Iceland Left Out in the Cold? International Political Theory
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Iceland Left Out in the Cold?International Political Theory
Professor Hannes H. GissurarsonNOPSA-37, Gothenburg
14 August 2014, 8.45–9.45
US v. Cuba, Prussia v. Denmark
Division of Central Europe
Iceland: 325,000 Without a Military
Top Credit Ratings Created Bubble
1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
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Aa3
AaaAa1
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Baa3
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External Debt: 2004 Crucial Year
1992 1996 2000 2004 20080
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6000000
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10000000
12000000
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External debt in millions of kronur
2004–8: Baugur Bubble
1/1/05 1/1/06 1/1/07 1/1/080
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Loans to Baugur and re-lated companiesLoans to Exista and re-lated companiesLoans to Landsbanki main owners and related com-panies
No more “Oversized” than others
Belgium
Switzerland
Iceland
United Kingdom
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Ratio of short-term liabili-ties to GDP
Size of Banking Sector, 1992–2007
19921993
19941995
19961997
19981999
20002001
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20042005
20062007
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SwitzerlandIceland
Why Does Glass Break?
Crucial Announcements and Decisions
Loss of Social Capital
Haakon VII’s gate 10 in Oslo
The Scottish Angle
Friends in Need, Friends Indeed