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Betting the house in Denmark

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  • Zuzana Smidova

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The Danish financial sector is big and there is a high degree of inter-connectedness between banks, mortgage institutions and pension funds. Danish households have large balance sheets and high levels of gross debt. Even though the high debt levels are matched by large assets, notably in form of pension savings, there are feedback loops with the housing market and households’ balance sheets contributing to macroeconomic volatility. Currently, the very low interest rate environment may contribute to the building up of risks, notably in the housing market. Given the on-going recovery of the housing market, it is an opportune time to eliminate the debt-bias in taxation, which would strengthen the automatic stabilisers of the fiscal system. In addition, further liberalising the private rental market would help create a more dynamic housing market overall and reduce the need to meet housing needs primarily with the owner occupancy segment. Parier la maison au Danemark De taille importante, le secteur financier danois présente un haut degré d’interdépendances entre les banques, les établissements de crédit hypothécaire et les organismes de retraite. Parallèlement, la taille du bilan des ménages est importante également, de même que leur dette brute. Même si à ces hauts niveaux d’endettement correspondent d’importants actifs, notamment sous forme d’épargne-retraite, on observe des boucles de rétroaction avec le marché de l’immobilier et le bilan des ménages, qui concourent à la volatilité macroéconomique. Dans le même temps, le très bas niveau des taux d’intérêt risque de contribuer à l’accumulation de risques, notamment sur le marché du logement. Étant donné la reprise en cours sur ce marché, il est temps de supprimer les effets de distorsion d’une fiscalité favorisant l’emprunt, ce qui permettrait de renforcer les stabilisateurs automatiques du cadre budgétaire. Enfin, de nouvelles mesures de libéralisation du marché locatif privé aideraient à dynamiser le marché immobilier dans son ensemble et à réduire la nécessité de couvrir les besoins de logements en priorité par le segment des propriétaires-occupants

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  • Zuzana Smidova, 2016. "Betting the house in Denmark," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1337, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1337-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jln042vd3kk-en
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    1. Ms. Nan Geng, 2018. "Fundamental Drivers of House Prices in Advanced Economies," IMF Working Papers 2018/164, International Monetary Fund.

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    Keywords

    financial risk; household debt; housing; monetary policy; mortgages; rental market;
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    JEL classification:

    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand

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