SHORT BIO

Pages updated 23 April, 2024.

 My CV as of 13 February, 2024.

Currently I work as a senior research adviser at the Monetary Policy and Research Department of Bank of Finland.  

I am also a member of the Industrial Organization Research Group of Helsinki Graduate School of Economics, an adjunct professor (i.e. 'dosentti' in Finnish) at Aalto University School of Business, Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Turku School of Economics, and University of Oulu,.

My previous positions include Visiting Scholar (part time) at VATT Institute for Economic Research, Professor of Economics at Hanken School of Economics, Research Supervisor at Bank of Finland, Senior Researcher (part time) at KU Leuven, Professor of Economics (part time) at Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Director of the Finnish Doctoral Program in Economics. 

I have also been a visiting scholar at the Faculty of Economics at University of Cambridge and the Economics Departments at Toulouse School of Economics, Boston University, and MIT. In addition, I have worked as a consultant in numerous cases for both private and public sector entities. 

My graduate degree, Dr.Sc.(Econ.), is from University of Helsinki. During my graduate studies I spent one year at the Economics Department at University of Warwick.

My research primarily deals with innovation, intellectual property, and financial economics. I have also done some research on political science and on the theory of search and matching. My research is published in numerous academic books and journals, including American Economic Review, RAND Journal of Economics, and Review of Economics & Statistics.

Email: tuomas.takalo at gmail.com