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VATT Institute for Economic ResearchFinnish: Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus
Swedish: Statens ekonomiska forskningscentral

Agency overview
Formed| 1990 (1990)
Employees| 50 (2016)
Agency executive|

* Tuulia Hakola-Uusitalo

The VATT Institute for Economic Research, previously the Government Institute for Economic Research, is a government agency in Finland.[1] VATT is an acronym from VAltion (Government) Taloudellinen (Economic) Tutkimuskeskus (Research Institute).[2] The research institute operates under the administrative domain of the Ministry of Finance.[1]

## Location

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VATT is located in the Economicum building in the centre of Helsinki, on Arkadiankatu.[3] It shares the building with the Department of Economics of the University of Helsinki and The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE.

## Research

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VATT produces scientific research and analyses.[4] In particular, researchers at VATT utilize microeconomic research methods and extensive register data to forecast and evaluate the impact of various policy changes on e.g. the behaviour of individuals, households or firms.[5]

## Publications

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Researchers at VATT regularly in international scientific publications. They also produce international and domestic working papers, discussion papers, reports and investigations. Most VATT publications can be accessed through the Doria publication archive managed by the National Library of Finland.[6] VATT working papers can also be found from the Research Papers in Economics database.[7] Scientific articles authored by VATT researchers are published regularly in international scientific publications.[8]

## Budget

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In 2016, VATT's annual budget was EUR 5.5 million, of which two-thirds came from the state budget and one-third from tendered research funding.[3]

## Directors General

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The Director General of VATT is Tuulia Hakola-Uusitalo. She was appointed to a five-year term of office starting on 1 January 2025. Hakola-Uusitalo already took over as the interim director general in August 2024.

* Reino Hjerppe 1990–2006
* Seija Ilmakunnas 2006–2011
* Aki Kangasharju 2011–2012
* Juhana Vartiainen 2012–2015
* Anni Huhtala 2015–2020
* Mikael Collan 2021–2024
* Tuulia Hakola-Uusitalo 2025–

## Economic Policy Council

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The institute is home to the Economic Policy Council [fi].[9]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Ministry of Finance's branch of government: Agencies". Ministry of Finance (Finland). Retrieved 21 March 2018.
2. ^ "Lyhenneluettelo: V, W". Kotimaisten kielten keskus. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
3. ^ a b "Applied economics and research-based analysis". VATT Institute for Economic Research. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
4. ^ "Valtion taloudellisen tutkimuskeskuksen (VATT) tulossopimus vuodelle 2018 sekä ennakolliset tavoitteet vuosille 2019-2021". Ministry of Finance (Finland). Retrieved 20 March 2018.
5. ^ "Tutkimus: VATT on taloustieteellisen tutkimuksen asiantuntijayksikkö". Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
6. ^ "Doria:Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT". Doria. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
7. ^ "RePEc:VATT Institute for Economic Research". IDEAS RePEc. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
8. ^ "Uusimmat vertaisarvioidut artikkelit". VATT Institute for Economic Research. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
9. ^ "About the Council". Economic Policy Council. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

## External links

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* VATT Institute for Economic Research – Official website (English)

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