Selaus asiasanan mukaan kokoelmassa VATT Discussion Papers (1990-2008)
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The changing role of international investment in the mining sector - the case of Bolivia
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 3 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1991) -
The Evolution of the Finnish Model in the 1990s: from Depression to High-tech Boom
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 344 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 15.12.2004)Finland has recently got much admiration due to economic success reflected in rankings of competitiveness, technology, education and economic growth. This success has largely been embodied in the growth of Nokia group and ... -
Finnish Household Consumption in Monetary and Physical Terms - Trends and Clarifications
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 351 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 09.12.2004)The present report provides an overview of the development of household consumption in Finland in the 20th century. The study has been carried out in the framework of the AESOPUS study funded by the Academy of Finland. The ... -
Foreign Direct Investment of Finland in the 1990s
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 28 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1992) -
Further Testing of The Human-Capital Augmented Solow Model
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 189 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)This paper examines further the human-capital augmented Solow growth model, that is, it continues the work of Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992) and Islam (1995). A panel-data approach with yearly observations is adopted. The ... -
Growth and Employment in Nordic Welfare States in the 1990s: a Tale of Crisis and Revival
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 336 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 11.06.2004)This paper reviews the macroeconomic performance of the so called Nordic welfare states, especially in terms of growth and employment. In the post-war years the Nordic economies enjoyed rapid growth and full employment. ... -
Helsinki Workshop on Infrastructure Charging on Railways 31 July - 1 August, 2000
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 245 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 31.12.2000)Whilst there is a long tradition of economic analysis of charging for the use of road infrastructure, the situation relating to rail is quite different. In most cases until recently railways have been integrated organisations ... -
Homo Entreprenaurus?
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 205 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)This paper examines the determinants of self-employment and transitions from wage work to self-employment using two sets of Finnish data from the 1990?s. The results show that capital constraints have only a minor effect ... -
Impact of Business Subsidies on Growth of Firms - Preliminary Evidence from Finnish Panel Data
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 220 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 14.06.2000)This study examines the impact of business subsidies on beneficiary and non-beneficiary firms during a short three year period, from 1995 to 1997. The indicator measuring the impact of subsidies on these firms is their ... -
Individual Trade Policies in EU - The Case of Car Markets
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 111 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1995)This paper examines the possibilities of EU member countries to pursue individual trade policies after implementation of the single market. Having reviewed the relevant changes in the institutional framework formed by GATT ... -
Intraindustry Trade, Competitiveness, and Price Rigidities in the Finnish Manufacturing Industries
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 90 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1995) -
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 ... -
On Calculating Welfare Losses of Taxation and Public Provision on the margin and to a degree
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 108 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1995)In the paper an index number measuring inefficiency of taxation is introduced which is based on an economy-wide generalisation of the input distance function. Related concepts are an input based quantity index, the index ... -
Regional and institutional influences on the determinants of long-term economic growth in the OECD.
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 127 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1996)This paper examines regional and institutional influences on the determinants of long-term economic growth in the OECD. We construct a growth equation based on the new growth model of Barro with a catch-up variable, total ... -
Social Capital and Economic Growth Revisited
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 307 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 09.06.2003)Social capital facilitates cooperation in the society. High level of social capital promotes economic efficiency by lowering transaction costs. Trust towards strangers and low level of corruption are examples of high level ... -
The Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Finland
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 8 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1991) -
St. Petersburg - Manpower Prospects and Economic Potential
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 75 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1994) -
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 ... -
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 ... -
What Will EU Membership and the Value-Added Tax Reform Do to Finnish Food Economy? - A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 88 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1995)