Publications

Peer-reviewed articles in international journals

1. Saastamoinen, A., Hyttinen, V., Kortelainen, M., Aaltio, J., Auranen, M., Ylikallio, E., Lönnqvist, T., Sainio, M., Suomalainen, A., Tyynismaa, H., & Isohanni, P. (2020). Attitudes towards genetic testing and information: does parenthood shape the views?. Journal of Community Genetics, 10.1007/s12687-020-00462-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-020-00462-8
2. Saastamoinen, A., & Kortelainen, M. (2019). When does money stick in education? Evidence from a kinked grant rule. Forthcoming in Education Finance and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00284.
   • Earlier working paper version available at: http://vatt.fi/when-does-money-stick-in-education-evidence-from-a-kinked-grant-rule (VATT Working Papers, 102/2018)
3. Saastamoinen, A., Bjørndal. E., and Bjørndal, M. (2017). Specification of merger gains in the Norwegian electricity distribution industry. Energy Policy, 102, 96-107.
4. Saastamoinen, A. and Kuosmanen T. (2016). Quality Frontier of Electricity Distribution: Supply Security, Best Practices, and Underground Cabling in Finland. Energy Economics, 53, 282-291.
5. Saastamoinen, A. (2015). Heteroscedasticity or Production Risk? A Synthetic View. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29 (3), 459-478.
6. Saastamoinen, A. and Kuosmanen, T. (2014). Is Corruption a Grease, Grit, or Gamble? Corruption Increases Variance of Productivity Across Countries. Applied Economics, 46 (23), 2833-2849.
7. Kuosmanen, T., Saastamoinen, A., and Sipiläinen, T. (2013). What is the bestpractice for benchmark regulation of electricity distribution? Comparison of DEA, SFA and StoNED methods. Energy Policy, 61, 740-750.

Peer reviewed articles in Finnish journals

• Kortelainen, M., Saastamoinen, A., & Saxell, T. (2017). Kapitaatiomalli korvausmuotona terveydenhuollon tuottajille. Lääkärilehti, 23/2017, 1502-1506. Available at VATT-webpage (follow link).

Non-refereed book chapters

• Kuosmanen, T., Johnson, A. L., and Saastamoinen, A. (2015): Stochastic nonparametric approach to efficiency analysis: A unified framework, Ch. 7 in J. Zhu (Ed.), Data Envelopment Analysis – A Handbook of Models and Methods, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 221, Springer.

Thesis work

• Modelling heterogeneous operating environment and production risk in modern productivity analysis (2014). Doctoral dissertation, Department of Information and Service Economy, Aalto University School of Business. See details at: https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/13947 (Won the thesis of the year award of Aalto University School of Business)