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This study examines the short-term effects of Finland’s 2021 reform, which extended compulsory schooling to age 18. Using detailed administrative data, I analyze changes in educational outcomes and …
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This paper explores the connection between jurisdictional fragmentation and sprawl. We utilize Finnish municipal mergers as a quasi-experiment which induces exogenous variation in the number of local …
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Chasing and the house money effect are well-known phenomena in dynamic environments of risky activities such as investment decisions or gambling. Recent studies suggest that such behavior emerges …
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