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The changing role of international investment in the mining sector - the case of Bolivia
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1991-01-01)
The Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1991-01-01)
Social Capital and Economic Growth Revisited
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-06-09)
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 ...
Individual Trade Policies in EU - The Case of Car Markets
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1995-01-01)
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 ...
On Calculating Welfare Losses of Taxation and Public Provision on the margin and to a degree
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1995-01-01)
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 ...
OECD Forecasts for the G7 Countries in 1969 - 1997
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1998-01-01)
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 ...
Regional and institutional influences on the determinants of long-term economic growth in the OECD.
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1996-01-01)
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 ...
The Evolution of the Finnish Model in the 1990s: from Depression to High-tech Boom
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-12-15)
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 ...
Impact of Business Subsidies on Growth of Firms - Preliminary Evidence from Finnish Panel Data
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-06-14)
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 ...
Testing Nonlinear Dynamics, Long Memory and Chaotic Behaviour with Financial and Nonfinancial Data
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1997-01-01)
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 ...