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
Dividend policy in Nordic listed firms (2014)
Global Finance Journal
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Equity premium in Finland and long-term performance of the Finnish equity and money markets (2014)
Cliometrica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Descriptive analysis of the Finnish stock market: Part II (2014)
Twenty-first annual conference of the mutinational finance society
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Dividend policy and capital structure decisions in Nordic listed firms (2013)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))Determinants of capital budgeting methods and hurdle rates in Nordic firms (2013)
Accounting and Finance
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Global and Local Sources of Risk in Eastern European Emerging Stock Markets (2013)
(Artikkeliväitöskirja (G5))Pricing currency risk in the stock market: Evidence from Finland and Sweden 1970-2009 (2012)
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Profitability of pairs trading strategy in an illiquid market with multiple share classes (2012)
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Pricing Currency Risk in Two Interlinked Stock Markets (2012)
Applied Finance Letters
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
History of financial research and education in Finland (2011)
European Journal of Finance
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))