It is well known that risk factors influence how investment portfolios perform from a lender’s perspective; therefore, a thorough risk assessment of the housing market is vital. The aim of this paper was to analyze the risks from housing apartments in different housing market segments by using...

This study investigates whether uninformed buyers pay higher prices for single-family houses than do other buyers and tests whether the bargaining power increases with information. Data on real estate prices and attributes is examined, as well as household characteristics and buying process from...

During the past two decades, Swedish government policy has decentralized post-secondary education throughout the country. We investigate the economic effects of this decentralization policy on the level of productivity and innovation and their spatial distribution in the national economy. We...

Purpose The primary aim of this research is to examine the effects of the Renovation, Conversion, and Extension (ROT) tax deduction for renovations on the scope and quality of renovations and its subsequent impact on house prices across various Swedish municipalities. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose This paper aims to examine tenure choice in the Swedish housing market with explicit consideration of households’ credit constraints in combination with age and ethnic background. Design/methodology/approach Observations of some 940,000 households were used to analyse the Stockholm...