There has been a growing debate about the increasing level of under-maintenance in the Swedish housing stock especially in properties constructed under the ímillion dwellings programî in the late 1960s. A review of the literature reveals various factors that affect the level of housing...

Sweden has committed itself to comply with EU-directive 2009/28/EC on energy from renewable sources and 2012/27/EU on improvement in the efficiency of energy. Measures in the existing housing stock, such as installing photovoltaics (PV), provide a means of contributing to the goals above. The...

<title>ABSTRACT</title> The purpose of the paper is to critically evaluate the conceptual distinction between investment and maintenance. The study starts from a number of definitions in the literature and discusses these from the perspective of standard investment theory. The article argues that the standard...

Designing an emissions trading scheme requires in-depth knowledge about several aspects. This paper attempts to clarify some important design points of the forthcoming emissions trading scheme for aviation under the EU ETS. Five general key points of system design are acknowledged and...

The aim of this study is to estimate the price elasticity of demand for domestic air travel in Sweden. Using national aggregated data on passenger quantities and fares, price elasticities of demand are estimated with an unbalanced, in terms of stationarity, yet well performing model. The...

The purpose of this paper is to study the determinants of aggregate fund flows to both equity and hybrid mutual funds. We test three hypotheses that help explaining the relationship between mutual fund flows and stock market returns, namely; the feedback-trader hypothesis, the price-pressure...

While physical city re-location is relatively uncommon, the economic center of a city might shift over time, sometimes over a short period of time. Commonly this happens when large retail centers are constructed in proximity to the city. It can also be the case that cities subject to frequent...

This article analyses demand for domestic air travel in Sweden. Using aggregated data on passenger quantities and fares, price elasticities are estimated. The robustness of the results is enforced by simple division of business and leisure travellers. The analysis also includes estimates of...

Most policies regarding infrastructure or the built environment have an effect on real estate prices. While certain decisions have a positive effect, others have a negative one. Determining these effects is an important aspect of evaluating policy and can be done in several ways. The most...

Designing an emissions trading scheme requires in-depth knowledge regarding several aspects. This paper attempts to clarify some important design points of the forthcoming emissions trading scheme for aviation under the EU ETS. Five general key points of system design are acknowledged and...