Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers

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Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers

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  • Optimal Tax Administration and Redistributive Policy

    Sebastián Castillo Ramos and Jukka Pirttilä

    Redistributive policies are crucial in tax design but are often overlooked when examining optimal tax administrative policies to fight tax evasion. This paper extends the Keen and Slemrod (2017) …

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  • Affiliated Common Value Auctions with Costly Entry

    Pauli Murto and Juuso Välimäki

    Many auctions and procurement contests entail nontrivial bidding costs, which makes the bidders’ participation decisions endogenous to the auction design. We analyze the effect of different auction …

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  • Who Benefits from Faster Public Transit?

    Prottoy Akbar

    Lower income commuters are more likely to ride and reside near public transit within cities, but do they also benefit more from faster transit travel? Combining survey data on travel behavior with …

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