Hey, I'm Rohit.
Finance researcher, data strategist, and occasional writer based in Helsinki.
I study corporate finance — how corporate and legislative governance dictate executive decision-making. I work as the Saara and Björn Wahlroos Foundation Fellow at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland.
Recent Thoughts
June 2026
Welcome
A new site, and a space to think out loud.
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Research Interests
Payout Policy
Buybacks, dividends, and what firms signal through capital returns
Executive Compensation
Option grants, FAS 123R, rent extraction vs optimal contracting
Insider Trading
CEO networks, information asymmetry, and market timing
Board Governance
Independence, related-party transactions, monitoring quality
Selected Publications
The timing of stock repurchases: Do well-connected CEOs help or harm?
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2024, 168:107288
JBF
Buyback behaviour and the option funding hypothesis
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2020, 114:105800
JBF