Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

“Democracy, State Capacity and Public Finance” with Joshy Easaw. Economic Inquiry, 2023.

"A Partially Exclusive Rent-Seeking Contest". Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021.

“Innovation, R&D Spillovers, and the Variety and Concentration of the Local Industry Structure”. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2020.

“Theoretical Perspectives on Localised Knowledge Spillovers and Agglomeration”. Papers in Regional Science, 2018.

“Antitrust Exemptions for Joint R&D Improve Patents”. Public Choice, 2016.

“Economic Analysis of Knowledge: The History of Thought and the Central Themes”. Journal of Economic Surveys, 2015.

“An Epistemological Perspective on Knowledge Transfers: From Tacitness to Capability and Reliability”. Industry and Innovation, 2012.

 “Opening up the ‘Jacobs Spillovers’ Black Box: Local diversity, creativity and the processes underlying new combinations” with Pierre Desrochers. Journal of Economic Geography, 2011.

“Creative Cities and Regions: The Case for Local Economic Diversity” with Pierre Desrochers. Creativity and Innovation Management, 2011.

“Industrial Symbiosis: Old Wine in Recycled Bottles? Some Perspective from the History of Economic and Geographical Thought” with Pierre Desrochers. International Regional Science Review, 2010.

“The Division of Labor Need Not Imply Regional Specialization” with Pierre Desrochers. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2010.

POLICY REPORTS

Apteekeista ja verotuksesta (with Tuulia Hakola-Uusitalo, Markus Anttinen, and Elias Mäkelä). Kilpailu- ja kuluttajaviraston Tutkimusraportteja 7/2023.

Kil­pai­lua li­sää­vien toi­men­pi­tei­den vai­ku­tusar­vioin­tia rau­ta­tei­den ta­va­ra­lii­ken­tees­sä (with Riku Buri and Jonatan Ka­ner­vo). Kilpailu- ja kuluttajaviraston Tutkimusraportteja 6/2023.

Kil­pai­lut­ta­mis­käyt­täy­ty­mi­nen yk­si­tyis­asiak­kai­den mo­bii­li­liit­ty­mä­mark­ki­noil­la (with Jan Jääskeläinen, Antti Sieppi, and Anni Väättänen). Kilpailu- ja kuluttajaviraston Tutkimusraportteja 4/2023.

“Effects of Taxi Market Deregulation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment” with Jan Jääskeläinen and Anni Väättänen. The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority Working Papers 2/2023.

Kuluttajat aleostoksilla (with Katja Järvelä, Mika Saastamoinen, Matti Sipiläinen, and Helena Tuorila). Kilpailu- ja kuluttajaviraston Tutkimusraportteja 1/2023.

Julkisen sektorin tietojen maksullisuuden ja maksuttomuuden vaikutukset (with Matti Muukkonen, Anne Kauhanen-Simanainen, and Niina Myllyniemi). Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja 2022:50.

BOOK CHAPTERS

 “Urban Diversity and Innovation” with Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak. In The Elgar Companion to Innovation and Knowledge Creation: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach, eds. by Harald Bathelt, Patrick Cohendet, Sebastian Henn and Laurent Simon. Edward Elgar, 2017.

 “Regional Economic Analysis: The Case for Methodological Individualism” with Pierre Desrochers. In The Spatial Market Process, Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol. 16, ed. by David E. Andersson. Emerald, 2012.

 “Creative environments: the case for local economic diversity” with Pierre Desrochers. In Handbook of Creative Cities, eds. by Charlotta Mellander, David Andersson and Åke E. Andersson. Edward Elgar, 2011.

“Rethinking ‘Jacobs Spillovers,’ or how diverse cities actually make individuals more creative and economically successful” with Pierre Desrochers. In What we see: Advancing the Investigations of Jane Jacobs, ed. by Stephen A. Goldsmith. The Rockefeller Foundation, 2010.

“Hayek on Prices and Knowledge: Supplementing The Use of Knowledge in Society with The Sensory Order”. In The Social Science of Hayek’s ‘The Sensory Order’, Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol. 13, ed. by William N. Butos. Emerald, 2010.

BOOKS

Essays in the Economics of Knowledge. Publications of the Turku School of Economics A-8: 2011. Doctoral thesis at the Department of Economics, University of Turku.

BOOK REVIEWS AND SHORTER PAPERS

“Views on Book Reviews” with Päivi Oinas. Regional Studies, 2013.

“Essays in the economics of knowledge” (Dissertation summary), Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2012.

“Tiedon taloustieteellinen analyysi” (Dissertation summary in Finnish), Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja (The Finnish Economic Journal), 2012.

“Review of Inventive City-Regions: Path Dependence and Creative Knowledge Strategies”, Regional Studies, 2011.

“Review of Russell Hardin, How Do You Know? The Economics of Ordinary Knowledge” Review of Austrian Economics, 2011.

“The Division of Labor” with Pierre Desrochers. In The Encyclopedia of Geography, Vol. 2, ed. by Barney Warf. Sage Publications, 2010.

“The Geography of Innovation” with Pierre Desrochers. In The Encyclopedia of Geography, Vol. 3, ed. by Barney Warf. Sage Publications, 2010.

“Knowledge Spillovers” with Pierre Desrochers. In The Encyclopedia of Geography, Vol. 4, ed. by Barney Warf. Sage Publications, 2010.