Dissertations
PhD Dissertations by Students
2023
Malik, Ali 2023 "Essays on the Impact of Policy Uncertainty on the Financial Markets", Hanken School of Economics
Zhang, Lidan 2023 "Exploring the Financial Landscape of China: Political Connections, Geopolitical Uncertainty and Renminbi Internationalization", Hanken School of Economics
Ahmed, Shaker 2023 "Essays on Executive Characteristics, Risk-taking, and Compensation in the Banking Industry", University of Vaasa
Pitkäjärvi, Aleksi 2023 "Essays on Time Series Momentum", Aalto University
Finne, Gustav 2023 "Essays on Asset Pricing and Corporate QE", Hanken School of Economics
2022
Kauppila, Mikko 2022 "Whither Alpha? Hedge Fund Performance in Voluntary Versus Regulatory Data Sets", University of Oulu
Fatmy, Veda 2022 "Essays on Corporate Social Responsibility and its Efficacy in Value Creation", University of Vaasa
Sapkota, Niranjan 2022 "Essays on the New Blockchain-Based Digital Financial Market: Risks and Opportunities", University of Vaasa
Yu, Wenjia 2022 "Essays on Sustainable Mutual Funds", Aalto University
Savolainen, Ville 2022 "Theoretical Essays in Blockchain Economics and Asset Pricing", Hanken School of Economics
2021
Yasar, Sara 2021 "Essays on Bank Liquidity Creation", University of Vaasa
Huhtamäki, Fredrik 2021 "Corporate Leadership and Utility from Non-Pecuniary Factors: Essays on Workplace Safety, Shared Leadership, and Long-Term Orientation", Hanken School of Economics
Li, Yijie 2021 "Essays on Investor Broker Behavior and Equity Markets", Aalto University
2020
Ruman, Asif 2020 "Dividends, Fed's Total Assets, Outside Money and Stock Market Performance", University of Oulu
Jiang, Junhua 2020 "Essays on Financial Connectedness", University of Vaasa
Hannula, Mika 2020 "Essays on Strategic Trading", University of Turku
Vasudevan, Ellapulli 2020 "Essays on Investor Behavior and Bank Culture", Aalto University
Salehi, Hamed 2020 "The Use of EFTs and Protective Option Strategies by Delegated Asset Managers", University of Oulu
2019
Meyer, Niclas 2019 "Essays on Stakeholder-Related Corporate Misconduct and Consequences for CEOs and Directors", Hanken School of Economics
Klemola, Antti 2019 "Essays on Irrational Investors' Behavioral Biases and Pricing Efficiency", University of Vaasa
Paaso, Mikael 2019 "Essays on Entrepreneurial Finance", Aalto University
Vokatá, Petra 2019 "Essays on Financial Innovation", Aalto University
Huang, Kun, 2019 "Implied Volatility and Option Pricing Models", Hanken School of Economics
2018
Karell, Ville, 2018 "Essays on Stock Market Anomalies", Lappeenranta University of Technology
Haapalainen, Tuomo, 2018 "Essays on the Effects of Past Gains on Subsequent Risk-Taking and Stock Returns", University of Oulu
Iqbal, Jamshed, 2018 "Essays on the Relationship between Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Risk-Taking by Financial Institutions", University of Vaasa
Sihvonen, Markus, 2018 "Essays on the Aggregate Effects of Frictions and Biases", Aalto University
Niemenmaa, Mikko, 2018 "Differences of Opinion in the Stock Market", Aalto University
2017
Dimic, Nebojsa, 2017 "Essays on Emerging Market Finance", University of Vaasa
Conlin, Andrew, 2017 "Essays on Personality Traits and Investor Behavior", University of Oulu
2016
Kotkatvuori-Örnberg, Juha, 2016 "Essays on heterogeneous news flow on volatility", University of Vaasa
Orlov, Vitaly, 2016, "Essays on Currency Anomalies", University of Vaasa
Luotonen, Niilo, 2016, "Essays on Investment Decisions of Households Across the Wealth Spectrum", Aalto University
Zhang, Mo, 2016, "Essays on Mispricing in the Chinese Stock Market", Hanken School of Economics
Gonzalez, David, 2016 "Essays on Mutual Fund Performance", Hanken School of Economics
Okat, Deniz, 2016, "Essays on Auditing, Banking, and Political Bargaining", Aalto University
Xie, Yamin, 2016, "Essays on corporate finance and governance", Hanken School of Economics
Rantala, Ville, 2016 "Essays on Peer Effects in Finance", Aalto University
Sergey Osmekhin, 2016 "Essays on Algorithmic Trading", Hanken School of Economics
Jesper Haga, 2016 "Essays on Asset Pricing Anomalies, Information Flow and Risk", Hanken School of Economics
2015
Antti Lehtoranta, 2015, "Essays
on the effects of childhood experiences on household decision making
Pettersson, John, 2015, "Essays on Momentum and Risk", Hanken School of Economics
Joonas Hämäläinen, 2015, "Portfolio selection under directional return predictability", University of Turku
2014
Grobys, Klaus, 2014, "Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing", University of Vaasa
Saarela, Helinä, 2014, "The Influence of Self-Perceived, Subjective Attributes on Investment Behavior", University of Oulu
Blomkvist, Magnus, 2014, "Essays on Market States, Firm Growth and Corporate Finance Decisions", Hanken School of Economics
Tolonen, Pekka, 2014 "Three Essays on Hedge Fund Performance", University of Oulu
Délèze, Frédéric, 2014, "Essays in Quantitative Analysis of The Effects of Market Imperfections on Asset Returns", Hanken School of Economics
Pöyry, Salla, 2014 "Essays on Financial Market Frictions and Imperfections", Hanken School of Economics
Wang, Peng, 2014 "Four Essays on Corporate Finance of Chinese Listed Firms", Hanken School of Economics
Davydov, Denis, 2014 "Essays on Debt Financing, Firm Performance, and Banking in Emerging Markets", University of Vaasa
2013
Kinnunen, Jyri, 2013 "Risk-Return Trade-off and Autocorrelation", Lappeenranta University of Technology
Butt, Hilal Anwar, 2013 "Asset Pricing in Small Sized Developed Markets", Hanken School of Economics
Piljak, Vanja, 2013 "Essays on the Co-movement Dynamics of Frontier/Emerging and Developed Financial Markets", University of Vaasa
Virk, Nader, 2013, "Explanations for Finnish Stock Returns with Fundamental and Anomalous Risk", Hanken School of Economics
Sihvonen, Jukka, 2013, "Essays on Information and Externalities in Financial Markets", University of Vaasa
Fedorova, Elena, 2013, "Interdependence of Emerging Eastern European Stock Markets", Lappeenranta University of Technology
2012
Leivo, Timo, 2012, "Pricing Anomalies in the Finnish Stock Market", Lappeenranta University of Technology
Kuttu, Saint, 2012, "Essays on Volatility and Time Varying Conditional Jumps in Thinly Traded African Financial Markets", Hanken School of Economics
Kalle Rinne, 2012, "Essays on Price Impact and Provision of Immediacy", Aalto University
Petri Jylhä, 2012, "Essays on the Economics of Hedge Funds", Aalto University
2011
Kokkonen, Joni, 2011, "Essays on Asset Pricing, Portfolio Choice and Investments", Aalto University
2010
Joenväärä, Juha, 2010, "Essays on Hedge Fund Performance and Risk", University of Oulu
Badshah, Ishan Ullah, 2010, "Modeling and Forecasting Implied Volatility: Implications for Trading, Pricing and Risk Management", Hanken School of Economics
2009
Peltomäki, Jarkko, 2009, "Do Investors Benefit from the Use of Options and Complexity of Derivative Strategy of a Hedge Fund?", University of Vaasa
Ahmed, Sheraz, 2009, "Essays on Corporate Governance and the Quality of Disclosed Earnings", Hanken School of Economics
Westman, Hanna, 2009, "Corporate Governance in European Banks: Essays on Bank Ownership", Hanken School of Economics
Saleem, Kasif, 2009, "Essays on Pricing of Risk and International Linkage of Russian Stock Market", Lappeenranta University of Technology
Nyberg, Peter, 2009 "Essays on Risk and Return", Hanken School of Economics
Thurlin, Arto, 2009, "Essays on Market Microstructure: Price Discovery and Informed Trading", Hanken School of Economics
Hussain, Syed Mujahid, 2009, "Intraday Dynamics of International Equity Markets", Hanken School of Economics
Lehenkari, Mirjam, 2009, "Essays on the Effects of Gains and Losses on the Trading Behaviour of Individual Investors in the Finnish Stock Market", University of Oulu
2008
Sandström, Annika, 2008, "Political Risk in Credit Evaluation: Empirical Studies and Survey Results", Hanken School of Economics
Rokkanen, Nikolas, 2008, "Corporate Funding on the European Debt Capital Market", Hanken School of Economics
Kulp-Tåg, Sofie, 2008, "Modeling nonlinearities and asymmetries in asset prices", Hanken School of Economics
2007
Knüpfer, Samuli, 2007, "Essays on Household Finance", Helsinki School of Economics
Huang, Chunyang, 2007, "Essays on Corporate Governance Issues in China", Helsinki School of Economics
Kyröläinen, Petri, 2007, "Essays on Investor Behavior and Trading Activity", University of Oulu
Janne Äijö, 2007, "Essays on Macroeconomic News Announcements and Option-Implied Information", University of Vaasa
2006
Ji, Gang, 2006, "Corporate Governance in China", Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
Rantapuska, Elias, 2006, "Essays on Investment Decisions of Individual and Institutional Investors", Helsinki School of Economics
Wilhelmsson, Anders, 2006, "Essays on the Modeling and Prediction of Volatility and Higher Moments of Stock Returns", Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
2005
Karakozova,Olga, 2005, "Modelling and Forecasting Property Rents and Returns", Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
Toivonen, Harri, 2005, "Modeling, Valuation and Risk Management of Commodity Derivatives", Helsinki School of Economics
