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Working Papers

2009

1. Does Military Draft Discourage Enrollment in Higher Education? Evidence from OECD Countries
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
2. Faces of Politicians: Babyfacedness Predicts Inferred Competence but Not Electoral Success
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
   Also in Ratio Working Papers, The Ratio Institute (2009)
3. Is There Scope for Gains from Revenue-Neutral Labor Tax Reforms with Flexible Outsourcing?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
4. Pay for Politicians and Candidate Selection: An Empirical Analysis
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
5. Self-Selection and Earnings of Emigrants from a Welfare State
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
6. The Political Economy of Conscription
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2009)

2008

7. Comment on Education Returns of Wage Earners and Self-employed Workers
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
8. Firms’ Ethics, Consumer Boycotts, and Signalling
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2008)
9. Flexible Outsourcing and the Impacts of Labour Taxation in European Welfare States
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2008) View citations
10. Outsourcing and Labor Taxation in Dual Labor Markets
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2008) View citations
11. Selfish and Prospective Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting
    Working Paper Series, Uppsala University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics (2008) View citations
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2008) View citations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2008) View citations
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2008) View citations

2007

12. Expansion of Higher Education and Time-Consistent Taxation
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
13. Hooliganism and Police Tactics: Should Tear Gas Make Crime Preventers Cry?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
14. Imperfect Transmission of Tacit Knowledge and Other Barriers to Entrepreneurship
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2007) View citations
15. Political Parties and Rent-seeking through Networks
    Papers on Strategic Interaction, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group
16. Rent Taxation and its Intertemporal Welfare Effects in a Small Open Economy
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
17. Rent Taxation in a Small Open Economy: The Effect on Transitional Generations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
18. Should Old-Age Benefits Be Earnings-Tested?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (2006)
19. Smoking and Social Interaction
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2007)
    Ruhr Economic Papers, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen (2007)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2008)
20. The Expansion of Higher Education and Time-Consistent Taxation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
21. The Looks of a Winner: Beauty, Gender, and Electoral Success
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006)
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2006) View citations
    Ratio Working Papers, The Ratio Institute (2006) View citations
22. Unemployment and Gang Crime: Could Prosperity Backfire?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2007)

2006

23. Hooliganism in the Shadow of the 9/11 Terrorist Attack and the Tsunami: Do Police Reduce Group Violence?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
24. Military Draft and Economic Growth in OECD Countries
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    See also Journal Article in Defence and Peace Economics (2009)
25. On Human Capital Formation with Exit Options: Comment and New Results
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2005)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2008)
26. Pareto-Improving Bequest Taxation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2005) View citations
27. Political Parties and Network Formation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2006)
28. Public Education in an Integrated Europe: Studying to Migrate and Teaching to Stay?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2004) View citations
29. Student Flows and Migration: An Empirical Analysis
    KOF Working papers, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich View citations
    Also in TWI Research Paper Series, Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut, Universität Konstanz (2005)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2005) View citations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2005) View citations

2005

30. Income Taxes, Property Values and Migration
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2003)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2008)
31. Social Security Incentives, Human Capital Investment and Mobility of Labor
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2005) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2007)
32. To Draft or Not to Draft? Efficiency, Generational Incidence, and Political Economy of Military Conscription
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2005)
    See also Journal Article in European Journal of Political Economy (2007)
33. Violent Groups and Police Tactics: Should Tear Gas Make Crime Preventers Cry?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
34. Why are More Redistributive Social Security Systems Smaller? A Median Voter Approach
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2005) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2008)

2004

35. Candidate Quality
    Public Economics, EconWPA View citations
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2003) View citations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2004) View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Tax and Public Finance (2007)
36. Citizens Should Vote on Secession
    Discussion Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2004)
37. Educating Europe
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    Also in Public Economics, EconWPA (2003) View citations
38. Initial Luck, Status-Seeking and Snowballs Lead to Corporate Success and Failure
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2004)
39. On the Political Economy of Social Security and Public Education
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2001)
    Public Economics, EconWPA (2003) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2006)
40. Public Education in an Integrated Europe: Studying for Migration and Teaching for Staying?
    Public Economics, EconWPA View citations
41. Social Security Reform and Intergenerational Trade: Is there Scope for a Pareto-Improvement?
    Public Economics, EconWPA View citations
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2002)
42. The Invisible Hand Plays Dice: Eventualities in Religious Markets
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
    Also in Others, EconWPA (2004)
43. What Is Left to Residual Claimants? The Empirics of Income Reported by Entrepreneurs and Workers
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in Labor and Demography, EconWPA (2004)
44. Why Is the Public Sector More Labor-Intensive? A Distortionary Tax Argument
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2004)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economics (2008)

2002

45. Gerontocracy Revisited: Unilateral Transfer to the Young May Benefit the Middle-aged
    Discussion Papers, Government Institute for Economic Research Finland (VATT)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2001)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2004)
46. The Dynamic Cost of Draft
    Public Economics, EconWPA
47. The Dynamic Cost of the Draft
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich

2001

48. Social Security Incentives and Human Capital Investment
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    See also Journal Article in Finnish Economic Papers (2006)

1999

49. Federation's alternative tax constitutions and risky education
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research View citations
50. Risky Education, Taxation, and Mobility of Labor
    University of Helsinki, Department of Economics, Department of Economics
51. Why to Invest in your Neighbor? Social Contract on Educational Investment
    University of Helsinki, Department of Economics, Department of Economics
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (1999)

Journal Articles

2009

1. Hooliganism and Police Tactics
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2009, 11, (3), 441-453
2. MILITARY DRAFT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OECD COUNTRIES
   Defence and Peace Economics, 2009, 20, (5), 373-393
   See also Working Paper (2006)
3. The effect of police intelligence on group violence: Evidence from reassignments in Sweden
   Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (3-4), 403-411

2008

4. Income taxes, property values, and migration
   Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (3-4), 915-923
   See also Working Paper (2005)
5. On human capital formation with exit options: comment and new results
   Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21, (3), 679-684
   See also Working Paper (2006)
6. Public and Private Education in an Integrated Europe: Studying to Migrate and Teaching to Stay?
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110, (3), 591-608
7. Smoking and social interaction
   Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (6), 1503-1515
   See also Working Paper (2007)
8. Why are more redistributive social security systems smaller? A median voter approach
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2008, 60, (2), 275-292 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)
9. Why is the public sector more labor-intensive? A distortionary tax argument
   Journal of Economics, 2008, 94, (2), 105-124
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2007

10. Candidate quality
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2007, 14, (1), 7-27 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)
11. Conscription: economic costs and political allure
    Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 2007, 2, (1), 6-15
12. Social security incentives, human capital investment and mobility of labor
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (7-8), 1299-1325 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2005)
13. To draft or not to draft? Inefficiency, generational incidence, and political economy of military conscription
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23, (4), 975-987
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2006

14. Editorial Note
    FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2006, 62, (3), 392-392
15. On the political economy of social security and public education
    Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19, (2), 345-365 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)
16. Social Security Incentives and Human Capital Investment
    Finnish Economic Papers, 2006, 19, (1), 16-24 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)
17. Social Security Reform and Investment in Education: Is There Scope for a Pareto Improvement?
    Economica, 2006, 73, (290), 299-319 View citations

2005

18. Growth in OECD countries and elsewhere: how much do education and R&D explain?
    Economics Bulletin, 2005, 15, (16), 1-11 View citations

2004

19. Citizens Should Vote on Secession
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, topics.4, (1) View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)
20. Dynamic Costs of the Draft
    German Economic Review, 2004, 5, (4), 381-406 View citations
21. Efficiency and Equity Aspects of Alternative Social Security Rules
    FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2004, 60, (3), 325- View citations
22. Gerontocracy revisited: unilateral transfer to the young may benefit the middle-aged
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (1-2), 161-174 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2003

23. Party Platforms with Endogenous Party Membership
    Public Choice, 2003, 117, (1-2), 79-98 View citations

2002

24. Income Redistribution and Risky Occupational Choices
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2002, topics.2, (1) View citations
25. Investment in Education and Redistributive Taxation without Precommitment
    FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2002/2003, 59, (2), 177- View citations

2001

26. Alternative tax constitutions and risky education in a federation
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2001, 31, (2-3), 355-377 View citations

2000

27. Education, Mobility of Labour and Tax Competition
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2000, 7, (6), 699-719 View citations
28. Why Invest in Your Neighbor? Social Contract on Educational Investment
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2000, 7, (4), 547-562 View citations