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
Time-varying global and local sources of market and currency risks in Russian stock market (2010)
International Review of Economics and Finance
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Profitability of Pairs Trading: Empirical Evidence from Finland (2010)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))Short-Term Expectations in Listed Firms: The Mitigating Impact of Large Owners (2010)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))Global and Local Sources of Risk in Eastern European Emerging Stock Markets (2009)
Finance a Uver-Czech journal of Economics and Finance
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Pricing of liquidity risk: empirical evidence from Finland (2009)
Applied Financial Economics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Corporate ownership and managerial short-termism: Results from a Finnish study of management perceptions (2009)
International Journal of Production Economics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Corporate real estate sale and leaseback effect: Empirical evidence from Europe (2008)
European Financial Management
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Global and Local Sources of Risk in Eastern European Emerging Stock Markets (2008)
BOFIT Discussion Papers
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
History of Finance Education and Research in Finland: The First 30 Years (2008)
Bank of Finland Discussion Papers
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Global Market and Currency Risk in Finnish Stock Market (2007)
Finnish Economic Papers
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))