Search for dissertations about: "Housing choice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 64 swedish dissertations containing the words Housing choice.

  2. 1. Essays on risk and housing

    Author : Han-Suck Song; Hans Lind; Peter Englund; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; housing risks; risk management; strategic alliances; housing construction; low-income housing; real options; tenure choice; rent regulation; housing cooperative conversion; price index; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Econometrics; Ekonometri; Economic geography; Ekonomisk geografi;

    Abstract : There is a series of different types of risk on the housing market and related industries.  The six papers in this doctoral dissertation are about a number of the many dimensions of risk management on the housing market. READ MORE

  4. 2. Empirical Essays on Housing Allowance, Housing Wealth, and Aggregate Consumption

    Author : Jie Chen; Rune Wigren; Zan Yang; Geoffrey Meen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; housing allowance; housing policy; tenure choice; homeownership; endogeneity; 2SCMLP; welfare trap effect; difference-in-difference; interaction effect; housing wealth; VECM; permanent-transitory; variance decomposition; wealth effect; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of four self-contained essays.Essay I (with Cecilia Enström Öst) investigates whether housing allowance affects recipients’ tenure choice in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. Pollution, Health and Housing Markets : Essays on the Consequences of Environmental Policy

    Author : Samuel Lindgren; Niclas Krüger; Jan-Erik Swärdh; Niklas Jakobsson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; noise; air pollution; health; housing; environmental valuation; distributional effects;

    Abstract : The objective of the thesis is to estimate the health and housing market effects of environmental policies and estimate how these effects are distributed among individuals.The first essay estimates the health effects of a noise mitigation program that provided dwelling insulation and noise barriers. READ MORE

  6. 4. Financial Choice and Public Policy

    Author : Karin Kinnerud; Per Krusell; Kurt Mitman; Gianluca Violante; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; heterogeneous households; housing; mortgage interest deduction; welfare; monetary policy; mortgage contracts; mortgage lending policies; consumption; pensions; field experiment; search costs; inattention; dominated choices; financial literacy; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Costly reversals of bad policies: the case of the mortgage interest deductionThis paper measures the welfare effects of removing the mortgage interest deduction under a variety of implementation scenarios. To this end, we build a life-cycle model with heterogeneous households calibrated to the U.S. READ MORE

  7. 5. Housing Careers in a Changing Welfare State

    Author : Marianne Abramsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Housing careers; immigrants; interviews; life-course; regression models; seniors; social housing; Sweden; young adults; welfare state;

    Abstract : The departure point of this thesis was changes to the welfare state. These changes began during the recession in the 1970s and were emphasised in the beginning of the 1990s. The housing market was particularly affected, as the state almost completely withdrew its engagement. READ MORE