Two thorns of experience: financialisation in Iceland and Ireland

Hamid Raza, Bjorn Gudmundsson, Gylfi Zoega, Stephen Kinsella

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Abstract

We explain the 2008 crisis in Iceland and Ireland with an emphasis on the role financialisation played in destabilising these countries’ economies. The two small open economies share similarities in that both countries had capital inflows before the crisis, ending with a sudden stop. However, the mechanisms of the crisis, which induced the capital flows, the factors that influenced them and their effects on the real economy differed due to differences in currency regimes and the response to the crises. We investigate the link between financialisation and the transmission channels of financialisation on the macroeconomy, using ARDL methodology. Finally, we suggest policy prescriptions to limit the scale and scope of similar crises in the future while highlighting the institutional differences between the two economies.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftInternational Review of Applied Economics
Vol/bind30
Udgave nummer6
Sider (fra-til)771-789
ISSN0269-2171
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 24 jul. 2016

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