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

    • Access Pricing and Competition in Telecommunications 

      Kotakorpi, Kaisa
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 283 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 08.11.2002)
      This study reviews the key economic features of the telecommunications industry and outlines two benchmark models that have been developed in previous literature for introducing competition into local telecommunications. ...
    • Access to Computer, Internet and Mobile Phone at Home in Finland, Ireland, Netherlands and Sweden 

      Tukiainen, Janne
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 324 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 06.02.2004)
      The purpose of this study is to analyse statistically factors that affect individual access to and household ownership of new technology. This paper reviews the literature on the diffusion of new innovations, the use of ...
    • Airline Deregulation: The American Experience and Prospects for Europe 

      Brueckner, Jan K.; Goebel, Anton; Niskanen, Esko
      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, ...
    • The Finnish Model of STI Policy: Experiences and Guidelines. KNOGG Thematic Network WP4 Country Report - Finland 

      Kiander, Jaakko; Berghäll, Elina
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 313 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 03.09.2003)
      This report reviews the Finnish science, technology and innovation (STI) policies. The structure and actors of national innovation system (NIS) are described shortly as well as the functioning of education system. The ...
    • RD and Productivity Growth in Finnish ICT Manufacturing 

      Berghäll, Elina
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 388 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 04.05.2006)
      A stochastic frontier model is applied to firm level panel data from the Finnish ICT manufacturing sector to explore the role of R&D and technological progress in the outstanding productivity growth Finland demonstrated ...
    • Standardization in Transportation Markets: A European Perspective 

      Holler ,Manfred J.; Knieps, Günter; Niskanen, Esko
      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 ...
    • Technical Change, Efficiency, Firm Size and Age in an RD Intensive Sector 

      Berghäll, Elina
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 390 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 04.05.2006)
      The relationship between firm size and age relative to technical change and efficiency is examined in a highly innovative and dynamic sector, the Finnish ICT equipment manufacturing industry. A stochastic frontier model ...
    • Technical Efficiency in an RD Intensive Industry: Finnish ICT Manufacturing 

      Berghäll, Elina
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 389 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 04.05.2006)
      Technical efficiency levels in Finnish ICT manufacturing are established by applying a stochastic frontier model and retrieving Method of Moments and Battese-Coelli efficiency measures to identify both permanent and ...
    • Who Gains from Credited Forest Carbon Sinks: Finland and other Annex I Countries in Comparison 

      Kerkelä, Leena; Pohjola, Johanna; Mäkipää, Raisa
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 291 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 15.01.2003)
      In the Kyoto Protocol carbon sinks became a tool for releasing the economic burden of achieving the emission target. For Finland, credits from carbon sinks might be important since the amount of carbon sequestered in total ...