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Recent News
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Essays on non-Gaussian structural vector autoregressions
Keyan Liu will defend his doctoral dissertation “Essays on non-Gaussian structural vector autoregressions” on October 3rd, 2025.
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Essays on corporate income taxation and multinational enterprises
On the 22nd of September, Marika Viertola, will defend her doctoral dissertation “Essays on corporate income taxation and multinational enterprises”.
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Industrial Organization Studies on Mixed Health Care Markets and Waiting Times
On the 19th of September, Tuomas Markkula, will defend his doctoral dissertation “Industrial organization studies on mixed health care markets and waiting times”.
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Essays on Economics of Education and the Labor Market
On the 20th of August, Marc Riudavets Barcons, will defend his doctoral dissertation “Essays on Economics of Education and the Labor Market”.
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Essays on climate policy and transportation
On the 24th of June, Arttu Ahonen, will defend his doctoral dissertation “Essays on climate policy and transportation”.
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Upcoming events
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Louise Hohenthal
University of Helsinki
Louise Hohenthal will defend her thesis Studies on Macroeconomic Effects of Immigration
- University of Helsinki
- Doctoral Defence
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Raissa Fabregas
University of Texas at Austin
The Well-Being Effects of Digital Mental Health Care
- Development Economics
- Seminar
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Environmental Economics Reading Group
The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.
- Environmental Economics
- Reading Group
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Erika Povea
NHH
When Organized Crime Moves In: Economic and Human Capital Disruption
- Practice Job Talk
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Milla Hägg
University of Helsinki
History Dependence and Firm Incentives in Free Contraception Programs
- Industrial Organization
- PhD Seminar
Latest research
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The Effect of Western Technology on Soviet Industrial Development
Andrei Markevich and Torsten Santavirta
During the Soviet Union’s First Five-Year Plan, Western know-how and technology were extensively infused into industry through technical assistance agreements and work contracts with specialists and …
Discussion paper
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Quantifying Profit Shifting: Evidence from the OECD CbCR Statistics and Comparative Analysis with ORBIS Data
Svetlana Ledyaeva
This paper presents a comparative empirical analysis of multinational profit shifting using two principal data sources: the OECD Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) statistics and ORBIS firm-level …
Discussion paper
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Furloughs, Employment, and Worker Reallocation in Normal Times
Niku Määttänen, Eero Mäkynen, Oskari Vähämaa
Are furlough schemes useful under normal business cycle conditions? We address this question using administrative data from Finland, where such a scheme has long existed, and a model of firm dynamics …
Discussion paper
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Displacement effects of the Finnish hiring subsidy - Evidence from a funding discontinuity
Heikki Korpela
Finland offers a subsidy to employers for hiring individuals with low employment prospects. In 2015, changes to the subsidy’s funding caused some regions to unexpectedly suspend new subsidy grants. I …
Discussion paper
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