Economics Research Group

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

Latest updates

News 23.09.2025

Growth and competitiveness through AI and intangible capital, and a roadmap for a sustainable space economy – University of Vaasa receives funding from the Strategic Research Council

Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen Vaasan yliopisto

News 23.06.2025

Deceptive practices and online manipulation under scrutiny – Research Council of Finland awards nearly €590,000 to the University of Vaasa’s MisLead project

News 13.06.2025

Professor Panu Kalmi appointed to OECD expert group

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Research projects

Publications

Publication year	Publication	Authors
2024	Analysing governance‐led infrastructural development nexus in sub‐Saharan Africa: Does the moderating role of institutional quality matter?	Appiah, Michael; Onifade, Stephen Taiwo; Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi
2024	Assessing the roles of green innovations and renewables in environmental sustainability of resource-rich Sub-Saharan African states: A financial development perspective	Musah, Mohammed; Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Onifade, Stephen Taiwo; Sackey, Frank Gyimah
2024	Gender and age productivity–wage gaps in innovative work	Farčnik, Daša; Redek, Tjaša; Bloch, Carter; Piekkola, Hannu; Rybalka, Marina; Istenič, Tanja
2024	Organizational capital, allocation of intangibles, and firm performance: Evidence from the Globalinto intangible survey	Piekkola, Hannu
2024	Intangible Assets and Productivity: An Occupation-Based Approach	Piekkola, Hannu; Bloch, Carter; Rybalka, Marina; Redek, Tjaša
2024	Intangibles and their contribution to productivity: an overview	Bloch, Carter; Roth, Felix; Van Criekingen, Kristof; Piekkola, Hannu
2023	Intangible capital and financial leverage in SMEs	Norkio, Antti
2023	Financial literacy in the digital age—A research agenda	Koskelainen, Tiina; Kalmi, Panu; Scornavacca, Eusebio; Vartiainen, Tero
2023	Financial literacy and its determinants and consequences: New survey evidence from Finland	Vaahtoniemi, Saara; Buturak, Gökhan; Kalmi, Panu; Ruuskanen, Olli-Pekka
2023	Suomalaisten talousosaaminen tarkastelussa	Kalmi, Panu; Vaahtoniemi, Saara; Raijas, Anu; Ranta, Mette; Ruuskanen, Olli-Pekka; Buturak, Gökhan