Vesa Lennart Kanniainen

 

Present Position
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of
Helsinki, P.O. Box 17 (Arkadianka tu 7), FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland,
phone: +358-(0)9-19128725, fax: +358-(0)9-19128736,

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Education
B.Sc., University of Helsinki, 1971
M.Pol.Sc., University of Helsinki, 1971
Lic.Pol.Sc., University of Helsinki, 1972
Fellowship, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1972-73
Ph.D., University of Helsinki, 1976

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Previous professional appointments
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Brown University, Rhode Island,
USA, 1977-78
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Washington State University,
Washington, USA, 1978-79
Economist, Pellervo Economic Research Institute, 1980
Acting Professor of International Ec onomics, University of Tampere, September 1980-
January 1981
Acting Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Helsinki,
February 1981-December 1985; July 1987-June 1989; July 1990-
Appointed Professor of Economics, University of Vaasa, 1984 (on leave)
Appointed Associate Professor in Economics, Department of Economics, University of
Helsinki, 1984
Visiting Research Scientist, the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, January
1986-June 1986
Senior Research Scientist, The Academy of Finland, July 1986-June 1987; July 1990-
June 1991
Visiting Research Scientists, the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, July 1989-
June 1990
Visiting Fellow, Center for Economic Studies, University of Munich, summer 1994.
Teaching: Optimal Stochastic Control.
Guest Lecturer, Spring, 1995, Uppsala University. Teaching: Optimal Stochastic Control.
Guest Lecturer, Autumn, 1998, University of Hamburg. Teaching: Information
Economics, Optimal Stochastic Control.

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Other Activities
Research Fellow, CESifo, Munchen, Germany
Associate Editor, FinanzArchiv

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Referee Activity
American Economic Review
Economica
Economic Journal
European Journal of Political Economy
European Economic Review
FinanzArchiv
Finnish Economic Papers
German Economic Review
Homo Economicus
International Tax and Public Finance
International Journal of Industrial Organization
Journal of Banking & Finance
Journal of Economics
Journal of Public Economics
Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Yearbook of Standardization

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Prizes
“Thirst for knowledge” Price 2001, JOKO.