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    • General Equilibrium Models - Numerical Method and Stability 

      Lappeteläinen, Antti
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 26 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1995)
      Dynamic general equilibrium models are studied from a mathematical point of view. Study concentrates on conditions of optimality, stability and especially numerical solution algorithms. Models are also studied in respect ...

    • Growth, Institutions and Productivity: An empirical analysis using the Bayesian approach 

      Luoma, Arto; Luoto, Jani; Siivonen, Erkki
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 104 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 07.11.2003)
      In this paper we explore how the environment offered by institutions influences long-run growth. In order for the estimation results to be trustworthy we control the reliability of the estimates in several ways. Firstly, ...

    • The implications of climate change for extreme weather events and their socio-economic consequences in Finland 

      Perrels, Adriaan; Veijalainen, Noora; Jylhä, Kirsti; Aaltonen, Juha; Molarius, Riitta; Porthin, Markus; Silander, Jari; Rosqvist, Tony; Tuovinen, Tarja
      VATT Research Reports : 158 (VATT Institute for Economic Research, 07.07.2010)
      This publication reports on the main findings of the entire TOLERATE project, which was an integrated natural science – social science project for the assessment of climate changed induced changes of extreme weather events ...

    • Industrial organization studies on pharmaceutical markets 

      Saxell, Tanja
      VATT Publications : P65 (VATT Institute for Economic Research, 02.01.2014)
      This thesis consists of three essays on the industrial organization of pharmaceutical markets. In Chapter 1, I introduce the three essays and present the main results. In Chapter 2, I measure how uncertainty and learning ...

    • Inefficiencies in the Financing of Finnish County Governments - Lessons from the Literature on Fiscal Federalism 

      Kortelainen, Mika; Lapointe, Simon
      VATT Research Reports : 188 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 23.01.2019)
      The Finnish regional government reform currently under consideration will create a new tier of regional county governments, which will be responsible mainly for the provision of health and social care services. On the ...

    • Integrating Finnish Agriculture into EC 

      Törmä, Hannu; Rutherford, Thomas
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 13 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1993)

    • Labor Market Integration of Refugees in Finland 

      Sarvimäki, Matti
      VATT Research Reports : 185 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATTVATT Institute for Economic Research, 21.02.2017)
      This paper documents Finland’s policy response to the increase in asylum applications in 2015 and the labor market performance of earlier immigrants living in Finland. Immigrants born in Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia had ...

    • Latin American Economic Perspectives with Special Reference to Finnish Interests and Opportunities 

      Oroza, Gonzalo
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 42 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1997)
      In the 1990's, economic conditions have become substantially better in South America. Many countries in the region have opened their trade policies and privatized their economies. The prospects for growth during the next ...

    • Legal and Institutional Framework for Marginal Cost Pricing in Urban Transport in Europe 

      Milne, David; Niskanen, Esko; Verhoef, Erik
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 76 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 31.10.2001)

    • Liberalised Electricity Markets - Strengths and Weaknesses in Finland and Nordpool 

      Kemppi, Heikki; Perrels, Adriaan
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 97 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 23.04.2003)
      This report gives an overview of the implications of electricity market liberalisation, with special reference to the Nordic market and Finland. The principal focus is on the functioning of the wholesale (generation) and ...

    • Local public sector in transition: A Nordic perspective 

      Moisio, Antti
      VATT Publications : P56 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 11.11.2010)
      This book consists of six original essays of which four discuss and analyse the situation of the local governments in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway. In addition, two essays provide a more general view of fiscal ...

    • On Open Economy Tax Policy 

      Hetemäki, Martti
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 6 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1991)

    • Operationalisation of Marginal Cost Pricing within Urban Transport 

      Milne, David; Niskanen, Esko; Verhoef, Erik
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 63 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 31.12.2000)
      Charges and taxes for transport have traditionally had little connection to costs, instead being part of broader fiscal policies of raising revenue or directly promoting other goals, industrial, social and environmental. ...

    • The overall economic and environmental effectiveness of a combined carbon footprinting and feedback system - Climate Bonus project report (WP6) 

      Perrels, Adriaan; Sahari, Anna; Nissinen, Ari
      VATT Research Reports : 143:5 (VATT Institute for Economic Research, 31.12.2009)
      This report is the fifth in a series of reports produced by the Climate Bonus study. In this project is surveyed what are the possibilities and effectiveness of the combined use of (1) verified carbon footprints (possibly ...

    • Post-Unemployment Wages and Economic Incentives to Exit from Unemployment 

      Kyyrä, Tomi
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 56 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)
      This study represents the results of a comparative econometric analysis of the determinants of earnings and unemployment durations. The analysis uses two sets of panel data, one drawn from the outflows of unemployment and ...

    • Practical Guide for Active National Policy Makers - what Science and Technology Policy Can and Cannot Do? 

      Simai, Mihály
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 103 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 23.09.2003)
      The aim of this report is to look at the role of science, technology and innovation policies from the perspective of the national policy process and to offer certain conclusions for the tasks related to the progress toward ...

    • Process Evaluation of Business Subsidies in Finland. A Quantitative Approach 

      Venetoklis, Takis
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 58 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)
      This is an evaluation study which examines the financing process through which Finnish enterprises apply and receive business subsidies from the central government. It examines comprehensively the three entities involved ...

    • Productivity and its Drivers in Finnish Primary Care 1988-2003 

      Järviö, Maija-Liisa; Luoma, Kalevi; Räty, Tarmo; Aaltonen, Juho
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 118 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 29.12.2005)
      We measure productivity changes of primary care in Finland between 1988 and 2003 as a ratio of key services produced and real operating costs. In the second stage we estimate a truncated regression model that quantifies ...

    • Public finance sustainability gap and raising the retirement age, abstract and full summary 

      Oksanen, Heikki
      VATT Research Reports : 177 (VATT Institute for Economic Research, 27.10.2014)
      The purpose of this study is to investigate a pension reform in which the old-age pension entry age will be increased significantly: first by five years over the next ten years, and will then be linked to the projected ...

    • Public Policy Evaluation: Introduction to Quantitative Methodologies 

      Venetoklis, Takis
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 90 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 31.07.2002)
      This paper is a survey which describes and explains in non-technical terms the logic behind various methodologies used in conducting retrospective quantitative evaluations of public policy programs. The programs usually ...