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Department of Economic History

Lars Fälting

Director of studies and coordinator for the Master in Social Science program.

Research Interests

My main research interest is the development and regulation of markets during evolvement and change. In my dissertation the evolving market for financing small houses was analysed concerning the risk associated with marginal borrowers. In particular focus was on the institutional and organizational developments to secure these risks. I have also discussed the role of the standardization of the Swedish construction sector after the Second World War from a transaction cost perspective.

Teaching experiences

I have taught on all levels of economic history. I am currently supervising two doctoral students.

Research Projects

Slutbrugerrollen i svensk og Dansk byggeri. Undersøgelsen foregår under det svenske BYGGPRIS-program – og er finansieret af Byggforskningsrådet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet og Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut. 1999.

Sparandets och sparbankernas roll i den ekonomiska utvecklingen 1820-1970. (Savings and the Savings bank during Economic Development in Sweden 1820-1970.) 1994.

Selected Publications

Books

Wigren R.,- Fälting L., Utgifter och kostnader för boendet i Norden. Nordiska ministerrådet, Tema Nord 2002:501.

Småhusfinansiering — En studie av kommunens, statens och enskilda aktörers riskhantering i Nyköping 1904–1948. Diss. 2001.

Chapters in books

“Bygg- och bostadsmarknadens förutsättningar.” I Prisbildning och värdering av fastigheter. Var står svensk forskning inför 2000-talet. En antologi om svensk bostadsekonomisk forskning. Lindh, T., (red) (2000). Gävle.

SOU 1999:59 Begränsad fastighetsskatt. Bilaga 3, ”En rapport om omvänd belåning och uppskjuten fastighetsskatt”.

Articles in Journals

”The Microfinance Revolution Revisited: Experiences from the Savings Banks History in Sweden”, European Dialogue, p. 33–48, ADA (Appui de Développement Autonome), Luxemburg, 2006. Co-authored with Tom Petersson and Emilia Liljefrost.

Working papers and reports

”Financing worker’s home – a risky business” in Both a borrower and lender Be — Savings Banks in the Economic Development of Sweden 1820 – 1939. Uppsala Papers in Financial History. Report No 12 2000. Department of Economic History.

Högt flygande planer i debatten om Arlanda 1946. Working Papers in Transport and Communication History 1995:4. Uppsala.

Selected Conference papers

Financing worker’s home – a risky business. Presented at Social Sience History Association Fort Worth 11-14november 1999.

Transaktionskostnadernas fördelning inom svensk bygg- och bostadsmarknad. Presented at Bostads- och urbanforskningsseminariet den 14-16 april 1999 i Gävle.

Byggande med nya normer - vad innebär det? Presented at IBF:s seminarium den 12 november 1998.

Participated in workshop Oslo 28-29 maj 1998 ”Nordic network for institutional and comparative research on business and society”.

Egnahemsfinansieringen i Nyköping 1908-1916. Ett exempel på bostadsfinansieringens principiella problem. Presented at Bostads och urbanforskningsseminarium 22-24 oktober 1997 i Gävle.

The Financing of small houses. The case of Nyköping in 1908-1920. Presented at ”the Third International Conference on Urban History” I Budapest 29th - 31st August 1996.

Sparandet och sparbankernas roll i den ekonomiska utvecklingen 1820-1970. (1996) Presented at ekonomisk-historiska mötet i Umeå. Together with Tom Petersson och Kristina Lilja.

Några tankar om operationalisering av institutionell teori för den svenska finansmarknaden (1996). Presented at the conference Institutionell förändring i privat och offentlig sektor 1850 - 1995. 28-2 - 1-3 1996. Together with six colleagues from AFF.

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Education

2001, PhD Economic History, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University.

1995, MA, Economic History, Uppsala University.

Academic Positions, Appointments and Networks

Guest lecturer at Umeå University, Economic History.

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