Otto Toivanen

Professori
Professori
E703 Dept. Economics

My research interests are in the intersection of competition, innovation and regulation. In one of my main projects, I study the economics of innovation policy, more specifically the effects of R&D subsidies and R&D tax credits. In another project I study innovation at the level of individuals – questions like: what affects the probability of becoming an inventor, how large are the monetary returns to invention, how are non-inventing coworkers affected by invention? In a third project I study cartels.

 

I received my Ph.D. from University of Warwick. After receiving my Ph.D. I have worked at University of Warwick, at Helsinki School of Economics, as the director of both the joint research institute of the economics departments of Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki School of Economics (now Aalto University School of Business) and University of Helsinki and the Finnish Doctoral Programme in Economics. I moved to my current position at Aalto from KU Leuven.  I have been a visiting researcher at MIT, NBER and UC Berkeley.

 

I have been a member of the executive committee of EARIE and of the organization committee of the CEPR IO program, and on the editorial board of several journals. I have held several positions of trust, e.g., I am a member of the Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy at EU’s competition authority (DG Competition) and chair of the Scientific Council of VATT Institute of Economic Research.

Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Phone number
+358504622125

Areas of expertise

competition, innovation, regulation

Publications

A Year Older, A Year Wiser (And Farther From Frontier) : Invention Rents And Human Capital Depreciation

Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen, Otto Toivanen 2024 REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS

2022 Klein Lecture Parental Education and Invention : The Finnish Enigma

Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen, Otto Toivanen 2023 International Economic Review

Parental Education and Invention: The Finnish Enigma

Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen, Otto Toivanen 2023

The Effects of Price Regulation on Pharmaceutical Expenditure and Availability

Mika Kortelainen, Jaakko Markkanen, Markku Siikanen, Otto Toivanen 2023

The Effects of Price Regulation on Pharmaceutical Expenditure and Availability

Mika Kortelainen, Jaakko Markkanen, Markku Siikanen, Otto Toivanen 2023

Sota Ukrainassa: Vaikutus Venäjän-kauppaa käyneisiin suomalaisyrityksiin – Seurantaraportti

Max Toikka, Henna Laasonen, Tanja Saxell, Meeri Seppä, Otto Toivanen, Antti Valkonen 2023

Venäjälle aiemmin vieneiden yritysten vienti sen lähimaihin kasvussa

Max Toikka, Henna Laasonen, Meeri Seppä, Otto Toivanen, Antti Valkonen 2023

Taloustiedettä suurelle yleisölle

Otto Toivanen 2023 Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja

COVID-19-tutkimuskatsaus 1/2022

Tarja Sironen, Ville Pimenoff, Kari Auranen, Tuija Leino, Sakari Karvonen, Otto Toivanen, Hanna Ylöstalo, Mari-Pauliina Vainikainen, Saku Mäkinen, Anni Arponen, Saila Heinikoski, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, Ahti Salo 2022