Kaisa Matschoss

Senior Reseacher, National Consumer Research Centre

(on leave)

Education
PhD in economics (Dr.rer.pol.) , Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany, 2003. Title of the Ph.D. thesis: "Network Pricing in the Nordic Countries - An Empirical Analysis of the Local Electricity Distribution Utilities' Efficiency and Pricing".
M.Sc. in economics, University of Joensuu, Finland, 1999
Basic studies of environmental science
Basic studies of environmental studies, Open University of Helsinki, 2001.
Exchange student, University of Rostock, Germany, summers 1997 and 1998.

Professional experience
Since May 2003, Senior researcher at National Consumer Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland.
2001 - 2003, Research associate at bremer energie institut, Bremen, Germany.
2000 Hostess and secretary for the General commissioner of the Finnish Pavilion at the EXPO2000 Hanover for Finpro, Hanover, Germany.
1999 - 2000 Trainee at the DaimlerChrysler Star Cooperation GmbH, Marketing department, Stuttgart, Germany.
1996 - 1997 Member of the marketing team of the TEP'97 -happening, University of Joensuu, Finland.

Research publications
Kaisa Kinnunen: Sähkönjakelun hinnoittelu ja tehokkuus Suomessa, Ruotsissa ja Norjassa. National Consumer Research Centre, Kuluttajatutkimuskeskuksen työselosteita ja esitelmiä 79:2003, 1-19.
Kaisa Kinnunen: Network Pricing in the Nordic Countries - an Empirical Analysis of the Local Electricity Network Utilities' Efficiency and Pricing. PhD thesis, 2003, 1-149. http://docserver.bis.uni-oldenburg.de/publikationen/dissertation/2003/kinnet03/pdf/kinnet03.pdf
Haupt, Ulrike, Kinnunen, Kaisa & Pfaffenberger, Wolfgang: Anwendung der Vergleichsmarktanalyse auf die Netzentgelte in der Stromwirtschaf, research report, bremer energie institut, March 2002, 1-79.

Articles and other printed writings
Kinnunen, K.: Investment Incentives: Regulation of the Finnish Electricity Distribution. Energy Policy (in press).
Kinnunen, K.: Pricing of electricity distribution: an empirical efficiency study in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Utilities Policy (in press).
Hirschhausen von, C., Beckers, t. and Mitusch, K. (eds.) "Trends in Infrastructure Regulation and Financing. International Experience and Case Studies from Germany. Edward Elgar Publishing 2004. Article: "Electricity Network Regulation: Practical Implementation in the Nordic Countries".
Kaisa Kinnunen: Network Pricing in the Nordic countries. Zeitschrift für Freiburger Wirtschaftswissenschaftler e.V., 14. Jahrgang, Heft 1, 2003, 26-29.
Pfaffenberger, Wolfgang, Haupt, Ulrike & Kinnunen, Kaisa: Anwendung der Vergleichsmarktanalyse auf die Netzentgelte in der Stromwirtschaft. Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen, Juni 2002, Heft 6, 374-379.

Conference papers
Kaisa Kinnunen: Pricing of Electricity Distribution - An Empirical Study of Finland, Norway and Sweden. The 30th Annual Conference of European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Helsinki 24-26.8.2003, 1-11.
Kaisa Kinnunen: Electricity Network Regulation: Practical Implementation in the Nordic Countries. 3. Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung "Die Zukunft der Energiewirtschaft im liberalisierten Markt, TU Wien 12.-14.2.2003, Young Scientist Best Paper Award, 1-12.

Honors and scholarships
Young Scientist Best Paper Award at 3. Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung "Die Zukunft der Energiewirtschaft im liberalisierten Markt, TU Wien 12.-14.2.2003.
Scholarship from the bremer energie institut for the PhD studies.

Courses held
Basic courses of micro and macro economics at the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, the Unit of Pori, 2003 and 2004.
Distant learning module "Energy Economics" in context of an international post-graduate study course "Renewable Energies" in co-operation with the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, 2002.

Language skills
Finnish as a mother tongue, fluent English and German, good French and Swedish.