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PARAS-hankkeen aikana toteutettujen kuntaliitosten vaikutukset
(Taloustieteellinen yhdistys, 2018-06-05)
Matti Vanhasen hallitus käynnisti keväällä 2006 PARAS-hankkeena tunnetun kunta- ja palvelurakenteen uudistuksen. Hankkeen tavoitteena oli luoda kuntapalvelujen järjestämiselle ja tuottamiselle vahva taloudellinen perusta. ...
Effects of municipal mergers on voter turnout
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
We study the effects of municipal mergers on voter turnout in a difference-in-differences framework, using data from a wave of municipal mergers in Finland in 2009. Analysing two pre-merger elections and three post-merger ...
Best Education Money Can Buy? Capitalization of School Quality in Finland
(Oxford University Press, 2018)
By international comparison, Finnish pupil achievement is high and school achievement differences small. The Finnish education system is unusual also because there are no national testing programmes, and information on ...
Public Employees as Politicians: Evidence from Close Elections
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)
We analyze the effect of municipal employees’ political representation in municipal councils on local public spending. We use within-party, as-good-as-random variation in close elections in the Finnish open-list proportional ...
Delivering affordable housing and neighborhood quality: A comparison of place- and tenant-based programs
(Elsevier, 2018)
This paper analyzes the relative merits of large place- and tenant-based housing programs in Finland in terms of housing affordability and neighborhood quality. Using hedonic regression methods and household micro data, ...
When does Regression Discontinuity Design Work? Evidence from Random Election Outcomes
(Econometric Society, 2018)
We use elections data in which a large number of ties in vote counts between candidates are resolved via a lottery to study the personal incumbency advantage. We benchmark non-experimental RDD estimates against the estimate ...
Varainsiirtoveron asuntomarkkinavaikutukset: Tutkimustietoa verouudistuksesta
(Valtioneuvoston kanslia, 2018-03-09)
Asuntokauppojen varainsiirtovero lisää muuttamisen kustannuksia ja voi johtaa siihen, että kotitaloudet asuvat asumistarpeisiinsa ja tuloihinsa nähden huonosti sopivissa asunnoissa. Vero saattaa lisäksi vähentää kotitalouksien ...
Effects of Municipal Mergers on Voter Turnout
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2018-03-28)
We study the effects of municipal mergers on voter turnout in a difference-in-differences framework, using data from a wave of municipal mergers in Finland in 2009. Analysing two pre-merger elections and three post-merger ...
Effects of Real Estate Transfer Taxes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
(Valtioneuvoston kansliaPrime Minister's Office, 2018-03-09)
We study the effect of the transfer tax on housing transactions and household mobility in Finland using housing transaction data and micro data on the entire population in 2005–2015. In March 2013, the transfer tax rate ...