Selaus nimekkeen mukaan kokoelmassa VATT Discussion Papers (1990-2008)

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    • Does Centralised Wage Setting Lead into Higher Taxation? 

      Sinko, Pekka; Kilponen, Juha
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 314 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 22.10.2003)
      This paper studies implications of centralised wage setting for the level of taxation and public expenditure in an analytical model with unionised labour markets. We extend the previous studies by allowing for both demand ...

    • Does the Composition of Wage and Payroll Taxes Matter Under Nash Bargaining? 

      Koskela, Erkki; Schöb, Ronnie
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 203 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)
      Using the Nash bargaining approach to wage negotiations this paper shows that conventional wisdom, according to which the total tax wedge is the sum of wage and payroll taxes, is valid for equal tax bases, e.g., when the ...

    • Does the Size of the Legislature Affect the Size of Government? Evidence from Two Natural Experiments 

      Pettersson-Lidbom, Per
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 350 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.12.2004)
      Previous empirical studies have found a positive relationship between the size of legislature and the size of government. Those studies, however, do not adequately address the concerns of endogeneity. In contrast, this ...

    • Durable Goods and Household Saving Ratios in the Euro Area 

      Jalava, Jukka; Kavonius, Ilja Kristian
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 409 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 29.12.2006)
      The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of capitalising durable goods on the Euro area (EA) countries' and the EA-aggregate's household saving ratios and disposable incomes. The reason for this exercise is ...

    • Eastern Enlargement and Portugal 

      Fernandes, Tania
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 188 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)
      The paper is structured in two parts. The first one analyses the proposals of the European Commission concerning the reform of the European Union policies and the Eastern enlargement, set out in Agenda 2000. The second ...

    • Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey 

      Pekkala, Sari
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 362 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 07.03.2005)
      This survey presents findings from recent empirical studies on economic impacts of immigration with particular emphasis on European and Nordic countries. The survey consists of three parts. First, we look at the extent of ...

    • Economic Implications of Differences in Member State Regulations for the European Union Emission Trade System 

      Perrels, Adriaan
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 412 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 14.02.2007)
      This report discusses the economic implications of the regulatory organisation of the European Emission Trade System (EU ETS) in the member states, and more in particular the consequences of differences between national ...

    • Economic Poverty in Finland 1971-2004 

      Sullström, Risto; Riihelä, Marja; Tuomala, Matti
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 418 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 16.03.2007)
      In this paper we examined trends in the economic poverty in Finland using two data sources, the IDS (Income Distribution Survey) and the CES (Consumption Expenditure Survey). We drew on the recent literature on poverty ...

    • Education and Unemployment: State Dependence in Unemployment Among Young People in the 1990s 

      Hämäläinen, Kari
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 312 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 21.08.2003)
      This study examines the labour market careers of young people who finished their studies or left compulsory schooling in 1988. The main issue of interest is the impact of past unemployment on current unemployment. The ...

    • The Effect of Three-rate Property Taxation on Housing Construction 

      Lyytikäinen, Teemu
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 419 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 03.05.2007)
      This paper examines the effect on housing construction of taxing undeveloped residential land at a higher rate than developed land. In 2001, Finnish municipalities were allowed to levy an extra property tax on undeveloped ...

    • Effects of Equalization Tax on Multinational Investments and Transfer Pricing 

      Kari, Seppo; Ylä-Liedenpohja, Jouko
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 337 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 15.06.2004)
      This paper analyzes effects of equalization tax on the decisions of a multinational company. Equalization tax is an extra corporation tax on dividend distributions to ensure that the underlying profit of a dividend has ...

    • Effects of Fiscal Policy on Private Consumption 

      Arola, Mika
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 133 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1996)
      This paper examines the effects of fiscal policy on private consumption. The paper evaluates the assumption that the effects of fiscal policy are dependent on the public sector's financial situation, which changes the ...

    • Efficiency of Finnish Upper Secondary Schools: An Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis with Panel Data 

      Kirjavainen, Tanja
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 428 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 08.11.2007)
      In this study the efficiency of Finnish upper secondary schools is evaluated with stochastic frontier analysis. Different stochastic frontier models for panel data are used to estimate education production functions. The ...

    • Employment and Wage Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut-Evidence from a Regional Experiment 

      Korkeamäki, Ossi; Uusitalo, Roope
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 443 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 07.04.2008)
      In this paper we evaluate the effects of a regional experiment that reduced payroll-taxes by 3–6 percentage points for three years in Northern Finland. We match each firm in the target region with a similar firm in a ...

    • Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment 

      Korkeamäki, Ossi; Uusitalo, Roope
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 407 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 21.11.2006)
      In this paper we evaluate the effects of a regional experiment that reduced payroll taxes by 3-6 percentage points in Northern Finland for three years. We match each firm in the target region with a similar firm in the ...

    • Employment Growth and Labour Market Flexibility in OECD Countries 

      Kiander, Jaakko; Virén, Matti
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 184 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)
      This paper investigates the adjustment of employment to population shocks in 22 OECD countries over the period 1960 - 1997. Most of the countries have experienced significant population shocks during that period. The speed ...

    • Employment Policies in Two Ageing Societies: Japan and Finland Compared 

      Räisänen, Heikki; Hori, Haruhiko
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 453 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 30.09.2008)
      This study compares employment policies between two rapidly ageing societies: Japan and Finland. This paper concentrates on analysing the elderly people who leave the labour market early and the young people entering the ...

    • Enlargement of the European Union with the CEECs. Problems, recent experiences and suggested solutions 

      Pluennecke, Axel
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 73 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1994)

    • Estimating Equilibrium Search Models from Finnish Data 

      Kyyrä, Tomi
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 256 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 31.05.2001)
      Empirical equilibrium search models have attracted a growing interest in recent years. Estimation of such models has not been completely successful, however. This has led researchers to develop more sophisticated versions ...

    • EU-Enlargement and Beyond: A Simulation Study on EU and Russia Integration 

      Sulamaa, Pekka; Widgrén, Mika
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 356 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 16.12.2004)
      This paper examines the economic effects of the opening of the Russian Federation. The analysis carried out in the paper is two-fold. First we simulate the impact of the eastern enlargement of the EU and, second, we analyse ...