Growth, structures, cycles

The future direction of the EU after the economic crisis

The research project focuses on EU’s future direction after the economic crisis. The study will evaluate EU’s development trends and their implications for the EU and Finland. The research project seeks to support political decision-making as well as public debate. The project is carried out by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) and […]

Possibilities of the Russian Market for the Finnish Economy

The objective of the project is to study the importance of the Russian demand potential for the Finnish economy. ETLA has carried out similar projects in 1986 and in 2003. We have also participated in 2005-2007 in a large research program financed by The Finnish Research Council with a theme “Opening of the Russian Economy”. […]

The economic impacts of EU climate policy until 2020

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 […]

Profitability of Finnish Passenger Ship Traffic

The study will analyze the profitability of the Finnish passenger ship traffic in the coming years. The Finnish passenger ship traffic will face several challenges: 1) potential cuts in subsidies, 2) the EU sulphur emission decision of the EU, 3) possible introduction of value-added tax for the services provided in the passenger ships, 4) possible […]

Possible Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the USA – the Effects for the Finnish Economy

The aim of the study is research the effects of a possible free trade agreement between the EU and the USA for the Finnish economy. We use previous model based studies as a starting point for the evaluation of the effects. Then, we will send a questionnaire to companies that are active in Finnish-USA economic […]

Prospects of Goods and Person Traffic between Finland and Russia until 2030

We participate in a research consortium, the aim of which is to study the prospects of goods and person traffic between Finland and Russia until 2030. The consortium is led by VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland). ETLAs contribution in the project will be to prepare the macroeconomic and sectoral scenarios that work as inputs […]