Elina Berghäll

Elina Berghäll has carried out extensive and wide-ranging research on economic activity both in Finland and internationally. Her work spans economic growth, taxation in African countries, investment and international capital flows—including foreign direct investment—sovereign debt, exports and exchange-rate systems, productivity and efficiency analysis, the technological frontier, innovation and R&D policy, the ICT sector, environmental policy and sustainable development, regional income transfers, as well as infrastructure and urban economics.

Elina has worked at VATT since 2000 and has also gained professional experience at the European Parliament, the OECD, UNU/WIDER, the UN-Habitat Programme, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities. She holds a Doctorate in Economics from Aalto University School of Business.