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...

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...