G7 versus the BRICS: taking stock in 12 figures
Can China and Russia offer an alternative social model to the universal norms they reject? The evidence says no.
Constitutional papers
My papers in English on constitutional matters, which grew out of my work on the Constitutional Council in Iceland from […]
Balancing natural resources and human and social capital: Pathways to economic diversification in Mongolia
Paper on Mongolia which grew out of my work with Jean-Pascal N. Nganou for the World Bank. Forthcoming in Comparative […]
A tale of two countries: Belarus and Lithuania
With Eduard Hochreiter. In 1991, Belarus did not join the Baltic states in striking out independently from the Soviet Union. […]
Norway: it´s time for a more ethical exploitation of O&G resources
With Arne Jon Isachsen, also in Italian
Ukraine’s future prosperity: What can be learned from Poland
With Eduard Hochreiter and Tadeusz Kowalski.
Bibliography
Books in English Prosperity through Trade and Structural Reform, Festschrift in honour of Per Magnus Wijkman, edited by Emil Ems […]
Principles of Economic Growth
This is a concise and reader-friendly introduction to the principles of economic growth for students of economics and business. Gylfason […]
Production and democracy
Reviews the links between production and democracy.
Different Choices, Divergent Paths: Poland and Ukraine
Presentation at Rotary International Club at Grandi, Reykjavík.