Iceland: A View from the Bridge
This article reviews the relationship of Iceland to the United States and Europe. Forthcoming.
Institutions, Diversification, and Growth
Session Keynote Address at IIF International Research Conference & Award Summit (IIF-IRCAS), New Delhi, India, 26 October 2025
Europe needs to get its act together
This forthcoming piece deals with the need of the European Union to defend Ukraine against Russian aggression as well as […]
Natural Resources and Education
Abstract This chapter reviews the literature on the different channels through which abundant natural resources can influence education and human […]
Diversification and Growth Revisited
Joint article with Gylfi Zoega, based on our longer paper.
Economics – An Apology
Mainstream economics, it has been claimed, has failed rather miserably in recent years and needs an overhaul. True, most economists […]
Catch-Up and the Curse of Oil
New paper with Gylfi Zoega Abstract Because of convergence, initial income is an important explanatory variable in many economic growth […]
Principal Components of Institutions, Diversification, and Growth
Fresh look at the cross-country relationship between natural resource dependence and economic growth, based on joint work with Gylfi Zoega
Double Diversification with an Application to Iceland
With Per Magnus Wijkman. Published in S. Mahroum and Y. Al-Saleh (Eds.), Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich Economies […]
Toward Greener Priorities: Madagascar
Joint article with Jean-Pascal N. Nganou, based on our longer paper.