Selaus nimekkeen mukaan kokoelmassa Vertaisarvioidut artikkelit (Peer-reviewed articles)

    • International Fisheries Management and Recreational Benefits: The Case of Baltic Salmon 

      Oinonen, Soile; Grønbæk, Lone; Laukkanen, Marita; Levontin, Polina; Lindroos, Marko; Nieminen, Emmi; Parkkila, Katja; Pintassilgo, Pedro; Pulkkinen, Henni; Romakkaniemi, Atso
      Marine Resource Economics : 4 (University of Chicago Press, 2016)
      This article studies how accounting for the benefits of recreational fisheries affects the formation and stability of an international fisheries agreement (IFA) on the management of Baltic salmon stocks. The interaction ...
    • It’s time to learn: School institutions and returns to instruction time 

      Barrios-Fernández, Andrés; Bovini, Giulia
      Economics of Education Review : Available online (Elsevier, 2021)
      This paper investigates whether the effects of a reform that substantially increased daily instruction time in Chilean primary schools vary depending on school institutions. Focusing on incumbent students and exploiting ...
    • Job Loss and Regional Mobility 

      Huttunen, Kristiina; Møen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell G.
      Journal of Labor Economics : 2 (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 ...
    • JUE insight: City-wide effects of new housing supply: Evidence from moving chains 

      Bratu, Cristina; Harjunen, Oskari; Saarimaa, Tuukka
      Journal of Urban Economics : Available online (Open access) (Elsevier, 07.01.2023)
      We study the city-wide effects of new, centrally-located market-rate housing supply using geo-coded population-wide register data from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The supply of new market rate units triggers moving ...
    • Knowledge Spillovers, the Technology Frontier and High-Tech FDI - Evidence from Finland 

      Berghäll, Elina
      Finnish Economic Papers : 1 (Finnish Economic Association, 2017)
      The link between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the technology frontier is strong in the theoretical and empirical literature, particularly for high-tech multinational corporations. Policymakers aiming to harness local ...
    • Local representation and strategic voting: Evidence from electoral boundary reforms 

      Saarimaa, Tuukka; Tukiainen, Janne
      European Journal of Political Economy (Elsevier, 2016)
      We analyze whether voters value local political representation by exploiting municipal mergers, which increase the number of candidates available to voters and intensify political competition. In the Finnish open-list ...
    • Long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits for older workers 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna
      Labour Economics : Available online (Elsevier, 2020)
      This paper examines the long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits that older unemployed can receive until retirement in Finland. We consider a reform that increased the age threshold of this scheme from 55 to 57. ...
    • Lost boys? Secondary education and crime 

      Huttunen, Kristiina; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; Virtanen, Hanna
      Journal of Public Economics : Available online (Open access) (Elsevier, 02.01.2023)
      We study the effect of secondary education on criminal behavior of young men in Finland. We exploit admission cut-offs in over-subscribed programs and estimate the effect of gaining access to a) any secondary school vs no ...
    • Love Thy (Elected) Neighbor? Residential Segregation, Political Representation and Local Public Goods 

      Harjunen, Oskari; Saarimaa, Tuukka; Tukiainen, Janne
      Journal of Politics : 3 (The University of Chicago Press, 07 / 2023)
      We study geographic political representation and geographic distribution of local public goods within local jurisdictions with at-large proportional representation elections. We use detailed geo-coded data on politicians, ...
    • "Love thy neighbour"? The effect of income and language differences on votes for municipal secessions 

      Lapointe, Simon
      Regional Science and Urban Economics (Elsevier, 2018)
      This paper studies voters’ preferences on municipal borders in a setting with cohabiting linguistic communities. It takes advantage of unique data from referendum results in the Canadian province of Quebec in 2004, which ...
    • Low-income housing policies: affordability and integration 

      Eerola, Essi
      Nordic Economic Policy Review : 2021:022 (Nordic Council of Ministers, 2021)
      I review the literature on housing policies intended to improve the housing conditions of low-income households and discuss the conclusions that can be drawn from the literature. I distinguish between tenant-based programs ...
    • Macroprudential measures in the housing markets – a note on the empirical literature 

      Eerola, Essi
      The Journal of Risk Finance : 3 (Emerald, 2017)
      Purpose: The global financial crisis has led to increased attention on the relationship of household indebtedness and systemic risks. As a result, macroprudential measures aimed at reducing the risks have been introduced ...
    • Mass vaccination and educational attainment: Evidence from the 1967–68 Measles Eradication Campaign 

      Barteska, Philipp; Dobkowitz, Sonja; Olkkola, Maarit; Rieser, Michael
      Journal of Health Economics : Open access (Elsevier, 10.10.2023)
      We show that the first nationwide mass vaccination campaign against measles increased educational attainment in the United States. Our empirical strategy exploits variation in exposure to the childhood disease across states ...
    • Missing miles: Evasion responses to car taxes 

      Harju, Jarkko; Kosonen, Tuomas; Slemrod, Joel
      Journal of Public Economics (Elsevier, 2020)
      We study a tax evasion response to car taxes in Finland, where used car importers overstate the mileage to reduce tax liability. First, we develop a tax evasion measure by comparing reported mileage upon import with ...
    • More and cheaper haircuts after VAT cut? On the efficiency and incidence of service sector consumption taxes 

      Kosonen, Tuomas
      Journal of Public Economics (Elsevier, 2015)
      Consumption tax rates targeted at specific sectors are often reformed without any empirical knowledge about the efficiency of these policies. This paper sheds light on tax incidence as well as the efficiency issue, the ...
    • Mortality Inequality in Finland 

      Huttunen, Kristiina; Lombardi, Stefano
      Fiscal Studies : 1 (Wiley, 2021)
      We study inequality in mortality in Finland using registry data that cover the whole population for years 1990–2018. We create municipality-level indices of regional deprivation (poverty rate), and show how age-specific ...
    • Neighbors' Effects on University Enrollment 

      Barrios-Fernández, Andrés
      American Economic Journal: Applied Economics : 3 (American Economic Association, 2022)
      This paper combines detailed geographic information and individual educational records in Chile to provide causal evidence that close neighbors significantly influence enrollment in university. I exploit the quasi-random ...
    • New Credibilistic Real Option Model Based on the Pessimism-Optimism Character of a Decision-Maker 

      Georgescu, Irina; Kinnunen, Jani; Collan, Mikael
      Data Management, Analytics and Innovation. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies : Available online (Springer Singapore, 2021)
      Fuzzy real options analysis has gained increasing attention among investment practitioners as well as investment theory-focused academics. The strength of the real option valuation (ROV) models, when compared to the more ...
    • New road infrastructure: The effects on firms 

      Gibbons, Stephen; Lyytikäinen, Teemu; Overman, Henry G.; Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa
      Journal of Urban Economics (Elsevier, 2019)
      This paper estimates the impact of new road infrastructure on employment and labour productivity using firm level longitudinal data for Britain. Exposure to transport improvements is measured through changes in accessibility, ...
    • Nonlinear Dividend Tax and the Dynamics of the Firm 

      Kari, Seppo; Laitila, Jussi
      FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis : 2 (Mohr Siebeck, 2015)
      We analyze the implications of a nonlinear tax scheme for dividends using a life-cycle model of a firm. In this model new firms first enter markets; then grow internally, financing from retained earnings; and finally ...