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Personal
Name: Mats Håkan Wilhelmsson
Born: 1964 June, 5
Title: Professor of Applied Financial Economics
School of Arcitecture and Built Environment
Royal Institute of technology (KTH)
100 44 Stockholm
Tel: +46 8 790 92 25
Mobile: +46 768 675 280
Employments (1988-present)
2008 - present Professor of Applied Financial Economics
2016 – 2021 Deputy Head of School of Architecture and Built Environment, KTH
2016 - 2020 Director of Center for Sustainable Development
2013 - 2016 Director of Center for Banking and Finance
2011 - 2014 Guest Professor at the Institute of Housing and Urban Research, IBF, Uppsala University
2009 - 2010 Director of Center for Banking and Finance
2007/08 Guest Researcher at the Institute of Housing and Urban Research, IBF, Uppsala University
2007-2010 External examiner Ardhi University, Tanzania
2007 Visiting Scholar at University of California, Berkeley
2003 - 2007 Head of Division, Building & Real Estate Economics, KTH
2004 Guest Researcher at the Institute of Housing and Urban Research, IBF, Uppsala University (from October to December)
2003 - 2008 Associate Professor, Building and Real Estate Economics, KTH
2000 - 2003 Assistant Professor, Building and Real Estate Economics, KTH
1999 Doctoral studies at University of California, Berkeley
1995-2000 PhD-candidate, Building and Real Estate Economics, KTH
1993 – 1995 Institute for regional analysis, INREGIA
1991 – 1993 Regionplane- och Trafikkontoret, RTK
1988 – 1991 Statistics Sweden, SCB
Academicals
2008 Professor of Applied Financial Economics (KTH)
2003 Associate Professor (docent) in Real Estate Economics (KTH)
2000 Doctor of Technology in Real Estate Economics (KTH)
1998 Licentiate of Technology in Real Estate Economics (KTH
1993 Bachelor degree in Economics (Stockholm University)
Courses, teaching and course design
Microeconomics
Urban Economics
Public Economics
Environmental Economics
Infrastructure Economics
Real Estate Economics
Quantitative Methods
Capital Markets and Financial Derivatives
Real Estate Finance
Real Estate Valuation
Market Analysis
Business Cycle
Publications
Ismail, Mohammad, and Mats Wilhelmsson. (2024). Redefining Stockholm: Examining the Consequences of Urban Development on Socioeconomic Factors and Affordability. Forthcoming Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.
Roos, Henrik, Mats Wilhelmsson (2024). Age-Related Depreciation of Older Properties, Journal of Property Research, DOI: 10.1080/09599916.2023.2296442
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2024). Housing choices of young adults in Sweden, Real Estate. 2024, 1(1), 4-25; https://doi.org/10.3390/realestate1010002
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2023). Evaluating the Price Effects of Multifamily and Single-Family Housing Construction on Surrounding Single-Family Homes in Stockholm: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis. International Journal of Housing Market and Analysis , Vol. 16 No. 7, pp. 103-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-05-2023-0064
Engerstam, Sviatlana, Abukar Warsame, Mats Wilhelmsson. (2023). Exploring the Effects of Municipal Land and Building Policies on Apartment Size in New Residential Construction in Sweden. Journal of Risk Financial Management. 2023, 16, 220. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16040220
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2023). Demand for Rent-Regulated Apartments in the Swedish Housing Market. Housing Studies, DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2023.2244908
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2023). How Does the Presentation of Energy Performance Affect the Price of Houses? A Case Study of Detached Houses in Stockholm, Sweden. Buildings 2023, 13, 1367. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061367
Ismail, Mohammad, Abukar Warsame, and Mats Wilhelmsson. (2022). Schools’ Capitalization into Housing Values in a Context of Free School Choices. Buildings 12, no. 7: 1021. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12071021
Engerstam, Sviatlana, Abukar Warsame, Mats Wilhelmsson. (2022). Long-Term Dynamics of New Residential Supply: A Case Study of the Apartment Segment in Sweden. Buildings 12, no. 7: 970. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12070970
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2022). About the Importance of Planning the Location of Recycling Stations in the Urban Context. Sustainability 14, no. 13: 7613. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137613
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2022). What is the Impact of Macroprudential Regulations on the Swedish Housing Market? Forthcoming Journal of Housing Economics.
Mohammad, Ismail, Warsame, Abukar, Wilhelmsson, Mats (2022). Who owns the city, and why should we care? Forthcoming Land.
Ho, Cynthia Sin Tian, Wilhelmsson, Mats (2022). Geographical accessibility to bank branches and its relationship to new firm formation in Sweden via multiscale geographically weighted regression. Review of Regional Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10037-022-00166-1
Song, Zisheng, Yan, Zan, and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2021). Constructing segmented rental housing indices: evidence from Beijing, China. Forthcoming Property Management
Kulander, Maria, and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2021). What determines the supply of housing for the elderly, and how is it related to the spread of COVID-19? Journal of Aging and Environment
Mohammad, Ismail, Warsame, Abukar, and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2021). Gentrification Effects on Housing Prices in Neighbouring Areas. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. Vol. x, No. x,. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-04-2021-0049
Westlund, Hans, and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2021). The socio-economic cost of wind turbines: A Swedish case study. Sustainability, 13, 6892
Wilhelmsson, Mats, Ceccato, Vania, and Gerell, Manne (2021). What effect does gun-related violence have on the attractiveness of a residential area? The case of Stockholm, Sweden. Journal of European Real Estate Research DOI 10.1108/JERER-03-2021-0015
Mohammad, Ismail, Warsame, Abukar, and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2021). Do segregated housing markets have a spillover effect on housing prices in nearby residential areas? Journal of European Real Estate Research. https://www.emerald.com/insight/1753-9269.htm
Long, Runfeng, and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2020). Impacts of shopping malls on apartment prices: the case of Stockholm. Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research, 5, 29–48.
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2020). What role does the housing market play for the macroeconomic transmission mechanism? Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 13(6), 112; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm13060112
Eliasson, Jonas, Kopsch, Fredrik, Mandell, Svante and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2020). Transport mode and the value of accessibility – A potential input for sustainable investment analysis. Sustainability.
Brunes, Fredrik, Hermansson, Cecilia, Song, Han-Suck, and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2020). NIMBY for the rich and YIMBY for the poor: Analyzing the property price effect of infill development. Fortcoming in Journal of European Real Estate Research.
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2019). Energy performance certificates and its capitalization in housing values in Sweden, Sustainability, 11, 6101; doi:10.3390/su11216101.
Ceccato, Vania and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2019). Do crime hot spots affect housing prices? Nordic Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1080/2578983X.2019.1662595
Enström-Öst, Cecilia and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2019). The long-term consequences of youth housing for childbearing and higher education. Journal of Policy Modeling. 41, (5), 845-858
Song, Han-Suck, Wilhelmsson, Mats and Zheng, Mo (2019). Buyer’s Willingness to Pay for Dwellings with different Orientations. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 23(6), 450-466.
Berggren, Björn, Fili, Andreas and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2019). Homeownership and entrepreneurship: A regional and industrial analysis of house prices and startups. International Journal of Housing Market and Analysis, Vol.12 No.3, pp. 456-473
Wilhelmsson, Mats and Zhao, Jianyu (2018). Risk Assessment of Housing Market Segments: The Lender’s Perspective. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 11, 69.
Iqbal, Asifa and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2018). Park Proximity, Crime and Apartment Prices. International Journal of Housing Market and Analysis. Vol. 11 Issue: 4, pp.669-686.
Jonsson, Sara, Söderberg, Ingalill and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2017). Households and mutual fund investments: Individual characteristics of investors behaving like contrarians. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. Volume 15, September 2017, Pages 28-37
Jonsson, Sara, Söderberg, Ingalill and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2017). An investigation of the impact of financial literacy, risk attitude, and saving motives on the attenuation of mutual fund investors’ disposition bias, Managerial Finance, Vol. 43 Issue 3, pp 282-298
Ceccato, Vania and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2015). Challenging the rural idyll: Does crime affect property prices in small municipality? Forthcoming in Journal of Rural Studies.
Mandell, Svante and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2015). Financial Infrastructure and housing prices. Forthcoming in Applied Economics.
Kopsch, Fredrik, Song, Han-Suck and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2015). Determinants of mutual fund flows. Managerial Finance. Vol.41(1), 10-25.
Andersson, Roland, Nabavi, Pardis and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2014). The Impact of Advanced Vocational Education and Training on Earnings in Sweden. International Journal of Training and Development. Vol.18(4), 256-270.
Enström-Öst, Cecilia, Söderberg, Bo and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2014). Household allocation and spatial distribution in a market under (“soft”) rent control. Journal of Policy Modeling Vol.36(2), 353-372.
Warsame, Abukar, Wigren, Rune, Wilhelmsson, Mats, and Yang, Zan (2013). The Impact of Competition, Subsidies and Taxes on Production and Construction Cost: the Case of the Swedish Housing Construction Market. ISRN Economics. Vol.2013, 7 pages
Eriksson, Lars-Erik, Song, Han-Suck and Wilhelmsson, Mats. (2013) Regional House Price Index Construction – The Case of Sweden. International Journal of Strategic Property Management. Vol.17(3),278-304.
Zalejska-Jonsson, Agnieszka and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2013). Impact of perceived indoor environment quality on overall satisfaction in Swedish dwellings. Building and Environmen. Vol.63, 134-144.
Ceccato, Vania and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2012). Acs of Vandalism and Fear in Neighbourhoods: Do they Affect Housing Prices? Chapter in The Urban Fabric of Crime and Fear. Springer
Andersson, Roland and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2012). Universities, Knowledge Transfer and Regional Development: Geography, Entrepreneurship and Policy. Book review. Papers in Regional Science.
Liang, Jiang and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2011). The Value of Retail Rents with Regression Models - A Case Study of Shanghai. Journal of Property Investment and Finance, Vol. 29(6).
Andersson, Roland, Klingborg, Kerstin and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2011) Rent Control and vacancies in Sweden. International Journal of Housing Market and Analysis, Vol. 4(2),105-129.
Mandell, Svante and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2011). Willingness to pay for sustainable housing. Journal of Housing Research, Vol.20(1), 35-53.
Ceccato, Vania and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2011) Crime and its impact on apartment prices. The case of Sweden. Geografiska Annaler: Serie C. Vol.93 (1), 81–103.
Wigren, Rune and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2011). The Robustness of the Causal and Economic Relationship between Construction Flows and Economic Growth: Evidence from Western Europe. Applied Economics. Vol.43(7), 891-900
Borg, Lena, Warsame, Abukar and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2010). The effect of subsidy on housing construction in various regions of Sweden. Journal of European Real Estate Research. Vol. 3
Song, Han-Suck and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2010). Improved price index for condominiums. Journal of Property Research. Vol.27(1), 39-60.
Andersson, Roland, Quigley, John and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2009). Urbanization, Productivity and Innovation: Evidence from Investment in Higher Education. Journal of Urban Economics Vol.66(1), 2-15
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2009). Construction and Publication of Property Price Index Series: The Case of the Segmented Market of Stockholm. Property Management. Vol.27(2), 119-137.
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2009). The Spatial Distribution of Innovation Network. Annals of Regional Science. Vol.43, 645-668.
Andersson, Roland and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2008). The Regional Differences in the Risk-of-Foreclosures Explained: Evidence from Homeownership in Swedish Single Family Housing. Journal of Property Research. Vol.25(3), 179-202.
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2008). Evidence of Buyer Bargaining Power in the Stockholm Residential Real Estate Market. Journal of Real Estate Research, Vol.30(4).
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2008). Regional House Prices: An Application of a Two Equation Model to the Swedish Housing Market. International Journal of Housing Market and Analysis. Vol.1(1)
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2008). House Price Depreciation Rates and Level of Maintenance. Journal of Housing Economics. Vol.17(1), 88-101.
Kryvobokow, Mark and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2007). Analyzing location attributes with hedonic model for apartment prices in Donetsk, Ukraine. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, Vol.11
Wigren, Rune and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2007). Housing stock and price adjustments in 12 West-European countries between 1976 and 1999. Housing, Theory and Society, Vol 24(2)
Wigren, Rune and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2007). Construction Investments and Economic Growth in Western Europe. Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol 29(3), 429-451.
Lundström, Stellan and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2007). The Stockholm Housing Market. In European Metropolitan Housing Markets, Series: Advances in Spatial Science, (Eds) Andersson, Å.E., Pettersson, L. & Strömquist, U Berlin, Heidelberg & New York: Springer.
Björklund, Kicki, Dadzie, John and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2006). Offer price, transaction price and time on the market. Property Management, Vol 24, No.4, 415-426.
Andersson, Roland, Gutman, Jan, Strömbom, Mattias and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2006). Clusters of Patents in Sweden. In Entrepreneurship and Dynamics in a Knowledge-based Economy, Routledge. Ed. C. Karlsson, B. Johansson and R. Stough.
Andersson, Roland, Quigley, John and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2005). Agglomeration and the Spatial Distribution of Creativity. Papers in Regional Science. Vol. 84(3), 445-464.
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2005). Valuation of Traffic-Noise Abatements. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Vol.20:2, 129-151.
Andersson, Roland, Quigley, John and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2004). University Decentralization as Regional Policy: The Swedish Experiment. Journal of Economic Geography, 4:371-388.
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2004). A method to derive housing sub-markets and reduce spatial dependency. Property Management, Vol. 22:4, page 276-288.
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2002). Household Consumption Pattern of Housing Attributes. Journal of Housing Economics 11, 75-93.
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2002). Spatial Models in Real Estate Economics. Housing, Theory and Society, 19, 92-101.
Björklund, Kicki, Söderberg, Bo and Wilhelmsson, Mats (2001). An investigation of Property Price Studies. In Research in Real Estate Monograph Series: Real Estate Valuation Theory. Vol. 8, 63-94. Editors K. Wang & M. L. Wolverton, Kluwer, Boston.
Wilhelmsson, Mats (2000). The Impact of Traffic Noise on the Values of Single Family Houses. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 43(6), 799-815.
