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

    • Do automatic stabilisers take care of asymmetric shocks in the euro area? 

      Kiander, Jaakko; Virén, Matti
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 234 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.12.2000)
      This paper deals with the question whether the automatic fiscal stabilisers are strong enough to solve the problem of asymmetric shocks in the Euro area. The question is important for many reasons, for instance in terms ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Government Size and Output Volatility: New International Evidence 

      Koskela, Erkki; Virén, Matti
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 339 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 08.07.2004)
      This paper re-examines the relationship between government size and output volatility from two perspectives. First, we use a wider international data set of 91 countries over the period 1980–1999 and thus not only the OECD ...