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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Public Policy Evaluation: Introduction to Quantitative Methodologies
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-07-31)
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 ...
Process Evaluation of Business Subsidies in Finland. A Quantitative Approach
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
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 ...
Business Subsidies and Bureaucratic Behaviour
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2001-06-20)
The study attempts to apply William Niskanen's (1971) theory of budget maximising bureaucrats to the business subsidies policy implemented in Finland, by one of the major distributor of
subsidies to firms, the ministry of ...
Impact of Business Subsidies on Growth of Firms - Preliminary Evidence from Finnish Panel Data
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-06-14)
This study examines the impact of business subsidies on beneficiary and non-beneficiary firms during a short three year period, from 1995 to 1997. The indicator measuring the impact of subsidies on these firms is their ...
Methods applied in evaluating business subsidy programs: A survey
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-12-19)
This paper surveys evaluation studies of business subsidy programs conducted in Finland and abroad. The aim is to assess the evaluation methods applied and then recommend the most appropriate ones applicable in Finland. ...