Urban Österlund

Urban Österlund is an Assistant Professor in Business Administration at the University of Borås, specifically within the Department of Business Administration and Textile Management at the Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business. He has been working at the University of Borås for approximately twenty-five years.

His primary research interests include Finance, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, and Public Sector Administration. Österlund's scholarly work examines the relationship between accounting systems and accountability, as well as the economic impacts of housing market policies. His research demonstrates how cost accounting principles intersect with ethical considerations in business practices and analyzes the effects of mandatory mortgage amortization on housing markets.

His publications reveal a consistent focus on practical applications of financial and accounting principles in both private and public sectors. Österlund's work on mortgage loan amortization utilized transactions data on apartment sales in Sweden to examine policy impacts on housing markets, while his accounting research explores how traditional cost accounting differs from managerial cost accounting in ethical and principle-based frameworks.

• Economics of Housing Markets
• Cost Accounting Principles
• Business Ethics
• Public Sector Financial Management

Österlund maintains an active teaching role, primarily in finance and accounting subjects, contributing to business education at the University of Borås for over two decades.