Housing prices, construction costs and competition in the construction sector, a Swedish perspective

Higher seminar in Economics with Mats Bergman and Sten Nyberg

Welcome to a higher seminar arranged by the Department of Economics, at the School of Social Sciences, Södertörns University where Mats Bergman, professor of Economics and Sten Nyberg, professor of Economics at Stockholm University will present a paper "Housing prices, construction costs and competition in the construction sector, a Swedish perspective".


The paper examines the development of increasing housing prices in Sweden in relation to the development of land and construction costs and potential causes for these patterns. In particular, we discuss how scarcity of land for development affect housing prices and construction costs. However, in comparison with similar countries Swedish constructions cost increase more. We discuss potential reasons for this, including areas where the competitive pressure in the Swedish construction sector might be weaker.

The seminar will take place via Zoom, please contact Mats Bergman (details below) for link.