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Uncovering the Dimensions of the Common Good - Problems of Measurement of the Size of the Public Sector
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-12-23)
There are problems in the measures of the size of the public sector both from the perspective of welfare state policies, monetary policy and the analysis of the economic role of public sector in general. In practice there ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fiscal Policy, Automatic Stabilisers and Policy Coordination in EMU
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
This paper deals with fiscal policy coordination. In particular, it focuses on the question of how fiscal policy can be coordinated inside EMU, where countries still differ considerably in terms of cyclical behaviour and ...
Fiscal Policy in the 1920s and 1930s. How much different it is from the post war period's policies
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-11-08)
This paper deals with the fiscal behaviour of governments in the 1920s and 1930s. The intention is to see whether there were the same features in government behaviour as in the post-World War II era. In particular, attention ...
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. ...