Forskning

De viktigaste forskningsområdena är:

• Mikroekonomisk teori
• Empirisk mikroekonomi (inklusive såväl arbetsmarknadsekonomi som utvärdering av policy (policy evaluation)
• Konkurrens- och innovationsekonomi
• Miljö- och resursekonomi

Forskare på institutionen är aktiva medlemmar av den internationella akademiska gemenskapen och engagerar sig även i samhälleliga debatter. Institutionens plattform, Aalto Economic Institute, gör de individuella forskarnas expertis allmänt tillgänglig.

Exempel på pågående forskning vid institutionen

Mikroekonomisk teori

• Incitament och effektivitet när medverkande är kostsamt
• Inträde och utträde på energimarknader
• Dynamisk incitamentsteori (Dynamic Incentive Theory)

Empirisk mikroekonomi

• Talangfördelning
• Vad gör någon till en innovatör?
• Ekonomi i relation till genus (Economics of Gender)

Recent research

Gathmann, C., Huttunen, K., Jernström, L., Sääksvuori, L. & Stitzing, R. (forthcoming). In Sickness and in Health: Job Displacement and Health Spillovers in Couples. The Review of Economics and Statistics.

Pesola, H., & Sarvimäki, M. (forthcoming). Intergenerational Spillovers of Integration Policies: Evidence from Finland’s Integration Plans. Review of Economics and Statistics. 

Liski, M., & Vehviläinen, I. (forthcoming) Redistribution through efficiency: Theory and evidence from three electricity markets, RAND Journal of Economics, in press.

Acemoglu, D., Pekkarinen, T., Salvanes, K. G., & Sarvimäki, M. (2025). The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway’s 1936 Folk School Reform. Journal of the European Economic Association, 23(1), 119–158.  

Akbar, P., Hickly, S. L., Shertzer, A., & Walsh, R. P. (2025). Racial Segregation in Housing Markets and the Erosion of Black Wealth. Review of Economics Statistics, 107(1), 42-54.

Akbar, P. A. (2025). Public Transit Access and Income Segregation. International Economic Review. Advance online publication.

Bohren, J. A., & Hauser, D. N. (2025). Misspecified Models in Learning and Games. Annual Review of Economics, 17(1), 427-451.

Clyde, A. (2025). Proxy variables and feedback effects in decision making. Games and Economic Behavior, 153, 408-429.

Gulesci, S., Loiacono, F., Madestam, A., & Stryjan, M. (2025). SMEs and Workers during Crises: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 115, 345–350.

Gruber, J., Huttunen, K., & Kosonen, T. (2025). Paying Moms to Stay Home: Short and Long Run Effects on Parents and Children. Journal of Public Economics, 251, 105496.

Murto, P., & Välimäki, J. (2025). Affiliated common value auctions with costly entry. Review of Economic Studies.

Laiho, T., Murto, P. & Salmi, J. (2025). Gradual learning from incremental actions. Theoretical Economics.

Bratsberg, B., Rogeberg, O., & Terviö, M. (2025). Steeper at the top: cognitive ability and earnings in Finland and Norway. European Sociological Review, 41(3), 329-342

Domnisoru, C., & Schiopu, I. (2025). The Rise of For-Profit Higher Education: A General Equilibrium Analysis. RAND Journal of Economics, 56(3), 344-365.

Adams, A., Huttunen, K., Nix, E. & Zhang, N. (2024). The dynamics of abusive relationships. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 139(4), 2135-2180.

Adams-Prassl, A., Huttunen, K., Nix, E., & Zhang, N. (2024). Violence against women at work. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 139(2), 937-991.

Aghion, P., Akcigit, U., Hyytinen, A., & Toivanen, O. (2024). A Year Older, A Year Wiser (And Farther From Frontier): Invention Rents And Human Capital Depreciation. Review of Economics Statistics, 106(4), 974-982.

Hauser, D. N. (2024). Promoting a reputation for quality. RAND Journal of Economics, 55(1), 112-139.

Sauval, M., Duncan, G. J., Gennetian, L. A., Magnuson, K. A., Fox, N. A., Noble, K. G., & Yoshikawa, H. (2024). Unconditional cash transfers and maternal employment: Evidence from the Baby’s First Years study. Journal of Public Economics, 236, 105159.

Akbar, P., Couture, V., Duranton, G., & Storeygard, A. (2023). Mobility and Congestion in Urban India. American Economic Review, 113(4), 1083-1111.

Aghion, P., Akcigit, U., Hyytinen, A., & Toivanen, O. (2023). Parental Education and Invention: The Finnish Enigma. International Economic Review, 64, 2, 453-490.

Bratu, C., Harjunen, O., & Saarimaa, T. (2023). JUE insight: City-wide effects of new housing supply: Evidence from moving chains. Journal of Urban Economics, 133, 103528.

Gershoni, N., & Stryjan, M. (2023). Do Deadlines Affect Project Completion? Experimental Evidence from Israeli Vocational Colleges. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 205, 359-375.

Hauser, D. (2023). Censorship and Reputation. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 15(1), 497-528.

Harjunen, O., Saarimaa, T., & Tukiainen, J. (2023). Love Thy (Elected) Neighbor? Residential Segregation, Political Representation, and Local Public Goods. Journal of Politics, 85(3), 860-875.

Huttunen, K., Pekkarinen, T., Uusitalo, R. & Virtanen, H. (2023). Lost boys? Secondary education and crime. Journal of Public Economics, 218, 104804.

Vehviläinen, I. (2023). Greed is good? Of equilibrium impacts in environmental regulation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 122, 102892.

Valmari, N. (2023). Estimating Production Functions of Multiproduct Firms. Review of Economic Studies, 90(6), 3315–3342.

Määttänen, N., & Terviö, M. (2022). Welfare Effects of Housing Transaction Taxes: A Quantitative Analysis with an Assignment Model. Economic Journal, 132(644), 1566–1599.

Sarvimäki, M., Uusitalo, R., & Jäntti, M. (2022). Habit Formation and the Misallocation of Labor: Evidence from Forced Migrations. Journal of the European Economic Association, 20(6), 2497–2539. 

Ahlvik, L. &  Liski, M. (2022). Global Externalities, Local Policies, and Firm Selection. Journal of the European Economic Association, 20(3), 1231–1275.

Fredriksson, P., Huttunen, K., & Öckert, B. (2022). School Starting Age, Maternal Age at Birth and Birth Outcomes. Journal of Health Economics, 84, 102637.

Card, D., Domnisoru, C., & Taylor, L. (2022). The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Age of Upward Mobility. Journal of Labor Economics, 40(S1), S39-S95

Bohren, J. A., & Hauser, D. (2021). Learning With Heterogeneous Misspecified Models: Characterization and Robustness. Econometrica, 89(6), 3025-3077.

Domnisoru, C. (2021). Heterogeneity across Families in the Impact of Compulsory Schooling Laws. Economica, 88(350), 399-429

Eerola, E., Harjunen, O., Lyytikäinen, T., & Saarimaa, T. (2021). Revisiting the Effects of Housing Transfer Taxes. Journal of Urban Economics, 124, 103367.

Gibbons, S., Overman, H., & Sarvimäki, M. (2021). The Local Economic Impacts of Regeneration Projects: Evidence from the UK’s Single Regeneration Budget. Journal of Urban Economics, 122, 103315. 

Gordon, S., Henry, E., & Murto, P. (2021). Waiting for my neighbors. RAND Journal of Economics, 52(2), 251-282.  

Schwandt, H., Currie, J., Bär, M., Banks, J., Bertoli, P., Bütikofer, A., Cattan, S., Chao, B. Z. Y., Costa, C., González, L., Grembi, V., Huttunen, K., et al. (2021). Inequality in mortality between Black and White Americans by age, place, and cause and in comparison to Europe, 1990 to 2018. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(40), 2104684118.

Bonnier, E., Poulsen, J., Rogall, T. and Stryjan, M., (2020). Preparing for genocide: Quasi-experimental evidence from Rwanda. Journal of Development Economics, 147, 102533.

Liski, M., & Vehviläinen, I. (2020). Gone with the Wind? An Empirical Analysis of the Renewable Energy Rent Transfer. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7(5), 873-900.