approach (Esitys FMA European Conferencessa, Helsinki 9.-10.6. 2016) (2016)
FMA European Conference
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Capital structure policy decisions in Nordic listed firms (2015)
Nordic Journal of Business
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Short-Term Expectations in Listed Firms: The Effects Of Different Owner Types (2015)
Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Expected return and variance: Lambda is alive, positive and significant (konferenssiesitys) (2015)
Annual conference of the Multinational Finance Society
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Yritysrahoituksen perusteet (2015)
(Oppikirja, ammatillinen käsi- tai opaskirja taikka sanakirja (D5))A note on the calculation of the risk free rate for tests of asset pricing models and event studies (2014)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))Dividend policy in Nordic listed firms (2014)
Global Finance Journal
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))