EXAMPLES of TOPIC AREAS ======================= Ciprian Domnisoru Job search and skill mismatch Social mobility Education and human capital Daniel Hauser Multi-unit (Combinatorial) Auctions Learning and Information Seppo Honkapohja Unconventional monetary policy during the recent crisis Recent developments in macroeconomics Kristiina Huttunen Labor Economics Economics of Crime Family Economics Labor markets and Health Svetlana Ledyaeva International trade, particularly of emerging markets Foreign direct investment, particularly of emerging markets Russian economy Global value chains Matti Liski Energy markets Regulation and market design Environmental economics Pauli Murto Auctions: theory and applications Economics of networks Industry studies: pricing, competition Real options Tuomas Pekkarinen Production of human capital Behavioral gender differences and educational attainment Profit sharing and wage inequality Ritva Reinikka Development economics Market and Government Failures in Health Care (and other sectors) in Developing Countries Tuukka Saarimaa Housing economics Local public finance Political economy Matti Sarvimäki Economics of migration Social mobility Economics of education Field experiments in economics Miri Stryjan Development Economics Microfinance Political economy of development Economics of inequality Marko Terviö Economics of artificial intelligence High-skill labor markets Urbanization Occupational choice Otto Toivanen Regulations, prices and entry in Nordic pharmaceutical markets Patent portfolio management by SMEs Juuso Välimäki Economics of information Game theory Applied microeconomic theory EXAMPLES of THESIS TOPICS ========================= Ciprian Domnisoru How do parental networks impact job search? How do teacher characteristics impact student outcomes? Evaluation of (historical) reforms (in the Finnish education system) The effect of occupational licensing laws on social mobility Daniel Hauser Comparison of different auction rules/formats Economic models of behavioral biases Seppo Honkapohja Effects of large-scale asset purchases and forward guidance in financial markets or real economy Incorporating credit market frictions into macroeconomic models Central features of selected behavioral approaches to macroeconomics Kristiina Huttunen Covid-19 related school closures and reporting of child maltreatment Family formation and graduating in recession Long-term health consequences of graduating in recession Svetlana Ledyaeva Effects of trade policies in [country name] Foreign Direct Investment: the Attractive Power of Country-Specific Characteristics Foreign Direct Investment in [country name]: patterns and determinants What are [Country name] real gains from global value chains? Matti Liski Energy subsidies and economic development. A descriptive analysis Demand responsiveness in electricity markets. An empirical analysis Nuclear power phase-out in the Nordics. A policy evaluation Pauli Murto Design of auctions to allocate [insert application: e.g. radio spectrum] An analysis of airline pricing policies: theory and practice Economic models of herd behavior Prices vs. quantities in climate change policy: emission taxes and tradable permits Tuomas Pekkarinen How does performance pay affect wage dispersion within firms? Allocation of skills across private/public sector in the OECD countries Does pre-school education facilitate the integration of immigrant children? Ritva Reinikka Teaching and Learning in Mozambican Schools: An Empirical Analysis of Service Delivery Indicator data Public health in low-income countries: Principles of Public Economics and Service Delivery on the Ground State capacity in poor countries: What Can We Learn from the Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators? Tuukka Saarimaa Are homeowners better citizens? Political economy of zoning and land use regulation Effects of land use regulation and building codes Does subsidized housing construction crowd-out private construction? Matti Sarvimäki Running a field experiment: a how-to guide for [insert case] The geography of social mobility in Finland Selecting higher education (literature review + empirical) Malleability of non-cognitive skills Miri Stryjan How does access to health services affect take up and use of microfinance? Characterizing patterns in repeat borrowing, evergreening and default using data from a large microfinance organization The impact of COVID-19 on small enterprises/intra household bargaining/mental health(and more) in low income counties Decision making and influence in community groups Marko Terviö What are the returns to advertising at [insert company / media]? A case study Baumol's cost disease Labor market impact of COVID-19 Urban spatial sorting [insert city / country] An empirical study Extension of mandatory driver's education in Finland. A policy evaluation Otto Toivanen The effect of reference price – regulation on [product availability / prices] in the Nordic pharmaceutical markets The effect of generic substitution – regulation on [product availability / prices] in the Nordic pharmaceutical markets Iivo Vehviläinen Have the new incentives made electricity networks more weather proof? Impact of changes in local electricity distribution prices to local retail tariffs Pass-through of electricity tax to consumer electricity retail prices Pass-through of fuel tax to district heating prices Market for CO2 removals Juuso Välimäki Designing new markets: [case, e.g. economics of kidney exchange} Understanding choice: new developments [e.g. stochastic choice] in decision theory (literature survey) Revenue management: understanding the new pricing model of [case, e.g. Onnibus] Commissioned work at Aalto Economic Institute, ============================================== only available for students with strong credentials A market design for district heat Procurement auctions at the City of Espoo Procurement auctions at KELA Incentive systems at Aalto University ============================= ## Last updated: October 2020