Peculiaridades de la Economia islandesa en los albores del siglo XXI

TL;DR

This paper reviews Iceland's economic history, analyzes the 2008 financial crisis with a focus on its unique economic structure, and examines international repercussions and legal disputes stemming from Iceland's crisis management.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of Iceland's economic peculiarities and their role in the 2008 crisis, including case studies like Icesave and international impact assessment.

Findings

Iceland's economic structure contributed to the crisis.

The 2008 crisis had significant international legal and financial repercussions.

Iceland's crisis management influenced global financial policies.

Abstract

Se repasa brevemente la historia y las finanzas islandesas de manera diacr\'onica. Se presenta a Islandia como basti\'on del estallido de la crisis financiera internacional que comienza a gestarse a principios del siglo XXI y cuyo origen se hace evidente en la fecha simb\'olica del a\~no 2008. Se analizan las razones fundamentales de esta crisis, centrandonos en las particularidades de la estructura econ\'omica islandesa. Se consideran las diferencias y parecidos de esta situaci\'on en relaci\'on a algunos otros pa\'ises en similares circunstancias. Se estudia el caso del banco Icesave. Se considera la repercusi\'on que la crisis experimentada por Islandia tiene en el \'ambito internacional, especialmente en los inversores extranjeros y en los conflictos jur\'idicos surgidos a ra\'iz de las medidas adoptadas por el gobierno island\'es para sacar al pa\'is de la bancarrota. -- Icelandic history and diachronically finances are briefly reviewed. Iceland is presented as a bastion of the outbreak of the global financial crisis begins to take shape in the early twenty-first century and whose origin is evident in the symbolic date of 2008. The main reasons for this crisis are analyzed, focusing on the particularities of Iceland's economic structure. The differences and similarities of this in relation to some other countries in similar circumstances are considered. Bank Icesave case is studied. The impact of the crises experienced by Iceland has in the international arena, especially foreign investors and legal disputes arising out of actions taken by the Icelandic government to pull the country out of bankruptcy is considered.