Overview
- Editors:
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Robert Z. Aliber
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Booth Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA
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Gylfi Zoega
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Department of Economics, University of Iceland, Iceland
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Back Matter
Pages 341-357
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
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Booth Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA
Robert Z. Aliber
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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