The housing market has seen increased housing prices and low inflation for the last decade. This study aims to answer if inflation affects the housing prices in Jönköping by looking at both the county and municipality levels. We are investigating apartments and small houses at both levels. To test this empirically, quarterly data was used for all variables using a multiple regression analysis for the years 2005 and 2021. The results display some differences between the two regions with the county being the preferred model of choice. We can not conclude with statistical significance that inflation affects housing prices. We conclude that a relationship between housing prices and inflation in Jönköping county and municipality seems to be present.

Den 1 maj 2009 infördes lagreglerna som tillåter bildande av ägarlägenheter, en för Sverige ny upplåtelseform. Till skillnad mot bostadsrätten innebär ett köp av en ägarlägenhet ett direkt ägande av en fastighet, närmare bestämt en ägarlägenhetsfastighet. Liksom bostadsrätten äger del i bostadsrättsföreningen, äger ägarlägenheten del i en samfällighetsförening, men som till skillnad från bostadsrättsföreningen normalt sett inte upptar några lån i samband med förvärvet av fastigheten. Avsaknaden av lån i samfällighetsföreningen innebär att årsavgiften för ägarlägenheten blir betydligt lägre än motsvarande avgift för bostadsrätten. Detta utgör en väsentlig skillnad för konsumenten. Mot bakgrund av att ägarlägenheter är en relativt ny upplåtelseform, och att tidigare studier visar att det råder stor okunskap om vad ett ägande av den nya boendeformen innebär, finns det en kunskapslucka att fylla. Vidare innebär det rådande ränteläget i kombination med en historiskt hög skuldsättning hos de svenska hushållen att dess känslighet mot stigande räntor vuxit sig allt större. Således syftar studien till att utreda skillnaderna i bostadskostnader för upplåtelseformerna bostadsrätt och ägarlägenhet ur ett konsumentperspektiv, samt att undersöka hur olika räntenivåer påverkar bostadskostnaderna för respektive upplåtelseform. Grundläggande information om de olika upplåtelseformerna sammanställdes och relevanta teorier kopplade till ämnet redogjordes för. Vidare insamlades data till den kostnadskalkyl som sedermera upprättades. Slutligen utfördes känslighetsanalyser på bostadskostnaderna genom att justera räntenivåerna i kalkylen. Resultaten av studien visar att ägarlägenheten är den dyrare upplåtelseformen att köpa. Däremot bör tydliggöras att orsaken till att ägarlägenheten är den dyrare av de två, är på grund av amorteringen av bostadslån och det privatlån som tas för att täcka mellanskillnaden i kontantinsatsen mellan upplåtelseformerna. Känslighetsanalysen visar, både vid en måttlig och kraftig ökning av räntenivå, att bostadsrätten är känsligast för ränteökningar då den uppvisar högre procentuell ökning i bostadskostnader än ägarlägenheten. / On the 1st of May, 2009, a new type of housing form was legally introduced in Sweden, a leasing form which allows for a direct ownership of the apartment. In the same way that the more usual form of housing, condominiums, owns a share in a tenant-owner association, the so called owner- occupied apartments owns a share in a joint property association. One important difference though, is that the joint property association does not take up any loans when purchasing the residential property. For the consumer this significantly affects the costs of living since the joint property association does not haveto charge the consumer for cost of capital, in contrast to the tenant-owner association. Considering the fact that owner- occupied apartment is a relatively new form of housing in Sweden,and that previous studies indicates that the consumer is ill informed regarding owner- occupiedapartments, there is a knowledge gap that needs to be filled. Furthermore, the current interest rate levels in combination with a historically high debt among swedish households, implies that the sensitivity towards raised interest rates has become increasingly large. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the differences in cost of housing between condominiums and owner- occupied apartments, and also to analyze how different levels of interest rates affect the cost of housing. Fundamental information about the two different forms of housing was compiled inthe form of a table. Finally, the interest rates were put through a sensitivity analysis, in order to examine the sensitivity of cost of housing to raised interest rates. The study results shows that owner- occupied apartments is the more expensive alternative to acquire.It should be clarified, however, that the reason for the owner- occupied apartment being the more expensive alternative is because of the amortization. The yearly cost of amortization is much higherfor the owner- occupied apartment because of its higher price, but considering the fact that amortization could be seen as a form of saving, one could argue it makes the comparison unfair. The sensitivity analysis shows that condominiums is more sensitive to a raise in interest rates, both at a moderate and a vigorous raise.

In this dissertation, we investigate the spread option pricing problem with stochastic interest rate. First, we will review the basic concept and theories of stochastic calculus, give an introduction of spread options and provide some examples of spread options in different markets. We will also review the market efficiency theory, arbitrage and assumptions that are commonly used in mathematical finance. In Chapter 3, we will review existing spread pricing models and term-structure models such as Vasicek Mode, and the Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework. In Chapter 4, we will use the martingale approach to derive a partial differential equation for the price of the spread option with stochastic interest rate. In Chapter 5, we will study the spread option numerically. We will conclude this dissertation with ideas for future research.

The thesis empirically examined the implications of microfinance scaling up or sustainability on outreach in Nigeria. Basically, two methodologies were used namely, panel data econometric and survey methods. The panel dataset of 752 microfinance banks in Nigeria was used during the period 2011-2014, while the survey was conducted on some selected microfinance banks in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in 2014. The findings from the thesis showed that, at the national level, yield, labour cost, orientation, efficiency, gender and size of loans are the major drivers of microfinance banks‟ sustainability in Nigeria. While at the state level, microfinance banks sustainability is driven by orientation and loan size. Findings also showed that sustainable MFBs tend to be more focused on the poor clients. The thesis showed that lending to female clients improves repayment rate of MFBs in Nigeria. Corroborating the regression result, the survey findings also suggest that lending to women had improved and enhanced repayment rate. In view of these findings, the thesis recommends that sustainability and outreach are not necessarily incompatible. However in pursuing sustainability greater attention should be on female clients, as greater lending to women would improve the repayment rate of MFBs and further engendered the industry sustainability.

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<p> In this thesis, we calibrated a one factor CIR model for interest rate and a two factor CIR model for each hazard rate of 21 firms. The time series of the interest rate and each hazard rate for 21 firms are also obtained. Extended Kalman Filter and Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation are used as the numerical scheme. The empirical results suggest that multifactor CIR models are not better than multifactor Hull-White model. Positive correlations between hazard rate and interest rate are discovered, although most hazard rates are found to be negatively correlated with the default-free interest rate. The 21 filtered time series of the hazard rates suggest that there maybe a hidden common factor shared only by the intensities. Monte Carlo Simulation is conducted both for interest rate and hazard rates. The simulation indicate that both the SKF and the EKF work pretty well as a filter tool but may produce bad estimation for the value of the likelihood function. QMLE works fine in linear state space form model, but it does a poor job in the case of non-linear state space form.</p> / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)