Irregularities in privatization of Icelandic finanacial sector – case study. Cover Image

Nieprawidłowości związane z prywatyzacją islandzkiego sektora finansowego - analiza przypadku.
Irregularities in privatization of Icelandic finanacial sector – case study.

Author(s): Marcin Kowalczyk
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Criminology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Gospodarki Euroregionalnej im. Alcide De Gasperi w Józefowie
Keywords: corruption; political corruption; banking; financial institutions; public institutions; CBI; Iceland; Icesave;

Summary/Abstract: Financial crisis in Iceland, involving excessive and uncontrolled growth of the banking sector, exhibited the weakness of the controlling agencies, including the Central Bank of Iceland (CBI). This paper critically analyses the privatization of Icelandic banking sector, its irregularities and causes of the economic breakdown, which took place in October, 2008.

  • Issue Year: 16/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 355-371
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish