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Finnish Agricultural Support in Changes
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
The Finnish agricultural support system underwent fundamental changes when Finland joined the European Union. Prior to the EU membership the support was mainly price support. The CAP as well as the reformed agricultural ...
Labour Market Policy and Unemployment - A Job Flow Model of Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
In this study a numerical search equilibrium model of labour markets is applied to the Finnish data in order to analyse the factors behind the record high unemployment of the early 90?s. Job creation and job destruction ...
Homo Entreprenaurus?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
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 ...
On Optimal Non-Linear Taxation and Public Good Provision in Overlapping Generations Economy
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
Using the self-selection approach to tax analysis within an OLG framework, the paper examines optimal non-linear labour and capital income taxation and the provision of a durable public good. Under endogenous wages, the ...
Further Testing of The Human-Capital Augmented Solow Model
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
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 ...
Does the Composition of Wage and Payroll Taxes Matter Under Nash Bargaining?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
Using the Nash bargaining approach to wage negotiations this paper shows that conventional wisdom, according to which the total tax wedge is the sum of wage and payroll taxes, is valid for equal tax bases, e.g., when the ...
Social Security Funds, Payroll Tax Adjustment and Real Exchange Rate: The Finnish Model
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
This paper presents the Finnish system of EMU buffer funds. The idea of the buffer funds is to finance
temporary reductions of payroll taxes in a case of asymmetric shock facing the economy. It is well-known that by ...
Demographic Factors and the Demand for Housing in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
We examine the role of demographics on the housing market in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA) using the Mankiw and Weil (1989)
approach. First, we estimate housing demand for each age group in HMA using cross section ...
Is There a Laffer Curve Between Output and Public Sector Employment?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
This paper develops a model of the relationship between public sector employment, total output and aggregate real demand in market prices, where public employment has a positive productivity effect on private output and ...
Eastern Enlargement and Portugal
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
The paper is structured in two parts. The first one analyses the proposals of the European Commission concerning the reform of the European Union policies and the Eastern enlargement, set out in Agenda 2000. The second ...