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  1. 1. A Lagom Level of Debt: Swedish household indebtedness in the 21st century

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Krook; [2023]
    Keywords : household debt; debt-to-income ratio; mortgage; financial stability; Financial Accelerator; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the causes of rising household and particularly mortgage debt in Sweden between 1995 and 2020. It aims to contribute to the understanding of institutional factors behind increasing debt, such as policy regulating lending. READ MORE

  3. 2. Does the price development on housing in Stockholm make sense? : An empirical analysis of a possible price bubble on the housing market of Stockholm

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Rebecca Hedberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Toda Yamamoto approach; Granger-Causality; VAR model; Price bubbles; Swedish housing market;

    Abstract : The indebtedness of Swedish households has more than doubled in the last ten decades despite the implementation of a mortgage ceiling and stricter amortization requirements. This study takes form to investigate how it is possible that debt related to housing is rising while new regulations against it has been set and how housing prices continues to increase when lending is supposed to be harder. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Competitive Development of the Swedish Mortgage Market

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

    Author : Kelvin Tran; Eddie Negussu; [2021]
    Keywords : Mortgage; Market; Competition; Oligopoly;

    Abstract : The problem with weak competition is the socially inefficient market it causes, but also the market power it gives firms to exercise. This thesis aimed to analyse whether the competition in the mortgage market had changed since 2013 compared to 2020. READ MORE

  5. 4. An Empirical Study on the Reversal Interest Rate

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Pontus Berglund; Daniel Kamangar; [2020]
    Keywords : reversal interest rate; effective lower bound; negative interest rates; monetary policy transmission; interest rate pass-through; bank lending;

    Abstract : Previous research suggests that a policy interest rate cut below the reversal interest rate reverses the intended effect of monetary policy and becomes contractionary for lending. This paper is an empirical investigation into whether the reversal interest rate was breached in the Swedish negative interest rate environment between February 2015 and July 2016. READ MORE

  6. 5. Säkerhet vid kreditgivning : hur banker bedömer säkerhet vid kreditgivning till jordbruk och skogsbruk

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Oscar Klofsten; Wilhelm Jarnvall; [2019]
    Keywords : kreditgivning; säkerhet; risk; skogsbruk; jordbruk;

    Abstract : Jordbruk och skogsbruk är två branscher som kännetecknas av betydande kapital men med ett relativt svagt resultat. I teorin borde detta innebära en risk för bankerna, då ett svagt kassaflöde försämrar återbetalningsförmågan. Dock ses jordbruk och skogsbruk som attraktiva placeringar för kreditgivare. READ MORE