Research Output per year
Personal profile
Artistic and research interests
Professor Torstila’s research interests are related to finance, politics, and law, as well as empirical corporate finance and investment banking. His research includes work on the effect of political views on investor behavior, structures used in government privatization programs, collusion in IPO underwriting fees, mergers and acquisitions following cross-listings, and EU competition law. His research has been published in three out of the four top-ranking academic journals in Finance: Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, as well as in top journals in other fields such as European Law Review, Journal of International Business, and Management Science.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Science (Economics and Business Administration), Business Economics
Master of Laws
Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)
Keywords
- Finance
- Rahoitus
- Corporate Finance
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Yritysrahoitus
- Yrityskaupat
- Legal issues in Finance
- Rahoitusjuridiikka
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Research Output
Is there a future for an efficiency defence in European Union merger control?
Kuoppamäki, P. & Torstila, S., 1 Oct 2016, In : EUROPEAN LAW REVIEW. 41, 5, p. 687-710Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Stock ownership and political behavior: Evidence from demutualizations
Kaustia, M., Knüpfer, S. & Torstila, S., 1 Apr 2016, In : Management Science. 62, 4, p. 945-963 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Cross-border relocations of headquarters in Europe
Laamanen, T., Simula, T. & Torstila, S., 2012, In : Journal of International Business Studies. 43, 2, p. 187-210Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Stock ownership and political behavior: Evidence from demutualizations
Kaustia, M., Knüpfer, S. & Torstila, S., 2012, 4th Annual Florida State University Sun Trust Beach Conference, Dandestin, US, April 12-14, 2012. Florida State UniversityResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Stock market aversion?Political preferences and stock market participation
Kaustia, M. & Torstila, S., 2011, In : Journal of Financial Economics. 100, 1, p. 98-112Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Citations
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Projects
- 1 Finished
Just How Rational Are Investors? Laboratory and Field Evidence
01/09/2015 → 30/09/2019
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Prizes
Award for best Community of European Management Schools (CEMS) course in 2009 at Aalto University School of Business, CEMS evaluation 4.8/5.0
Sami Torstila (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Award for best doctoral dissertation of the year at the Helsinki School of Economics, 2000-01 academic year
Sami Torstila (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Award for best Finance doctoral dissertation 2000-2002 in Finland
Sami Torstila (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Award for best Finance master’s thesis of 1995-1996 in Finland
Sami Torstila (Recipient), 1996
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Sami Torstila (Visiting researcher)13 Mar 2018 → 18 Mar 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visit abroad
Haas School of Business at University of California Berkeley
Sami Torstila (Visiting researcher)1 Jan 2017 → 2 Aug 2017
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visit abroad
Ministry of Justice, expert group on changes to insolvency laws (External organisation)
Sami Torstila (Member)2017
Activity: Membership types › Position of trust in the public sector
Financial Management Association European Conference (Event)
Sami Torstila (Reviewer)2016
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Reviewer of conference article
Presentation at Multinational Finance Society
Sami Torstila (Speaker)2016
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation