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174: Heterogeneity in Effective Tax Rate Trends: Evidence from Finnish Corporate Tax Returns

Mikko Vanhala and Marika Viertola

173: Experience rating the unemployment insurance tax: simulation results for Finland

Heikki Korpela

172: Free Entry and Social Inefficiency in Regulated Pharmacy Markets

Antto Jokelainen, Jaakko Markkanen, Samuli Leppälä, Markku Siikanen, Matti Sipiläinen and Otto Toivanen

171: Fiscal transfers to local governments and the distribution of economic activity

Teemu Lyytikäinen, Sander Ramboer and Max Toikka

170: Improving VAT Compliance by Switching Who Remits the Tax: Evidence from Construction Firms

Juho Junttila, Aliisa Koivisto and Annika Nivala

169: Are Firms Willing to Pay Lower Wages? A Quasi-Experiment on Subminimum Wage Policy

Petri Böckerman, Toni Juuti, Tuomas Kosonen and Henri Keränen

168: Stairway to Heaven? Selection into Entrepreneurship, Income Mobility and Firm Performance

Jarkko Harju, Toni Juuti and Tuomas Matikka

167: Furlough unemployment

Heikki Korpela

166: (No) Effects of Subsidizing the First Employee: Evidence of a Low Take-up Puzzle Among Firms

Annika Nivala

165: How Do Firms Respond to Risk-based Tax Audits?

Jarkko Harju, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Tuomas Matikka and Annika Nivala

164: Studying a Sin Tax Scheme with Multiple Reforms - Lessons for Consumption Taxation

Tuomas Kosonen, Sami Jysmä and Riikka Savolainen

163: Labour supply responses to reducing the risk of losing disability insurance benefits

Tuuli Paukkeri and Terhi Ravaska

162: Transfer (mis)pricing of multinational enterprises: evidence from Finland

Marika Viertola

161: Long-Run Effects of Selective Schools on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes

Ohto Kanninen, Mika Kortelainen and Lassi Tervonen

160: Social Push and the Direction of Innovation

Elias Einiö, Josh Feng and Xavier Jaravel

159: Combining Part-time Work and Social Benefits: Empirical Evidence from Finland

Salla Kalin, Tomi Kyyrä and Tuomas Matikka

158: Changing the unemployment insurance duration: heterogeneous effects and an unbudging exit spike

Heikki Korpela

157: The Effects of Price Regulation on Pharmaceutical Expenditure and Availability

Mika Kortelainen, Jaakko Markkanen, Markku Siikanen and Otto Toivanen

156: Improving Performance Through Allocation and Competition: Evidence from a Patient Choice Reform

Mika Kortelainen, Liisa Laine, Konsta Lavaste, Tanja Saxell and Luigi Siciliani

155: Profit shifting of multinational enterprises: evidence from the Nordics

Marika Viertola

154: Tax planning and investment responses to dividend taxation

Aliisa Koivisto

153: Do reduced working hours for older workers have health consequences and prolong work careers?

Terhi Ravaska

152: The Effects of Employers' Disability and Unemployment Insurance Costs on Benefit Inflows

Tomi Kyyrä and Juha Tuomala

151: Paying Moms to Stay Home: Short and Long Run Effects on Parents and Children

Jonathan Gruber, Kristiina Huttunen and Tuomas Kosonen

150: Migration and tax policy: Evidence from Finnish full population data

Salla Kalin, Ilpo Kauppinen, Kaisa Kotakorpi and Jukka Pirttilä

149: The Incidence of Housing Allowances: Quasi-Experimental Evidence

Essi Eerola, Teemu Lyytikäinen, Tuukka Saarimaa and Tuuli Vanhapelto

148: The impact of mortgage regulation on homeownership and household leverage: Evidence from Finland's LTV reform

Essi Eerola, Teemu Lyytikäinen and Sander Ramboer

147: Once or Twice a Month? The Impact of Payment Frequency on Spending Behavior

Jani-Petri Laamanen, Tuomas Matikka and Tuuli Paukkeri

146: City-wide effects of new housing supply: Evidence from moving chains

Cristina Bratu, Oskari Harjunen and Tuukka Saarimaa

145: Incentives, Health, and Retirement: Evidence from a Finnish Pension Reform

Joonas Ollonqvist, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Mikko Laaksonen, Pekka Martikainen, Jukka Pirttilä and Lasse Tarkiainen

144: Wage and Employment Discrimination by Gender in Labor Market Equilibrium

Pengpeng Xiao

143: The Effects of Unemployment Assistance on Unemployment Exits

Tomi Kyyrä

142: Removing Welfare Traps: Employment Responses in the Finnish Basic Income Experiment

Jouko Verho, Kari Hämäläinen and Ohto Kanninen

141: Household heterogeneity in valuation of heating energy costs

Anna Sahari

140: Mortality Inequality in Finland

Kristiina Huttunen and Stefano Lombardi

139: School starting age, maternal age at birth, and child outcomes

Peter Fredriksson, Kristiina Huttunen and Björn Öckert

138: Using Payroll Tax Variation to Unpack the Black Box of Firm-Level Production

Youssef Benzarti and Jarkko Harju

137: Resource and Environmental Policies for the Mining Industry: What Should Governments Do About the Increasing Social and Environmental Risks?

Anni Huhtala and Olli Ropponen

136: Technology, Labour Market Institutions and Early Retirement: Evidence from Finland

Naomitsu Yashiro, Tomi Kyyrä, Hyunjeong Hwang and Juha Tuomala

135: Information Integration, Coordination Failures, and Quality of Prescribing

Petri Böckerman, Liisa Laine, Mikko Nurminen and Tanja Saxell

134: Fat Tails due to Variable Renewables and Insufficient Flexibility

Ronald Huisman, Evangelos Kyritsis and Cristian Stet

133: In Sickness and in Health: Job Displacement and Health. Spillovers in Couples

Christina Gathmann, Kristiina Huttunen, Laura Jernström, Lauri Sääksvuori and Robin Stitzing

132: Discrete Labor Supply: Empirical Evidence and Implications

Tuomas Kosonen and Tuomas Matikka

131: Optimal Patent Policy for Pharmaceutical Industry

Olena Izhak, Tanja Saxell and Tuomas Takalo

130: Physician Prices and Competition: Evidence from Acquisitions in the Private Health Care Sector

Tanja Saxell and Mikko Nurminen

129: The Effects of Corporate Taxes on Small Firms

Jarkko Harju, Aliisa Koivisto and Tuomas Matikka

128: Mixing the Rich and Poor: The Impact of Peers on Education and Earnings

Elias Einiö

127: Does admission to elite engineering school make a difference?

Tiina Kuuppelomäki, Mika Kortelainen, Tuomo Suhonen and Hanna Virtanen

126: The Relevance of Wholesale Electricity Market Places: The Nordic Case

Petr Spodniak, Kimmo Ollikka and Samuli Honkapuro

125: The Long-Run Effects of Cesarean Sections

Ana Costa-Ramón, Mika Kortelainen, Ana Rodríguez-González and Lauri Sääksvuori