Iceland: A View from the Bridge
This article reviews the relationship of Iceland to the United States and Europe. Forthcoming.
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 […]
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.
Principal Components of Institutions, Diversification, and Growth
This chapter aims to reassess the cross-country interplay among economic performance, natural resources, and institutions, including inequality. We now assess […]
Diversifying and Benchmarking Madagascar
Because excessive specialization can be risky, diversification matters for sustainable development. A case study of Madagascar, this paper begins by […]