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Financialisation and the Financial and Economic Crises: The Case of Sweden

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  • Alexis Stenfors

    (University of Leeds
    University of Portsmouth)

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This study on Sweden examines the Swedish financialisation process through the lens of the global financial crisis and the subsequent Eurozone sovereign debt crisis. The emphasis of the study is twofold. First, by acknowledging the rapid and widespread Swedish financialisation process, it traces the transformation of Sweden from a ‘debt-led consumption boom’ country towards an ‘export-led mercantilist’ regime. Second, by highlighting the country’s unique characteristics within such a classification, the study considers its ability to shield itself from some of the turbulence in the international financial markets following the recent crises. The outline of the report is as follows. Sections 1 and 2 provide a summary of key characteristics of the Swedish financialisation process since the 1980s. Section 3 studies the effects of the Swedish financialisation process in more detail by examining four channels in particular: investment, distribution, household consumption and the current account. Section 4 analyses the transmission mechanism of the global financial crisis and the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis vis-a-vis Sweden. Section 5 concludes.

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  • Alexis Stenfors, 2014. "Financialisation and the Financial and Economic Crises: The Case of Sweden," FESSUD studies fstudy27, Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable Development (FESSUD) Project.
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    Keywords

    Sweden; Swedish model; financialisation; financial system; financial crisis; banking crisis; Eurozone crisis;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • N14 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: 1913-
    • N24 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Europe: 1913-
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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