Our main objective is to analyse whether we have a problem of parameter heterogeneity across countries and over time in the estimation of the relationship between infrastructure investments and economic growth. The research approach concerning causality and the estimating of the long-run...

In Sweden, quite large differences in the risk‐of‐foreclosure for single‐family housing exist between regions. The aim of this paper is to explain such differences, using data on foreclosures for all Swedish regions. In an option‐based model, the risk‐of‐foreclosure is a function of...

This paper proposes a hedonic apartment price index construction method that can increase the quality of price index data for condominiums in Sweden. Currently, the public condominium price index that different actors usually refer to is based on mean and median prices per square metre. With...

This article reports on testing the effect of residential burglary on the housing market in a relatively small Swedish town using data on sales in 2005 and 2011. This assessment is important since the international evidence is dominated by studies based on large urban areas. The study employs...

The academic literature on the construction of regional house price indexes usually uses geographic areas whose boundaries are administratively drawn. However such administrative regions might not be optimal for the construction of regional price indexes. When producing housing price indexes, we...