Preludes to the Icelandic Financial Crisis

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?

FRIDRIK M. BALDURSSON Professor, School of Business, Reykjavik University, IcelandWILLEM BUITER Chief Economist, Citigroup, USALARS CHRISTIANSEN Senior Analyst, Danske Bank, DenmarkDANIEL GROS Director, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, BelgiumTHORVALDUR GYLFASON Professor of Economics, University of Iceland, IcelandTRYGGVI T. HERBERTSSON Member of Icelandic Parliament and a former Professor of Economics at the University of Iceland, IcelandFREDERIC MISHKIN Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, USARICHARD PORTES Professor of Economics, London Business School, UKANNE SIBERT Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck College, University of London, UKTHROSTUR O SIGURJONSSON Assistant Professor, School of Business, Reykjavik University, IcelandGYLFI ZOEGA Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Iceland, IcelandCARSTEN VALGREEN Chief Economist, Danske Bank, Denmark