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at Aalto University.
Note: what used to be known as the Helsinki School of Economics became, due
to a merger of universities,
The Aalto University
School of
Economics on January 1, 2010.
Research papers
Income Distribution and Housing Prices: An Assignment Model Approach (2011).
With Niku Määttänen.
Also available as CEPR Discussion Paper 7945.
Exit Options and Dividend Policy under Liquidity Constraints (2011).
With Pauli Murto.
Related Matlab code.
Self-Esteem, Moral Capital and Wrongdoing (2011). With Ernesto Dal Bó.
Overworked and Overpaid: Failure in the Market for Job Experience (2009).
Learning and Turnover in an Imperfect Labor Market (2011).
Publications
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]
The data is available upon request.
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
FDPE
CEPR
SSRN
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