VATT Institute for Economic Research | 2,374 followers on LinkedIn. Applied economics and research-based analysis. FI: Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT). | At the VATT Institute for Economic Research, we conduct high-quality research to support decision-making and to evaluate economic policy. The main building blocks of our analyses are large-scale register data, institutional knowledge and economic theory. We have 60 employees, mainly researchers with PhDs in economics.