Research field

Economics

Tampere University

Faculty of Management and Business

Business Studies

Studying economics at Tampere University provides the skills for working in demanding economist positions in the private and public sector, in managerial positions that require expertise in economics, as well as the ability to participate in research both in Finland and abroad.

We offer an economics programme that follows an internationally standardized structure. Our curriculum covers core courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics, as well as applied courses in different fields of economics.

Our research programme concentrates on policy relevant applied research, with a particular focus on public economics and labour economics. We also apply insights from behavioral economics to various topics in these fields.

A consortium administered by our faculty has been selected to serve as a Centre of Excellence, funded by Academy of Finland during years 2022-2029. Our Centre of Excellence concentrates of tax research. The website of The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax System Research can be found at https://verotutkimus.fi/en/home/.

More information about the Centres of Excellence can be found at https://www.aka.fi/en/about-us/whats-new/press-releases/2021/academy-of-finland-selects-11-new-centres-of-excellence/.

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Related events

Event

Public event

Tampere University

FIT Seminari series: Costs of job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic

5.10.2022 13.00–14.00 (UTC+3)

• City centre campus, Pinni B building, lecture hall B3110.

Event

Celebration

Tampere University

Launch of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research

1.9.2022 14.00–16.00 (UTC+3)

• Tampere University, City centre campus, Pinni B building, lecture hall B1100 (address: Kanslerinrinne 1, Tampere)

Research

Overview

Our research mostly focuses on public and labour economics. We also apply insights from behavioural economics to various topics in these fields. We use state-of-the art quasi-experimental and experimental methods to evaluate the causal effects of policies (e.g. taxation and labour market policy) on individual and firm behaviour. Our researchers also actively contribute to public and policy discussions domestically and internationally.

A consortium administered by our faculty has been selected to serve as a Centre of Excellence, funded by Academy of Finland during years 2022-2029. Our Centre of Excellence concentrates of tax research. More information about the Centres of Excellence can be found at https://www.aka.fi/en/about-us/whats-new/press-releases/2021/academy-of-finland-selects-11-new-centres-of-excellence/. The webpage of the project, including upcoming events and seminars, can be found at https://verotutkimus.fi/en/home/.

Our department also offers a PhD program in economics, and our PhD students actively participate in various research projects with the guidance of our senior researchers. Research topics include, for example, public and health economics, labor economics and macroeconomics.

Our department offers excellent conditions for research in various fields. We have a wide network of international collaborators within different research projects. We also have extensive and long-standing cooperation with researchers at various Finnish universities and research institutes e.g. VATT Institute for Economic Research and the Labour Institute for Economic Research.

Selected recent publications

Tampere Economic Working Papers

Projects & funding

Studies

Economics is part of the degree programme in business studies.

We provide an internationally standarized programme in economics. Our curriculum covers core courses (microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics at Bachelor and Master’s levels) as well as field courses e.g. in public economics, labour and personnel economics, behavioural economics, monetary and financial economics, and regional economics.

The programme provides excellent job opportunities both in the private and public sectors, in Finland and abroad. Tampere economics alumni have reached top positions e.g. in the banking sector, in policy advice and evaluation, as civil servants e.g. in different ministries, and in the academia.

Bachelor’s degree studies in Business Studies

Students select their main subject in their second year of study.

Master’s degree studies in Economics

Information on Economics courses can also be found in the study guide.

In addition to studies in Economics and Business Studies, the students can take courses in other subjects, across the different Faculties of Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

MGE – Master’s Degree Programme in Public Economics and Public Finance is an interuniversity Master’s programme that leads to a double degree in Economics. The programme is produced jointly by five European partner universities: Tampere University, the University of Rennes1 [France], University of Fribourg [Switzerland], the, Università degli Studi del Piamonte Orientale ”Amedeo Avogadro”, Alessandria [Italy] (English pages for Erasmus students) and Masaryk University, Brno [Czech Republic]. The curriculum can be found here: https://www.tuni.fi/studentsguide/curriculum/degree-programmes/uta-tohjelma-1692?year=2023. Students interested in MGE should contact Hannu Laurila.

Doctoral education in economics is organized jointly with other economics units in Finland, through the Finnish Doctoral Programme in Economics.

Some courses are organized jointly with universities from other Nordic countries.

Students interested in pursuing doctoral studies in economics at Tampere University should contact their desired supervisor before application.

To find out more about doctoral studies in the Faculty of Business and Management, please see the description of doctoral studies at the MAB faculty.

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Physicians working in the private sector prescribe expensive medication for the patients, despite there being more affordable alternatives available

A recent study by Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research investigates the drug prescriptions made by physicians in the private and public sector to treat high cholesterol and type two diabetes. The results are clear: physicians working in the private sector are significantly more likely to prescribe their patients expensive medication, even though there are more affordable approved alternatives available.

New working paper: Bearing the burden - Implications of tax reporting institutions and image concerns on evasion and incidence

The study investigates effects of tax reporting institutions on evasion and incidence using an experimental double auction market setting. The results suggest that 28% of the sellers are truthful when only sellers report, but that 88% and 64% of them are truthful under costless and costly third-party reporting by buyers, respectively. Reporting behavior therefore responds to the intensity of deterrence.

What We Know About Tax Systems, How We Know It, and What We Still Need to Know

The keynote address given by Professor Joel Slemrod (University of Michigan) at the inaugural seminar of The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research (FIT), University of Tampere, Finland, on September 1, 2022.

Are you distorting occupational choice or designing a tax policy? Tax policy design for settings with evasion and occupational decisions

Tax policy design aims to vanish evasion incentives but can also affect agents’ occupational choices. Tax schemes, auditing, and the size of the IRS affect agents’ decisions, and the government must be aware of this. This article summarizes a study of the optimal tax policy design when evasion and occupational decision coexist.

Wanted: Postdoctoral Research Fellows for FIT

The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research (FIT) at Tampere University seeks to appoint 1-2 three-year fixed-term postdoctoral research fellows, ideally as of September 2023.

Read more, contact us and apply by 25 November!

Publication: Migration and Tax Policy: Evidence from Finnish Full Population Data

This study aims to answer a key question in both the academic and policy debate: How sensitive are the migration decisions of the working population, including high-income individuals and different occupational groups, to taxes? Despite the high policy significance of the topic, studies on migration responses to taxation have focused on very specific occupational groups or income groups.

Empirical evidence on how migration of the working population at large is affected by cross-country tax-rate differentials remains scarce. This paper sets out to estimate the effect of changes in tax rates on individual migration decisions using administrative full-population data from Finland.

Product survey

You are invited to participate in a FIT research project and answer a survey on consumption patterns.

The survey is a part of research project focused on studying consumption behavior and how it is affected by consumption taxes and other policies.

Eliza Forsythe in the FIT Seminar series on 28 Oct

Eliza Forsythe, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois: The Effect of Minimum Wage Policies on the Wage and Occupational Structure of Establishments.

Date and place: 28th October, 1 – 2pm, Tampere University, City Center Campus, Main Building (Päätalo), lecture hall C8. Streaming also available.

Head of Discipline

Kaisa Kotakorpi

Tampere University

Professor

Economics

Faculty of Management and Business

+358503182487kaisa.kotakorpi [at] tuni.fi (kaisa[dot]kotakorpi[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Personnel

Martín Brun Moratorio

Tampere University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Faculty of Management and Business

martin.brun [at] tuni.fi (martin[dot]brun[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Miko Hallikainen

Tampere University

Grant Holder, Doctoral Research

Faculty of Management and Business

miko.hallikainen [at] tuni.fi (miko[dot]hallikainen[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Jarkko Harju

Tampere University

Professor

taloustiede

Faculty of Management and Business

+358504733892jarkko.t.harju [at] tuni.fi (jarkko[dot]t[dot]harju[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Vesa-Matti Heikkuri

Tampere University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Faculty of Management and Business

+358503019347vesa-matti.heikkuri [at] tuni.fi (vesa-matti[dot]heikkuri[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Marjukka Hourunranta

Tampere University

Project Manager

Faculty of Management and Business

+358504705645marjukka.hourunranta [at] tuni.fi (marjukka[dot]hourunranta[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Matti Hovi

Tampere University

University Lecturer

taloustiede

Faculty of Management and Business

+358503182614matti.hovi [at] tuni.fi (matti[dot]hovi[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Nurfatima Jandarova

Tampere University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Faculty of Management and Business

+358505937374nurfatima.jandarova [at] tuni.fi (nurfatima[dot]jandarova[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Elina Jussila

Tampere University

Doctoral Researcher

Faculty of Management and Business

+358504136915elina.jussila [at] tuni.fi (elina[dot]jussila[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Toni Juuti

Tampere University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Faculty of Management and Business

toni.juuti [at] tuni.fi (toni[dot]juuti[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Sami Jysmä

Tampere University

Doctoral Researcher

Faculty of Management and Business

sami.jysma [at] tuni.fi (sami[dot]jysma[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Ida Kankaanranta

Tampere University

Doctoral Researcher

Faculty of Management and Business

+358504310726ida.kankaanranta [at] tuni.fi (ida[dot]kankaanranta[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Eetu Koskinen

Tampere University

Research Assistant

Faculty of Management and Business

eetu.s.koskinen [at] tuni.fi (eetu[dot]s[dot]koskinen[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Jani-Petri Laamanen

Tampere University

University Lecturer

Faculty of Management and Business

+358503185993jani-petri.laamanen [at] tuni.fi (jani-petri[dot]laamanen[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Marita Laukkanen

Tampere University

Professor of Practice

taloustiede

Faculty of Management and Business

+358504795102marita.laukkanen [at] tuni.fi (marita[dot]laukkanen[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Hannu Laurila

Tampere University

University Lecturer

Faculty of Management and Business

+358503185998hannu.laurila [at] tuni.fi (hannu[dot]laurila[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Aino Linnunsalo

Tampere University

Doctoral Researcher

Faculty of Management and Business

+358504756134aino.linnunsalo [at] tuni.fi (aino[dot]linnunsalo[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Ran Lyng

Tampere University

Visiting Researcher

Faculty of Management and Business

ran.lyng [at] tuni.fi (ran[dot]lyng[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Harri Nikula

Tampere University

University Instructor

taloustiede

Faculty of Management and Business

+358503186013harri.nikula [at] tuni.fi (harri[dot]nikula[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Heikki Palviainen

Tampere University

Grant Holder, Post Doc Research

Faculty of Management and Business

+358504377051heikki.palviainen [at] tuni.fi (heikki[dot]palviainen[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Terhi Ravaska

Tampere University

Assistant Professor

taloustiede

Faculty of Management and Business

+358503260863terhi.ravaska [at] tuni.fi (terhi[dot]ravaska[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Sami Remes

Tampere University

Student, Doctoral Research

Faculty of Management and Business

+358504377420sami.remes [at] tuni.fi (sami[dot]remes[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Tuomas Ruuska

Tampere University

Research Assistant

Faculty of Management and Business

tuomas.ruuska [at] tuni.fi (tuomas[dot]ruuska[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Tuuli Sen

Tampere University

Grant Holder, Doctoral Research

Faculty of Management and Business

tuuli.sen [at] tuni.fi (tuuli[dot]sen[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Erkka Silvennoinen

Tampere University

Doctoral Researcher

Faculty of Management and Business

erkka.silvennoinen [at] tuni.fi (erkka[dot]silvennoinen[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Alessandro Sovera

Tampere University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Faculty of Management and Business

+358505927887alessandro.sovera [at] tuni.fi (alessandro[dot]sovera[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Matti Tuomala

Tampere University

Emeritus Professor

Faculty of Management and Business

+358503186037matti.tuomala [at] tuni.fi (matti[dot]tuomala[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Elina Tuominen

Tampere University

University Instructor

Faculty of Management and Business

+358505999492elina.tuominen [at] tuni.fi (elina[dot]tuominen[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Lukas Worku

Tampere University

Doctoral Researcher

Faculty of Management and Business

lukas.worku [at] tuni.fi (lukas[dot]worku[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Other post-graduate students:

Veera Holappa, Economist, Pellervo Economic Research

Risto Rönkkö, Economist, Bank of Finland
Allan Seuri, Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Education and Culture