Essays about: "Household Debt"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 53 essays containing the words Household Debt.

  1. 21. Income Inequality and Household Debt : A panel data study of 17 OECD-countries from 1995-2015

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Niclas Hvalgren; Linnea Englund Davidsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Household debt; Income inequality; Reference consumption; Relative income hypothesis of consumption; Panel data analysis; OECD; Advanced economies;

    Abstract : This study explores the relationship between income inequality and household indebtedness using panel data on 17 OECD-countries over the time period 1995-2015. Motivated by relative income theory of consumption and previous empirical research we anticipate a non-monotonic relationship between changes in household debt and income inequality (measured by the Gini- coefficient), as dynamics between different groups of households in the income spread is expected to vary at different levels of inequality. READ MORE

  3. 22. Shared Ownership : A vehicle for property investments and decreased household indebtedness and increased affordability

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Waldemar Jansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Shared Ownership Model; Sweden; Hyrköp av bostad; Sverige;

    Abstract : There is a housing shortage in attractive urban areas in Europe and Sweden. The waiting lists for affordable rental housing are increasing and that in turn creates pressure on owner-occupied housing. Inflated asset prices and household debt have become a major concern for policy makers. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Nexus of Financial Development and Economic Growth - Impact on property prices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Philip Sandgren; [2018]
    Keywords : Economic growth; financial development; debt; panel data analysis; common correlated effects CCE ; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study investigates the negative effects generated from the nexus of financial development and economic growth. Through recent years have the financial sector escalated in ‘speed’ due to the high levels of financial integration which have in turn caused an effect of ‘too much finance’. READ MORE

  5. 24. Debt and Health - A Study of Incapacity Rate and Private Debt in Swedish Municipalties

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Johan Ramne; Benjamin Strömberg; [2017-03-24]
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    Abstract : Household debt is rising throughout Sweden, and its health effects are poorly understood. This thesis attempts to establish a link between the average private indebtedness and the incapacity rate—a measure of average paid sick leave—within Swedish municipalities. READ MORE

  6. 25. Debt availability : The impact of repo-rate policy on household borrowing in Sweden: A study of the relationship between the nominal interest rate and the availability of debt for Swedish households.

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Daniel Svanholm; Jennifer Persson; [2017]
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    Abstract : Households availability to accrue debt remains a major factor affecting both consumption and savings on an aggregate level. The financial crises at the end of 2007 echoed through the Atlantic ocean and hit the European economies, wrecking havoc as it went. READ MORE