Research
Research Interests:
Public economics, health economics, behavioral economics, political economics
Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research
Recent working papers and work in progress:
Tax compliance in the rental housing market: Evidence from a field experiment (with Essi Eerola, Tuomas Kosonen and Teemu Lyytikäinen), FIT working paper No. 14. R&R at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Bearing the burden – Implications of tax reporting institutions on evasion and incidence (with Satu Metsälampi, Topi Miettinen and Tuomas Nurminen). Earlier versions have been published as FIT working paper no. 3 and CESifo wp no. 9791. Accepted for publication at Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
How do firms respond to risk-based tax audits? (with Jarkko Harju, Tuomas Matikka and Annika Nivala)
The welfare consequences of learning where one stands: Evidence from a large field experiment (with Xiaogeng Xu, Satu Metsälampi, Michael Kirchler, Peter Matthews and Topi Miettinen). Earlier version published as FIT working paper no. 10.
Prescription behavior of physicians in the public and private sector (with Elina Jussila and Jouko Verho), FIT working paper no. 5 and CESifo WP no. 10186
Migration and tax policy: Evidence from Finnish full population data (with Salla Kalin, Ilpo Kauppinen and Jukka Pirttilä), FIT working paper no. 1
Incentives, health and retirement: Evidence from Finnish pension reform (with Joonas Ollonqvist, Mikko Laaksonen, Pekka Martikainen, Jukka Pirttilä and Lasse Tarkiainen), FIT working paper no. 11. R&R at Health Economics.
Does complexity or money matter for benefit take-up? Empirical evidence from a universal childcare benefit (with Tomer Blumkin and Tuomas Kosonen)
The health effects of a labour market activation programme (with Caroline Hall, Linus Liljeberg and Jukka Pirttilä)
Taxi market deregulation (with Jarkko Harju and Ida Kankaanranta)
Prefilled income tax returns and tax compliance: Evidence from a natural experiment (with Jani-Petri Laamanen)