Essays about: "Niclas Hvalgren"

Found 2 essays containing the words Niclas Hvalgren.

1. 1. 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 nationalekonomi

   Author : David Lindquist; Niclas Hvalgren; [2020]
   Keywords : Housing Supply Elasticity; Spatial Labor Misallocation; Spatial Equilibrium; Sweden;

   Abstract : 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

3. 2. 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