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Drug price subsidies increase prescription drug purchases
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Perceptions of how governments use tax revenues affect individuals’ willingness to pay taxes
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Finnish firm owners react to changes in dividend taxation by adjusting income shifting – investment and output responses negligible
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Risk-based tax audits lead to increased likelihood of forced exit among non-compliant firms
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High-income individuals are more likely to start a new incorporated business
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Corporate tax rate cut does not increase investments, but increases business activity
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Finnish child home care allowance has negative impacts on mothers’ careers and child outcomes
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Finns’ emigration responses to changes in domestic tax rates are very small
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Changes in retirement age norm largely influence retirement decisions
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News |PhD Public Sector Economics 2025 by Helsinki GSE & FIT
Join a brand new public economics PhD course in the autumn 2025!
The course consists of weekly 2-hour hybrid sessions from September to November, and in-person sessions in October in Tampere and in December in Helsinki.
The course is organized jointly by University of Helsinki and Tampere University, in collaboration with Uppsala University.
Register by August, 15!
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News |Lowering public transport fares reduces driving, but is an expensive way to reduce emissions
Kimmo Palanne defends his dissertation, Essays on Transportation and the Environment, at Aalto University on March 21, 2025. The research indicates that lowering public transport fares in the Helsinki metropolitan area reduced car use and CO2 emissions. However, the measure was expensive in terms of cost per tonne of CO2 reduced compared to other climate actions.
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News |MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships at Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research at Tampere University
FIT is inviting proposals for applications to the EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions program!
Are you a postdoc with high ambitions, working on topics connected to FIT research, and interested in joining our team through the program? Send us a brief proposal for an application to the program by 23rd April!
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News |PhD Workshop on Firms and Public Policy in Uppsala, 9 – 13 June 2025
The Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies (UCFS) and the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research (FIT) invite you to a workshop for doctoral students interested in topics of “Firms and Public Policy”.
The deadline for registration is 16 March 2025!
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News |Study: Subminimum wages for young workers did not boost employment
Only a small fraction of retail trade companies opted to pay newly hired workers under the age of 25 subminimum wages, after policy change. This finding suggests that prevailing wage norms significantly influence firms’ wage setting.
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News |Workshop on Wealth Inequality, Wealth Accumulation, and Public Policy in Tampere, Finland on 23 – 24.1.2025
FIT organises an international “Wealth Workshop” on January 23 – 24, 2025 at Tampere University.
Daniel Waldenström from IFN will deliver a plenary lecture in the workshop.
The event is by invitation only.
