The Question
I'm looking for some information about the economic history of Iceland.
The Answer
We suggest that you consult the following essays by Thrainn Eggertsson noted below. He refers to some of this work in his book also noted below.
Eggertsson T
Sources of risk, institutions for survival, and a game against nature in
premodern Iceland
EXPLOR ECON HIST 35: (1) 1-30 JAN 1998
Eggertsson T
No experiments, monumental disasters: Why it took a thousand years to
develop a specialized fishing industry in Iceland
J ECON BEHAV ORGAN 30: (1) 1-23 JUL 1996
Author Thráinn Eggertsson, 1941-
Title Economic behavior and institutions / Thráinn Eggertsson
Publisher Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990