Selaus nimekkeen mukaan kokoelmassa Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT

Viitteet 1258-1277 / 1559

    • The expected economic impacts of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement in Finland 

      Tamminen, Saara; Niemi, Janne; Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina
      VATT Research Reports : 187 (VATT Institute for Economic Research, 05.12.2017)
      The CETA agreement aims to remove especially various non-tariff measures (NTMs) on trade and investment stemming from regulatory practices, in addition to the nearly full elimination of tariffs between the EU and Canada. ...

    • The heterogeneous incidence of fuel carbon taxes: Evidence from station-level data 

      Harju, Jarkko; Kosonen, Tuomas; Laukkanen, Marita; Palanne, Kimmo
      Journal of Environmental Economics and Management : Open Access (Elsevier, 2022)
      We use station-level price data and a significant diesel-fuel carbon tax reform to study who bears the economic burden of fuel carbon taxes. We use a difference-in-differences strategy to estimate the pass-through of the ...

    • The impact of energy tax refunds on manufacturing firm performance: evidence from Finland’s 2011 energy tax reform 

      Laukkanen, Marita; Ollikka, Kimmo; Tamminen, Saara
      Publication series of the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activitiesValtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja : 2019:32 (Prime Minister’s OfficeValtioneuvoston kanslia, 29.04.2019)
      Finland’s 2011 energy tax reform increased excise taxes on energy. The tax increase raised concerns about competitiveness of the manufacturing sector, and in the beginning of 2012 a pre-existing tax exemption to manufacturing ...

    • The Impact of Forced Migration on Mortality: A Cohort Study of 242,075 Finns from 1939–2010 

      Haukka, Jari; Suvisaari, Jaana; Sarvimäki, Matti; Martikainen, Pekka
      Epidemiology : 4 (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017)
      Background: The stresses and life changes associated with migration may have harmful long-term health effects, especially for mental health. These effects are exceedingly difficult to establish, because migrants are typically ...

    • The impact of mortgage regulation on homeownership and household leverage: Evidence from Finland's LTV reform 

      Eerola, Essi; Lyytikäinen, Teemu; Ramboer, Sander
      VATT Working Papers : 148 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 12.10.2022)
      This paper examines the impact of a limit on loan-to-value (LTV) ratios implemented in Finland in 2016. Focusing on households that buy an apartment for the first time, we evaluate how the regulation influenced household ...

    • The impact of wind power and electricity demand on the relevance of different short-term electricity markets: The Nordic case 

      Spodniak, Petr; Ollikka, Kimmo; Honkapuro, Samuli
      Applied Energy : Open Access (Elsevier, 2021)
      Electricity wholesale markets are undergoing rapid transformation due to the increasing shares of variable renewable energy sources. We therefore asked whether trading activity is shifting from the traditionally dominant ...

    • The Incidence of Housing Allowances: Quasi-Experimental Evidence 

      Eerola, Essi; Lyytikäinen, Teemu; Saarimaa, Tuukka; Vanhapelto, Tuuli
      VATT Working Papers : 149 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 13.10.2022)
      This paper studies the effects of housing allowances on rents. Our research design is based on a reform that made the allowance more generous for small housing units as a quasi-experimental setting. We find that large ...

    • The indirect effect of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination on healthcare workers’ unvaccinated household members 

      Salo, Jussipekka; Hägg, Milla; Kortelainen, Mika; Leino, Tuija; Saxell, Tanja; Siikanen, Markku; Sääksvuori, Lauri
      Nature Communications : 13, Open Access (Nature Research, 03 / 2022)
      Mass vaccination is effective in reducing SARS-CoV-2 infections among vaccinated individuals. However, it remains unclear how effectively COVID-19 vaccines prevent people from spreading the virus to their close contacts. ...

    • The intergenerational effects of parental higher education: Evidence from changes in university accessibility 

      Suhonen, Tuomo; Karhunen, Hannu
      VATT Working Papers : 100 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 08.12.2017)
      We examine the causal effect of parental higher education on their offspring’s education, using quasi-experimental variation from the significant regional convergence in parents’ access to university occurring in Finland ...

    • The intergenerational effects of parental higher education: Evidence from changes in university accessibility 

      Suhonen, Tuomo; Karhunen, Hannu
      Journal of Public Economics (Elsevier, 2019)
      We examine the causal relationship between the educational attainment of parents and that of their children using quasi-experimental variation from changes in parents' access to university generated by the geographical ...

    • The labor market in Finland, 2000–2018 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna
      IZA World of Labor (IZA Institute of Labor Economics, 2020)
      Finland's population is aging rapidly by international comparison. The shrinking working-age population means that the burden of increasing pension and health care expenditures is placed on a smaller group of employed ...

    • The local economic impacts of regeneration projects: Evidence from UK's Single Regeneration Budget 

      Gibbons, Stephen; Overman, Henry; Sarvimäki, Matti
      Journal of Urban Economics : Available online (Elsevier, 2020)
      We study the local economic impacts of a major UK regeneration programme aimed at enhancing the quality of life in deprived neighbourhoods. Our identification strategies include: a) exploiting the fine spatial scale of our ...

    • The local economic impacts of regeneration projects: Evidence from UK’s Single Regeneration Budget 

      Gibbons, Steve; Overman, Henry; Sarvimäki, Matti
      VATT Working Papers : 92 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 15.08.2017)
      We study the local economic impacts of a major regeneration programme aimed at enhancing the quality of life of local people in deprived neighbourhoods in the UK. The analysis is based on a panel of firm and area level ...

    • The Long-Run Effects of Cesarean Sections 

      Costa-Ramón, Ana; Kortelainen, Mika; Rodríguez-González, Ana; Sääksvuori, Lauri
      VATT Working Papers : 125 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 17.10.2019)
      This paper analyzes the long-term effects of potentially avoidable C-sections on children's health. Using Finnish administrative data, we document that physicians perform more unplanned C-sections during their regular ...

    • The Long-Run Effects of Cesarean Sections 

      Costa-Ramón, Ana; Kortelainen, Mika; Rodríguez-González, Ana; Sääksvuori, Lauri
      The Journal of Human Resources : Forthcoming, Open Access (University of Wisconsin Press, 2020)
      This paper analyzes the long-term effects of potentially avoidable cesarean sections on children’s health. Using Finnish administrative data, we document that physicians perform more unplanned C-sections during their regular ...

    • The reform of vocational upper secondary education 

      Ollikainen, Jani-Petteri
      Economic Policy Council Background Report (Talouspolitiikan arviointineuvosto, 23.01.2018)

    • The Relevance of Wholesale Electricity Market Places: The Nordic Case 

      Spodniak, Petr; Ollikka, Kimmo; Honkapuro, Samuli
      VATT Working Papers : 126 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 23.10.2019)
      Electricity wholesale markets are undergoing rapid transformation due to the increasing share of distributed and variable renewable energy sources (vRES) penetrating the market. The increasing shares of stochastic wind ...

    • The Role of Fisheries in Optimal Eutrophication Management 

      Iho, Antti; Ahtiainen, Heini; Artell, Janne; Heikinheimo, Outi; Kauppila, Pirkko; Kosenius, Anna-Kaisa; Laukkanen, Marita; Lindroos, Marko; Oinonen, Soile; Ollikka, Kimmo; Parkkila, Katja; Pavlova, Yulia; Peltonen, Heikki; Pouta, Eija; Uusitalo, Laura
      Water Economics and Policy : 2 (World Scientific Publishing, 2017)
      We analyze dynamically optimal eutrophication management using two controls, targeted fishing and reduction of external nutrient loads. Fishing removes nutrients from the water ecosystem, and the size of the fish stock ...

    • The role of information in tax compliance: Evidence from a natural field experiment 

      Kosonen, Tuomas; Ropponen, Olli
      Economics Letters (Elsevier, 2015)
      This paper studies how much firms make unintentional mistakes in their tax filing, and to what extent this can be affected by providing information about the tax code. We utilize a novel natural field experiment design, ...

    • The role of privately held firms in income inequality 

      Paukkeri, Tuuli; Ravaska, Terhi; Riihelä, Marja
      IFS Working Paper : 23/36 (Institute for Fiscal Studies, 10.11.2023)
      Business owners of privately held firms have multiple opportunities to decide how much taxable income to take out from their firm and how much to retain within the firm. However, undistributed profits within firms, i.e. ...