Selaus nimekkeen mukaan kokoelmassa Vertaisarvioidut artikkelit (Peer-reviewed articles)

    • Ignorance is bliss? Information and risk on crowdfunding platforms 

      D’Arcangelo, Chiara; Morreale, Azzurra; Mittone, Luigi; Collan, Mikael
      PLoS ONE : 6 (open access) (Public Library of Science, 16.06.2023)
      This research examines the determinants of project success on crowdfunding platforms within a competitive context. We focus on the specific horizontal attributes of the project–attributes that do not affect the project ...
    • Immigrant intergenerational mobility: A focus on childhood environment 

      Bratu, Cristina; Bolotnyy, Valentin
      European Economic Review (Elsevier, 2022)
      Over 60% of immigrant parents in Sweden start off in the bottom quintile of the income distribution, yet only about 30% of their children are still in the bottom income quintile in adulthood. This progress notwithstanding, ...
    • Inequality in mortality between Black and White Americans by age, place, and cause and in comparison to Europe, 1990 to 2018 

      Schwandt, Hannes; Currie, Janet; Bär, Marlies; Banks, James; Bertoli, Paola; Bütikofer, Aline; Cattan, Sarah; Zong-Ying Chao, Beatrice; Costa, Claudia; Gonzalez, Libertad; Grembi, Veronica; Huttunen, Kristiina; Karadakic, René; Kraftman, Lucy; Krutikova, Sonya; Lombardi, Stefano; Redler, Peter; Riumallo-Herl, Carlos; Rodríguez-González, Ana; Salvanes, Kjell; Santana, Paula; Thuilliez, Josselin; van Doorslaer, Eddy; Van Ourti, Tom; Winter, Joachim; Wouterse, Bram; Wuppermann, Amelie
      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) : 40, Open Access (National Academy of Sciences, 2021)
      Although there is a large gap between Black and White American life expectancies, the gap fell 48.9% between 1990 and 2018, mainly due to mortality declines among Black Americans. We examine age-specific mortality trends ...
    • Informational efficiency of the EU ETS market – a study of price predictability and profitable trading 

      Aatola, Piia; Ollikka, Kimmo; Ollikainen, Markku
      Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy : 1 (Taylor & Francis, 2014)
      We study the informational efficiency of the European Emissions Trading Scheme, EU ETS market, by simulating the trading in this emerging market. If the market is efficient, profitable trading should only exist locally in ...
    • Innovation, competition and technical efficiency 

      Berghäll, Elina
      Cogent Business & Management : 3(1), 1199522 (Cogent OA, 2016)
      Contradictory empirical and theoretical evidence on the relationship between innovation and competition has been reconciled in a model that yields an inverted U-shaped curve. I test whether the predictions of the model are ...
    • Innovators, followers and laggards in home solar PV: Factors driving diffusion in Finland 

      Ruokamo, Enni; Laukkanen, Marita; Karhinen, Santtu; Kopsakangas-Savolainen, Maria; Svento, Rauli
      Energy Research & Social Science : (Open access) (Elsevier, 22.06.2023)
      Generating electricity from solar energy is a way for households to participate in the ongoing transition to decarbonized and more decentralized energy systems. A large empirical literature has examined the drivers and ...
    • Integrated frameworks for assessing and managing health risks in the context of managed aquifer recharge with river water 

      Assmuth, Timo; Simola, Antti; Pitkänen, Tarja; Lyytimäki, Jari; Huttula, Timo
      Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management : 1 (Wiley, 2016)
      Integrated assessment and management of water resources for the supply of potable water is increasingly important in light of projected water scarcity in many parts of the world. This article develops frameworks for ...
    • Integrating Immigrants: The Impact of Restructuring Active Labor Market Programs 

      Sarvimäki, Matti; Hämäläinen, Kari
      Journal of Labor Economics : 2 (University of Chicago Press, 2016)
      We examine the impact of restructuring active labor market programs for unemployed immigrants in Finland. Exploiting a discontinuity in the phase-in rules of the reform, we find that it increased compliers’ cumulative ...
    • Intensive margin of land use in CGE models – Reviving CRESH functional form 

      Simola, Antti
      Land Use Policy (Elsevier, 2015)
      In this study I suggest that computable general equilibrium (CGE) studies of land use change could benefit from more careful modeling of the intensive margin. That requires more attention placed on the production function. I ...
    • International fisheries agreements and non-consumptive values 

      Pintassilgo, Pedro; Laukkanen, Marita; Grønbæk, Lone; Lindroos, Marko
      Fisheries Research (Elsevier, 2018)
      The management of internationally shared fish stocks is a major economic, environmental and political issue. According to international law, these resources should be managed cooperatively under international fisheries ...
    • International Fisheries Management and Recreational Benefits: The Case of Baltic Salmon 

      Oinonen, Soile; Grønbæk, Lone; Laukkanen, Marita; Levontin, Polina; Lindroos, Marko; Nieminen, Emmi; Parkkila, Katja; Pintassilgo, Pedro; Pulkkinen, Henni; Romakkaniemi, Atso
      Marine Resource Economics : 4 (University of Chicago Press, 2016)
      This article studies how accounting for the benefits of recreational fisheries affects the formation and stability of an international fisheries agreement (IFA) on the management of Baltic salmon stocks. The interaction ...
    • It’s time to learn: School institutions and returns to instruction time 

      Barrios-Fernández, Andrés; Bovini, Giulia
      Economics of Education Review : Available online (Elsevier, 2021)
      This paper investigates whether the effects of a reform that substantially increased daily instruction time in Chilean primary schools vary depending on school institutions. Focusing on incumbent students and exploiting ...
    • Job Loss and Regional Mobility 

      Huttunen, Kristiina; Møen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell G.
      Journal of Labor Economics : 2 (University of Chicago Press, 2018)
      We study the migration behavior of displaced workers and find that job displacement increases regional mobility. We find, however, that noneconomic factors, such as family ties, are very important for the migration decision ...
    • JUE insight: City-wide effects of new housing supply: Evidence from moving chains 

      Bratu, Cristina; Harjunen, Oskari; Saarimaa, Tuukka
      Journal of Urban Economics : Available online (Open access) (Elsevier, 07.01.2023)
      We study the city-wide effects of new, centrally-located market-rate housing supply using geo-coded population-wide register data from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The supply of new market rate units triggers moving ...
    • Knowledge Spillovers, the Technology Frontier and High-Tech FDI - Evidence from Finland 

      Berghäll, Elina
      Finnish Economic Papers : 1 (Finnish Economic Association, 2017)
      The link between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the technology frontier is strong in the theoretical and empirical literature, particularly for high-tech multinational corporations. Policymakers aiming to harness local ...
    • Local representation and strategic voting: Evidence from electoral boundary reforms 

      Saarimaa, Tuukka; Tukiainen, Janne
      European Journal of Political Economy (Elsevier, 2016)
      We analyze whether voters value local political representation by exploiting municipal mergers, which increase the number of candidates available to voters and intensify political competition. In the Finnish open-list ...
    • Long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits for older workers 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna
      Labour Economics : Available online (Elsevier, 2020)
      This paper examines the long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits that older unemployed can receive until retirement in Finland. We consider a reform that increased the age threshold of this scheme from 55 to 57. ...
    • Lost boys? Secondary education and crime 

      Huttunen, Kristiina; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; Virtanen, Hanna
      Journal of Public Economics : Available online (Open access) (Elsevier, 02.01.2023)
      We study the effect of secondary education on criminal behavior of young men in Finland. We exploit admission cut-offs in over-subscribed programs and estimate the effect of gaining access to a) any secondary school vs no ...
    • Love Thy (Elected) Neighbor? Residential Segregation, Political Representation and Local Public Goods 

      Harjunen, Oskari; Saarimaa, Tuukka; Tukiainen, Janne
      Journal of Politics : 3 (The University of Chicago Press, 07 / 2023)
      We study geographic political representation and geographic distribution of local public goods within local jurisdictions with at-large proportional representation elections. We use detailed geo-coded data on politicians, ...
    • "Love thy neighbour"? The effect of income and language differences on votes for municipal secessions 

      Lapointe, Simon
      Regional Science and Urban Economics (Elsevier, 2018)
      This paper studies voters’ preferences on municipal borders in a setting with cohabiting linguistic communities. It takes advantage of unique data from referendum results in the Canadian province of Quebec in 2004, which ...