Research

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Published Academic Papers:

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• Donner, H.(2026).'Queue-Based Allocation of Rent-Controlled Apartments: Consequences for Younger and Older Households’. International Journal of Housing Policy.

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• Boberg, A., Donner, H., and Metsalo, J. (2026). ‘Leasehold Status and Apartment Prices: Exploring Price Efficiency and Optimal-Choices Among Housing Cooperatives’. Journal of European Real Estate Research.

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• Donner, H. and Kulander, M. (2025) 'Analyzing the relationship between housing and social engagement among the elderly'. Journal of Aging and the Environment.

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• Donner, H. and Kopsch, F. (2023) 'An income-distributional analysis of the rent control subsidy'. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.

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• ​Donner, H. and Steep, M. (2021) 'Monetizing the IoT Revolution'. Sustainability.

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• Donner, H.(2020) 'Determinants of a Foreclosure Discount'. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.

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• Caesar, C., Donner, H. and Kopsch, F. (2019). ‘The Impact of Leasehold Status on Apartment Price’, Journal of Housing Economics.

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• Donner, H. and Loh, T. (2019). ‘Does the Starbucks Effect Exist? – Searching for a Relationship Between Starbucks and Adjacent Rents’, Property Management.

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• Donner, H. and Kopsch, F. (2018). ’Housing Tenure and Informational Asymmetries’, Journal of Real Estate Research.

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• Donner, H. (2017). ’Foreclosures, Returns, and Buyer Intentions’, Journal of Real Estate Research.

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• Donner, H, Englund, P., and Persson, M. (2017). ‘Hyresregleringens fördelningseffekter’ (‘Distributional effects of rent control’, in Swedish), Ekonomisk Debatt (Journal of the Swedish Economic Association).

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• Donner, H., Song, H-S. and Wilhelmsson, M. (2016). ’Forced sales and their impact on real estate prices’, Journal of Housing Economics.

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• Donner, H. and Persson, A. H. (2015). ’När är det sannolikt att ett avsevärt mycket högre pris kan uppnås vid en exekutiv försäljning av fast egendom?’ (’When is it likely that a considerably higher price can be achieved for a sale of foreclosed property?’, in Swedish), Juridisk Tidskrift (Stockholm University Law Review).​​​

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​Selected Policy Reports:

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• Donner, H. (2026). ’Bostadsbyggandets incitamentsstrukturer: varför byggs det så få egnahem?’ (Incentive structures for housing construction: why are so few single-family houses built?, in Swedish). Trä- och Möbelföretagen (TMF) (The Swedish Federation of Wood and Furniture Industry).

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• Donner, H. (2025).'Från reglering till rörlighet: vägar mot en fungerande hyresmarknad'('From regulation to mobility – pathways to a functioning rental market', in Swedish).Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.

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• ​Donner, H. and Kopsch, F. (2023). ’Hyresreglering för höginkomsttagare’ ('Rent control for high-earners', in Swedish). Timbro (Swedish Think Tank).

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• Donner, H. (2019) ‘Technology Landscape Survey in The Future of Transportation: Mobility in the Age of the Mega City’, Visa Inc. (Presented at the 2019 Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, Spain).

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• Donner, H. (2018). ‘Värdering av råmark, byggrätter, och projektfastigheter: arbetssätt, problem och slutsatser’('Appraisal of development land and projects: methods, problems and conclusions’, in Swedish), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

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• Donner, H., Englund, P., and Persson, M. (2017). ‘Distributional Effects of Deregulating the Stockholm Rental Housing Market’, Swedish Fiscal Policy Council.​​​​​​​

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PhD Thesis:

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• Donner, H. (2018).'Essays on Foreclosures and Housing Debt'. KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

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Awards:

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• 2022: Nova111 Sweden. Listed on the most promising under 35 list, one of 10 in the category of NGOs and social impact.

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• 2021: American Real Estate Society, Best Paper Award for Housing

• 2017: Sweden-America Foundation Scholarship for graduate studies in the US

• 2012: The Large Property Prize for best thesis in the field of real estate in Sweden (awarded by ISS)

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Selected Presentations and Panels:

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• 2026: American Real Estate Society Fall Conference, Cambridge, MA (session chair);6th International Workshop on Rent Control, Stockholm, Sweden (co-organizer); Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM; American Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, Destin, FL; 'Handelspodden', Handelsrådet (Association of Swedish Retailers) (podcast); Seminar/Panel:'Bostadsbrist eller ansvarsbrist: vad är bostadspolitikens verkliga problem?' ('A lack of housing or a lack of accountability? What is the real challenge in housing policy?', in Swedish), Uppsala University/Länsförsäkringar (Swedish insurance company), Almedalen, Sweden; Seminar/Panel:'Unga och bostadsmarknaden – hur sänker vi trösklarna?'('Young people and the housing market – how do we lower the barriers to entry?', in Swedish), Länsförsäkringar (Swedish insurance company), Almedalen, Sweden; Seminar/Panel:'Hyresregleringen – en onödig propp för kompetensförsörjning och tillväxt' ('Rent Regulation – An Unnecessary Bottleneck for Skills Supply and Economic Growth', in Swedish), Svenskt Näringsliv (Federation of Swedish Enterprise). 

• 2025: American Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ; 'Framåtblick Sverige': Länsförsäkringar, Stockholm, Sweden; 'Ledarpodden', Svenska Dagbladet (podcast); 5th International Workshop on Rent Control, Tarragona, Spain; Skånskt Bostadsforum (South Sweden Housing Forum), Malmö, Sweden.

• 2024: Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, Monterrey, CA; American Real Estate Association Annual Conference Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

• 2023: Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, Kona, HI; University of Pennsylvania, Wharton/Stockholm School of Economics (panelist), San Francisco, CA.

• 2022: American Real Estate Society, Annual Meeting, Bonita Springs, FL.

• 2021: American Real Estate Society, Annual Meeting (online); RealPlay, Podcast

• 2019: VivaTech: How tech will shape urban environments, San Jose, CA (panelist); Disruptive Technologies and Digital Cities Annual Summit, Stanford CA (keynote); Orange Telecom Corporate Council on Smart Cities, San Fransisco, CA. 

• 2018: Stanford University Disruptive Technologies and Digital Cities Affiliate Meeting, Stanford, CA; American Real Estate Society, Annual Meeting, Fort Myers, FL (session chair).

• 2016: American Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO; American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association Intl. Conference, Alicante, Spain

• 2015: American Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, Fort Myers, FL; Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

• 2014: Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.​​