Call for Swedish registry on households’ assets and debts

We, the signatories, support the construction of a Swedish registry for households’ assets and debts according to the inquiry submitted to the Ministry of Finance (SOU 2022:51). As Roine Vestman writes in his op-ed (Dagens Nyheter November 9 2022), subject to customary ethical vetting and confidentiality protection, such a registry would be beneficial for Sweden, both with regards to economic policy-making and social science research.

Appendix: Roine Vestman’s op-ed translated to English.

Signature:

Adrian Adermon, IFAU

Märta Almgren, IIES, Stockholm University

Adam Altmejd, Stockholm University

Steffen Andersen, Danmarks Nationalbank

Anders Anderson, Stockholm School of Economics

Fredrik Andersson, Lund University

Tommy Andersson, Lund University

Hossein Asgharian, Lund University

Laurent Bach, ESSEC Business School

Bo Becker, Stockholm School of Economics

Agneta Berge, IIES, Stockholm University

Jan Bietenbeck, Lund University

Anders Björklund, SOFI, Stockholm University

Teodora Borota Milicevic, Uppsala University

Marieke Bos, SHOF, Stockholm School of Economics

Anne Boschini, Stockholm University

Tobias Broer, IIES Stockholm University

Claes Bäckman, Aarhus University

John Y. Campbell, Harvard University

Pol Campos-Mercade, Lund University

Mikael Carlsson, Uppsala University

Christopher Carroll, John Hopkins University

Jonas Cederlöf, IFAU

David Cesarini, New York University

Horng Chern Wong, Stockholm University

Raj Chetty, Harvard University

João Cocco, London Business School

Magnus Dahlquist, Stockholm School of Economics

Jonathan de Quidt, IIES, Stockholm University

David Domeij, Stockholm School of Economics

Tore Ellingsen, Stockholm School of Economics

Niklas Engbom, New York University

Peter Englund, Stockholm School of Economics

Andreas Fagereng, BI Norwegian Business School

Harry Flam, IIES, Stockholm University

Richard Foltyn, University of Glasgow

Anders Forslund, IFAU and Uppsala University

Anastasia Girshina, Stockholm School of Economics

Francisco Gomes, London Business School

Axel Gottfries, University of Edinburgh

Nils Gottfries, Uppsala University

Georg Graetz, Uppsala University

Erik Grönqvist, Uppsala University

Michael Haliassos, Goethe University Frankfurt

John Hassler, IIES, Stockholm University

Johannes Haushofer, Stockholm University

Maria Hemström Hemmingsson, IFAU

Lena Hensvik, Uppsala University

Håkan Jerker Holm, Lund University

Martin Holmén, University of Gothenburg

Markus Jäntti, SOFI, Stockholm University

Mounir Karadja, Uppsala University

Markus Karlman, NHH Norwegian School of Economics

Gustav Karreskog Rehbinder, Uppsala University

Amir Kermani, University of California, Berkeley

Karin Kinnerud, BI Norwegian Business School

Paul Klein, Stockholm University

Daniel Knutsson, Uppsala University

Ralph Koijen, University of Chicago

Ann-Sofie Kolm, Stockholm University

Per Krusell, IIES, Stockholm University

Camille Landais, London School of Economics

Lisa Laun, IFAU

Sören Leth-Petersen, Copenhagen University

Jay Euijung Lee, Stockholm University

Louis-Pierre Lepage, Stockholm University

Mikael Lindahl, University of Gothenburg

Matthew Lindquist, SOFI, Stockholm University

Erik Lindqvist, SOFI, Stockholm University

Petter Lundborg, Lund University

Michael Lundholm, Stockholm University

Annamaria Lusardi, George Washington University

Andreas Madestam, Stockholm University

Kaveh Majlesi, Monash Business School

Hannes Malmberg, University of Minnesota

Linna Martén, SOFI, Stockholm University

Torben Mideksa, Uppsala University

Kurt Mitman, IIES, Stockholm University

Erik Mohlin, Lund University and Institute for Future Studies

Elin Molin, Lund University

Benjamin Moll, London School of Economics

Stefan Nagel, University of Chicago

Gisle J. Natvik, BI Norwegian Business School

Peter Nilsson, IIES, Stockholm University

Therese Nilsson, Lund University

Oskar Nordström Skans, Uppsala University

Martin Nybom, IFAU

Jonna Olsson, University of Edinburgh

Lillit Ottosson, SOFI, Stockholm University

Mårten Palme, Stockholm University

Petra Persson, IFN and Stanford University

Torsten Persson, IIES, Stockholm University

Tarun Ramadorai, Imperial College London

Eva Ranehill, Lund University

Morten Ravn, University College London

Pontus Rendahl, Copenhagen Business School

Luca Repetto, Uppsala University

Johanna Rickne, Stockholm University

Jesper Roine, SITE Stockholm School of Economics

Sara Roman, IFAU

Paula Roth, Stockholm School of Economics

Thomas J. Sargent, New York University

Jan Sauermann, IFAU

Kathrin Schlafmann, Copenhagen Business School

Anna Seim, Stockholm University

David Seim, Stockholm University

Håkan Selin, IFAU

Ofer Setty, Tel Aviv University

Josef Sigurdsson, Stockholm University

Abhijeet Singh, Stockholm School of Economics

Peter Skogman Thoursie, Stockholm University

Paolo Sodini, Stockholm School of Economics

Kjetil Storesletten, University of Minnesota

David Strömberg, Stockholm University

Per Strömberg, Stockholm School of Economics

Ann-Charlotte Ståhlberg, Stockholm University

Lars E.O. Svensson, Stockholm School of Economics

Jenny Säve-Söderbergh, SOFI, Stockholm University

Malin Tallås Ahlzén, Stockholm University and IFAU

Lucas Tilley, SOFI, Stockholm University

Björn Tyrefors, IFN and Stockholm University

Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University

Gianluca Violante, Princeton University

Jonas Vlachos, Stockholm University

Emma von Essen, Uppsala University

Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal, University of Luxembourg

Karl Walentin, Uppsala University

Erik Wengström, Lund University

Sébastien Willis, Uppsala University

Pehr Wissén, Stockholm School of Economics

Anders Åkerman, University of Stavanger

Olof Åslund, Uppsala University

Erik Öberg, Uppsala University

Pär Österholm, Örebro University

Robert Östling, Stockholm School of Economics