Growing Apart? Estonia and Georgia
Presentation at the CESifo Area Conference on Macro, Money and International Finance at CESifo, in Munich, 14-15 March 2008. Also […]
The Russian Economy
Lecture on Russia at the University of Reykjavík in 2008.
IMF Institute/STI Lectures
Lectures held in Singapore, February 2008. Lecture 1: Sources of Growth (New version) Lecture 2: External Sector Policies Lecture 3: Monetary Accounts, Analysis, and […]
When Iceland was Ghana
Believe it or not: in 1901, Iceland’s per capita national economic output was about the same as that of today’s […]
Dwindling fish: What’s the catch?
The Common Fisheries Policy, a product of special interests rather than economic rationale, has driven European fish stocks to dangerously […]
Dutch disease
Í Steven N. Durlauf og Lawrence E. Blume (ritstj.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Springer Verlag, Berlín, 2008 Abstract […]
Why Europe Works Less and Grows Taller
Inaugural research seminar at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, jointly organized by the Joint Vienna Institute, in […]
A golden rule of depreciation
We derive a Golden Rule for the obsolescence of physical capital. Optimal durability is shown to vary inversely with population […]
Recent Development Experiences from China, India, Malaysia, and South Korea – Some Lessons for Capacity Building in Africa
Keynote Lecture at The Second Pan African Capacity Building Forum, organized by the The African Capacity Building Foundation and held […]
IMF Institute Lectures
Lectures held in Pretoria, South Africa, June 2007. Lecture 1: Sources of Economic Growth Lecture 2: Alternative Views of the IMF […]