The recent boom in house prices in many countries during the Covid-19 pandemic and the possibility of household … financial distress are of concern among some central banks. We revisit the empirical modelling of house prices and household … debt with a policy-oriented perspective using Norwegian data over the last four decades within the cointegrated VAR model …

tend to make extraordinary repayments on their debt when saving in retirement accounts becomes less attractive. We conclude … that tax-favoured retirement accounts could affect gross debt accumulation. In line with recent studies, we show that tax … access to comprehensive information on all mortgage loans in Denmark. Exploiting the exogenous shock to pension taxation, we …