Selaus julkaisuajan mukaan kokoelmassa VATT Discussion Papers (1990-2008)
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Tagging and Taxing: The Optimal Use of Categorial and Income Information in Designing Tax / Transfer Schemes
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 128 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1996)It is widely recognised that optimal tax/transfer schemes will generally involve elements of both 'tagging' (the use of categorical benefits) and 'means-testing' (Income-relation of benefits). This paper explores the optimal ... -
Assessing the Double Dividend Hypothesis in General Equilibrium Framework - Is there a Chance After All?
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 122 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1996)The paper presents small scale CGE models designed to analyze the double dividend problem i.e. the simultaneous improvement of efficiency and environment through a revenue neutral tax reform. We show that in a one factor ... -
Bank Mergers, Interest Rates and the Fragility of Loan Markets
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 113 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1996)We model the interaction between the concentration of the banking sector and the investment strategies of imperfectly competitive firms in the product market to address the question of whether competition makes loan markets ... -
Bequests and Cost-Benefit Analysis
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 117 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1996)Consider a public project which produces a consumption good and which benefits future generations. Let a conventional cost-benefit analysis find that it gives higher benelits than projects it would displace in the private ... -
Airline Deregulation: The American Experience and Prospects for Europe
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 149 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1997)This paper provides an exhaustive discussion of the impact of airline deregulation in the U.S., followed by a discussion of the likely effects of deregulation in the EU. The paper argues that the benefits of U.S. deregulation, ... -
Finnish Experiences in Measuring and Promoting Productivity in the Public Sector
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 150 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1997)This paper presents a survey of the studies that have investigated productivity and efficiency in the Finnish public sector. The paper outlines methods that have been used in these studies and presents summaries of main ... -
Testing Nonlinear Dynamics, Long Memory and Chaotic Behaviour with Financial and Nonfinancial Data
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 147 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1997)This paper contains a set of tests for nonlinearities in economic time series. The tests comprise both standard diagnostic tests for revealing nonlinearities and some new developments in modelling nonlinearities. The latter ... -
Lomé Convention
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 139 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1997)This paper examines the EU development cooperation policy and the Lomé convention system. Development cooperation policy aims to achieve a socially and economically sustainable development in the poorest countries. In 1975 ... -
Labour Supply, Unemployment and Income Taxation: An Empirical Application for Finnish Females
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 145 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1997)Työn tarjontafunktion estimointi on useimmissa tapauksissa perustunut olettamukseen, että yksilöt voivat valita haluamansa työtuntimäärän. Toisen vahvan olettamuksen mukaan yksilöt, jotka eivät ole työskennelleet, eivät ... -
Structural Unemployment in Finland
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 136 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1997)Since the Finnish unemployment rate has rocketed to a very high level in the beginning of the 1990?s it is worth to study to what extent the unemployment rate prevailing today is due to cyclical or to structural reasons. ... -
Standardization in Transportation Markets: A European Perspective
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 151 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1997)The paper presents an overview of issues related to standardization in the European transportation market. The paper identifies current trends in the European transportation policy: deregulation in service markets, horizontal ... -
Evaluation and Monitoring of Business Aid in Finland. Applicant Enterprises Projects and Distributors of Aid in Industrially Declining Regions. A Quantitative Approach
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 169 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)The study examines comprehensively the three entities involved when state aid is distributed to enterprises in Finland, namely the applicant enterprises, the projects financed and the distributors of funds. It demonstrates ... -
Fiscal Policy Coordination in OECD Countries
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 160 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)This paper deals with fiscal policy coordination. In specifically it focuses on the question of how fiscal policy can be coordinated in the world where countries differ a lot in terms of cyclical behaviour and importance ... -
Redistribution and Risk Sharing in EMU
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 159 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)This study analyses possibilities for independent national redistribution and risk sharing policy in EMU by reviewing literature on fiscal federalism. The currency union will not directly affect the national welfare policy. ... -
Land Prices in Finland - Information System and Price Developments
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 161 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)This study describes the land information systems, their evolution, and the market for land information in Finland. We describe the availability and quality of price information both in urban (residential, office and ... -
Testing the "Natural Rate of Suicide" Hypothesis
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 185 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)This paper analyses the economic determinants of suicide. More specifically, we test the hypothesis that suicide is related to shocks or news concerning income growth. Testing is based on an error correction model of suicide ... -
Employment Growth and Labour Market Flexibility in OECD Countries
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 ... -
OECD Forecasts for the G7 Countries in 1969 - 1997
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 187 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)This paper presents a review of OECD forecasts for the G7 countries for the period 1969 - 1997. The analysis deals with the magnitude, auto-correlation and eventual bias of the errors. In addition, we scrutinize the cyclical ... -
Social Capital and Economic Growth
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 183 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)It is argued in order to explain large differences in the level of the development and the growth of economies cannot be adequately explained only by looking the traditional inputs of labour, capital and natural resources. ... -
Finland as a Member of European Union - First Experiences
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 180 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)In 1992 we published estimations about the probable effects of the EU membership on the Finnish economy. The profound economic shock of the early 1990s has made the assessment of the economic impact of Finland?s EU membership ...
