• Peer effects and debt accumulation: Evidence from lottery winnings 

      Gulbrandsen, Magnus A. H. (Working Paper;10/2021, Working paper, 2021)
      I estimate the effect of lottery winnings on peers' debt accumulation using administrative data from Norway. I identify neighbors of lottery winners, and estimate an average debt response of 2.1 percent of the lottery ...
    • The Saving and Employment Effects of Higher Job Loss Risk 

      Juelsrud, Ragnar E.; Wold, Ella Getz (Working Paper;17/2019, Working paper, 2019)
      In this paper we use Norwegian tax data and a novel natural experiment to isolate the impact of job loss risk on saving behavior. We find that a one percentage point increase in job loss risk increases liquid savings by ...
    • The Impact of House Prices on Household Debt When Controlling for Home Ownership 

      Jacobsen, Dag Henning; Vatne, Bjørn Helge (Working Papers;8/2011, Working paper, 2011)
      We analyze the effect of house price changes on debt secured on dwellings in Norway. To this end, we use both macro time series and micro panel data. With the intention of being both a cross-check and motivation for the ...