Contact Information 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 School of Business on August 1, 2012.

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Research papers

Income Distribution and Housing Prices: An Assignment Model Approach (2012). With Niku Määttänen.
Also available as CEPR Discussion Paper 7945.

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 (2012). With Ali Sina Önder.

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.
Forthcoming in the Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11(3).

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 Seminar
Map of Helsinki for economists
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