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
Labor Market Returns to Elite STEM Education (2026)
Journal of human capital
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Treatment variability among low-acuity EMS patients in a university hospital ED : a retrospective registry study from Southwest Finland (2026)
BMC Emergency Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Digital clinic users in Finnish public primary care: their characteristics, reasons for visits, and equity considerations – a register study (2026)
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Detecting Favoritism in Public Procurement (2026)
Journal of Industrial Economics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Boundary problem and overfitting reduction in convex regression (2026)
European Journal of Operational Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)