The Finance and Financial Accounting research group (FRG) focuses on finance and external accounting. The group's areas of expertise cover the field from finance markets to financial statement analysis. Researchers of finance and financial accounting at the University of Vaasa are pioneers in their field of research in Finland. During the past decades they have published hundreds of scientific articles in journals that follow international assessment procedures.
The research tradition is also strongly reflected in the group's current operations and areas of emphasis. Recent projects have focused on the examination of the way financial markets operate and connections with corporate financing and investor decision-making.
The research group is headed by Professor Jussi Nikkinen.
Key research themes of the group
Financial markets
Monetary policy and financial markets
Banking and bank performance
Corporate finance
Earnings management and the quality of financial reporting
Econometrics of event studies
Microstructure of financial markets
Dutta, Anupam, 2024, Annals of data science, Published 14 February 2024, DOI: 10.1007/s40745-024-00517-4, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Yadav, Purushottam; Kanjilal, Kakali; Dutta, Anupam; Ghosh, Sajal, 2024, Transportation research part d: transport and environment, 127, 104010, DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2023.104010, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Grobys, Klaus, 2024, Finance research letters, 63, 105294, DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2024.105294, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Grobys, Klaus, 2024, Finance research letters, 63, 105295, DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2024.105295, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Dutta, Anupam; Bhuiyan, Mohammad Rakib Uddin; Ahmed, Ali; Uddin, Gazi Salah, 2023, Phoumin, Han; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Kimura, Fukunari, Green Finance and Renewable Energy in ASEAN and East Asia, Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics, 57-79, Chapter 3, DOI: 10.4324/9781003397670-4, A3 Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
Kamal, Md Rajib; Ahmed, Shaker; Hasan, Mostafa Monzur, 2023, Pacific-basin finance journal, 79, 102036, DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2023.102036, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Dutta, Probal; Dutta, Anupam, 2023, Journal of applied accounting research, 25, 1, 24-41, DOI: 10.1108/JAAR-06-2022-0148, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Cao, Li; Jiang, Junhua; Piljak, Vanja, 2023, Research in international business and finance, 65, 101937, DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2023.101937, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Ahmed, Shaker; Ranta, Mikko; Vähämaa, Emilia; Vähämaa, Sami, 2023, Journal of economics and business, 123, 106095, DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2022.106095, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Blomkvist, Magnus; Dimic, Nebojsa; Vulanovic, Milos, 2023, Energy journal, 44, 6, 43-64, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.44.6.mblo, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Pinto-Ávalos, Francisco; Bowe, Michael; Hyde, Stuart, 2023, Journal of commodity markets, 33, 100369, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2023.100369, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Ahmed, Maruf Yakubu; Sakordie, Samuel Asumadu; Leirvik, Thomas, 2023, Heliyon, 9, 5, e16179, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16179, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Grobys, Klaus; Han, Yao; Kolari, James W., 2023, Journal of risk and financial management, 16, 2, 126, DOI: 10.3390/jrfm16020126, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu; Amani, Mohammad Amin; Ahmed, Maruf Yakubu; Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa, 2023, Sustainable horizons, 7, 100060, DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2023.100060, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Ebrahim, Alireza; Palvia, Ajay; Vähämaa, Emilia; Vähämaa, Sami, 2023, The Center for Financial Research (CFR) Working Paper Series, 2023-02, 1-74, D4 Published development or research report or study
Dutta, Anupam; Bouri, Elie; Rothovius, Timo; Azoury, Nehme; Salah Uddin, Gazi, 2023, Energy, 290, 130194, DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.130194, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Dimic, Nebojsa; Goodell, John W.; Piljak, Vanja; Vulanovic, Milos, 2023, European financial management, 30, 2, 770–799, DOI: 10.1111/eufm.12453, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Grobys, Klaus, 2023, Research in international business and finance, 66, 102021, DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2023.102021, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Grobys, Klaus, 2023, International review of financial analysis, 89, 102787, DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102787, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Barrows, Sam; Blomkvist, Magnus; Dimic, Nebojsa; Vulanovic, Milos, 2023, Energy journal, 44, 4, 1-20, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.44.4.sbar, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Baselga-Pascual, Laura; Dimic, Nebojsa; Vähämaa, Emilia, 2023, Naifar, Nader; Elsayed, Ahmed, Green Finance Instruments, FinTech, and Investment Strategies : Sustainable Portfolio Management in the Post-COVID Era, Sustainable Finance, 47–63, 3, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29031-2_3, A3 Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
Grobys, Klaus, 2023, International review of financial analysis, 86, 102531, DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102531, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Dimic, Nebojsa; Goodell, John W.; Piljak, Vanja; Vulanovic, Milos, 2023, Finance research letters, 55, Part B, 104001, DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2023.104001, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Bowe, Michael; Kolokolova, Olga; Yu, Lijie, 2023, European financial management, First published: 06 September 2023, 1-40, DOI: 10.1111/eufm.12457, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Fatmy, Veda; Kihn, John; Sihvonen, Jukka; Vähämaa, Sami, 2023, LSE Business Review, D1 Article in a trade journal
Ahmed, Shaker, 2023, Acta wasaensia, 520, G5 Doctoral dissertation (articles)
Dutta, Anupam; Kanjilal, Kakali; Ghosh, Sajal; Park, Donghyun; Uddin, Gazi Salah, 2023, Journal of futures markets, 43, 10, 1450-1468, DOI: 10.1002/fut.22442, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu; Ahmed, Maruf Yakubu; Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa, 2023, Journal of cleaner production, 431, 139757, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139757, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Bertz, Julie; Quinn, Martin; Burns, John, 2023, Public management review, Online First 01 May 2023, 1-25, DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2023.2207576, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Ahmed, Shaker; Hasan, Mostafa M.; Kamal, Md Rajib, 2023, European financial management, 29, 4, 1078-1118, DOI: 10.1111/eufm.12386, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
King, Timothy, 2023, Łasak, Piotr; Williams, Jonathan, Digital Transformation and the Economics of Banking: Economic, Institutional, and Social Dimensions, 135-148, Chapter 9, DOI: 10.4324/9781003340454-9, A3 Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
Grobys, Klaus, 2023, Journal of international financial markets, institutions and money, 85, 101767, DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2023.101767, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Sapkota, Niranjan; Grobys, Klaus, 2023, Journal of international financial markets, institutions and money, 83, 101716, DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2022.101716, A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
| Project | Duration | Funders |
|---|---|---|
| Business Renewal using Digital Finance and Blockchain | - |
Using Bank Option Prices to Assess Financial Sector Conditions (2014-2016)
Project leader: Dr. Jukka Sihvonen
External funding from: OP-Pohjola Bank Research Foundation
Gender and Financial Decision Making (2012-2015)
Project leader: Prof. Sami Vähämaa
External funding from: Academy of Finland
Females and Corporate Governance (2009-2014)
Project leader: Prof. Sami Vähämaa
External funding from: NASDAQ OMX Nordic Foundation
The Use of Derivatives by the Energy Sector Companies (2010-2013)
Project leader: Prof. Timo Rothovius & Prof. Jussi Nikkinen
External funding from: The Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes); Lahti Energia, Oulun Energia, Vaasan Sähkö and Vantaan Energia
Corporate Risk Management and Financial Vulnerability (2011-2012)Consortium project of Hanken School of Economics, Lappeenranta University of Technology and University of Vaasa
Project leader: (Vaasassa) Prof. Jussi Nikkinen
External funding from: Academy of Finland; University of Vaasa
