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Preludes to the Icelandic Financial Crisis

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Robert Z. Aliber

    1. Booth Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA

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  2. Gylfi Zoega

    1. Department of Economics, University of Iceland, Iceland

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 1-12

  3. The Chapters in this Volume

    1. The Chapters in this Volume

      • Gylfi Zoega
      Pages 13-25

  4. Privatization and Deregulation: a Chronology of Events

    1. Privatization and Deregulation: a Chronology of Events

      • Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson
      Pages 26-40

  5. International Organizations and the Central Bank of Iceland

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. International Monetary Fund, Article IV Consultations 2006 and 2008

      • Robert Z. Aliber, Gylfi Zoega
      Pages 43-49

    3. OECD Economic Survey of Iceland, 2006 and 2008

      • Robert Z. Aliber, Gylfi Zoega
      Pages 50-53

    4. Central Bank of Iceland Financial Stability Reports 2006–8

      • Robert Z. Aliber, Gylfi Zoega
      Pages 54-73

  6. Other Reports

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Iceland — Macro Imbalances Trigger Negative Outlook

      • Fitch Ratings
      Pages 77-88

    3. Iceland: Geyser Crisis

      • Lars Christiansen
      Pages 89-106

    4. Financial Stability in Iceland

      • Frederic S. Mishkin, Tryggvi T. Herbertsson
      Pages 107-159

    5. The Internationalization of Iceland’s Financial Sector

      • Richard Portes, FriÄ‘rik Már Baldursson, Frosti Ólafsson
      Pages 160-240

    6. The Icelandic Banking Crisis and What to Do about it: the Lender of Last Resort Theory of Optimal Currency Areas

      • Willem H. Buiter, Anne C. Sibert
      Pages 241-275

    7. Iceland on the Brink? Options for a Small, Financially Active Economy in the Current Financial Crisis Environment

      • Daniel Gros
      Pages 276-289

    8. Events in Iceland: Skating on Thin Ice?

      • Thorvaldur Gylfason
      Pages 290-295

    9. A Spending Spree

      • Gylfi Zoega
      Pages 296-301

    10. Monetary Turbulence and the Icelandic Economy

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 302-326

  7. Lessons for Other Countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 327-327
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    2. Overbanked and Undersized: Lessons from Iceland

      • Anne C. Sibert
      Pages 329-340
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About this book

Iceland became one of the symbols of the global financial crisis. It provides an ideal test case for the perceptions of economists, in particular their ability to anticipate crises. The book contains papers and reports, written prior to the collapse of Iceland's financial system, about the economy. What did and didn't they see coming, and why?

Editors and Affiliations

  • Booth Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA

    Robert Z. Aliber

  • Department of Economics, University of Iceland, Iceland

    Gylfi Zoega

About the editors

FRIDRIK M. BALDURSSON Professor, School of Business, Reykjavik University, Iceland WILLEM BUITER Chief Economist, Citigroup, USA LARS CHRISTIANSEN Senior Analyst, Danske Bank, Denmark DANIEL GROS Director, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium THORVALDUR GYLFASON Professor of Economics, University of Iceland, Iceland TRYGGVI T. HERBERTSSON Member of Icelandic Parliament and a former Professor of Economics at the University of Iceland, Iceland FREDERIC MISHKIN Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, USA RICHARD PORTES Professor of Economics, London Business School, UK ANNE SIBERT Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK THROSTUR O SIGURJONSSON Assistant Professor, School of Business, Reykjavik University, Iceland GYLFI ZOEGA Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Iceland, Iceland CARSTEN VALGREEN Chief Economist, Danske Bank, Denmark

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