Catch-Up and the Curse of Oil
Seminar at the Institute of Economic Studies, University of Iceland, 20 February 2026, with Gylfi Zoega Abstract Because of convergence, […]
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 […]
Institutions, Diversification, and Growth
Session Keynote Address at IIF International Research Conference & Award Summit (IIF-IRCAS), New Delhi, India, 26 October 2025
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
Diversifying and Benchmarking Madagascar
Prepared for presentation at the Global Conference on Economic Diversification 2024 at Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, Dubai, 31 […]
Mongolia
Balancing Natural Resources and Human and Social Capital Pathways to Economic Diversification in Mongolia Prepared for 23rd Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet […]
Different Choices, Divergent Paths: Poland and Ukraine
Presentation at Rotary International Club at Grandi, Reykjavík.
Constitution on Ice
Presentation at Pathways to Power public seminar at Queen Mary University of London.
Different Choices, Divergent Paths: Poland and Ukraine
Presentation of a joint paper with Eduard Hochreiter and Tadeusz Kowalski prepared for Fault lines after Covid: Reykjavik roundtable on […]
Constitutions, Fish, Growth, Diversification, and More
Lecture at Fróðskaparsetur Føroya. Abstract This will be one of those talks where almost everything discussed is in the title. […]