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
Determinants of capital budgeting methods and hurdle rates in Nordic firms (2011)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))Profitability of Pairs Trading: Empirical Evidence from Finland (2011)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))Pricing currency risk in the stock market: Empirical evidence from Finland and Sweden 1970-2009 (2011)
Aboa Center for Economics, Discussion Papers
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))
Descriptive Analysis of Finnish Equity, Bond, and Money Market Returns (2011)
Bank of Finland Discussion Papers
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))
Determinants of capital budgeting methods and hurdle rates in Nordic firms (2011)
(Vertaisarvioimaton konferenssijulkaisu (B3))Helsingin Pörssin menestyksekäs vuosisata (2011)
Investment
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Determinants of capital budgeting methods and hurdle rates in Nordic firms (2011)
(Vertaisarvioimaton konferenssijulkaisu (B3))Descriptive Analysis of Finnish Equity, Bond, and Money Markets (2011)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))A new value-weighted total return index for the Finnish stock market (2010)
Research in International Business and Finance
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Who creates short-term pressure? An analysis of firms with different ownership structures (2010)
Liiketaloudellinen Aikakauskirja
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))