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Essi Eerola
Researcher at Bank of Finland
Publications - 34
Citations - 360
Essi Eerola is an academic researcher from Bank of Finland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Optimal tax & Order (exchange). The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 33 publications receiving 332 citations. Previous affiliations of Essi Eerola include Halle Institute for Economic Research & University of Helsinki.
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The Optimal Tax Treatment of Housing Capital in the Neoclassical Growth Model
TL;DR: In this article, the optimal tax rate on the imputed rent from owner housing within a version of the neoclassical growth model was investigated. And the authors found that the optimal rate is quite sensitive to the constraints imposed on the other available tax rates.
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Citizens should vote on secession
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that such a rule could lead to an increased use of threat of withdrawal to extract concessions in intergovernmental negotiations, which would be exacerbated by national electorates facing an incentive to elect more confrontational politicians.
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On the Importance of Borrowing Constraints for House Price Dynamics
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study how a household borrowing constraint in the form of a down payment requirement affects house price dynamics in an OLG model with standard preferences and find that the importance of the constraint depends very much on whether house price changes are driven by interest rate or aggregate income shocks.
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On the role of public price information in housing markets
Essi Eerola,Teemu Lyytikäinen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the effect of disclosing detailed house price information on the functioning of the housing market and found that increased information is more valuable to sellers who underestimate the value of their house than to sellers with overestimate the value.
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Matching and Credit Frictions in the Housing Market
TL;DR: In this paper, the interaction of matching and credit frictions in the housing market was studied, where risk-averse households may save or borrow in order to smooth consumption over time and finance owner housing.