BOFIT conducts high-level research on transition economics and monitors economic developments in Russia and China.  

 

SUOMEN PANKKI
Snellmaninaukio
PO Box 160, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Phone +358 10 8311

The Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)

New publications 

BOFIT Discussion Papers
24/2009 Andrei Vernikov: Russian banking: The state makes a comeback?
23/2009 Aaron Mehrotra and José R. Sánchez-Fung: Assessing McCallum and Taylor rules in a cross-section of emerging market economies
22/2009 Zuzana Fungácová and Tigran Poghosyan: Determinants of bank interest margins in Russia: Does bank ownership matter?

BOFIT Online
10/09 Morten Anker, Daniel Buikema Fjærtoft, Jouko Rautava, Heli Simola and Laura Solanko: Russia, Finland and Norway: Economic Essays
9/09 Juuso Kaaresvirta, Iikka Korhonen, Mikael Mattlin, Aaron Mehrotra, Jenni Pääkkönen ja Jouko Rautava:
Katsaus Kiinan talouteen – BOFIT tietoisku 2009

Focus/Opinion – Expert view
1/10 Zuzana Fungáčová and Sanna Kurronen: Bonds gaining ground as a finance tool in Russia
10/09 Jenni Pääkkönen: China and the new climate treaty

BOFIT forecasts
BOFIT forecast for Russia 2009-2011, published 29.9.2009
BOFIT forecast for China 2009-2011, published 29.9.2009

 

Events

BOFIT Seminars

- 18.2.2010 Tania De Renzis (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and BOFIT): Performance Pricing Provisions in Bank Loans in Transition Economies

 

Articles

Zuzana Fungáčová and Laura Solanko: The Russian banking industry after the financial crisis – where to next?
Pekka Sutela: How strong is Russia's economic foundation?, CER October 2009
Heli Simola: Trade with Russia and its importance for Finnish companies

Books

Laura Solanko: Essays on Russia's Economic Transition
Simon-Erik Ollus ja Heli Simola: Russia in the Finnish Economy
Aaron Mehrotra: Essays on Empirical Macroeconomics

 

Visiting Researchers Programme

BOFIT welcomes applications for posts in its Visiting Researchers Programme. Scholarships for 3–12 months are available  for high-level research projects in areas pertinent to the Institute's research objectives. However, senior scholars seeking shorter research visits will also be considered. Scholars focusing on the Russian or Chinese economy are particularly encouraged to apply.

The application period for the Visiting Researchers' Programme for 2010 has closed. BOFIT will release an announcement regarding the programme for 2011 in the spring of next year.