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....

Tutkimuksessa selvitetään, missä määrin Suomen muita EU- ja OECD-maita korkeamman kuluttajahintatason syynä on palvelualojen kilpailun puute, kilpailukyvyn puute tai muut tekijät. Hintamarginaalimittarilla ja ns. Boonen mittarilla arvioiden Suomen useimpien palvelualojen kilpailun...

Postal service volumes have diminished and the profitability of postal and courier activities has weakened in Finland in recent years. The study evaluates the development of the service volumes, profitability and employment of postal and courier activities until 2020. The distribution volumes of...

There are over 3 billion searches globally on Google every day. This report examines whether Google search queries can be used to predict the present and the near future unemployment rate in Finland. Predicting the present and the near future is of interest, as the official records of the state...

The share of private consumption in gross domestic product is significant; therefore, private consumption has a great influence on economic growth, which makes it a major concept in economics. The purpose of the paper is to estimate and evaluate different forecasting models for private...

This report examines whether Google search queries can be used to predict the present and the near future house prices in Finland. Compared to a simple benchmark model, Google searches improve the prediction of the present house price index by 7.5 % measured by mean absolute error. In addition,...

Forests can be seen as a source of wood raw material and bioenergy, a recreational area with health benefits, a carbon sink, and a source of biodiversity. This report examines how different shifts in perceptions and in the wider forest sector environment affect forest sector production, wood...

Tutkimuksessa kehitetään toimialojen t&k-panostusten ja tuottavuuden ennustejärjestelmää, jota voidaan käyttää myös julkisen t&k-rahoituksen vaikuttavuutta tarkasteleviin simulointeihin. Kokonaistuottavuuden kasvua määrittävät mallissa keskeisesti toimialojen tuotannon laadun ja...

Forests can be seen as a source of wood raw material and bioenergy, a recreational area with health benefits, a carbon sink, and a source of biodiversity. This report examines how different shifts in perceptions and in the wider forest sector environment affect forest sector production, wood...

Tutkimuksessa kehitetään mallia, jolla voidaan arvioida sosiaa-lietuuksien kustannusten vaikutuksia tuottajahintoihin sekä valtakunnallisiin ja alueel-lisiin kuluttajahintoihin. Tuottajahintoja määrittävä panos-tuotoshintamalli ottaa huo-mioon sosiaalietuuksien rahoitukseen käytettävien...