Natural Resources and Education
Abstract This chapter reviews the literature on the different channels through which abundant natural resources can influence education and human […]
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 […]
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 […]
Extra Small Countries Can Flourish
The North Atlantic fishing nations the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland are very small nations, but although they make up less […]
Different Choices, Divergent Paths: Poland and Ukraine
With Eduard Hochreiter and Tadeusz Kowalski, scheduled to appear in Fault Lines After COVID-19 – Global Economic Challenges and Opportunities […]
The Anatomy of Constitution Making: From Denmark in 1849 to Iceland in 2017
In Gabriel Negretto (ed.), Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes. Abstract This paper reviews aspects of the constitution making process in […]
Individual Behavior and Collective Action: The Path to Iceland’s Financial Collapse
With Gylfi Zoega, in Luigi Paganetto (ed.), Capitalism, Global Change and Sustainable Development, Springer 2020. Abstract Unsustainable accumulation of debt […]
Inequality Undermines Democracy and Growth
In Luigi Paganetto (ed.), Yearning for Inclusive Growth and Development, Good Jobs and Sustainability, Springer 2019. Abstract This paper aims […]
Ten Years After: Iceland´s Unfinished Business
Kafli í Robert Z. Aliber og Gylfi Zoega (ritstj.), The 2008 Global Financial Crisis in Retrospect, Palgrave, 2019. Abstract This study discusses […]