This article investigates how current global intellectual property (IP) litigation provides insight into the competitive landscape of mobile internet, the strategic thinking processes of firms, and the old mobile telecommunications incumbents and new entrants from internet that are vying for space in the new world of mobile internet. To understand the contemporary industry of smart […]

We analyse foreign-owned companies operating in Finland and compare them with domestic non-multinational firms while controlling separately for domestic multinational firms. The statistical and micro-econometric analysis is done using Statistics Finland data that contain all firms with at least ten employees in 1998–2008, partly in 1995–2010. We also control for a number of exogenous factors. […]

Presentations in the seminar on Eurozone fiscal policy are available for downloading. (Please, left-click the picture)

The macroeconomic impacts of EU climate policy implemented by the emission trading system in the third emission trading period 2013-2020 are evaluated by model simulations. The main purpose of the study is to compare the macroeconomic impacts of EU climate policy on the Finnish and the EU economies. Modelling the demand for electricity is crucial […]

The housing market does not work nearly as smoothly as the market for most other type of assets or consumption goods. Since houses are all different, there is no single market price for houses which could be easily observed. The aim of this research project is to develop economic models and methods that account for […]

Majority of Finnish households have most of their wealth in the form of housing. Retired households could supplement their mandatory pension benefits by releasing housing equity. The simplest way to release housing equity is to move to a smaller house or to become a renter. Another option is to purchase a reverse mortgage. Housing wealth […]