To Grow or Not to Grow: Belarus and Lithuania
With Eduard Hochreiter. In Comparative Economic Studies 2022. Abstract We compare the economic growth performance of Belarus and Lithuania since […]
Awakening from the Chinese Dream
With Arne Jon Isachsen. In Challenge 2021. Abstract While Mao saw China throw off the yoke of foreign powers, and […]
Assar Lindbeck: An appreciation
To remember a colleague and a friend, who passed away 28 August 2020.
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 […]
Diversification, Social Capital, and Economic Growth
Work in progress, intended for Ekonomicheskii zhurnal Vysshei shkoly ekonomiki (Economic Journal of the Higher School of Economics), Moscow. This […]
Too closed for comfort
The Covid-19 pandemic raises several vital questions. Why has Sweden thus far suffered so many more deaths relative to population […]
Reversing the retreat of democracy: The case of Iceland
In recent decades, the decay of social capital in its several manifestations has become a serious, evidence-based concern, brilliantly captured […]
Africa´s growth prospects are good
The great continent of Africa is showing signs of true economic growth and prospects for improved incomes for tens of […]