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Social Capital and Economic Growth Revisited
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-06-09)
Social capital facilitates cooperation in the society. High level of social capital promotes economic efficiency by lowering transaction costs. Trust towards strangers and low level of corruption are examples of high level ...
Social Capital and Economic Growth
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1998-01-01)
It is argued in order to explain large differences in the level of the development and the growth of economies cannot be adequately explained only by looking the traditional inputs of labour, capital and natural resources. ...
Finnish Experiences in Measuring and Promoting Productivity in the Public Sector
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1997-01-01)
This paper presents a survey of the studies that have investigated productivity and efficiency in the Finnish public sector. The paper outlines methods that have been used in these studies and presents summaries of main ...
Finland as a Member of European Union - First Experiences
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1998-01-01)
In 1992 we published estimations about the probable effects of the EU membership on the Finnish economy. The profound economic shock of the early 1990s has made the assessment of the economic impact of Finland?s EU membership ...
Uncovering the Dimensions of the Common Good - Problems of Measurement of the Size of the Public Sector
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-12-23)
There are problems in the measures of the size of the public sector both from the perspective of welfare state policies, monetary policy and the analysis of the economic role of public sector in general. In practice there ...
Are Government Expenditures Productive? Measuring the Effect on Private Sector Production
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-03-03)
This paper analyses the productivity of public expenditures. It follows the branch of literature originated by Aschauer but has also some novel features. First of all, it focuses on the effect of both public investment and ...
Productive Efficiency and Determinants of Inefficiency at Health Centres in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1995-01-01)
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää terveyskeskusten välillä havaittuja eroja palvelutuotannon tehokkuudessa, jotka aiemman tutkimuksen mukaan ovat varsin huomattavat. Tobit-malliin perustuvan analyysin selitettävänä ...