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Innovaatiotoiminta - Suomi globaalitaloudessa. Loppuraportti

Hyvärinen, Jari - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012

have declined because of difficulties in telecommunication sector. Productivity analysis shows that high country-level R …&D expenditures as in Finland and the United States - have positive correlation with labour productivity in manufacturing. Moreover …, labour productivity in manufacturing in OECD countries relates positively with FDI and R&D expenditure growth. Also the level …

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A Gravity Model under Monopolistic Competition

Alho, Kari E.O. - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2004

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Should Sweden Join the EMU? An Analysis of General Equilibrium Effects through Trade

Alho, Kari E.O. - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2011

The paper considers whether Sweden should join the EMU as based on general equilibrium (GE) effects through reduced trade barriers linked to the single cur-rency. We use in this evaluation a gravity model for trade in Europe derived and estimated in the paper, and the estimates of trade barriers...

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Convergence, income distribution, and the economic crisis in Europe

Kaitila, Ville - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013

We analyse the Sigma convergence (standard deviation divided by average) of purchasing power adjusted GDP per capita and GDP per hour worked in the European Union. We also link the development in income distribution as measured by Gini coefficients to convergence. With short pauses, there has...

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Theory and Measurement of Competitiveness

Rantala, Olavi - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013

The study deals with the theory and measurement of competitiveness. The basic theory of firm implies that under constant returns to scale the unit cost of production can be used to measure the marginal cost of production and to model the impact of competitiveness on the market share of a firm....

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Trade with the West and Russia - A Long-term Perspective on Finnish Economic Growth, Fluctuations and Policies

Alho, Kari E.O. - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

, firms have been able to shift on their own in exports from the Russian market to the West when needed. Productivity gains …

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Specialisation and/or Convergence: Structure of European Exports and Production

Kaitila, Ville - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013

We analyse the degree of EU countries’ specialisation in their exports and manufacturing value added using the Herfindahl-Hirschmann index and the degree of structural similarity using the similarity index developed by Finger and Kreinin (1979). We also analyse the convergence of GDP growth...

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Why Do We Need a Banking Union?

Suvanto, Antti; Virolainen, Kimmo - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2014

The project to build up a banking union in Europe was launched in summer 2012. Thereafter the progress has been fast. Single Supervisory Mechanism will embark on November 1, 2014. A decision on the Single Resolution Mechanism was made in Spring 2014. It should be up and running as of the...

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Quality-adjusted similarity of EU-countriesŽ export structure

Kaitila, Ville - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2010

We propose a new way to measure the extent to which countries compete in their exports. We augment the similarity index proposed by Finger and Kreinin (1979) with product quality. Quality is measured using unit export prices in the tradition of the horizontal/vertical intra-industry trade...

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Why do firms invest in the Baltic Sea Region

Kotilainen, Markku; Nikula, Nuutti - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2010

We have defined the Baltic Sea Region as consisting of the following countries and regions : Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and the regions of St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Kaliningrad in Russia. We have investigated the factors af-fecting FDI in the...

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