Enhanced Supervision of the Financial Market in the EU: Insights from the Literature (2010:3epa)

The economic and financial crisis was one of the most important issues handled during the Swedish EU presidency. The outcome, preceded by at times difficult negotiations, was a political decision concerning a new framework for supervision of the financial market in the EU.

In this analysis, the authors survey the literature in the field in question. Their study shows, among other things, that the supervision structure may well run into problems when various national systems are forced to co-exist within a common framework.

The analysis is in Swedish.

Aggregate and Regional Business Cycle Synchronisation in the Nordic Countries (2009:7)

In the wake of the economic and financial crisis, a Swedish membership to the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has returned to the domestic political agenda. Although the issue has been politically dead since the referendum on the euro in 2003, public opinion in support of EMU has increased the past year as the Swedish krona has continued to depreciate. During the run-up to the Swedish referendum of the euro six years ago, the question of how asymmetric shocks would affect member states became one of the most debated topics amongst scholars.