On a red light - Iceland's financial crisis and the Nordic experience

Academics have in recent years compared financial crises in order to gain a better understanding of preceding circumstances. This paper explores whether Icelanders were oblivious to historical warning signals preceding the financial crisis in 2008. A specific focus is on whether Icelanders should ha...

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Main Authors: Mixa, Már Wolfgang, Sigurjónsson, Þröstur Olaf
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Language:Icelandic
Published: Research in applied business and economics 2010
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Online Access:https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2010.7.1.2
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description Academics have in recent years compared financial crises in order to gain a better understanding of preceding circumstances. This paper explores whether Icelanders were oblivious to historical warning signals preceding the financial crisis in 2008. A specific focus is on whether Icelanders should have seen warning signals by exploring warning signs in other countries that have recently dealt with financial crises. This research compares the prelude of Iceland’s financial crisis to preceding circumstances of the Scandinavian crisis during the early 1990s. The result is that the characteristics showed remarkable similarities indicating that a deep crisis was brewing in Iceland. Classic symptoms of a prelude to a crisis were even more evident in Iceland. Á síðustu árum hafa fræðimenn borið saman fjármálakreppur til að skilja betur þær aðstæður sem myndast í undanfara kreppu. Þessari grein er ætlað að varpa ljósi á það hvort Íslendingar flutu sofandi að feigðarósi í aðdraganda fjármálakreppunnar árið 2008. Viðfangsefnið beinist að því hvort Íslendingar hefðu átt að sjá viðvörunarmerkin með því að líta til reynslu annarra landa sem nýlega höfðu glímt við fjármálakreppu. Rannsókn þessi ber undanfara íslensku fjármálakreppunnar saman við undanfara norrænu kreppunnar í upphafi tíunda áratugarins. Niðurstaðan er sú að einkennin voru afar lík og það gaf tilefni til að ætla að djúp kreppa væri í aðsigi á Íslandi. Sígild merki um undanfara kreppu sáust jafnvel enn skýrar á Íslandi.
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/2243 2025-01-16T22:35:24+00:00 On a red light - Iceland's financial crisis and the Nordic experience Áfram á rauðu ljósi – fjármálahrunið á Íslandi og reynsla Norðurlandanna Mixa, Már Wolfgang Sigurjónsson, Þröstur Olaf 2010-06-15 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2010.7.1.2 isl ice Research in applied business and economics Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2010.7.1.2/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2010.7.1.2 Copyright (c) 2016 Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál Research in applied business and economics; Vol. 7 No. 1 (2010); 21-40 Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál; Bnd. 7 Nr. 1 (2010); 21-40 1670-4851 1670-4444 Financial crisis behavioral finance regulation G010 Hrun kreppur fjármál fjármálakreppur regluverk info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2010 fticelandunivojs 2023-08-01T12:29:27Z Academics have in recent years compared financial crises in order to gain a better understanding of preceding circumstances. This paper explores whether Icelanders were oblivious to historical warning signals preceding the financial crisis in 2008. A specific focus is on whether Icelanders should have seen warning signals by exploring warning signs in other countries that have recently dealt with financial crises. This research compares the prelude of Iceland’s financial crisis to preceding circumstances of the Scandinavian crisis during the early 1990s. The result is that the characteristics showed remarkable similarities indicating that a deep crisis was brewing in Iceland. Classic symptoms of a prelude to a crisis were even more evident in Iceland. Á síðustu árum hafa fræðimenn borið saman fjármálakreppur til að skilja betur þær aðstæður sem myndast í undanfara kreppu. Þessari grein er ætlað að varpa ljósi á það hvort Íslendingar flutu sofandi að feigðarósi í aðdraganda fjármálakreppunnar árið 2008. Viðfangsefnið beinist að því hvort Íslendingar hefðu átt að sjá viðvörunarmerkin með því að líta til reynslu annarra landa sem nýlega höfðu glímt við fjármálakreppu. Rannsókn þessi ber undanfara íslensku fjármálakreppunnar saman við undanfara norrænu kreppunnar í upphafi tíunda áratugarins. Niðurstaðan er sú að einkennin voru afar lík og það gaf tilefni til að ætla að djúp kreppa væri í aðsigi á Íslandi. Sígild merki um undanfara kreppu sáust jafnvel enn skýrar á Íslandi. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Varpa ENVELOPE(11.284,11.284,64.505,64.505) Merki ENVELOPE(-14.348,-14.348,64.658,64.658) Kreppa ENVELOPE(-16.203,-16.203,65.179,65.179)
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Mixa, Már Wolfgang
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On a red light - Iceland's financial crisis and the Nordic experience
title On a red light - Iceland's financial crisis and the Nordic experience
title_full On a red light - Iceland's financial crisis and the Nordic experience
title_fullStr On a red light - Iceland's financial crisis and the Nordic experience
title_full_unstemmed On a red light - Iceland's financial crisis and the Nordic experience
title_short On a red light - Iceland's financial crisis and the Nordic experience
title_sort on a red light - iceland's financial crisis and the nordic experience
topic Financial crisis
behavioral finance
regulation
G010
Hrun
kreppur
fjármál
fjármálakreppur
regluverk
topic_facet Financial crisis
behavioral finance
regulation
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kreppur
fjármál
fjármálakreppur
regluverk
url https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2010.7.1.2