Essays about: "Housing Supply Elasticity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Housing Supply Elasticity.
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1. Regional Variations of Housing Supply Elasticity in Sweden : A VECM Approach
University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella systemAbstract : This master's thesis seeks to determine the price elasticity of the Swedish housing supply through a vector error-correction model. The elasticities are estimated on a municipal, county and national level using data for the period 1992-2021. READ MORE
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2. Proportional income taxation and heterogeneous labour supply responses : A study of gender-based heterogeneity in extensive margin labour supply decisions in response to changes in proportional income taxation in Swedish municipalities from 1960 to 1990
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis is, to my knowledge, the first study utilising data from the Swedish population and housing censuses between 1960 and 1990 merged with other data from the same period in order to estimate extensive margin labour supply responses to changes in municipal tax rate changes. Given that women historically have not faced the same structural labour market preconditions as men, the empirical strategy is designed to allow for an analysis of gender-based heterogeneity in labour supply responses. READ MORE
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3. Quantifying the Costs of Restricting Local Housing Development - Housing Supply Elasticities and Aggregate Labor Misallocation in Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Housing prices have risen dramatically in Stockholm over the past two decades, while the housing stock has increased by a comparably minor amount. Seen through a spatial equilibrium framework, this indicates that Stockholm is contributing to increased labor misallocation, lowering aggregate Swedish output. READ MORE
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4. Geographic constraints and housing supply in Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Motivated by the debate on the role of supply side constraints in hampering new housing construction in the Swedish housing market, this study replicates the methodology of Saiz (2010) to investigate the role played by geographic constraints in determining housing supply elasticities. A sample of 109 municipalities is analyzed over the period 1993-2003. READ MORE
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5. Simulations of how developmentsin construction cost could affect Swedish housing supply
University essay from KTH/NationalekonomiAbstract : The Swedish housing market have long been debated for its flaws, inefficiencies and regulations which makes construction expensive and complicated. This have created long queue times for rentals and an ever increasing price level for condominiums, especially in the cities Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. READ MORE