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  • Kristjánsdóttir, Helga; Kristjansdottir, Sigridur (2021)
    This article analyses ways to maintain reservoir sustainability in the area surrounding the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, near the urban settlement of Grindavík on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. The Svartsengi geothermal power plant operations have ...
  • Sigurðsson, Kjartan; Eyþórsson, Grétar Þór; Kristjansdottir, Helga (2023-08-25)
    The paper highlights the increased international trade and discussion in recent years of digital currencies, also known as virtual currencies or cryptocurrencies, including the bilateral trade coin bitcoin (BTC). Scholars have emphasised the need to ...
  • Kristjánsdóttir, Helga (2019)
    This paper looks at the correlation between aid inflow and foreign direct investment inflow to the heavily indebted poor countries Malawi, Mozambique and Ghana, classified as developing countries. Data covers World Bank measures for aid and foreign ...
  • Óskarsson, Guðmundur Kristján; Kristjánsdóttir, Helga (2021-04)
    This research seeks to analyze the export differences facing countries in the EU and EFTA. This is firstly to analyze the effects on international trade of the trade bloc of the European Union (EU), and secondly the European Free Trade Association ...
  • Kristjánsdóttir, Helga; Óskarsdóttir, Stefanía (2021-01)
    This paper analyses Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) investment in Ireland and Iceland from other European countries during two periods, i.e., the pre-financial crisis period of 2000–2007 and the financial crisis period of 2008–2010. The aim of this ...
  • Kristjánsdóttir, Helga; Óskarsdóttir, Stefanía (2020)
    The global financial crisis affected the flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). This study focuses on two countries in the midst of the financial crisis: Iceland with IMF backup, and Ireland with ECB backup. The research focus is on the situation ...
  • Kristjánsdóttir, Helga; Ágústsdóttir, Olga; Jónsdóttir, Guðríður (2023)
    The purpose of this article is to highlight some of the stages of country's export saga. The country is an island, Iceland, a remote island in the north. The export saga spans more than a thousand years, from Viking settlement to the present day. The ...
  • Kristjánsdóttir, Helga; Guðjónsson, Sigurður; Óskarsson, Guðmundur Kristján (2022-01-30)
    The world trade system appears to gravitate toward trade blocks. While the European Union (EU) is by far the largest trade block in Europe, the subject of this research is focused on another European block, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), ...
  • Jóhannsdóttir, Ásta; Egilson, Snæfríður Þóra; Haraldsdóttir, Freyja (2022-01-15)
    When conceptualising health and wellbeing among disabled people, the experience of internalised ableism must be considered. In this article, we argue that internalised ableism is indeed a health and wellbeing issue that materialises in numerous complex ...
  • Kristjánsdóttir, Helga (2012-11-27)
    This paper offers a new combination of the knowledge-capital and the gravity models. The model combination is applied to a small, remote country, which allows for testing the corner case. Furthermore, the substitution effects between inward and outward ...
  • Kristjánsdóttir, Helga; Karlsdóttir, Fjóla Björk (2020)
    How does distance affect foreign direct investment? Subject of this research is to determine important factors for the United Kingdom, when undertaking foreign direct investment (FDI). The UK is therefore estimated as the home country of investment, ...