| BD4 | OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment, fourth edition |
| BPM6 | IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition |
| COTIF | Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus Disease 2019 |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| DIMECC | Digital, Internet, Materials and Engineering Co-Creation |
| DPO | Designated Postal Operator |
| DR | Domestic Regulation |
| EATR | Effective Average Tax Rate |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EK | Confederation of Finnish Industries (Elinkeinoelämän Keskusliitto) |
| ELY Centre | Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (Elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus) |
| EMTR | Effective Marginal Tax Rate |
| EU | European Union |
| EURES | European Employment Services |
| Eurostat | Statistical Office of the European Communities |
| FATS | Foreign Affiliates Statistics |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FDI RRI | FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index |
| GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| GPA | Government Procurement Agreement |
| GVC | Global Value Chain |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Rights |
| IT | Information Technology |
| LMT | Labour Market Test |
| LPI | Logistics Performance Index |
| M&A | Mergers and Acquisitions |
| MA&NT | Market Access and National Treatment |
| Migri | Finnish Immigration Service |
| MNE | Multinational Enterprise |
| NACE | Statistical Classification of Economic Activities (Nomenclature générale des Activités économiques dans les Communautés Européennes) |
| NAO | National Audit Office of Finland |
| NIS | Norwegian International Ship Register |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PMR | Product Market Regulation |
| PPML | Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood |
| PRH | Finnish Patent and Registration Office (Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus) |
| PTA | Preferential Trade Agreement |
| P-TECH | Pathways in Technology Early College High School |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RBC | Responsible Business Conduct |
| RIA | Regulatory Impact Assessment |
| SME | Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
| SMGS | Agreement on the International Goods Transport by Rail |
| SPE | Special Purpose Entity |
| STRI | Services Trade Restrictiveness Index |
| Traficom | Finnish Transport and Communications Agency |
| TE Office | Employment and Economic Development Office (TE-palvelut) |
| TEC | Trade by Enterprise Characteristics |
| TiVA | Trade in Value-Added |
| TRIPS | Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| UIC | Ultimate Investing Country |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| US | United States |
| VAT | Value-Added Tax |
| VULA | Virtual Unbundled Local Access |
| WB | World Bank |
| WEF | World Economic Forum |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
The Impact of Regulation on International Investment in Finland
