Marita Laukkanen
Research Professor, Research Leader, PhD
Marita Laukkanen is chief researcher and research leader at the VATT Institute for Economic Research and adjunct professor of economics at the University of Helsinki. Marita’s research field includes environmental and energy matters. In particular she has studied cost-effective instruments, evaluation of environmental policy and international environmental co-operation.
Marita’s ongoing research deals with the changes to the energy system required by the move to a low-carbon society, the effects of energy taxation and the functioning of international environmental agreements. Alongside her research work, Marita aims to promote dialogue between science and politics in energy and environmental matters.
Marita has been at VATT since 2010. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and has international work experience from the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei research centre in Italy, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Toulouse School of Economics. In 2016-2019 Marita was a member of the Finnish Climate Change Panel.
Research projects
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2022 - Project ongoing
Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research
Aliisa KoivistoAnna SahariJouko VerhoKari HämäläinenKasperi KuuskoskiKimmo PalanneMarita LaukkanenSatu KuitunenTeemu LyytikäinenToni JuutiTuomas KosonenTuomas MatikkaTuomo VirkolaTuuli Paukkeri -
Essi EerolaKimmo OllikkaMarita LaukkanenPiia RemesTuomas Kosonen
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2015 - 2023
Assessment of the 2011 energy tax reform
Kimmo OllikkaMarita Laukkanen -
Anna SahariJouko VerhoKimmo OllikkaKimmo PalanneMarita Laukkanen
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2022 - Project ongoing
Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research
Aliisa KoivistoAnna SahariEssi EerolaJouko VerhoKari HämäläinenKimmo PalanneMarita LaukkanenTeemu LyytikäinenTerhi RavaskaToni JuutiTuomas KosonenTuomas MatikkaTuomo VirkolaTuuli Paukkeri -
2022 - Project ongoing
Centre of Excellence on Tax Systems Research WP2
Anna SahariKimmo PalanneMarita LaukkanenSatu KuitunenTuomas Kosonen