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

• Main Authors: Mixa, Már Wolfgang, Sigurjónsson, Þröstur Olaf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Research in applied business and economics 2010
• Subjects: Financial crisis; behavioral finance; regulation; G010; Hrun; kreppur; fjármál; fjármálakreppur; regluverk; Kreppa; Merki; Varpa; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2010.7.1.2

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...