Research

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Working papers and work in progress:

The Incidence of Housing Allowances: Quasi-Experimental Evidence. (with Essi Eerola, Teemu Lyytikäinen and Tuuli Vanhapelto) VATT Working Papers 149. [Media: Helsingin Sanomat editorial, Mustread, Talouselämä]

Jurisdictional Fragmentation and  and Sprawl. (with Oskari Harjunen, Eetu Kauria and Janne Tukiainen)

Deregulation of Social Housing. (with Cristina Bratu and Oskari Harjunen)

Effects of Property Taxes on House Prices. (with Oskari Harjunen and Teemu Lyytikäinen)

Party Factions and Political Competition: Theory and Quasi-Experimental Evidence. (with Simon Lapointe, Kostantinos Matakos, Janne Tukiainen and Dimitrios Xefteris)

Refereed publications:

[17] JUE Insight: City-Wide Effects of New Construction: Evidence from Moving Chains. (with Cristina Bratu and Oskari Harjunen). Journal of Urban Economics 2023, 133. [Policy brief; Media: Helsingin Sanomat, Sijoitusovi Podcast, Financial Times]

[16] Love Thy (Elected) Neighbor? Residential Segregation, Political Representation and Local Public Goods (with Oskari Harjunen and Janne Tukiainen). Forthcoming Journal of Politics. [working paper] [Media: YLE Morning TV, JOP Blog]

[15] Revisiting the Effects of Housing Transfer Taxes. (with Essi Eerola, Oskari Harjunen and Teemu Lyytikäinen). Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 124. [Policy brief, Media: Kauppalehti, Mustread, UCLA Housing Voice podcast, YLE]

[14] Political Representation and Effects of Municipal Mergers. (with Oskari Harjunen and Janne Tukiainen). Political Science Research and Methods: The Journal of the European Political Science Association, 2021, 9(1), 72-88. [working paper] [Media: Helsingin Sanomat, Mustread, YLE]

[13] Delivering Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Quality: A Comparison of Place- and Tenant-Based Programs. (with Essi Eerola). Journal of Housing Economics, 2018, 42, 44-54. [working paper] [ Policy brief; Media: Helsingin Sanomat, YLE]

[12] When Does Regression Discontinuity Design Work? Evidence from Random Election Outcomes. (with Ari Hyytinen, Jaakko Meriläinen, Otto Toivanen and Janne Tukiainen). Online appendix. Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9(2), 1019-1051.

[11] Effects of Municipal Mergers on Voter Turnout. (with Simon Lapointe and Janne Tukiainen). Local Government Studies, 2018, 44(4), 512-530. [working paper] [Media: YLE]

[10] Best Education Money Can Buy? Capitalization of School Quality in Finland. (with Oskari Harjunen and Mika Kortelainen). CESifo Economic Studies, 2018, 64(2), 150–175. Special issue On the Use of Geo-Coded Data in Economic Research. [working paper] [Media: Helsingin Sanomat]

[9] Public Employees as Politicians: Evidence from Close Elections. (with Ari Hyytinen, Jaakko Meriläinen, Otto Toivanen and Janne Tukiainen). American Political Science Review, 2018, 112(1), 68-81. [working paper] [Media: Helsingin Sanomat, YLE]

[8] Local Representation and Strategic Voting: Evidence from Electoral Boundary Reforms. (with Janne Tukiainen). European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 41, 31-45. [working paper] [Media: YLE]

[7] Do Urban Neighborhoods Benefit from Homeowners? Evidence from Housing Prices. (with Mika Kortelainen). Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2015, 117(1), 28-56.  [working paper]

[6] Common Pool Problems in Voluntary Municipal Mergers. (with Janne Tukiainen). European Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 38, 140-152.  [working paper] [Media: Helsingin Sanomat editorial, Talouselämä, YLE]

[5] Electoral Vulnerability and Size of Local Governments: Evidence from Voting on Municipal Mergers. (with Ari Hyytinen and Janne Tukiainen). Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 120, 193-204. [working paper] [Media: YLE]

[4] I Don’t Care to Belong to Any Club That Will Have Me as a Member: Empirical Analysis of Municipal Mergers. (with Janne Tukiainen). Political Science Research and Methods: The Journal of the European Political Science Association, 2014, 2(1), 97-117. [Media Helsingin Sanomat editorial]

[3] Imputed Rental Income, Taxation and Income Distribution in Finland. Urban Studies, 2011, 48(8), 1695-1714.

[2] Tax Incentives and Demand for Mortgage Debt: Evidence from the Finnish 1993 Tax Reform. International Journal of Housing Policy, 2010, 10(1), 19-40. 

[1] Owner-occupied Housing and Demand for Risky Financial Assets: Some Finnish Evidence. Finnish Economic Papers, 2008, 21(1), 22-38.