Jukka Pirttila

United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)

Katajanokanlaituri 6B

Helsinki, FIN-00160

Finland

Tampere University of Technology

P.O. 541, Korkeakoulunkatu 8 (Festia building)

Tampere, FI-33101

Finland

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Scholarly Papers (47)

1.

The Welfare Effects of Health-Based Food Tax Policy

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3633
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Nov 2011
University of Turku - Department of Economics, Government of the Republic of Finland - National Institute for Health and Welfare, Government of the Republic of Finland - National Institute for Health and Welfare, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Labour Institute for Economic Research and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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sin taxes, food taxation, tax incidence, commodity demand, obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease, bootstrapping

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The Impact of Dividend Taxation on Dividends and Investment: New Evidence Based on a Natural Experiment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2756
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Aug 2009
Seppo Juhani Kari, Hanna Karikallio and Jukka Pirttila
Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research, Pellervo Economic Research Institute, Helsinki and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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corporate income taxation, dividends, investment, tax reform

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Tax Policy and Employment: How Does the Swedish System Fare?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3355
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 23 Feb 2011
Jukka Pirttila and Hakan Selin
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Uppsala University - Department of Economics
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optimal taxation, labour income taxation, labour supply, taxable income, Swedish tax system

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Tax Evasion and Economies in Transition: Lessons from Tax Theory

BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 2/1999
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 25 Sep 2007
Jukka Pirttila
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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tax evasion, corruption, transition economies, Russia

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Non-Welfarist Optimal Taxation and Behavioral Public Economics

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Oct 2004
Jukka Pirttila, Ravi Kanbur and Matti Tuomala
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Cornell University and University of Tampere
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non-welfarism, optimal taxation, behavioral economics

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How Successful is the Dual Income Tax? Evidence from the Finnish Tax Reform of 1993

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1875
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Jan 2007
Jukka Pirttila and Hakan Selin
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Uppsala University - Department of Economics
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taxable income, income shifting, dual tax system

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The Employment Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3043
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 May 2010
Kristiina Huttunen, Jukka Pirttila and Roope Uusitalo
Uppsala University, United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Uppsala University - Department of Economics
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Low-Wage Subsidies, Employment, Social Security Contributions

The Employment Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4931
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Jun 2010
Kristiina Huttunen, Jukka Pirttila and Roope Uusitalo
Uppsala University, United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Uppsala University - Department of Economics
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low-wage subsidies, employment, social security contributions

The Employment Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies

Journal of Public Economics 97, 49-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.09.007
Posted: 22 Aug 2014
Jukka Pirttila, Kristiina Huttunen and Roope Uusitalo
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Uppsala University and Uppsala University - Department of Economics

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How Do Small Firms Respond to Tax Schedule Discontinuities? Evidence from South African Tax Registers

VATT Institute for Economic Research Working Papers 85
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Apr 2017
Government of the Republic of South Africa - South Africa National Treasury, Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research, VATT Institute for Economic Research and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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corporate taxation, small firms, emerging economies, bunching

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The Political Economy of Reforms: Empirical Evidence from Post-Communist Transition in the 1990s

BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 4/2003
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Sep 2007
Byung-Yeon Kim and Jukka Pirttila
Sogang University - Department of Economics and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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political constraints, economic reform, transition, growth, dynamic panel models

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Leaky Bucket in the Real World: Estimating Inequality Aversion Using Survey Data

CESifo Working Paper No. 2026
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Jun 2007
Jukka Pirttila and Roope Uusitalo
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Uppsala University - Department of Economics
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inequality aversion, social welfare functions, welfare state

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Firms and Public Service Provision in Russia

BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 16/2003
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 19 Sep 2007
Helsinki School of Economics, Bank of Finland, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Bank of Finland - Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Anticipating Tax Change: Evidence from the Finnish Corporate Income Tax Reform of 2005

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2201
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Jan 2008
Seppo Juhani Kari, Hanna Karikallio and Jukka Pirttila
Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research, Pellervo Economic Research Institute, Helsinki and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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corporate income taxation, dividends, tax reform, anticipation effects

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Money, Barter and Inflation in Russia

BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 15/2001
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Sep 2007
Byung-Yeon Kim, Jukka Pirttila and Jouko Rautava
Sogang University - Department of Economics, United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Bank of Finland - Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)
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barter, money, inflation, cointegration, error-correction mechanism, Russia

Money, Barter, and Inflation in Russia

Posted: 13 Oct 2004
Byung-Yeon Kim and Jukka Pirttila
Sogang University - Department of Economics and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)

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Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4095
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Feb 2013
Stockholm University, Cornell University, Aalto University and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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Prospect Theory, poverty, inequality, welfare measurement, vulnerability

Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory

WIDER Working Paper No. 2012/109
Posted: 08 Sep 2014
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Stockholm University, Aalto University and Cornell University

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prospect theory, poverty, inequality, welfare measurement, vulnerability

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Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development

WIDER Working Paper 2018/5
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Jan 2018
United Nations University, UNU-WIDER and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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Tax policy, economic development, developing countries

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Fiscal Explanations for Inflation: Any Evidence from Transition Economics?

BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 11/2000
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 23 Nov 2000
Tuomas Komulainen and Jukka Pirttila
Mandatum Stockbrokers Ltd. - Sampo Group and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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fiscal policy, inflation, vector autoregressive models, transition economies

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Public Provision, Commodity Demand and Hours of Work: An Empirical Analysis

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3000
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Apr 2010
Jukka Pirttila and Ilpo Suoniemi
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Labour Institute for Economic Research
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commodity taxation, public provision of private goods, semi-parametric methods

Fiscal Policy and Structural Reforms in Transition Economies: An Empirical Analysis

BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 5/2000
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Sep 2007
Jukka Pirttila
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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fiscal policy, structural reforms, transition economies

Fiscal Policy and Structural Reforms in Transition Economies an Empirical Analysis

Posted: 26 Apr 2001
Jukka Pirttila
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)

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fiscal policy, structural reforms, transition economies

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Estimating Labour Supply Elasticities Based on Cross-Country Micro Data: A Bridge Between Micro and Macro Estimates?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4994
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Oct 2014
Markus Jäntti, Jukka Pirttila and Håkan Selin
Stockholm University, United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies
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labour supply, taxation, cross-country comparisons

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How Should Commodities Be Taxed? A Counterargument to the Recommendation in the Mirrlees Review

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4240
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 May 2013
Spencer Bastani, Soren Blomquist and Jukka Pirttila
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala University - Department of Economics and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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income taxation, commodity taxation, public provision, separability

Pawns and Queens Revisited: Public Provision of Private Goods When Individuals Make Mistakes

CESifo Working Paper No. 1466
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 31 May 2005
Jukka Pirttila and Sanna Tenhunen
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and University of Tampere
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Behavioral economics, optimal taxation, public provision

Pawns and Queens Revisited: Public Provision of Private Goods When Individuals Make Mistakes

International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 15, No. 5, 2008
Posted: 06 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila and Sanna Tenhunen
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and University of Tampere

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Behavioural economics, Optimal taxation, Public provision

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Screening Through Activation: Differential Effects of a Youth Activation Programme

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6305
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Feb 2017
Uppsala University, University of Turku - Department of Economics, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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activation, unemployment, regression discontinuity, screening

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Reforms and Confidence

BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 1/2005
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Jul 2007
Pertti Haaparanta and Jukka Pirttila
Helsinki School of Economics and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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On the Welfare State Performance in the European Union

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8096
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Nov 2010
University of Queensland - Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (CEPA), University of Strasbourg, University of Liège - Department of Economics and United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
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best practice frontier, performance measure, social protection

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Poverty, Development, and Behavioral Economics: Comprises Findings of UNU-WIDER Project New Approaches to Measuring Poverty and Vulnerability

Review of Income and Wealth 60 (1), March 2014, DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12085
Posted: 08 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila, Markus Jantti and Ravi Kanbur
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Stockholm University and Cornell University

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A Many-Person Corlett-Hague Tax Rule with Externalities

Oxford Economic Papers 52(3):595-605, 2001, DOI: 10.1093/oep/52.3.595
Posted: 08 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)

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Fiscal Policy and Structural Reforms in Transition Economies

Economics of Transition 9(1):29-52, 2001, DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00066
Posted: 07 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)

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fiscal policy, structural reforms, transition economies

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On Optimal Non-Linear Taxation and Public Good Provision in an Overlapping Generations Economy

Journal of Public Economics (Impact Factor: 1.46). 03/2001; DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00105-X
Posted: 07 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila and Matti Tuomala
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and University of Tampere

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Non-linear income taxation, Capital income taxation, Public good provision, Overlapping generations models

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Fiscal Explanations for Inflation: Any Evidence from Transition Economies?

Economics of Planning 35, 239-316, 12/2000; DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.250531
Posted: 07 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila and Tuomas Komulainen
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Mandatum Stockbrokers Ltd. - Sampo Group

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fiscal policy, inflation, transition economies, vector autoregressive models

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Specific versus Ad Valorem Taxation and Externalities

Journal of Economics, 76(2):177-187, 2002, DOI: 10.1007/s007120200035
Posted: 07 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)

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mperfect competition, externalities, ad valorem taxes

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Anticipating Tax Changes: Evidence from the Finnish Corporate Income Tax Reform of 2005

Fiscal Studies; 29(2):167-196. (2008) DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2008.00072.x
Posted: 06 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila, Seppo Juhani Kari and Hanna Karikallio
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research and Pellervo Economic Research Institute, Helsinki

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Moral Hazard, Income Taxation and Prospect Theory

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 110(2):321-337. (2008) DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00541.x
Posted: 06 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila, Ravi Kanbur and Matti Tuomala
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Cornell University and University of Tampere

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Redistributive taxation; income uncertainty; moral hazard; prospect theory; loss aversion

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Publicly Provided Private Goods and Redistribution: A General Equilibrium Analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 02/2002; 104(1):173-88, 2002, DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00277
Posted: 06 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila and Matti Tuomala
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and University of Tampere

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Is International Labour Mobility a Threat to the Welfare State? Evidence from Finland in the 1990s

Finnish Economic Papers 02/2004; 17(1):18-34
Posted: 06 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)

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Money, Barter, and Inflation in Russia

Journal of Comparative Economics 32(2):297-314, 2004, DOI: 10.1016/S0147-5967(04)00022-8
Posted: 06 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila and Byung-Yeon Kim
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Seoul National University

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Poverty Alleviation and Tax Policy

European Economic Review 48, 1075-1090,10/2004; DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.01.003
Posted: 06 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)

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Public versus Private Production Decisions: Redistribution and the Size of the Public Sector

FinanzArchiv Public Finance Analysis 61(1):120-120, 2005, DOI: 10.1628/0015221053722505
Posted: 06 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila and Matti Tuomala
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and University of Tampere

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Political Constraints and Economic Reform: Empirical Evidence from the Post-Communist Transition in the 1990s

Journal of Comparative Economics 34(3):446-466, 2006 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.05.001
Posted: 06 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila and Byung-Yeon Kim
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Seoul National University

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Political constraints, Economic reform, Sequencing, Dynamic panel models

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Reforms and Confidence

Journal of Development Economics; 84:534-550, 2007, DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.03.002
Posted: 06 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila and Pertti J. Haaparanta
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Aalto University - Department of Economics

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Policy reform, Behavioural economics, Hyperbolic discounting, Confidence, Gradualism

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Redistribution and Internalization: The Many-Person Ramsey Tax Rule Revisited

Public Finance Review, vol. 27, 541-560, (1999).
Posted: 22 Aug 2014
Jukka Pirttila, Ronnie Schöb and Ronnie Schöb
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)Freie Universitaet Berlin

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optimal taxation, externalities, environmental taxes, redistribution

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Earmarking of Environmental Taxes and Pareto-Efficient Taxation

FinanzArchiv, vol. 56, 202-217 (1999).
Posted: 22 Aug 2014
Jukka Pirttila
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)

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A Leaky Bucket in the Real World: Estimating Inequality Aversion Using Survey Data

Economica 77, 60–76 (2010).DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00729.x
Posted: 22 Aug 2014
Jukka Pirttila and Roope Uusitalo
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Uppsala University - Department of Economics

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Evidence from a Group-Based Aid Project in Mozambique

UNU-WIDER 2012 (88). (2012) , UNU-WIDER working paper.
Posted: 22 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2014
Jukka Pirttila, Milla Nyyssölä and Susanna Sandstrom
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Aalto University and UN World Food Programme

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food security, farming techniques, fertilizer use, technology adoption, impact evaluation, Mozambique

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Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory

UNU-WIDER 2012 (109). , UNU-WIDER working paper.
Posted: 22 Aug 2014
Jukka Pirttila, Ravi Kanbur and Milla Nyyssölä
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Cornell University and Aalto University

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prospect theory, poverty, inequality, welfare measurement, vulnerability

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Income Shifting within a Dual Income Tax System: Evidence from the Finnish Tax Reform of 1993

Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 02/2011; 113(1):120-144. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2010.01635.x
Posted: 21 Aug 2014
Jukka Pirttila and Hakan Selin
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and Uppsala University - Department of Economics

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Taxable income, tax avoidance, dual tax system

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Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory

Review of Income and Wealth. 60 (1). (2014) 182-205.DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12095
Posted: 21 Aug 2014
Jukka Pirttila, Ravi Kanbur and Milla Nyyssölä
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Cornell University and Aalto University

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inequality, poverty, Prospect Theory, welfare measurement

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Income Tax, Commodity Tax and Environmental Policy

INTERNATIONAL TAX AND PUBLIC FINANCE, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1997
Posted: 08 Jul 1997
Jukka Pirttila and Matti Tuomala
United Nations - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) and University of Tampere

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