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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- Pricing of liquidity risk: empirical evidence from Finland (2009)
- Applied Financial Economics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Corporate real estate sale and leaseback effect: Empirical evidence from Europe (2008)
- European Financial Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Global and Local Sources of Risk in Eastern European Emerging Stock Markets (2008)
- BOFIT Discussion Papers
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - History of Finance Education and Research in Finland: The First 30 Years (2008)
- Bank of Finland Discussion Papers
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Global Market and Currency Risk in Finnish Stock Market (2007)
- Finnish Economic Papers
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - International asset pricing models and currency risk: Evidence from Finland 1970-2004 (2007)
- Journal of Banking and Finance
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Investment Evaluation Methods and Required Rate of Return in Finnish Publicly Listed Companies (2004)
- Liiketaloudellinen Aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kannattaako vapaaehtoinen eläkevakuutus uudistuksen jälkeen? (2004)
- Liiketaloudellinen Aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Portfolio Construction for Tests of Asset Pricing Models (2004)
- Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Rahoitusalan sovellukset ja Excel (2004) Mika Vaihekoski
(C1 Refereed scientific book)
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