This study analyses financial sustainability of the Finnish public sector. Current tax rates are unlikely to yield sufficient tax revenue for financing public expenditure under an ageing population. The estimate of the sustainability gap is 2 1/2 per cent of GDP, for the period 2010 - 2060. The...

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...

Tutkimuksessa kehitetään kasvihuonekaasupäästöjen ennustami-seen ja päästörajoituspolitiikan vaikutusten arviointiin soveltuvaa mallia Suomelle ja suurille EU-maille. Energian kulutukseen ja päästöihin vaikuttavat mallissa talouden suhdanteet ja säätilan muutokset. Tuotannon kasvu...

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...