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Rohit Sonika

Visiting Researcher
Hanken School of Economics

rohit (at) sonika (dot) me


About Me

I am a Data Strategist and Academic in Finance, currently on a visiting position at Hanken School of Economics. I was a visiting researcher at Aalto University and Hanken School of Economics, both in Helsinki, Finland and an Assistant Professor at University of Exeter (UK). I completed my Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance at Lancaster University, where I was advised by Mark Shackleton, Shantanu Banerjee and Nicholas Carline.

My primary research interests are in empirical corporate finance and climate finance, including the design and regulatory frameworks around payout forms and climate finance methodologies. I am honored to have been awarded various fellowships and grants, including but not limited to Lancaster PhD Fellowship, HSE Foundation Grant, Royal Economic Society Grant, AFA Grant, Pörssisäätiö Research Grant, Suomen Arvopaperimarkkinoiden Edistämissäätiö Research Grant, etc.

Research Interests

Publications

  1. The timing of stock repurchases: Do well - connected CEOs help or harm?
    with Amedeo D. Cesari, Nicoletta Marinelli
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 2024, 168:107288.
    PDF
  2. Flexibility in Share Repurchases - Evidence from UK
    with Manoj Kulchania
    European Financial Management, 2022, 29, 196–246.
    PDF
  3. Buyback behaviour and the option funding hypothesis
    with Mark B. Shackleton
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 2020, 114:105800.
    PDF
  4. The Option and Decision to Repurchase Stock
    with Mark B. Shackleton and Nicholas Carline
    Financial Management, 2014, 41(4), 833 - 855.
    PDF

Conferences and Seminars

Grants


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