• Are Bank Lending Shocks Important for Economic Fluctuations? 

      Halvorsen, Jørn Inge; Jacobsen, Dag Henning (Working Papers;27/2009, Working paper, 2009)
      We analyze the importance of bank lending shocks on real activity in Norway and the UK, using structural VARs and based on quarterly data for the past 21 years. The VARs are identified using a combination of sign and ...
    • 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 ...
    • The Role of House Prices in the Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism in Small Open Economies 

      Bjørnland, Hilde C.; Jacobsen, Dag Henning (Working Papers;6/2009, Working paper, 2009)
      We analyse the role of house prices in the monetary policy transmission mechanism in Norway, Sweden and the UK using structural VARs. A solution is proposed to the endogeneity problem of identifying hocks to interest rates ...
    • The Role of House Prices in the Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism in the U.S. 

      Bjørnland, Hilde C.; Jacobsen, Dag Henning (Working Papers;24/2008, Working paper, 2008)
      We analyze the role of house prices in the monetary policy transmission mechanism in the U.S. using structural VARs. The VAR is identified using a combination of short-run and long-run (neutrality) restrictions, allowing ...