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The Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1991-01-01)
Finland's First 10 Years in the European Union - Economic Consequences
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-01-13)
This paper summarizes the economic performance of Finland in 1995–2004 and compares the actual developments to the projections made prior to the EU membership. The paper also assesses the impacts of the structural changes ...
Belgium as a small open economy in the core of Europe
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1995-01-01)
Small open economies in Europe share many of the same characteristics, policy choices and economic problems. This paper argues that Belgium is profoundly affected by its position as a small open economy in the core of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Taxes, Growth and Unemployment in the OECD Countries - Does Collective Bargaininig Matter?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-12-19)
This paper analyses how collective bargaining affects the level and structure of labour and capital taxes in OECD countries by using cross-country-time-series data. Corporatist countries are found to have higher effective ...
Are Government Expenditures Productive? Measuring the Effect on Private Sector Production
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-03-03)
This paper analyses the productivity of public expenditures. It follows the branch of literature originated by Aschauer but has also some novel features. First of all, it focuses on the effect of both public investment and ...
Growth and Employment in Nordic Welfare States in the 1990s: a Tale of Crisis and Revival
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-06-11)
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. ...