Research in the spotlight
Explore the latest research from the Swedish House of Finance.
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Insurance Economics
2015-08-26
On August 24 – 25, 2015 SIFR gathered academics, practitioners and regulators for a two day conference on Insurance Economics: New Risks, New Regulation, New Approaches.
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House price bubble set to burst?
2015-07-07
– It’s going to be worse before it gets better. For a long time I felt that no – this is not a bubble. But now I’m less confident. Households seems to still expect further price increases and that’s a...
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High equity exposure in the default fund “Såfan”
2015-07-07
Magnus Dahlquist is Professor of Finance and Head of the Department of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has studied the effects of the new pension system introduced in 2000 and...
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Young firms key to job creation
2015-07-07
David Robinson is Professor of Finance at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business. He is also member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Swedish House of Finance and regularly visits Sweden. On...
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Macroprudential policies in a low interest rate environment
2015-06-23
On June 22, 2015 the Swedish House of Finance together with the Riksbank, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and Vinnova organized a seminar about macroprudential policies in an economy with...
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Building a capital markets union
2015-06-21
On April 20, 2015 the Swedish House of Finance commented on the EU-Commission’s Green Paper “Building a Capital Markets Union”. In our comment we focused on two points that, from our perspective as...
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Biotech and Pharma-case created by Bo Becker awarded by the Case Center
2015-04-07
Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche’s acquisition of California biotech firm Genentech in 2009 was the first in a series of big mergers between Biotech and Pharmaceutical companies – and it took place...
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Michael Halling - MSc Teacher of the Year
2015-04-07
He has taught nearly everything within the field of Finance and emphasizes the importance of the practical parts, such as Excel, for finance students. Michael Halling is Associate Professor at the...
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Industry specific regulation needed for the Swedish welfare sector
2015-04-07
Per Strömberg, SSE Centennial Professor of Finance and Private Equity at Stockholm School of Economics recently contributed with a special report to the Ownership Assessment Inquiry...
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Per Bolund and Ulf Holm visiting the Swedish House of Finance
2015-03-27
On March 26th, Sweden’s Financial Markets Minister, Per Bolund and State Secretary Ulf Holm visited the Swedish House of Finance (SHoF). The purpose of the visit was to discuss the role of research...
