Kioton pöytäkirjassa YK:n ilmastosopimukseen määritellään Euroopan unionille kasvihuonepäästöjen tavoitteeksi kahdeksan prosentin vähennys vuoteen 1990 verrattuna. Euroopan unionin sisäisessä taakanjaossa Suomelle sovittu kaavailtu kasvihuonepäästöjen tavoite on nollakasvu vuoteen...

This paper describes the main features of a model developed for fore-casting economic developments, energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions in the EU area and Finland as well as for simulating the economic impacts of EU climate policy. Climate policy analysis necessitates a model of the whole...

The study evaluates the impacts of EU climate policy on the emission allowance price, electricity prices, the competitiveness of industry and macroeconomic developments in the third EU emission trading period 2013–2020. The economic impacts of climate policy on Finland are compared to the...

We summarize and compare previous studies considering the impact of R&D subsidies on firm-level labor productivity. These studies conclude quite consistently that the subsidies provided by Tekes do not have statistically significant impact on its client firms’ labor productivity. These studies...

A withdrawal of a member state from the EMU due to market pressure has been a rather popular topic in the public debate in recent years. However, the effects of a withdrawal have been analysed quantitatively surprisingly little. Discussions have been concentrated on the crisis countries, but as...