Publications

Çakir, S.,  Matakos,K. and  Tukiainen, J. (2022) Delegation and Recruitment in Organizations: The Slippery Slope to “Bad” Leadership. Aboa Centre for Economics. Discussion paper No. 158. Turku. https://ace-economics.fi/kuvat/dp158.pdf

De Magalhães, L., Hangartner, D., Hirvonen, S., Meriläinen J., Ruiz N.A. and Tukiainen J. (2025) When Can We Trust Regression Discontinuity Design Estimates from Close Elections? Evidence from Experimental Benchmarks. Political Analysis. Published online 2025:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2024.28

Dreber Almenberg, A., Johannesson, M., Meriläinen, J., and Tukiainen, J. (2026). Politicians and Daughters: A Large-Sample Preregistered Multiverse Test. Journal of Politics (Accepted).

Fiva, J.H., Izzo, F. and Tukiainen, J. (2024) The Gatekeeper’s Dilemma: Political Selection or Team Effort. Journal of Public Economics 234: 105133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105133

Harjunen, O., Saarimaa, T. and Tukiainen, J. (2023) Love Thy (Elected) Neighbor? Residential Segregation, Political Representation and Local Public Goods. The Journal of Politics, 85:3. https://doi.org/10.1086/723983

Hirvonen, S., Lassander, M., Sääksvuori, L. and Tukiainen, J. (2024) Who is Mobilized to Vote by Short Text Messages? Evidence from a Nationwide Field Experiment with Young Voters. Political Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09954-6

Hirvonen, S., Schafer, J. and Tukiainen, J. (2024) Policy feedback and voter turnout: Evidence from the Finnish basic income experiment. American Journal of Political Science, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12915

Hortala-Vallve, R., Meriläinen, J. and Tukiainen, J. (2023) Pre-electoral coalitions and the distribution of political power. Public Choice, 198, 47–67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-023-01109-1

Jokela, M., Meriläinen, J., Tukiainen, J. and von Schoultz, Å. (2025). Personality traits and cognitive ability in political selection. Journal of the European Economic Association 23(5), 1908–1949. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvaf010

Matakos, K., Savolainen, R., Troumpounis, O., Tukiainen, J. and Xefteris, D. (2024) Electoral Institutions and Intraparty Cohesion. Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics. https://doi.org/10.1086/731286

Nieminen, J., Lahdelma, I., Simola, S. and Tukiainen, J. (2026). Evolution of Women’s Descriptive and Substantive Representation: Evidence from 70 Years of parliamentary Debates. European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2026.102895

Nieminen, J., Simola, S. and Tukiainen, J. (2023) Effects of Increased Transparency on Political Divides and MP Behavior: Evidence from Televised Question Hours in the Finnish Parliament. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 49:3, 585–616. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12439

Simola, S.,  Nieminen, J. and Tukiainen, J. (2025). A Century of Partisanship in Finnish Political Speech. Journal of Historical Political Economy, 5(2), 239-265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/115.00000095

Simola, S.,  Nieminen, J. and Tukiainen, J. (2025). Finnish parliamentary speeches dataset. Nature Scientific Data 12, 1063. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05056-y

Tukiainen, J., Blesse, S., Bohne, A., Giuffrida, L.M., Jääskeläinen, J., Luukinen, A. and Sieppi, A. (2024) What are the priorities of bureaucrats? Evidence from conjoint experiments with procurement officials. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106716

Wass, H., Tukiainen, J., Ylisalo, J., Nieminen, J., Hirvonen, S. and Isotalo, V. (2024) Partisan Politics in Finland. CESifo Economic Studies, 70: 2, 99–124. https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifae018