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Working Papers

2024

1. The Incidence of Rent Subsidies: Evidence on Rents, Housing Choices and Supply
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2022

2. The Incidence of Housing Allowances: Quasi-Experimental Evidence
   Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research

2021

3. City-wide effects of new housing supply: Evidence from moving chains
   Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (4)
4. Love Thy (Elected) Neighbor? Residential Segregation, Political Representation and Local Public Goods
   Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics View citations (3)

2019

5. Effects of Housing Transfer Taxes on Household Mobility
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)

2018

6. Effects of Municipal Mergers on Voter Turnout
   Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Effects of municipal mergers on voter turnout, Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2018) View citations (8) (2018)

2017

7. Delivering Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Quality: A Comparison of Place- and Tenant-Based Programs
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Delivering affordable housing and neighborhood quality: A comparison of place- and tenant-based programs, Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (7) (2018)
8. Political Representation and Effects of Municipal Mergers
   Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Political representation and effects of municipal mergers, Political Science Research and Methods, Cambridge University Press (2021) View citations (5) (2021)

2016

9. Public Employees as Politicians: Evidence from Close Elections
   Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Public Employees as Politicians: Evidence from Close Elections, American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press (2018) View citations (25) (2018)

2015

10. Does Regression Discontinuity Design Work? Evidence from Random Election Outcomes
    Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (10)
11. Local Representation and Strategic Voting: Evidence from Electoral Boundary Reforms
    Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) (2013) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Local representation and strategic voting: Evidence from electoral boundary reforms, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2016) View citations (13) (2016)
12. Who Benefits from Public Housing?
    Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research
    Also in Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers, Bank of Finland (2015)

2014

13. Best Education Money Can Buy? Capitalization of School Quality in Finland
    Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Best Education Money Can Buy? Capitalization of School Quality in Finland, CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group (2018) View citations (7) (2018)
14. Common Pool Problems in Voluntary Municipal Mergers
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association
    Also in Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research (2013) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Common pool problems in voluntary municipal mergers, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2015) View citations (39) (2015)

2013

15. Is Social Housing Affordable?
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association
16. Seat competitiveness and redistricting: Evidence from voting on municipal mergers
    Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (9)

2012

17. Do Homeowners Benefit Urban Neighborhoods? Evidence from Housing Prices
    SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research (2012) View citations (2)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2012) View citations (2)
18. Politics in Coalition Formation of Local Governments
    SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2012) View citations (1)

2010

19. Coalition formation and political decision making: Evidence from Finnish municipal mergers
    Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (6)

2008

20. Imputed Rental Income, Taxation and Income Distribution in Finland
    Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Imputed Rental Income, Taxation and Income Distribution in Finland, Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited (2011) View citations (6) (2011)

2005

21. Taxation and Debt Financing of Home Acquisition: Evidence from the Finnish 1993 Tax Reform
    Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2023

1. JUE Insight: City-wide effects of new housing supply: Evidence from moving chains
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2023, 133, (C) View citations (7)

2021

2. Political representation and effects of municipal mergers
   Political Science Research and Methods, 2021, 9, (1), 72-88 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Political Representation and Effects of Municipal Mergers, Working Papers (2017) View citations (4) (2017)
3. Revisiting the effects of housing transfer taxes
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 124, (C) View citations (3)

2018

4. Best Education Money Can Buy? Capitalization of School Quality in Finland
   CESifo Economic Studies, 2018, 64, (2), 150-175 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Best Education Money Can Buy? Capitalization of School Quality in Finland, Working Papers (2014) View citations (3) (2014)
5. Delivering affordable housing and neighborhood quality: A comparison of place- and tenant-based programs
   Journal of Housing Economics, 2018, 42, (C), 44-54 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Delivering Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Quality: A Comparison of Place- and Tenant-Based Programs, CESifo Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
6. Effects of municipal mergers on voter turnout
   Local Government Studies, 2018, 44, (4), 512-530 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Effects of Municipal Mergers on Voter Turnout, Working Papers (2018) View citations (5) (2018)
7. Public Employees as Politicians: Evidence from Close Elections
   American Political Science Review, 2018, 112, (1), 68-81 View citations (25)
   See also Working Paper Public Employees as Politicians: Evidence from Close Elections, Working Papers (2016) View citations (3) (2016)
8. When does regression discontinuity design work? Evidence from random election outcomes
   Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9, (2), 1019-1051 View citations (43)

2016

9. Local representation and strategic voting: Evidence from electoral boundary reforms
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 41, (C), 31-45 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Local Representation and Strategic Voting: Evidence from Electoral Boundary Reforms, Working Papers (2015) View citations (3) (2015)

2015

10. Common pool problems in voluntary municipal mergers
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 38, (C), 140-152 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Common Pool Problems in Voluntary Municipal Mergers, ERSA conference papers (2014) (2014)
11. Do Urban Neighborhoods Benefit from Homeowners? Evidence from Housing Prices
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2015, 117, (1), 28-56 View citations (3)

2014

12. Electoral vulnerability and size of local governments: Evidence from voting on municipal mergers
    Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 120, (C), 193-204 View citations (19)
13. I Don't Care to Belong to Any Club That Will Have Me as a Member: Empirical Analysis of Municipal Mergers*
    Political Science Research and Methods, 2014, 2, (1), 97-117 View citations (34)

2011

14. Imputed Rental Income, Taxation and Income Distribution in Finland
    Urban Studies, 2011, 48, (8), 1695-1714 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Imputed Rental Income, Taxation and Income Distribution in Finland, Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (6) (2008)

2010

15. Tax Incentives and Demand for Mortgage Debt: Evidence from the Finnish 1993 Tax Reform
    International Journal of Housing Policy, 2010, 10, (1), 19-40 View citations (4)

2008

16. Owner-Occupied Housing and Demand for Risky Financial Assets: Some Finnish Evidence
    Finnish Economic Papers, 2008, 21, (1), 22-38 View citations (7)