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The Department of Economics is an active academic unit where teaching and societal contribution are based in its research. The department operates within the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics together with the economics departments of the University of Helsinki and Hanken School of Economics.

The main focus area of the department is applied microeconomics. The most important research fields are:

Microeconomic Theory
Empirical Microeconomics (including labor economics and policy evaluation)
Economics of Competition and Innovation
Environmental and Resource Economics

Researchers at the department are active participants in the international academic community and they also engage in societal debates. The departmental platform for collaboration with the society, Aalto Economic Institute, makes the expertise of individual researchers more accessible to the society at large.

Examples of current research projects at the department include

Microeconomic Theory

Incentives and Efficiency When Participation is Costly
Entry and Exit in Energy Markets
Dynamic Incentive Theory

Empirical Microeconomics

Allocation of talent
What Makes an Innovator?
Economics of Gender

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Profiles

Arttu Ahonen

Department of Economics - Doctoral Candidate

Person: Doctoral students

Manuel Bagues Fernandez

manuel.bagues@aalto.fi

Department of Economics - Visiting Professor

Person: Professors, fixed term

Mehmet Benzer

tolga.benzer@aalto.fi

School Services, BIZ
Department of Economics - Doctoral Candidate

Person: Doctoral students, Doctoral studies

Projects

17 Active
19 Finished

VN-TEAS/Lääkkeet

Toivanen, O.

01/04/2020 → 31/01/2021

Project: Other external funding: Other government funding

Economic impacts of medication

Liski, M. & Nokso-Koivisto, E.

11/11/2019 → 30/04/2021

Project: Other external funding: Other domestic funding

Kehitystaloustieteen työelämäprofessuuri

Välimäki, J. & Benzer, M.

01/11/2019 → 31/01/2021

Project: Other external funding: Other government funding

Research Output

Aaltovaikutus = The Aalto Effect

Hölttä, M. (ed.), Flowers, A. (ed.), Hopiavaara, R. (ed.), Särkisilta-Lundberg, R. (ed.), Tolonen, A. (ed.), Seppälä, H. (ed.), Norjamäki, N. (ed.), Rosin, S. (ed.), Ollikainen, T. (ed.), Kinnunen, K. (ed.), Aulanko-Jokirinne, T. (ed.), Syri, S., Lundström, M., Malmi, T., Saarimaa, T., Helke, S., Kaski, S., Mäkelä, M., Mladenovic, M. & Remes, H., 2019, Aalto University. 198 p. (Aalto-yliopiston julkaisusarja CROSSOVER; vol. 2019, no. 4)

Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Professional

Open Access

AEI-raportti : Kohti hiiletöntä liikennettä - ehdotus mekanismiksi - Taloustieteellinen tarkastelu liikenteen päästövähennyskeinoista

Liski, M., Nokso-Koivisto, E., Nurmi, E. & Vehviläinen, I., 2019, AALTO-YLIOPISTO. 24 p. (Aalto-yliopiston julkaisusarja KAUPPA + TALOUS; vol. 2019, no. 2)

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › Professional

Open Access