The Department of Economics of the University of Turku holds a weekly seminar every Tuesday from 14.30-15.30 at the Turku School of Economics.
Note: In Autumn 2026, seminars are held mainly in a hybrid format (with a few exceptions). All seminars can be accessed through the Zoom link
https://utu.zoom.us/j/65876213489
Seminars – Autumn 2026
To be announced in August 2026.
Seminars – Spring 2026
- 13.1. [hydrid, LS07] Sander Ramboer (VATT/UTU): Local Property Tax Incentives for Wind Farm Development: Evidence from Finland
- 20.1. [hybrid, LS07] Janne Tukiainen (UTU): Organizational Culture and Habit Formation in Public Procurement
- 27.1. [hybrid, LS07] Angela Djupsjöbacka (Åbo Akademi): Bridging the gender gap: The role of pay transparency and nudging
- 3.2. [hybrid, LS07] Riku Buri (KKV): When Big Buys Small: The Effects of Acquisitions in Finnish Private Healthcare
- 10.2. [hybrid, LS07] Lucas De Melo (UTU): The Economic Returns of Firms’ Political Connections
- 17.2. No seminar
- 24.2. [hybrid, LS07] Vesa-Matti Heikkuri (Tampere University): Source decomposition of inequality revisited
- 3.3. [hybrid, LS07] Tuomas Nurminen (University of Turku): Customer reputation and second opinions in experimental credence goods markets
- 10.3. [hybrid, LS07] Salomo Hirvonen (University of Turku): Voter Mobilization via SMS: Evidence from a large-scale trial with language targeting
- 17.3. [hybrid, LS07] William Phan (North Carolina State University): School Finance, Peers, and Choice
- 24.3. [hybrid, LS07] Philip Schnattinger (Bank of England)
- 31.3. [hybrid, LS07] Samuel Rauhala (UTU): Limiting distributions of PCA and PLS in a dynamic setting
- 7.4. [hybrid, LS07] Harto Saarinen (UTU): Long-run Restricted Harvesting of Stochastic Population
- 14.4. No seminar.
- 21.4. No seminar.
- 28.4. [hybrid, LS07] Lauri Sääksvuori (THL): Digital Health Services and the Demand for Care: Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Trial
- 5.5. [hybrid, LS07] Elina Jussila (Tampere University/FIT): The Effects of Sick Leave Benefit Generosity on Sickness Absences
- 12.5. [hybrid, LS07] Marika Viertola (VATT): TBA
- 19.5. [hybrid, LS07] Gustav Kjellsson (University of Gothenburg): TBA
- 26.5. [hybrid, LS07] Yadira Hernandez-Gomez (LSE): Impact of Local Public Transport Schemes on Economic Growth
- 2.6. [hybrid, LS07] Erik Öberg (Uppsala University): Identifying the MPC-Liquidity Gradient in High-Quality Data
Past seminars – Autumn 2025
- 16.9. [hybrid, LS07] Mikko Vaaramo (UTU): Occupational mobility in early mid-life: Do temperament traits and economic preferences matter?
- 23.9. [hybrid, LS07] Kim Ristolainen (UTU): Exchange Rate Narratives
- 30.9. [hybrid, LS07] Filip Siegfrids (UTU): Cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening stratified on Polygenic Risk Score
- 7.10. [hybrid, LS02] Martin Brun (University of Tampere): Role Models and Early Interest in STEM
- 14.10. [hybrid, LS07] No seminar
- 21.10. [hybrid, LS07] Antti Ripatti (University of Helsinki): Macroeconomic Impact of Endemic COVID-19
- 28.10. [hybrid, LS07] Toni Juuti (Labore): Anatomy of Startup Teams
- 4.11. [hybrid, LS07] Milla Hägg (University of Helsinki): History Dependence and Firm Incentives in Free Contraception Programs
- 11.11. [hybrid, LS07] Juhana Siljander (Bank of Finland): Credit Shocks and House Price Volatility
- 18.11. [hybrid, LS07] Jakob Vanschoonbeek (KU Leuven): The Spatial Political Economy of Discontent
- 25.11. [hybrid, LS07] Jisu Jeun (Bank of Finland): Going Public over the Business Cycle
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Past seminars -Academic year 2024-25
Past seminars -Academic year 2023-24
Past seminars -Academic year 2022-23