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Does market size matter for charities?
(Elsevier, 2018)
We analyze implications of market size for market structure in the charity sector. While a standard model of oligopolistic for-profit competition predicts a positive relationship between market size and firm size, our ...
Job Loss and Regional Mobility
(University of Chicago Press, 2018)
We study the migration behavior of displaced workers and find that job displacement increases regional mobility. We find, however, that noneconomic factors, such as family ties, are very important for the migration decision ...
Compliance costs vs. tax incentives: Why do entrepreneurs respond to size-based regulations?
(Elsevier, 2019)
This paper studies the mechanisms behind the responses of entrepreneurs to size-dependent tax regulation. We exploit the value-added tax (VAT) exemption threshold in Finland. Both tax incentives (remitted VAT) and compliance ...
How do small firms respond to tax schedule discontinuities? Evidence from South African tax registers
(Springer US, 2019)
We study the responsiveness of small- and medium-sized firms to a small-business corporate income tax schedule using population-wide administrative data from South Africa. We find sizeable bunching of firms at the corporate ...
Public Procurement versus Laissez-Faire: Evidence from Household Waste Collection
(Oxford University Press, 2019)
We document that switching from laissez-faire production to public procurement in residential waste collection in Finland reduces the number of firms active in the local market, but induces a statistically significant and ...
Economic Policy Council Report 2016
(Talouspolitiikan arviointineuvosto, 2017-01-24)
The Report 2016 of the Economic Policy Council was published on 24.1.2017. The report evaluates the economic policy over the parliamentary term 2015-2019. The topics analysed include the government’s fiscal policy, fiscal ...
Luova tuho – tie eteenpäin
(Talouspolitiikan arviointineuvosto, 2017-01-24)
Luova tuho – tie eteenpäin -raportti on laadittu Talouspolitiikan arviointineuvoston toimeksiannosta.
Unemployment Insurance in Finland: A Review of Recent Changes and Empirical Evidence on Behavioral Responses
(Talouspolitiikan arviointineuvosto, 2017-01-24)
The goal of this report is twofold. The first is to provide an overview of the Finnish unemployment insurance (UI) system. We describe all major changes in eligibility criteria, benefit levels and benefit durations since ...
Dealing with the Refugee Crisis: Policy Lessons from Economics and Political Science
(Talouspolitiikan arviointineuvosto, 2017-01-24)
The development of wage dispersion and wage rigidity in Finland
(Talouspolitiikan arviointineuvosto, 2017-01-24)
Wage dispersion increased during the 1995-2007 period, but it has slowed down or stopped since then. The increase in between-firms variance dominated during late 1990’s, but after that the overall increase in wage dispersion ...