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Viitteet 11-20 / 63
Gerontocracy Revisited: Unilateral Transfer to the Young May Benefit the Middle-aged
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-05-22)
According to conventional wisdom, intergenerational transfers can survive, in the absence of altruism, only if the old are net recipients. I prove that this need not hold in an overlapping generations model with a fixed ...
Access Pricing and Competition in Telecommunications
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-11-08)
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. ...
Determinants of Expenditure Variation in Finnish Municipalities
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-03-19)
This paper focuses on two separate issues. First, the expenditure response of Finnish municipalities to price and income changes during the matching grants period is examined. Second, the existence of the so-called "flypaper ...
Technical Change, Efficiency, Firm Size and Age in an RD Intensive Sector
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-05-04)
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 ...
Airline Deregulation: The American Experience and Prospects for Europe
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1997-01-01)
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, ...
5th Helsinki Workshop on Standardization and Networks, 13-14 August, 2000
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-12-31)
The fast development in communications and information based industries as well as in other network related industries gives rise to new constellations in competition and innovation. These are strongly dependent on strategic ...
Optimal Forest Taxation with Multiple-Use Characteristics of Forest Stands
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1995-01-01)
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 ...
RD and Productivity Growth in Finnish ICT Manufacturing
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-05-04)
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 ...
Land Prices in Finland - Information System and Price Developments
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1998-01-01)
This study describes the land information systems, their evolution, and the market for land information in Finland. We describe the availability and quality of price information both in urban (residential, office and ...