Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers

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Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers

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  • Commitment
  • Gender Gaps
  • Firm Dynamics
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  • Furloughs, Employment, and Worker Reallocation in Normal Times

    Niku Määttänen, Eero Mäkynen, Oskari Vähämaa

    Are furlough schemes useful under normal business cycle conditions? We address this question using administrative data from Finland, where such a scheme has long existed, and a model of firm dynamics …

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  • Childhood Gender Nonconformity and Gender Gaps in Life Outcomes

    Abigail R. Banan, Torsten Santavirta, and Miguel Sarzosa

    We study the role of childhood gender conformity in generating gender gaps. We present a conceptual framework that uses gender norms to explain why some women make less profitable choices than …

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  • Commitment and Conflict in Multilateral Bargaining

    Topi Miettinen and Christoph Vanberg

    We theoretically investigate the effects of strategic pre-commitment in multilateral dynamic bargaining. Each round features a commitment stage in which players can declare that they will reject any …

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  • Heterogeneous price commitments

    Saara Hämäläinen

    We provide a theory of dynamic oligopoly pricing with heterogeneous price technologies, captured by the presence of trackers (on the firm-side) and shoppers (on the consumer-side) who can costlessly …

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