Helga Kristjánsdóttir

University of Akureyri, School of Business and Science, Faculty Member

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Doctor Helga Kristjánsdóttir MBA MS PhD is a Professor at the University of Akureyri. She completed an MBA from Boston College USA in 1995, an MS degree in Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium in 2000, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Iceland in 2004. During her Ph.D. studies she worked as a researcher at the Department of Economics at Copenhagen University, at the Centre for Applied Microeconometrics (CAM), and the Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU). At the University of Copenhagen, she participated in a research and training network funded by the European Commission, titled: ''Analysis of International Capital Markets: Understanding Europe's Role in the Global Economy''. Dr. Kristjánsdóttir has worked as an economist and researcher, as well as a stockbroker and in management consultancy. Her teaching experience includes classes in international economics, international business, statistics, and energy economics at undergraduate and graduate levels. Working experience includes teaching at the University of Iceland, Bifröst University, REYST energy school, and the University of Akureyri. Dr. Kristjánsdóttir has research cooperation with international researchers, and twice organized the Nordic International Trade Seminars (NOITS). Her research covers the publication of articles in peer-reviewed international journals. Dr. Kristjánsdóttir areas of interest include international trade and investment, and renewable energy, as well as the tourism industry. For more information see: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8857-8063
ResearcherID: S-1349-2018
Scopus Author ID: 36964297400
Supervisors: Dr. Ronald B. Davies Professor
Phone: 00-354-848-1718
Address: Faculty of Business
University of Akureyri
Nordurslod 2
600 Akureyri

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Papers by Helga Kristjánsdóttir

Carbfix and Sulfix in Geothermal Production, and the Blue Lagoon in Iceland: Grindavík Urban Settlement, and Volcanic Activity

Baltic Journal of Economic Studies

This article analyses ways to maintain reservoir sustainability in the area surrounding the Blue ... more 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 pioneered the simultaneous production of electricity and hot water from a geothermal reservoir. The Blue Lagoon is a warm geothermal pool using brine from the power plant. This paper reports on the processes and procedures at the Blue Lagoon and the Svartsengi power station, aimed at increasing sustainability of the geothermal resource by injecting the geothermal brine back to ground, to ensure the geothermal resource sustainability in the area. This paper also discusses and explains in details the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from geothermal plant operations in Iceland. When the steam from a geothermal reservoir emerges from the ground, it comes up with enough energy to drive turbine generators for electricity production. However...

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The global financial crisis and FDI in Europe

Asian Foreign Direct Investment in Europe

Eu-Country and Non-Eu-Country at the Time of Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment

by Helga Kristjánsdóttir and Stefanía Óskarsdóttir

Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2020

The global financial crisis affected the flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). This study foc... more 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 from the broad perspective of international economics and political atmosphere, combining government decisions with economic consequences. We analyze inward foreign direct investment, incorporating factors like economic size and stock market firms, receiving portfolio investment, rather than FDI. Our findings indicate that before the crisis the economic wealth in the domestic market to have positive effects on FDI, and firms receiving portfolio investment on the stock market are competing with FDI. This is the case for both Ireland and Iceland. However, after the crisis, these factors have insignificant impact on FDI.

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EU Country and EFTA Country Export Differences

Journal of Risk and Financial Management

This research seeks to analyze the export differences facing countries in the EU and EFTA. This i... more 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 (EFTA), and provide a comparison of these two. This research seeks to analyze exports determinants to answer these two questions. There are two countries selected for this study, the small EFTA country Iceland, and the large EU country UK, before BREXIT. We apply a gravity model in our econometric analysis, with exports dependent on the gross domestic product, population, and geographic distance. We estimate these effects on the exports of both the UK and Iceland in separate equation systems. We conclude that exports from the UK, before BREXIT, are more negatively affected by geographical distance than exports for the EFTA country Iceland, when corrected for gross domestic product and population size.

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Tax on tourism in Europe: Does higher value-added tax (VAT) impact tourism demand in Europe?

Current Issues in Tourism

The Longitude and Latitude of Trading in Tourists

Journal of Tourism Research & Hospitality

Hofstede national culture and international trade

Applied Economics

The objective is to analyse if international trade is affected by different national cultures. In... more The objective is to analyse if international trade is affected by different national cultures. International trade of 21 World Bank listed countries is estimated as function of the Hofstede cultural dimensions, gross domestic product and population. First, we estimate the combined Hofstede culture dimensions and find significant positive effects on countries&#39; international trade. Secondly, we decompose the Hofstede culture dimensions and estimate the effects of each separate dimension on international trade, finding only the MAS dimension to significantly affect international trade. We estimate additional equation versions to account for occasional trade restrictions with no international trade, as well as estimating how international trade varies between years. These additional estimations further support our original findings, and therefore act as robustness check.

Substitutability Between Foreign Direct Investment and Aid

... Page 2. 1 Introduction Recent studies have shown that the majority of FDI has taken place bet... more

Family consumption and time use. How is intra-household consumption and time use impacted by income decrease, following an economic recession?

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What determines the inflow of foreign direct investment

Characterization of a Susceptibility Locus for SLE, SLEB5, on Chromosome 4p14-13

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 2006

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a systemic autoimmune disorder of unknown aetiology but is most l... more Systemic lupus erythematosus is a systemic autoimmune disorder of unknown aetiology but is most likely caused by an interaction between several genetic factors and the environment. In a previously published genome scan we presented linkage to a marker on chromosome 4p13 in Icelandic families. Fine mapping of the region has been performed using 10 multicase families from Iceland and the maximum two-point LOD score was given by marker D4S2974 (Z = 3.57, alpha = 1). Multipoint analyses of the markers in the region suggest a putative disease gene to be located between markers D4S405 and D4S2381. The maximum multipoint LOD score (Z = 3.76) was given for marker D4S2974 in combination with the novel repeat GT4C2. A family-specific haplotype was segregating with the disease in each of eight families although a founder haplotype could not be identified. Analysis of recombination events in the patients delimited the susceptibility locus to approximately 3 cM. The susceptibility locus identified probably contains a mutation that has been enriched in the Icelandic population but is less common in other populations. We also show that this region is not identical to a susceptibility locus for SLE located on 4p16 where we detect no linkage.