Dr. Helga Kristjánsdóttir, Ph.D.
Birkimelur 8 B
107 Reykjavík, Iceland
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.hi.is/~helgakr
Tel: +354-525-4531
Research Interests International Investment, International Trade, Geography, Economic Integration.
Educational Background
2000 – 2004
PhD in Economics, University of Iceland, Iceland.
• Dissertation title: Determinants of Exports and Foreign Direct Investment in a Small Open Economy.
2001– 2003
Visiting Scholar, Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Participation in a research and training network funded by the European Commission on ''The
Analysis of International Capital Markets: Understanding Europe's Role in the Global Economy''.
1999 – 2000
MS in Economics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
• Dissertation title: Evaluation of Icelandic Trade Flows, the Gravity Model Approach.
1993 – 1995
MBA Master of Business Administration, Boston College, United States.
• Finance Emphasis.
1989 – 1992
BS in Economics, University of Iceland, Iceland.
• Dissertation title: The Electricity Market (Raforkumakaðurinn).
Working Experience
04-Current
Post-Doc Researcher for the University of Iceland.
• Several papers in progress.
3/97 – 7/99
Economist, Iceland Telecom Ltd.
• Developed an international competition strategy together with managers.
• Proposed new cost & revenue structure in connection with potential privatization of the company.
• Implemented some new financial processes using the SAP R/3 financial and information system.
4/96 – 3/97
Economist, The Economic Development Fund of Southern Iceland.
• Director of Southern Iceland 2000, strategy formulation project for Southern Iceland.
• Project manager of the EU project; RITTS (Regional Innovation of Technology Transfer
Strategies) evaluating potential gains of co-operation between Icelandic and EU firms.
6/95 – 3/96
Trader and Consultant to Institutional Clients, VIB Islandsbanki Securities Ltd.
• Informed clients with key economic factors and latest forecasts in financial markets.
• Traded stocks and bonds to domestic and international financial institutions.
5/94 – 8/94
Economist, Ministry of Finance in Iceland. Analyzed household savings, and long-term fiscal discipline effects.
3/93 – 8/93
Economist, Ministry of Agriculture in Iceland. Worked on tariff proposals for the WTO negotiations.
6/92 – 2/93
Economist, Institute of Economic Studies at the University of Iceland. Research on a Nordic Energy model.
Other Experience
1997 – 2001
ICEIDA: Icelandic International Development Agency: Member of the Board.
• Supervisory tour to Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi and South Africa in January 1999.
1998 – 2000
Young Atlantic Treaty Association in Iceland: Elected Member of the Board.
• Invited by NATO to Brussels in 1999 to visit NATO’s headquarters in Europe.
1995 – 1997
National Youth Organization of the Icelandic Independence Party: Elected Member of the Board.
• Board Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Youth Organization.
Papers
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A Gravity Model for Exports from Iceland.
Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Iceland.
The Knowledge-Capital Model and Small Countries.
What Drives Sector Allocation of Foreign Direct Investment in Iceland.
Recent
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Keynote speaker, Ministries of Industry and Commerce in Iceland November 5th 2004.
Workshop by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Council of Iceland Iceland, Sept. 2004.
PhD defense at the University of Iceland, Iceland, June 16th 2004.
General Conference of the Scandinavian Academy of Management (NFF) Iceland, August 2003.
PhD Conference of the Scandinavian Academy of Management (NFF) Iceland, August 2003.
PhD Seminar at the University of Iceland, April 2003.
CAM Seminar at the University of Copenhagen, March 2003.
PhD Seminar at the University of Copenhagen, March 2003.
The DGPE Workshop for Danish PhD Students in Economics, Korsør Denmark, December 2002.
Overview Meeting of the CEPR Research Training Network, London, August 2002.
Nordic International Trade Seminars (NOITS), Stockholm School of Economics, May 2002.
CEPR Conference (Tel-Aviv University and the Bank of Israel), Israel, discussant, May 2002.
CAM Seminar at the University of Copenhagen, February 2002.
CAM Seminar at the University of Copenhagen, December 2001.
PhD Seminar at the University of Copenhagen, November 2001.
Miscellaneous
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Referee for the European Economic Review (EER).
EcoMod Modeling School, Intensive Program in Macroeconometric Modeling at Brussels, July, 2005
External Examiner for M.Sc. Thesis, University of Iceland, October 2004.
Mobility Scholarship, Nordisk Forskerutdanningsakademi (NORFA), Fall 2003.
PhD Course in Switzerland on International Macroeconomics, with Assaf Razin, July 2002.
PhD Course in Copenhagen on International Trade and Investment, w. Ronald Davies, April 2002.
Research visit to the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) Stockholm, Nov. 2002.
Research visit to Tilburg University, Netherlands, June 2002.
PhD Student Grant, Graduate Education Fund, Icelandic Centre for Research, 2001-2003.
PhD Student Grant, Icelandic Student Innovation Fund, 2001.
PhD Student Grant, Trade Council of Iceland, 2000.
Student Grant Award, Chamber of Commerce in Iceland, 2000.
Teacher of Corporate Finance, The Commercial College Reykjavík, Iceland, 1996-1997.
Research Assistantship, Boston College Graduate School of Management, 1994-1995.
Research Assistantship, Institute of Economic Studies, University of Iceland, 1992-1993.
Personal
Citizenship: Icelandic. Languages: Icelandic, English, Danish. Birth date: June 24th 1969.
Countries
visited
Austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Faeroe Islands,
Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Luxembourg, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.
References
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Thorvaldur Gylfason, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Iceland.
Email: [email protected]
Ronald Davies, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oregon.
Email: [email protected]
Peter Birch Sørensen, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen.
Email: [email protected]
Vilhjalmur Egilsson, former Executive Director at IMF.
Email: [email protected]