Oskari Harjunen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4396252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oskari Harjunen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oskari |
| FAMILY NAME | Harjunen |
| SIGNATURE | HARJUNEN O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aalto University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5089-6533 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
JUE Insight
We study the city-wide effects of new, centrally-located market-rate housing supply using geo-coded population-wide register data from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The supply of new market rate units triggers moving chains that quickly reach middle- and low-income neighborhoods and individuals. Thus, new market-rate construction loosens the housing market in middle- and low-income areas even in the short run. Market-rate supply is likely to im…
Love Thy (Elected) Neighbor? Residential Segregation, Political Representation, and Local Public Goods
Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Southern Political Science Association. All rights reserved
Revisiting the effects of housing transfer taxes
Housing transfer taxes are fiscally important in many countries despite evidence of substantial welfare costs. We argue that the welfare costs are larger than previously thought because previous studies ignore spillovers between treatment and control groups. We analyze the effect of transfer taxes on household mobility using a quasi-experiment arising from a tax reform. To account for spillovers between treatment and control groups, we use a hous…
Political representation and effects of municipal mergers
We study the effects of municipal mergers using novel geocoded data on local public sector jobs and local politicians' place of residence. We find that the mergers had no effects on municipal expenditures overall after eight years. However, the mergers led to highly unequal geographic political representation in the post-merger councils among the merged municipalities. Small and politically marginalized municipalities experienced a substantial re…
Political representation and effects of municipal mergers
We study the effects of municipal mergers using novel geocoded data on local public sector jobs and local politicians' place of residence. We find that the mergers had no effects on municipal expenditures overall after eight years. However, the mergers led to highly unequal geographic political representation in the post-merger councils among the merged municipalities. Small and politically marginalized municipalities experienced a substantial re…
Love Thy (Elected) Neighbor? Residential Segregation, Political Representation, and Local Public Goods
Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Southern Political Science Association. All rights reserved
JUE Insight
We study the city-wide effects of new, centrally-located market-rate housing supply using geo-coded population-wide register data from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The supply of new market rate units triggers moving chains that quickly reach middle- and low-income neighborhoods and individuals. Thus, new market-rate construction loosens the housing market in middle- and low-income areas even in the short run. Market-rate supply is likely to im…
Revisiting the effects of housing transfer taxes
Housing transfer taxes are fiscally important in many countries despite evidence of substantial welfare costs. We argue that the welfare costs are larger than previously thought because previous studies ignore spillovers between treatment and control groups. We analyze the effect of transfer taxes on household mobility using a quasi-experiment arising from a tax reform. To account for spillovers between treatment and control groups, we use a hous…
Revisiting the effects of housing transfer taxes
Housing transfer taxes are fiscally important in many countries despite evidence of substantial welfare costs. We argue that the welfare costs are larger than previously thought because previous studies ignore spillovers between treatment and control groups. We analyze the effect of transfer taxes on household mobility using a quasi-experiment arising from a tax reform. To account for spillovers between treatment and control groups, we use a hous…
Political representation and effects of municipal mergers
We study the effects of municipal mergers using novel geocoded data on local public sector jobs and local politicians' place of residence. We find that the mergers had no effects on municipal expenditures overall after eight years. However, the mergers led to highly unequal geographic political representation in the post-merger councils among the merged municipalities. Small and politically marginalized municipalities experienced a substantial re…
JUE Insight
We study the city-wide effects of new, centrally-located market-rate housing supply using geo-coded population-wide register data from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The supply of new market rate units triggers moving chains that quickly reach middle- and low-income neighborhoods and individuals. Thus, new market-rate construction loosens the housing market in middle- and low-income areas even in the short run. Market-rate supply is likely to im…
Love Thy (Elected) Neighbor? Residential Segregation, Political Representation, and Local Public Goods
Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Southern Political Science Association. All rights reserved
Demographic economics (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Business (2 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Housing Market and Economics (2 works) · Local Government Finance and Decentralization (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works)