Preludes to the Icelandic Financial Crisis [electronic resource] /
Aliber, R.editor.
Zoega, G.editor.
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?
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 The Chapters in this Volume; 3 Privatization and Deregulation: a Chronology of Events; Part I: International Organizations and the Central Bank of Iceland; 4 International Monetary Fund, Article IV Consultations 2006 and 2008; 5 OECD Economic Survey of Iceland, 2006 and 2008; 6 Central Bank of Iceland Financial Stability Reports 2006-8; Part II: Other Reports; 7 Iceland - Macro Imbalances Trigger Negative Outlook; 8 Iceland: Geyser Crisis; 9 Financial Stability in Iceland
10 The Internationalization of Iceland's Financial Sector11 The Icelandic Banking Crisis and What to Do about it: the Lender of Last Resort Theory of Optimal Currency Areas; 12 Iceland on the Brink? Options for a Small, Financially Active Economy in the Current Financial Crisis Environment; 13 Events in Iceland: Skating on Thin Ice?; 14 A Spending Spree; 15 Monetary Turbulence and the Icelandic Economy; Part III: Lessons for Other Countries; 16 Overbanked and Undersized: Lessons from Iceland; Appendix: Statistical Tables; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Business enterprises-Finance.
Macroeconomics.
International economics.
Banks and banking.
Business Finance.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
International Economics.
Banking.