Working Papers
Labor Market Effects of Private Provider Entry in Health and Social Services, with Max Toikka and Markku Siikanen, 2026, VATT Working Papers 184.
Improving Performance Through Allocation and Competition : Evidence from a Patient Choice Reform, with Mika Kortelainen, Konsta Lavaste, Liisa T. Laine and Luigi Siciliani [current draft: March 2025]
Ostrobothnia Digital Clinic Experiment: Randomized Controlled Trial, with Tapio Haaga, Mika Kortelainen, Oskari Nokso-Koivisto, Tanja Saxell, Meeri Seppä and Lauri Sääksvuori. Pre-analysis plan, AEA RCT Registry 0015587.
Optimal Patent Policy for Pharmaceutical Industry, with Olena Izhak and Tuomas Takalo. VATT Working Paper, 2020, 131. International Economic Review, revise and resubmit.
Related Vox-EU blog: Optimal Patent Policy for Pharmaceuticals: Balancing Innovation and Access to New Drugs, with Tuomas Takalo and Olena Izhak, 2022.
Physician Prices and Competition: Evidence from Acquisitions in the Private Health Care Sector, with Mikko Nurminen. VATT Working Papers 130.
Publications and Accepted Papers
Information Technology, Access, and Use of Prescription Drugs, with Petri Böckerman, Mika Kortelainen, Liisa T. Laine and Mikko Nurminen. The Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024.
Information Integration, Coordination Failures, and Quality of Prescribing, with Petri Böckerman, Liisa T. Laine, and Mikko Nurminen. The Journal of Human Resources, 2025.
The indirect Effect of mRNA-based COVID-19 Vaccination on Unvaccinated Household Members, with Jussipekka Salo, Milla Hägg, Mika Kortelainen, Tuija Leino, Tanja Saxell, Markku Siikanen and Lauri Sääksvuori. Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 1162.
Provider payments and capitation system in health care (in Finnish, Kapitaatiomalli korvausmuotona terveydenhuollon tuottajille), with Kortelainen, Mika and Saastamoinen, Antti. Finnish Medical Journal, 2017, 72(23): 1502-1506
Freedom of Choice in Social and Health Care (in Finnish, Valinnanvapaus SOTE-uudistuksessa), with Lasse Lehtonen, Heikki Hiilamo, Marina Erhola, Pentti Arajärvi, Jussi Huttunen, Aulikki Kananoja, Martti Kekomäki, Anneli Pohjola, Hanna Tainio, Paul Lillrank, Katariina Silander, Pirkko Vartiainen. Journal of Social Medicine in Finland, 2018, 55(1): 78-87.
Work in Progress
Allocation and Prioritization in Public Health Care, with Tuomas Markkula.
Private Experience and Observational Learning in Pharmaceutical Demand, solo authored.