Master's theses 2002

Ahti, Risto, 2002, Excess Cash and Agency Costs: Some International Evidence.

Antila, Eeva, 2002, Predictability of Stock Market Returns: International Evidence of Industry Momentum.

Asikainen, Matti, 2002, Validity of the Sharpe ratio and the Mean-Variance Theory in Practice: Evidence from Finnish Mutual Funds.

Fredriksson, Jan-Erik, 2002, Portfolio Composition of Individual Investors in Finland.

Hirvonen, Markus, 2002, Capital Structure and Past Attempts to Time Equity Market: Evidence from the UK and France.

Horo, Pekka, 2002, Analysis of Corporate Value Using Monte Carlo Simulation.

Hovi, Hannu, 2002, Cash Flow at Risk -menetelmän soveltuvuus teollisuusyrityksien riskienhallintaan. Case Outokumpu.

Kajander, Anna, 2002, Inside Insider Trading. On the Market-Timing Ability of Corporate Insiders on the Finnish Market.

Kempas, Jani, 2002, Loss Aversion and Its Effects on the Trading Pattern of Day Traders.

Kettunen, Joonas, 2002, Determinants and Market Impact of Analyst Opinions on Forest Industry Acquisitions.

Klemelä, Matias, 2002, Developing a Market Risk Measurement Methodology for an Industrial Corporation- Case Fingrid Oyj.

Knüpfer, Samuli, 2002, Stock gifts: An analysis of the determinants of the donation decision, the transfer motive, and the post-donation behavior.

Koivulintu, Jukka, 2002, Mutual Fund Risk-Taking Behavior: Volatility Changes As a Function of Past Performance.

Korhonen, Tiina, 2002, Finnish Hedge Funds - Characteristics, Classification and Market Timing Ability.

Leijala, Aku, 2002, Asymmetric Bivariate Extremal Correlation in Selected German DAX Index Component Stocks.

Leinonen, Timo, 2002, Does the Choice of Advisor Matter? An Empirical Study on M&A Performance, Advisor Reputation and Advisory Relationships in the U.S. 1992-2000.

Linnainmaa, Jarkko, 2002, Portfolio Rebalancing - Evidence on Finnish Household Investors.

Lintukangas, Ilari, 2002, Price Impact of Stock Traders: Empirical Evidence from the Finnish Limit Order Book Market.

Luukkonen, Miikka, 2002, Turnover and its Impact on Mutual Fund Performance; Evidence from Swedish Pension Mutual Funds.

Mattila, Anssi, 2002, Ownership Structures and Foreign Ownership in Finland.

Möttönen, Milla, 2002, Leverage and Taxes in Equity Valuation: Focus on Residual Income Model.

Nieminen, Mikko, 2002, Internet Message Board Discussion on Finnish Stocks: Characteristics and Relations with Public Disclosure and Daily Stock Market Activity.

Nikkilä, Tarja, 2002, Credit Risk Management and Vendor Financing. Case Outokumpu Oyj.

Nykänen, Maija, 2002, Determinants of Internal Rate of Return in Venture Capital Investments.

Oikarinen, Tero, 2002, Information Content of Dividend Changes and the Effect of Institutional Factors: Worldwide Evidence.

Passi, Pekka, 2002, Kauppalehden yritysarvosanat suomalaisten pörssiyritysten ylituottojen ennustajina.

Pekkanen, Joonas, 2002, Involvement and Value Added of Outside Investors - an Analysis of Finnish Biotech and Software Ventures.

Piippo, Matti, 2002, Analyst Following in Finland.

Piironen, Jarno, 2002, Share Repurchases: Market Structures, and a Case Analysis on Tax Efficiency and Peer Companies.

Pulkkinen, Piia, 2002, Incentive Fees in Finnish Mutual Funds: Comparison of Fee Structures.

Rusi, Mikko, 2002, Predictable Variation in Expected Returns: Commodity Futures in Diversified Portfolios.

Ryhänen, Janne, 2002, Testing Accuracy of Beta Mapping-Based VaR Models In Calculation of Equity Portfolio VaR.

Salmivuori, Mika, 2002, Euroalueen toimialahajautus suomalaisen sijoittajan näkökulmasta.

Salokangas, Jussi, 2002, The Effect of Acquiror Volatility on the Premia Paid in Stock Financed Acquisitions.

Santti, Ilkka, 2002, Comovements and Causalities Between the Finnish and International Equity Markets, and Economic Value of Short-Term Stock Market Return Predictability in Finland.

Savikko, Olli, 2002, The Pricing of Convertible Debt Offerings in Westerns Europe 1998-2001.

Seppänen, Annika, 2002, What Determines the Placement Structure of Corporate Debt? - An Empirical Analysis of the European Market.

Serova, Diana, 2002, Credit Risk Valuation: Modeling Credit Spreads in the Reduced-Form Framework.

Sipilä, Jarkko, 2002, Euro Credit Spreads - A Relative Value Approach.

Säkkinen, Petri, 2002, Emerging Electronic Payment Mechanisms - Risk Analysis.

Tanninen, Jussi, 2002, Agency Problems in Dividend Distribution - Empirical Evidence from the Finnish Market.

Tapio, Erika, 2002, The Size Effect on Mutual Fund Tracking Error.

Tenhunen, William, 2002, Valuing Internet Companies.

Torkkeli, Anu, 2002, What Affects External Fund Growth of Finnish Equity Funds?

Tuovinen, Markku, 2002, Indexing Approach in the Finnish Equity Markets.

Ukkonen, Maaret, 2002, Value Based Performance Measures in the Controlling of Affiliates.

Vaittinen, Lauri, 2002, Finnish Mutual Fund Performance Predictability and Evaluation.

van der Pals, Ira, 2002, Nuorten suomalaisten piensijoittajien sijoitusrahaston valintaperusteet. Case: OP-Rahastoyhtiön asiakaskysely.

Viia, Tomi, 2002, Empiirisiä havaintoja sisältötuotantoalan yritysjärjestelykäyttäytymisestä sekä yrityskauppojen markkinareaktioista.

Wikström, Maria, 2002, Calendar Anomalies on Helsinki Exchanges.

von Hertzen, Kaj, 2002, Kontrollimekanismit pääomarahaston hallinnoijan ja sijoittajien välisessä suhteessa.

Väänänen, Jenni, 2002, The Impact of the Quality of Venture Capitalists on IPO Initial Returns During 1997-2000.