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Browsing by Subject "SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth"

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    Carbfix and sulfix in geothermal production, and the Blue lagoon in Iceland: Grindavík urban settlement, and volcanic activity 
    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 ...
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    Does investment replace aid as countries become more developed? 
    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 ...
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    EU country and EFTA country export differences 
    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 ...
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    European FDI in Ireland and Iceland : Before and after the Financial Crisis 
    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 ...
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    EU-country and non-EU-country at the time of crisis : Foreign direct investment 
    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 ...
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    Free trade agreement (FTA) with China and interaction between export and imports 
    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), ...
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    Substitution between inward and outward foreign direct investment 
    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 ...
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    UK foreign direct investment in the OECD, culture and geography 
    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, ...