Economics Research Group

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About the research group

The research group emphasizes the importance of competence. The most important factors in productivity growth are investment in education, economic literacy, research, innovation and digitalisation, which can be influenced both directly and indirectly by economic and environmental policies. The research group's projects have a strong societal impact. Project leaders will take part in current discussions related to, among other things, innovation policy and the development of economics education.

The research group focuses particularly on the following themes:

  • Competence: innovation and intangible capital in companies and the economy
  • Financial literacy and financial education
  • Firm-level energy and environmental economics issues
  • Banking and macroeconomic stability
  • Connections and interactions between financial markets and the real world

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Research projects

Publications

Publication year Publication Authors
2024 Aineeton pääoma Suomessa edistämässä teknologista muutosta – kasvun haasteet Piekkola, Hannu
2024 Quest for SDG-13: The Aptness of Green Investments and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to Emission Mitigation Among Central-African States Onifade, Stephen Taiwo; Musah, Mohammed; Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Agozie, Divine Q.; Opoku‐Mensah, Evans
2024 Probing environmental sustainability aspects of resource efficiency, renewable energy usage and globalization Özkan, Oktay; Obekpa, Hephzibah Onyeje; Onifade, Stephen Taiwo; Alola, Andrew Adewale
2024 Carbon emission in MINT economies: The role of poverty, population, energy use and economic factors Bekun, Festus Victor; Uzuner, Gizem; Onifade, Stephen Taiwo; Alola, Andrew Adewale
2024 Nuclear energy utilization and the expectations of emission-reduction gains: Empirical evidence from economic trajectory of selected utilizing states Bozkaya, Şeyma; Onifade, Stephen Taiwo; Duran, Mahmut Sami
2024 Vertical spillovers and the energy intensity of European industries Rahko, Jaana
2024 Luonnonmarjanpoimintaa koskeva selvitys : Ulkomaalaisten luonnonmarjanpoimijoiden työsuhteisuuden ja elinkeinonharjoittamisen taloudellisia vaikutuksia arvioiva selvitys Busk, Henna; Heimonen, Raija; Määttä, Kalle; Norkio, Antti; Vaahtoniemi, Saara
2024 The effects of environmental innovations on labor productivity: how does it pay to be green Piekkola, Hannu; Rahko, Jaana
2024 The effects of climate change technology spillovers on carbon emissions across European countries Rahko, Jaana; Alola, Andrew Adewale
2024 Prospect of trade and innovation in renewable energy deployment: A comparative analysis between BRICS and MINT Countries Ofori, Elvis K.; Bekun, Festus V.; Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Ali, Ernest B.; Onifade, Stephen T.; Asongu, Simplice A.

Research group leader

Research group members

Juuso Vataja

Juuso Vataja

University of Vaasa > School of Accounting and Finance > Economics
juuso.vataja [at] uwasa.fi
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Doctoral students

  • Saija Alanko
  • Nimra Arshad
  • Masoumeh Farshadfar
  • Hamid Hosseininesaz
  • Bin Lai
  • Jaakko Mustonen
  • Andre Nyman
  • Vesa Loven
  • Ulviyya Pekkarinen