China is still a poor developing country. Since 1978, when the economy started to move in a more market-oriented direction, China has grown to become an influential player in the global economy. China has actively aimed to take part in the international division of labour. For example, in 2002...

China is still a poor developing country. Since 1978, when the economy started to move in a more market-oriented direction, China has grown to become an influential player in the global economy. China has actively aimed to take part in the international division of labour. For example, in 2002...

The study shows that the exceptional drop in volume of Finland's GDP in 2009 - as much as 8 per cent -was to a large extent due to huge decline in exports and production of one industry, ICT. The contribution of ICT (or electronics and electro-technical industry) to GDP decline was close to two...

The report analyses the impacts of globalization on competitiveness of national economies, industries and firms. The focus is in mechanical and electrical engineering and machinery. Global division of labor has significantly changed over the past few decades when the large emerging economies -...

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...

This study simulates with two dynamic models the macroeconomic and public finance outcomes of a reduction in the corporate income tax rate in Finland. FOG-model is a dynamic CGE model, which is calibrated to the Finnish economy. NiGEM is a multi-country macroeconometric model. The results show...

Intian merkitys maailmantaloudessa on vielä pieni, mutta maan kansainvälinen merkitys on noussut nopeasti erityisesti IT-palvelujen tuotannon ja kaupan nopean kasvun takia. Intian talouden avautuminen ja siihen liittyvä talouskasvun nopeutuminen alkoi myöhemmin kuin Kiinassa. Osin tästä...

Selvityksessä arvioidaan EU-maiden kasvihuonekaasupäästö-jen kehitystä lähivuosina. Raportissa tarkastellaan myös päästökehityksen taustalla olevaa talouden ja energian kysynnän kasvua sekä päästörajoitus-toimenpiteiden vaikutusta Suomen ja suurten EU-maiden...