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at Aalto University.
What used to be known as the Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) became, due
to a merger of universities, The Aalto University School of Economics on January 1, 2010.
It was renamed The Aalto University School of Business on August 1, 2012.
Research papers
Income Distribution and Housing Prices: An Assignment Model Approach (2013).
With Niku Määttänen.
An early version used data from Helsinki instead of the U.S.
A Theory of Inter-Industry Poaching (2012).
Overworked and Overpaid: Failure in the Market for Job Experience (2009).
Is Economics a House Divided? Analysis of Citation Networks (2013). With Ali Sina Önder.
Returns to Office in National and Local Politics (2013). With Kaisa Kotakorpi and Panu Poutvaara.
Publications
Exit Options and Dividend Policy under Liquidity Constraints.
With Pauli Murto.
Forthcoming in the International Economic Review, 2014.
Matlab programs (zip).
Self-Esteem, Moral Capital and Wrongdoing.
With Ernesto Dal Bó.
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11(3), p. 599–663. [doi]
Divisions Within Academia: Evidence from Faculty Hiring and Placement.
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93(3), p. 1053–1062.
[doi]
Hiring/Placement matrix for economics in 2004: HiringMatrix.csv.
All data files and programs (zip).
Superstars and Mediocrities: Market Failure in the Discovery of Talent.
Review of Economic Studies, 2009, 76(2), p. 829-850. [jstor]
An earlier version circulated under the title “Mediocrity in Talent Markets.”
Web appendix:
Model with gradual learning.
A simple example + "the uncut version" of applications.
The Difference that CEOs Make: An Assignment Model Approach
American Economic Review, 2008, 98(3), p. 642-668. [jstor]
Transfer Fee Regulations and Player Development.
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4(5), p. 957-987. [jstor]
Accompanying calculations and extensions (.nb file)
Does Trade Raise Income? Evidence from the Twentieth Century.
With Douglas A. Irwin.
Journal of International Economics, 2002, 58(1), p. 1-18. [doi]
The data is available upon request.
Other
HECER departmental seminar
Map of Helsinki for economists
FDPE
CEPR
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