Dopad finanční krize na islandskou ekonomiku a životní úroveň obyvatelstva

Zuzana Hlaváčková

Bachelor's thesis

Impacts of Financial Crisis on Icelandic Economy and Standard of Living

Abstract:

Island byl Vikingy objeven relativne pozde, az v 9. Stoleti naseho letopoctu. Ze zacatku to byla zeme velmi chuda a zavisla na dovozu. Ve 13. Stoleti se dostala pod danskou nadvladu a po padu danskeho kralovstvi pod nadvladu norskou. Toto obdobi se nazyvalo obdobim temna. Norska nadvlada se nepriznive projevila na ekonomicke situaci Islandu. V 19. stoleti se zacala v Dansku tvorit skupina, zvana Hnuti nezavislosti. Island ziskal uplnou nezavislost az v roce 1944. Zeme je odjakziva zavisla na rybolovu a zemedelstvi. Pred rokem 2008 vysoci zastupci islandskych bank spolecne s nekolika vladnimi predstaviteli zajistili velky priliv nekryteho kapitalu do zeme. To melo za nasledek to, ze se vyrazne zvysila zivotni uroven a ze se bezni lide zacali zadluzovat. Situace vsak nebyla dlouhodobe udrzitelna a v rijnu 2008 se cely bankovni system zhroutil. To melo za nasledek zhorseni zivotni urovne, velky propad kurzu islandske koruny. Nekolik politiku a manazeru bank bylo zatceno.

Abstract:

Iceland was discovered by Vikings in the 9th century. In the beginning it was a country very poor and dependent on import. In the 13th century it got under the governance of Denmark ant hen under Norwegian governance. This era was called The Dark Times. Norwegian governance was bad for icelandic economy. In the 19th century an organization called The independence Movement was established in Copenhagen. Iceland gained its independence in 1944. The country is dependant on fishing industry and agriculture since the very beginning. Before the year 2008 the high management of icelandic banks and high politicians ensured high inflow of unsecured capital into the country. The results were higher standard of living and increasing indebting of citizens. The situation was not sustainable in the long term and in October 2008 the whole system collapsed. The standard of living worsened and the exchange rate of icelandic krona plummeted. Several politicians and managers were arrested.

Keywords

ekonomika, cyklus, inflace, Island, krize, monetární politika, nezaměstnanost, produkt, životní úroveň

Keywords

economy, cycle, Iceland, crisis, Monetary politics, inflation, product, standard of living, unemployment

Language used: Czech

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 14. 3. 2016

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Dana Stará, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / field:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management