Research at Department of Economics
The core research areas of the department consist of microeconomic theory and public choice, macroeconomic theory and business cycles, economic policy and public economics, econometrics and forecasting, and financial and housing markets.
More information on the research by faculty members can be found in their homepages.
In addition, recent research by the faculty can be read at the homepage of Aboa Centre for Economic Research (ACE). ACE is a joint venture with Åbo Akademi and its purpose is to coordinate economics education and research in these two universities.
TSE Economics Research Seminar
Aboa Centre for Economics (ACE)
Decision Laboratory
Public Procurement
Publications
All the “Missing” ladies : Attribution bias in candidate selection after electoral setbacks (2026)
Electoral Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Breaking barriers : a field experiment to explore discrimination in housing for people with moving disabilities (2025)
Oxford Economic Papers
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Which Reference Groups Matter and How? A Relative Income Information Experiment with Administrative Data (2025)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Micro-level structural change decomposition of carbon productivity : Application to electricity generation in Finland (2025)
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The fiscal and macroeconomic effects of fiscal rules (2025)
Journal of Economics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)