Mika Vaihekoski
Professor of Finance
mika.vaihekoski@utu.fi +358 29 450 2858 +358 50 432 2780 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku Office: Room 361 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-8735 |
Areas of expertise
finance; asset pricing; portfolio management; corporate finance; financial history; econometrics
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Publications 
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- History of financial research and education in Finland (2011)
- European Journal of Finance
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pricing currency risk in the stock market: Empirical evidence from Finland and Sweden 1970-2009 (2011)
- Aboa Centre for Economics, Discussion Papers
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Profitability of Pairs Trading: Empirical Evidence from Finland (2011) John Broussard;Mika Vaihekoski
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - A new value-weighted total return index for the Finnish stock market (2010)
- Research in International Business and Finance
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Profitability of Pairs Trading: Empirical Evidence from Finland (2010) 6th Portuguese Finance Network Conference, Azores, conference proceedings Broussard, J. P.; Vaihekoski, M.
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Short-Term Expectations in Listed Firms: The Mitigating Impact of Large Owners (2010) 19th Annual Conference of the European Financial Management Association Brunzell, T.; Liljeblom, E.; Vaihekoski, M.
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Time-varying global and local sources of market and currency risks in Russian stock market (2010)
- International Review of Economics and Finance
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Who creates short-term pressure? An analysis of firms with different ownership structures (2010)
- Liiketaloudellinen Aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Corporate ownership and managerial short-termism: Results from a Finnish study of management perceptions (2009)
- International Journal of Production Economics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Global and Local Sources of Risk in Eastern European Emerging Stock Markets (2009)
- Finance a Uver-Czech journal of Economics and Finance
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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