
Room: T302 (School of Business building, 3rd floor)
Office hours by appointment.
Tel: +358 40 353 8069
Email: sami.torstila@aalto.fi
Research
Publications
"" with Mikael Paaso and Vesa Pursiainen, Management Science, forthcoming.
"" with Juha Joenväärä and Juho Mäkiaho, Journal of Alternative Investments 25(1), 65-93, 2022.
””. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 48, 1290-1331, 2021. With Tomi Fyrqvist and Elias Rantapuska.
. Nordic Journal of Business 70, 59-77, 2021. With Mikael Paaso and Vesa Pursiainen.
. European Law Review, 41(5), 2016, 687-710. With Petri Kuoppamäki.
. Management Science, 62(4), 946-963, 2016 . With Markku Kaustia and Samuli Knüpfer.
, Journal of International Business Studies, 43, 187-210, 2012, with Tomi Laamanen and Tatu Simula.
, Journal of Financial Economics, 100(1), 98-112, 2011, with Markku Kaustia.
“Do Retail Incentives Work in Privatizations?”, Review of Financial Studies 21(5), 2061-2095, 2008, with Matti Keloharju and Samuli Knüpfer.
“Cross-Listings and M&A Activity: Transatlantic Evidence”, Financial Management 34(1), 123-142, 2005, with Pasi Tolmunen.
“The Exit Rates of Liquidated Venture Capital Funds”, Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Venturing, 10, 53-73, 2005, with Markus Laine.
“Job-Related Ethical Judgment in the Finance Profession”, Journal of Applied Finance 14(1), 62-76, 2004, with Outi Hartikainen.
“The Clustering of IPO Gross Spreads: International Evidence”, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 38, 673-694, 2003.
“Risk Management in Finnish Pension Funds: A survey”, Finnish Journal of Business Economics 52, 31-46, 2003, with Vesa Puttonen.
“The Distribution of Information among Institutional and Retail Investors in IPOs”, European Financial Management 8, 357-372, 2002, with Matti Keloharju.
“What Determines IPO Gross Spreads in Europe?”, European Financial Management 7, 523-541, 2001.
“The Distribution of Fees within the IPO Syndicate”, Financial Management 30(4), 25-43, 2001.
Teaching
Mergers and Acquisitions for Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Master’s Thesis Seminar
Office hours
By appointment.