Matias Giaccobasso

Fiscal Transfers to Local Governments and the Distribution of Economic Activity (Forthcoming Article) - We study the economic effects of transfers to local governments using a reform of the Finnish municipal grant system as a source of exogenous variation. We find that higher grants lead to lower municipal taxes and fees, higher public spending and improved budget balance. These changes in local fiscal policy lead to an increase in private sector jobs. Our estimates imply a cost per job of e33,000. The increase in jobs is paired with a reduction in commuting to other municipalities. The effect on migration seems small, suggesting grants bring local benefits without drastically affecting where households choose to live.

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Fiscal Transfers to Local Governments and the Distribution of Economic Activity" by Teemu Lyytikäinen, Sander Ramboer, and Max Toikka.

Tax Compliance in the Rental Housing Market: Evidence from a Field Experiment (Forthcoming Article) - We study rental income tax compliance using novel third-party information and a large-scale randomized field experiment. The third-party information combines register data on t...

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Tax Compliance in the Rental Housing Market: Evidence from a Field Experiment" by Essi Eerola, Tuomas Kosonen, Kaisa Kotakorpi, and Teemu Lyytikäinen. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Post-doctoral researcher - Innovation and related labour and education research - VATT Institute for Economic Research Open job: Post-doctoral researcher - Innovation and related labour and education research, VATT Institute for Economic Research - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi

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Which Reference Groups Matter and How? A Relative Income Information Experiment with Administrative Data (Forthcoming Article)

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Which Reference Groups Matter and How? A Relative Income Information Experiment with Administrative Data" by Xiaogeng Xu, Satu Metsälampi, Michael Kirchler, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Peter Hans Matthews, and Topi Miettinen. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Wages, Employment & Inequality workshop had a great start with Stephen Machin as the first keynote speaker!🤩

Organisers: @tuomaskosonen.bsky.social & @oskarnskans.bsky.social🫡

Funders: FIT/Research Council of Finland, @vatt-research.bsky.social, YJS Foundation, Handelsbankens Forskningsstiftelser🙏

Happy to share that our paper on firm responses to tax audits is now available on @itaxjournal.bsky.social:

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Please find a brief recap on our main findings below

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Had a great time at this amazing workshop 🙌

Postdoctoral Researcher in Finnish Centre of Excellence - Tax Systems Research Postdoctoral Researcher in Finnish Centre of Excellence - Tax Systems Research

Hox hox postdocs! Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research has an interesting job opening at the work package headed by @jpirttila.bsky.social at the University of Helsinki.

Read more and apply by August, 4!

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Selvitys perintöveroista ja siirtymisestä perintöverosta luovutusvoittoveroon

VATT Muistiot 77: Selvitys perintöveroista ja siirtymisestä perintöverosta luovutusvoittoveroon

@tuomasmatikka.bsky.social, Juho Alasalmi, @mgiaccobasso.bsky.social, Tuuli Paukkeri ja @maxtoikka.bsky.social

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📣Paper news! 📣 Forthcoming in AEJ Applied Economics by @mgiaccobasso.bsky.social et al. Where do my tax dollars go?

Read more here: verotutkimus.fi/en/where-do-...

Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending (Forthcoming Article) - Do perceptions about government spending affect willingness to pay taxes? We test this hypothesis with a natural field experiment that focuses on the allocation of property tax...

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending" by Matias Giaccobasso, Brad Nathan, Ricardo Perez-Truglia, and Alejandro Zentner. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...