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Technology Policy and Knowledge-based Growth in Small Countries
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-05-25)
The rapid diffusion of technology is a prerequisite for small countries to catch-up or remain at the fore-front of the technology race. The critical issue is how innovation policies can be framed so that they encourage the ...
The CIS Mining Industry in a Transition Period with Special Reference to Finnish Mining Prospects
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1994-01-01)
The structural changes of the CIS mining industry have far-reaching consequences not only for the national economies of the member states but for the entire international metal market. Political instability and absence of ...
The Role of Science and Technology Policy in Small Economies
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-08-22)
KNOGG, an EU financed thematic network, studies the role ST&I policies play in driving economic growth in six small European economies. It aims to develop guidelines at the EU level for improving knowledge-based growth in ...
An Evaluation of Wage Subsidy Programs to SMEs Utilising Propensity Score Matching
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-02-05)
We evaluate direct wage subsidy programs to Finnish SMEs utilising as the unit of interest the firm and its characteristics. In estimating Average Treatment effects on the Treated firms (ATT) we apply recent techniques of ...
Essays on Finnish Municipal Finance and Intergovernmental Grants
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-11-08)
This PhD thesis is a collection of studies on Finnish municipal expenditures, revenues and intergovernmental grants. The main purpose of the study was to analyse the municipal expenditure variation between the matching ...
Competition and Innovation - Microeconometric Evidence using Finnish Data
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-11-15)
The relationship between product market competition (PMC) and innovative activity has attracted the attention of many economists lately. In this study we elaborate the theory of Aghion et al. (1997, 2001) of an inverted-U ...
Business Subsidies and Bureaucratic Behaviour - A Revised Approach
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2001-11-27)
This dissertation is a collection of three studies whose central theme is the business subsidies policy implemented in Finland during the 1990s by the ministry of Trade and Industry (KTM). The purpose is to examine whether ...
Eastern Enlargement of the European Union - Transition in applicant countries and evaluation of the economic prospects with a dynamic CGE-model
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-06-20)
In this study the economic implications of eastward enlargement are analyzed using a multi-regional, dynamic general equilibrium model. EU's eastern enlargement is, in one respect, conventional regional integration where ...
Spending Preferences of Public Sector Officials. Survey Evidence from the Finnish Central Government
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-10-29)
We examine the determinants that shape the spending preferences of public sector employees on several budgetary appropriations. Following Niskanen's (1971, 1975, 1994) budget maximising theory, we test whether these employees ...
General Equilibrium Models - Numerical Method and Stability
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1995-01-01)
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 ...