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The Icelandic Songbook
Violist and journalist Hana Gubenko interviewed me about The Icelandic Songbook in Fanfare Magazine. The interview is prefaced by a […]
Iceland: A View from the Bridge
Economic, geopolitical, and institutional considerations suggest that, for Iceland, EU accession is no longer simply an economic choice but a […]
Petrostates in decline
Reviewing new evidence and arguments, we conclude that natural resource dependency is indeed a mixed blessing, more likely to hinder […]
Papers on natural resources
On natural resources and how, if they are not well managed, they may prove to be a mixed blessing. Principal […]
Catch-Up and the Curse of Oil
Seminar at the Institute of Economic Studies, University of Iceland Abstract Because of convergence, initial income is an important explanatory […]
Democracy and Growth in Africa
What do economists, including those who have become national leaders, think about the relationship between democracy and economic growth? This […]
PRESS RELEASE
New Icelandic Art-Song Cycle Released by Polarfonia Classics Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir · Elmar Gilbertsson · Snorri Sigfús Birgisson Thorvaldur Gylfason: The […]
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 […]