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Lectures
and slide shows
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JVI corner MEFMI corner IMF Institute lectures |
Presentation at the
92nd International Atlantic Economic North American Conference online
7-10 October 2021. See
paper with Eduard Hochreiter.
Presentation at Zoom webinar on Why Democracy Matters – A Collective
Response to Reform, Unlock Democracy, London
Seminar
presentation, infused by music, at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Bellagio,
Italy, 29 November 2019.
Seminar presentation at the
World Bank in Washington, DC, 26
September 2019. See
paper.
Presentation the
31st Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar in Rome 25-27
June 2019. See paper with Gylfi Zoega.
The
2008 Global Financial Crisis in Retrospect
Conference at
the University of Iceland 30-31 August 2018. See
paper.
Political Economy, Mr. Churchill, and Natural Resources
Presentation at the
25th IPSA World Congress of Political Science in
Brisbane, Australia, 21-25 July 2018. See
paper.
Inequality Undermines Democracy and Growth
Presentation the
30th Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar in Rome 25-26
June 2018. See
paper.
From Double Diversification to Efficiency and Growth
Public lecture at the
19th
International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher
School of
Economics,
Moscow, 10-13
April 2018.
See
related
paper.
Political Economy, Mr. Churchill, and Oil
Presentation at the
19th
International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher
School of
Economics,
Moscow, 10-13
April 2018.
See
paper.
The Dutch Disease in Reverse: Iceland's Natural Experiment
Presentation the
29th Villa Mondragone International Economic
Seminar in Rome 21-22 June 2017. See
revised paper
with Gylfi Zoega.
Democracy Must Prevail, Always
Brief address at
A Congress on Iceland’s Democracy at the University of
Berkeley, California, 3 June 2017. See
background.
Diversification, Efficiency, and Economic Growth
Seminar presentation at the University of Göttingen, Germany, 31 May
2017.
The Dutch Disease in Reverse: Iceland's Natural Experiment
Presentation
at the 8th RCEA (Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
Macro-Money-Finance Workshop, Rimini, Italy, 18-19 May 2017.
Iceland´s New Constitution Is Not Solely a Local Concern
Presentation at the
83rd International Atlantic Economic
Conference, Berlin, Germany, 22-25 March 2017. See
slides.
The New Constitution is Not an Exclusively Icelandic Concern
Lecture at an
international conference on the revision of the Icelandic
constitution held at the University of Akureyri and organized in
collaboration with the Parliament's Constitutional Committee and the
Prime Minister's Office 23-24 September 2016.
The Anatomy of
Constitution Making: From Denmark in 1848 to Iceland in 2017
Presentation at a conference on
Constitution Making in
Democratic Constitutional Orders at CIDE (Center for
Research and Teaching of Economics) in Mexico City 11-12 August
2016.
Incomes, Hours of Work, and Equality in Europe and the United States
Presentation the
28th Villa Mondragone International Economic
Seminar in Rome 23-24 June 2016.
Economic and Political Diversification and How It Relates to
Growth
Lecture at the
22nd
Dubrovnik Economic Conference hosted by the Croatian National
Bank in Dubrovnik 13-14 June 2016.
From Diversification to Growth
Presentation at a
High-level Seminar on Natural Resources, Finance, and Growth organized by the Bank of Algeria and held in Algiers 28-29 May
2016.
Chain of Legitimacy: Constitution Making in Iceland
Presentation at a conference on
Perspectives on Constituent Assemblies
hosted by the Institute of Religion, Culture and Public Life at Columbia
University and the Department of Political Science at the University of
Oslo and held at Columbia University in New York 1-2 April 2016. No
slides. See text
here.
From Diversification to Growth
Research seminar
presentation at Roosevelt House, Hunter College, City University of New York, 30 March
2016. Paper has not yet been released. FDR and Eleanor lived for a while
in this house on East 65th Street as did FDR´s mother, Sara, next door.
Economic Diversification
Presentation at
CESifo Area
Conference on Macro, Money and International Finance
in Munich 26-27 February 2016.
The Future of the European Social Model and the Role of Small
States
Presentation at a conference on Small States and
the Welfare State in the Global Era organized by Esquerra
Republicana de Catalunya (Left Republican of Catalonia) and held in
Barcelona 20 November 2015. For a closely related article, see
here.
Public Engagement in Constitution Making
Presentation at a meeting organized by the
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International
IDEA) held in Kiev 18 September 2015.
Constitution on Ice
Presentation in a panel on
Constitution Making in Democratic Constitutional Orders: Theoretical and
Comparative Perspectives
at the
111th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
in San Francisco 3-6 September 2015.
Social Capital and Crises with an Application to Iceland
Presentation at
27th Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar, Rome, 23-25
June 2015.
Constitution on Ice
Presentation at a workshop on
Democratic Changes and Citizens´ Participation in the 21st Century --
Theory and Practice at Institut d´Estudis Autonomics (IEA), a
public think tank linked to the Catalan government, Barcelona, 12 June
2015.
Access to the Single European Market
Presentation at
a conference on Catalonia and the European Union: EU Capacity for
Pragmatic Approaches organized by Diplocat (Public Diplomacy
Council of Catalonia) and held in Barcelona 11 June 2015.
Natural Resources, Energy Prices,
and Diversification
Keynote address
at an International Conference on
Energy Prices: Macroeconomic and
Financial Impacts at the University of Paris Ouest, Nanterre-La
Défense, 4-5 June 2015.
Economic and
Political Diversification and National Risk: The Case of Iceland
Presentation at the 17th annual Conference on European Integration
organized by the Swedish Network for European Studies in Economics and
Business (SNEE) and held at Grand Hotel Mölle, Sweden, 19-22 May 2015.
See paper
here.
Negative Interest
(in Swedish)
Presentation at a Festschrift
conference for Prof. Hans Tson Söderström at SNS in Stockholm 20
February 2015. See English version
here and
Swedish version
here.
Natural Resources: Nordic Lessons
Presentation at
the 5th annual Gaidar Forum “Russia and the World: New
Dimensions” organized by the Russian Presidential Academy of National
Economy and Public Administration and held in Moscow 14-16 January 2015.
Natural Resource
Management: Nordic Lessons on the Path Towards Building a
Knowledge-based Economy
Address at
an annual conference on The UAE Economic Outlook for 2015 and the
Path Towards Building a Knowledge-based Economy organized jointly
by the Federal Ministry of the Economy, Department of Economic
Development, Government of Dubai, and the Abu Dhabi Department of
Economic Development and held in Dubai 16-17 December 2014.
The Dutch Disease in Reverse: Iceland's Natural Experiment
Presentation at OxCarré, Oxford University, 2 December 2014. See
paper.
Natural Resource Management: Timing and Magnitude of Natural
Resource Wealth and Their Impact on Macro Fiscal Policy
Discussion of Flagship Report on Natural Resources and Human
Development at a Technical Workshop organized by Oxford Policy
Management and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and held in Oxford
20-21 November 2014.
First Crowd-sourced Constitution: The Case of Iceland – the Use
of ICT for Facilitating Policy Dialogue on Constitutional Issues
(Short title: ICT is Not a Substitute for Politics)
Lecture at a conference
Towards a New Paradigm in Communication between Public Institutions and
Citizens organized by CBGI (Capacity Building of Government
Institutions) and held at Hotel Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovnia, 20
October 2014.
Social Aspects of Economic Crises
—
Precursors and Consequences
Keynote Address at 34th Arne
Ryde Symposium in honor of Prof. Lars Jonung at Lund University, Sweden,
3-4 October 2014. See paper.
Constitution on Ice
Presentation at a workshop on
Constitutions organized by the Constitutional Studies Group in
University College Dublin in conjunction with the American Society of
Comparative Law and held in Dublin 5-6 September 2014. See
paper.
Can
and Should the EU's Eastern Partnership be Saved?
Presentation
at a workshop on Trade Policy Regimes at the International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria,
8-9 July 2014. See revised version of the paper in view of recent events in Ukraine
here.
Avoiding the Resource Curse and Consequences for the Financial Sector
Presentation at a Plenary Session at Partnership Forum:
Making Finance Work for Africa, sponsored by the World Bank and
held at the King Fahd Hotel in Dakar, Senegal, 10-12 June 2014.
Natural Resources: Economic and Legal Aspects
Presentation at a Policy Lab on Natural Resource Management
organized by the Global Development Network and held in Dakar, Senegal,
26 April 2014.
Economic Diversification and
Industrialization in Countries Rich in Natural Resources
Contributon to a panel debate at the 15th
session of the UNIDO
(United Nations Industrial Development
Organization) General Conference on Towards partnerships for a new
industrial revolution for inclusive and sustainable growth, held in
Lima, Peru, 2-6 December 2013.
Presentation at Annual Democracy Forum organized by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the government of Chile and held in Santiago, Chile, 27-28 November 2013.
Iceland: From Boom to Bust, and Then What?
Presentation at a conference on Reform Capacity and Macroeconomic Performance in the Nordic Countries held at the Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen, Denmark, 20-21 September 2013. See paper.
The Role of the IMF as Trusted Advisor & IMF Response to the Global Financial Crisis
Parrticipation in a meeting organized by DEval (German Institute for Development Evaluation), BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Germany), and the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the IMF in Berlin, Germany, 28-29 August 2013.
What is the Future of the Non-Oil
Economy? Developing the Reforms, Institutions, Infrastructure, and
Finance to Diversify an Oil-Dominant Economy
Presentation of natural resource issues in
Iraq and Norway at a conference on
The Resource Curse and Iraq
Presentation of a joint paper with Immaculada Martínez-Zarzoso and Per Magnus Wijkman at the CESifo Area Conference on Macro, Money and International Finance in Munich, 22-23 February 2013. See paper.
The Icelandic Experience: 'Crowdsourcing' the Constitution
Presentation at a conference on Women and Constitutional Futures: Gender equality matters in a new Scotland, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 14-15 February, 2013.
Rising from the Ashes
Presentation at an international seminar on Managing Fiscal Policy in a Monetary Union: Structural Reforms and Fiscal Policy Governance in Northern Europe, organized by the Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and the Europa Institute, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, UK, and held at the University of Edinburgh, 24 November 2012.
From Collapse to Constitution: The Case of Iceland
Presentation at XXIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar, Rome, 27 June 2012. See paper.
Constitutions: Send in the Crowds
Presentation at the Electoral Reform Society’s annual conference in London 26 June 2012. See paper.
Natural Resources and How to Avoid the Resource Curse
Presentation at Nordic-Mozambican Conference on Inclusive Growth and Political and Social Dialogue
From Crowds to Constitution
Presentation at a
conference on
Revolutions -- technological, not political -- in Washington, DC, 10-11 May 2012, organized by TTI
Vanguard and held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Pentagon City. See
paper.
Oil-spill Economics: How Can Ghana Avoid the Resource Curse?
Prepared for
Ghana Oil & Gas Forum,
London 4 May 2012, organized by CountryFactor and hosted by Deloitte at
their London headquarters.
Bonus slide on Ghana and Nigeria.
Making a New Constitution: The Case of Iceland
Presentation at an event organized by Nordic Horizons in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland, 29 March 2012.
See
paper.
Resource Rents, Democracy and Corruption: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Presentation of a joint paper with Rabah Arezki at the CESifo Area Conference on Macro, Money and International Finance in Munich, 23-24 March 2012. See paper.
From Collapse to Constitution: The Case of Iceland
Seminar
presentation
at
the Stockholm School of Economics 16
March 2012. See
paper.
Common Property Resources Are Human Rights
Presentation
at a confererence on Property of the Nation or ... (Fólksins
ogn ella ...) organized by The Republican Party (Tjóðveldisflokkurin),
The Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin), and The Progressive Party
(Framsókn) at the Nordic House in Torshavn, the Faroe Islands, 2 March 2012.
Making a New Constitution: The Case of Iceland
Presentation at
TEPAV, the Economic
Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, Ankara, 24 January 2012. See
paper.
International Experiences with the Management of Natural Resources
Presentation at a
Conference on Understanding
and Avoiding the Oil Curse in the Arab World
From Boom to Bust, and Back: The Case of Iceland
Presentation at a
conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Georgia, 27-28 November
2011.
Growth Prospects in the
EU: Inside or Outside the Euro Area?
Presentation at the
Tenth Anniversary Conference
of
the Viessmann European Research Centre,
Wilfrid Laurier University, on
Challenges for the European Union Beyond 2011, Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada, 5 October 2011.
Commodity Price Volatility, Democracy and Economic Growth
Presentation of a joint paper with Rabah Arezki at
a conference on Globalization, Governance and Natural Resources at the
Norwegian Univerisity of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, 18-19
September 2011. See
paper.
Growing Together: Croatia and Latvia
Presentation of a joint paper with Eduard Hochreiter at the 26th
Annual Congress of the European Economic Association in Oslo, 27 June
2011.
See
paper.
From Boom to Bust: The Case of Iceland
Presentation for Nordic journalists in Reykjavík 21 June 2011.
Resources and
Economic
Growth
—
Is Africa (Ghana)
Different?
Presentation at
an
international policy conference on
Competitiveness and Diversification:
Strategy Challenges in a Petroleum-rich Economy organized by the
Ministry of Trade and Industry in Ghana and UNIDO and held in Accra 14-15
March 2011. See
paper.
From Boom to Bust, Big Time: The Case of Iceland
Seminar at the
Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus, 21 March 2011.
From Boom to Bust: The Case of Iceland
Presentation at the Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association in
Denver, Colorado, 8 January 2011. See
paper.
Natural Resource Endowment: A Mixed Blessing?
Presentation at a high-level seminar
on
Natural resources, finance, and development
organized by the Central Bank of Algeria and the IMF Institute
and held
in Algiers 4-5 November 2010. See
draft paper.
A Lesson from the Iceland Crisis
Presentation at a seminar at
Felleshus der Nordischen Botschaften in Berlin 6 September 2010.
From
Boom to Bust: The Iceland Story
Lunch seminar at the IMF Institute in Washington, DC, 20 July 2010. For
the text version, see
Chapter 7 of
Nordics in Global Crisis.
Growing Together: Croatia and Latvia
Presentation of a joint paper with Eduard Hochreiter at the 16th
Research Conference of the National Bank of Croatia in Dubrovnik, 24-26 June
2010.
Challenges for Macroeconomic Policy and Lessons for South-Eastern Europe
Two discussions at a conference on “The Global Crisis: Economic Challenges
and Lessons for South-Eastern Europe” jointly organized by the DG ECFIN/European
Commission and the Joint Vienna Institute and held March 22, 2010, at the
Joint Vienna Institute, Vienna, Austria.
Development and Growth in Mineral-Rich Countries
Seminar at
the Stockholm School of Economics 12 March 2010. See
paper.
From Boom to Bust: The Iceland Story
Presentation at
Nordatlantens Brygges Erhvervsklub in Copenhagen 4 March 2010.
Oil Management: The Example of Norway
Presentation at the Qatar Economic Development Conference
on “Meeting the Challenges of Diversification in the GCC” organized and
hosted by General Secretariat for Development Planning, Qatar and World Bank
Group and held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Doha, State of Qatar 9-10
February, 2010.
Nordics in Global Crisis
Presentation of Chapters 4 and 7 of the
book at its launch
at Hotel Kämp in Helsinki 28 January 2010.
From Boom to Bust: The Iceland Story
Keynote lecture at
Academic
Conference (Fagkonferanse
i Bedriftsøkonomiske Emner) at the Norwegian
School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen, 7 January 2010.
Impact of Financial Crisis on Africa
Lecture at a Conference held by the African Capacity
Building Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2-3 December 2009.
From Boom to Bust, Big Time: The Case of Iceland
Seminar at the University of Stellenbosch, South
Africa, 11 November 2009.
From Boom to Bust, Big Time: The Case of Iceland
Lecture at the Leif Eiriksson Icelandic Club of Calgary,
9 October 2009.
From Boom to Bust, Big Time: The Case of Iceland
Lecture in the series The Richard and Margaret Beck
Lectures on Icelandic Literature, 8 October 2009, University of
Victoria, Vancouver.
Impact of Financial Crisis on
Foreign Direct Investment and Overseas Development Assistance for
the MEFMI Region
Presentation at the MEFMI Combined Forum
of
Ministers of Finance and Planning, Treasury Secretaries and Permanent Secretaries for
Finance and Planning, and Central Bank Governors, 29 September 2009,
Limmasol, Cyprus.
Monetary Unions Among Developing and
Emerging Markets: How Many Currencies Does Africa Need?
Presentation at The 50th Anniversary Celebration of the
Central Bank of Nigeria in Abuja, 4-6 May 2009.
From Boom to
Bust, Big Time: The Case of Iceland
Lecture at a meeting organized by the
Nordic Council of Ministers in Copenhagen, 20
March 2009.
From Boom to
Bust, Big Time: The Case of Iceland
Lecture at a meeting organized by the
Nordic Council of Ministers in Stockholm, 19
March 2009.
From Boom to
Bust, Big Time: The Case of Iceland
Seminar at the Stockholm School of Economics in
Stockholm, 30 January 2009.
From Boom to
Bust, Big Time: The Case of Iceland
Presentation at a conference on Norway and the
International Financial Crisis organized by the Center Party and Res
Publicas at Hotel Bristol in Oslo, 20 January 2009.
Ten Lessons from the Finanancial Crisis
Presentation at The Second Annual Meeting of
the African Policy Institutes Forum, 4-5 December 2008, Libreville, Gabon.
A Tale of Two
Republics: Estonia and Georgia
Presentation at
a conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of the
Estonian Business School in Tallinn, 18 November 2008.
See
paper.
What's Going On? Icelandic Banks 2008 in Context
Presentatation at a conference, Finansiell fagdag, in
Norges Bank, Oslo, 30 September 2008.
Recent
Development Experiences from China, India, Malaysia, and South Korea: Some
Lessons for Africa
Lunch seminar at Norges Bank, Oslo, 29 September 2008.
A Tale of Two
Republics: Estonia and Georgia
Presentation at the
Cambridge University 10 March 2008.
See
paper.
Development and Growth in Mineral-Rich Countries
Presentation at the
International Wuppertal
Colloquium on
Sustainable Growth, Resource Productivity and Sustainable Industrial Policy,
in Wuppertal, Germany, 17-19
September
2008. See
paper.
Development and Growth in Mineral-Rich Countries
Presentation at
the Sixth ESCB workshop on emerging markets at the Bank of Finland, in
Helsinki, 8-9 May 2008. See
paper.
Democracy and Growth
Public lecture at the The Finnish Economic Assocation, in
Helsinki, 7
May 2008.
Development and Growth in Mineral-Rich Countries
Presentation at a workshop at the United Nations Research Institute for
Social Development in Geneva, 24-25 April 2008. See
paper.
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. See
paper.
A Tale of Two
Republics: Estonia and Georgia
Seminar presentation at the
Cambridge University 10 March 2008.
See
paper.
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 Vienna, 3 October
2007.
Keynote Lecture at The Second Pan African Capacity Building Forum, organized by the The African Capacity Building Foundation and held in Maputo, Mozambique, August 1-3, 2007.
Why Europe Works Less and Grows Taller
Presented on my behalf by Ólafur Ísleifsson at The
11th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional
Economics in Reykjavík, 21-23 June
2007.
Economic Governance and
Sustained Growth
Lecture at
60th
Anniversary Conference commemorating of the Harvard Commencement Address of
the Secretary of State, George C. Marshall, on June 4, 1947,
organized by
Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation
and held
at
Amerika
Haus in
Vienna, Austria, 4 June 2007.
Economic Governance and
Sustained Growth
Lecture at The JVI Policy Research Conference
2007 on Economic Governance and Sustained Growth in the Balkans
jointly organized by the DG ECFIN/European Commission and the Joint Vienna
Institute and held at the
JVI in
Vienna, Austria, 15-16 March 2007.
The
International Economics of Natural Resources and Growth
Keynote Lecture at a conference on Sustainable Resource Management in
the European Union organized by the College of Europe and held in Bruges,
6-7 December 2006.
From Democracy to Growth
Seminar presentation at the Department of Economics at the University of
Nottingham, England, 9 October 2006.
Monetary and Fiscal
Management, Finance, and Growth
Presentation at a conference on
Qualitative
and Quantitative Analysis in Social Sciences
held at Brunel University in London, 12-13 June 2006.
Institutions, Human Capital, and
Diversification of Rentier Economies
Presentation at Workshop on the Impact of Oil Boom in the Caspian Basin
held at Paris 1 University in Paris, 2 June 2006.
China and India’s Economic Growth – A
Comparison and Some Lessons for Africa
Lecture at the Third Annual Meeting of the Technical Advisory Panels and
Networks of the The African Capacity Building Foundation at the
Kilimanjaro Hotel
Kempinski in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 6
April 2006. Also presented to the Icelandic-Indian Chamber of Commerce in
Reykjavík 11 May 2006.
From Education to Economic Growth
Presentation at a council meeting of the International Confederation of
Principals in Reykjavík, 4 April 2006.
Growing Together: India and China
Lecture at the Austrian National Bank in Vienna, 10 March 2006.
To Grow or Not to Grow:
Why Institutions Must Make a Difference
Presentation at an OECD Workshop on
Global Conergence Scenarios: Structural and policy issues at the OECD,
Paris, 16 January 2006.
Presentation at a seminar on The Transforming Authoritarian Rentier Economies and Protectorates organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the German Development Institute, and the German Overseas Institute and held in Bonn, 22-23 September 2005.
Comparative Socio-Economic Development
Strategies: India and China
Presentation at the MEFMI Combined Forum
of
Ministers of Finance and Planning, Treasury Secretaries and Permanent Secretaries for
Finance and Planning, and Central Bank Governors, 17 September 2005,
Bridgetown, Barbados.
Natural Resources and Economic Growth: From
Dependence to Diversification
Presentation at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Economics
and Statistics on Resource Economics, Technology, and Sustainable Development in
Zurich, Switzerland, 17-18 March 2005.
Independence and Openness: The Case of
Iceland
Presentation for the Faroese government at the Ministry of Finance in
Tórshavn, 7 March 2005.
From Dependence to Diversification: The Case
of Iceland
Lecture at Offshore Faroes 2005, a conference organized by the Faroe Oil
Industries' Association (Oljuvinnufelagið) at Nordic House in Tórshavn, 18
January 2005.
Economic Diversification
and Structural Challenges
Keynote lecture at a High Level Seminar on Trade and Development —
What Is at Stake for Africa? in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 24-25 November 2004.
Natural Resources and Economic Growth: From
Dependence to Diversification
Friday seminar at the Österreichische Nationalbank in Vienna, Austria, 19 November 2004.
From Health to Wealth
Lecture at a conference on Nordic health care (Nordisk hälso- och
sjukvårdskonferens) organized by the Norwegian Hospital and Health Care
Association (NSO) in Lillehammer, Norway, 15-17 September 2004.
Economic Developments in Iceland since 1945
Lecture at a conference on Economic Affairs in the Danish Commonwealth
organized by the North Atlantic Group in the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen
26 May 2004.
Structural Adjustment, Export Specialization,
and Growth in Diversified Resource Based Economies: The Case of Norway
Presentation at a workshop on Sustainable External Economic
Liberalization and Integration Policy: Options for Eastern Europe and Russia
in Brussels 24-26 April 2004.
Natural Resources and Economic Growth: What
Are the Issues?
Lunch seminar with economists at Norges Bank in Oslo 19 April 2004.
Natural Resources and Economic Growth: The
Role of Investment
Presentation at a research meeting at the Norges Bank in Oslo 19 April 2004.
Also presented at a Conference on Dynamics, Economic Growth and International
Trade (DEGIT IX) in Reykjavík, 11-12 June, 2004.
Three Lectures on Economic Efficiency and
Growth
A
miniseries of lectures held at the Center for
Economic Studies at the University of Munich in October 2003.
The Macroeconomics
of Icelandic Fisheries Management
Presentation at People and the Sea II, a
conference held at MARE -- the
Centre for
Maritime Research in Amsterdam, 4-6 September 2003.
Monetary and Fiscal
Management, Finance, and Growth
NÖG lecture at the
Annual
Meeting of the
Austrian Economic Association in Klagenfurt, 16-17 May 2003. Also
presented at the 17th Scandinavian Academy of Management (NFF) Conference at the
University of Iceland 14-16 August 2003.
Size and Growth: Small
States in the Global Economy
Lecture on globalization at
The Brussels Economic Forum
2003, at the European Commisson, Brussels, 10-11 April 2003.
The Real Exchange
Rate Always Floats
Presentation at the Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association in
Washington, D.C., 2-5 January 2003, as well
as at the 77th Annual Conference of
the Western Economic Association in Seattle, 29 June - 3 July 2002. See
paper.
Small States in the Global Economy: What Are
the Issues?
Presentation at a Conference on Iceland and
the World Economy: Small Island Economies in the Era of Globalization,
Center for International Development, Harvard University, 20 May 2002. See
paper.
Inequality and Economic Growth: Do Natural Resources Matter?
Lecture at an international conference on
Post-Communist
Economic Growth at the Institute for the Economy in Transition, 20-21 March 2002, Moscow. Also presented at the 5th
Conference on Global Economic Analysis in Taipei, 5-7 June 2002. See
paper.
Mother Earth:
Ally or Adversary?
Lecture at an international conference on
Post-Communist
Economic Growth at the Institute for the Economy in Transition, 20-21 March 2002, Moscow.
Also presented at a joint University of Iceland - University of
Manitoba
conference in Reykjavík, 16 March 2002. See
paper.
To Grow or Not to Grow
Lecture at the University of Copenhagen, 29 November 2001, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Natural Resources, Inequality, and Economic
Growth
Seminar presentation the Economic Policy Research Unit
(EPRU) at the University of Copenhagen, 30 November 2001, Copenhagen, Denmark. See
paper.
Natural
Resources and Economic Growth:
Prepared for and presented at an Expert Group Meeting on Economic
Diversification in the Arab World organized by The United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) in cooperation with the Arab
Planning Institute (API) of Kuwait, held in Beirut, Lebanon, 25-27 September
2001. See paper.
Natural Resources and Economic Growth: The
Role of Investment
Presentation at the
16th
Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, 29 August - 1 September 2001, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Also presented at seminars at the University of Iceland as well
as at the European University Institute in Florence 17 and 26 October 2001, at a joint Central Bank of Chile-World Bank conference
in Santiago, Chile, 18 January 2002, and at a CESifo Area Conference on Money,
Macro, and International Finance in Munich, 8-9 February 2002. See
paper.
Natural Resources and
Economic Growth: What is the Connection?
Prepared for and presented at International Conference Kiev: The
Factors of Sustainable Economic Growth in Ukraine, organized by the Institute
for Economic Research and Policy Consulting/German Advisory Group on Economic
Reforms with the Ukrainian Government, Kiev, Ukraine, 25-26 June 2001. See
paper.
Education, Social Equality, and Economic
Growth
Presentation at the The Athens Institute for
Education and Research Third International Conference titled 'Education +
Training => Knowledge + Innovation => Economic + Social Growth', in
Athens, Greece, 25-26 May 2001. See
paper.
Lessons from the Dutch Disease: Causes,
Treatment, and Cures
Presentation
at a conference titled Paradox of Plenty organized by Statoil and ECON at Holmenkollen Park Hotell,
7-8 March 2001, Oslo, Norway. See
paper.
Economic Growth Around the World
Lecture at the University of Copenhagen, 17 November 2000, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Natural Resources,
Education, Investment, and Economic Growth
Presentation
at the Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU) at the University of Copenhagen, 1
November 2000, as well as at the Center for Economic Research (CentER) at the
University of Tilburg in the Netherlands, 7 November 2000.
Sources of Economic Growth
Revisited
Presentation at the Second MEFMI Combined Forum
of
Ministers of Finance and Planning, Treasury Secretaries and Permanent Secretaries for
Finance and Planning, and Central Bank Governors, 16 September 2000, Valetta, Malta
Natural Resources,
Education, and Economic Development
Presentation at an invited papers session at the
15th
Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, 30 August - 2 September 2000, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. See
paper.
World Economic Trends and
Eastern and Southern Africa
Presentation at the Fourth MEFMI Central Reserve Bank
Governors Forum, 6-7 June 2000, Vedbæk, Denmark.
Ownership and Growth
Presentation at a seminar at the Trade Union Institute for
Economic Research (FIEF), 12 April 2000, Stockholm, Sweden. See
paper.
Sources of Economic Growth
Presentation at Macroeconomic and Financial Management
Institute (MEFMI) of Eastern and Southern Africa, 17 March 2000, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Natural Resource Abundance
and Economic Growth: Some Lessons from Norway and Iceland
Presentation at a Seminar on the Russian Economy
organized by the Finnish-Russian Working Group for Social Sciences, 4-5 October 1999, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Medium-term Growth Outlook
for Asia
Presentation at Asia Conference 1999: Asia and the
Global Economy in the New Millennium organized by Deutsche Bank, 6 October 1999, Island Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong.
Lectures on Various Other Topics
Four lectures given at an IMF Institute/East
AFRITAC Regional Course on Financial
Programming and Policies, 15-26 March 2003, Nairobi, Kenya.
Five
lectures given at an IMF Institute Course on Financial
Programming and Policy at the Joint Africa Institute, 26 January - 6 February 2004,
Tunis, Tunisia.
Two lectures given at an IMF Institute Distance Learning Course on Financial Programming and Policy at the IMF Institute, 29 April - 10 May 2002, Washington, DC, and again 21-31 January 2003.
Five lectures given at an International Monetary Fund seminar on Advanced External Sector Issues at the Joint Vienna Institute, 9-20 September 2002, Vienna, Austria.
Three lectures given at a Macroeconomic & Financial Management Institute workshop on Macroeconomic Analysis for Lesotho officials in the Ministries of Finance and Planning and the Central Bank, 12-23 November 2001, Maseru Sun International Hotel in Maseru, Lesotho.
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