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Local Representation and Strategic Voting: Evidence from Electoral Boundary Reforms
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2015-09-11)
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 ...
Does Regression Discontinuity Design Work? Evidence from Random Election Outcomes
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2015-09-21)
We use elections data in which a large number of ties in vote counts between
candidates are resolved via lottery. We benchmark non-experimental RDD estimates
of personal incumbency advantage against the estimate produced ...
The impact of school closures on student achievement - evidence from rural Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2015-06-05)
Over the last two decades, many municipalities in Finland have attempted to cut costs by closing small schools. In particular, rural schools with low enrolment have been the target of these savings. This continuing tendency ...
One or Two Tiers of Local Government? – The Cost Effects of a Regional Experiment
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2015-09-24)
This paper evaluates the cost effects of a Finnish regional self-government experiment. The experiment introduced a new intermediate tier of local administration that was given the responsibility to organize 60 per cent ...
Who Benefits from Public Housing?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2015-12-17)
This paper studies how much public housing generates rent savings for the tenants, how these savings are distributed among the tenants, and whether the tenants reside in better quality neighborhoods than similar low-income ...
Ulkomaalaisten korkeakouluopiskelijoiden opiskeluajan kustannukset ja taloudellinen toiminta Suomessa
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2015-06-11)
Hyvän valtionosuusjärjestelmän periaatteet
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2015-05-13)
Suomen julkinen sektori on kansainvälisessä vertailussa poikkeuksellisen hajautettu paikallistasolle eli kunnille. Tästä syystä valtion kunnille maksamat valtionosuudet ovat merkittävä menoerä. Nyt käsillä olevassa VATT ...