Journal Articles

Trade, renewable energy, and market power in power markets

KR Brekke, OR Straume, L Sørgard

Energy Economics

The division of revenues from unexpected demand shocks

P Bastos, NP Monteiro, OR Straume

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Do hospital mergers reduce waiting times? Theory and evidence from the English NHS 

V Cirulli, G Marini, MA Marini, OR Straume 

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 238, 107196, 2025.

Merger control in retail markets with national pricing

TS Gabrielsen, BO Johansen, OR Straume

Journal of Law & Economics, 68, 121-182, 2025.

Taking the competitor's pill: when combination therapies enter pharmaceutical markets

KR Brekke, DM Dalen, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 101, 102976, 2025.

Quality discrimination in healthcare markets

RB Esteves, Z Ghandour, OR Straume

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 34, 24-41, 2025.

Hospital competition when patients learn through experience

L Sá, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 97, 102920, 2024.

Management practices, pay, and pay inequality

NP Monteiro, OR Straume

Journal of Labor Research, 45, 254-304, 2024.

Competition, quality and integrated health care

KR Brekke, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 95, 102880, 2024.

Competing with precision: incentives for developing predictive biomarker tests

KR Brekke, DM Dalen, OR Straume

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 126, 60-97, 2024.

The price of cost-effectiveness thresholds under therapeutic competition in pharmaceutical markets

KR Brekke, DM Dalen, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 90, 102778, 2023.

National pricing with local quality competition

TS Gabrielsen, BO Johansen, OR Straume

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 32, 48-74, 2023.

Therapeutic reference pricing and drug innovation incentives

OR Straume

Economics Letters, 122, 110945, 2023.

Optimal funding coverage in a mixed oligopoly with quality competition and price regulation

Z Ghandour, OR Straume

Journal of Economics, 136, 201-225, 2022.

Paying for pharmaceuticals: uniform pricing versus two-part tariffs

KR Brekke, DM Dalen, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 83, 102613, 2022.

Investment and quality competition in health care markets

Z Ghandour, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 82, 102588, 2022.

Quality provision in hospital markets with demand inertia: the role of patient expectations

L Sá, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 80, 102529, 2021.

When does remote access (not) boost productivity? Longitudinal evidence from Portugal

NP Monteiro, OR Straume, M Valente

Information Economics and Policy, 56, 100923, 2021.

Hospital competition in a national health service: evidence from a patient choice reform

KR Brekke, C Canta, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 79, 102509, 2021.

International outsourcing and trade union (de-)centralisation

KE Lommerud, F Meland, OR Straume

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 187, 76-91, 2021.

Optimal dynamic volume-based price regulation

M Bisceglia, R Cellini, L Siciliani, OR Straume

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 73, 102675, 2020.

Hospital competition under pay-for-performance: quality, mortality and readmissions

D Lisi, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 29, 289-314, 2020.

How does the type of remuneration affect physician behaviour? Fixed salary versus fee-for-service

KR Brekke, TH Holmås, K Monstad, OR Straume

American Journal of Health Economics, 6, 104-138, 2020.

Dynamic hospital competition under rationing by waiting times

L Sá, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 66, 260-282, 2019.

Competition and physician behaviour: does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates?

KR Brekke, TH Holmås, K Monstad, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 66, 117-135, 2019.

Competition and equity in health care markets

L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 64, 1-14, 2019.

Are cooperatives more productive than investor-owned firms? Cross-industry evidence from Portugal

NP Monteiro, OR Straume

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 89, 377-414, 2018.

A dynamic model of quality competition with endogenous prices

R Cellini, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, 94, 190-206, 2018.

Foreign acquisition and internal organization

P Bastos, NP Monteiro, OR Straume

Journal of International Economics, 114, 143-163, 2018.

Can competition reduce quality?

KR Brekke, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 174, 421-447, 2018.

Socioeconomic status and physicians' treatment decisions

KR Brekke, TH Holmås, K Monstad, OR Straume

Health Economics, 27, e77-e89, 2018.

Employment protection and unemployment benefits: on technology adoption and job creation in a matching model

KE Lommerud, OR Straume, S Vagstad

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 120, 763-793, 2018.

Horizontal mergers and product quality

KR Brekke, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Canadian Journal of Economics, 50, 1063-1103, 2017.

Do treatment decisions depend on physicians' financial incentives?

KR Brekke, TH Holmås, K Monstad, OR Straume

Journal of Public Economics, 155, 74-91, 2017.

Hospital mergers with regulated prices

KR Brekke, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119, 597-627, 2017.

Competition policy for health care provision in Norway

KR Brekke, OR Straume

Health Policy, 121, 134-140, 2017.

Reference pricing with endogenous generic entry

KR Brekke, C Canta, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 50, 312-329, 2016.

Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income

KR Brekke, R Levaggi, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 50, 372-387, 2016.

Preschool education in Brazil: does public supply crowd out private enrollment?

P Bastos, OR Straume

World Development, 78, 496-510, 2016.

Price regulation and parallel imports of pharmaceuticals

KR Brekke, TH Holmås, OR Straume

Journal of Public Economics, 129, 92-105, 2015.

Hospital competition with soft budgets

KR Brekke, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 117, 1019-1048, 2015.

Mommy tracks and public policy: on self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in hiring and promotion

KE Lommerud, OR Straume, S Vagstad

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 116, 540-554, 2015. 

The effect of private versus public ownership on labour earnings

P Bastos, NP Monteiro, OR Straume

Oxford Economic Papers, 66, 983-1005, 2014.

Patient mobility, health care quality and welfare

KR Brekke, R Levaggi, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 105, 140-157, 2014.

The impact of private versus public ownership on the level and structure of employment

P Bastos, NP Monteiro, OR Straume

Economics of Transition, 22, 247-280, 2014.

Rain, agriculture, and tariffs

P Bastos, OR Straume, JA Urrego

Journal of International Economics, 90, 364-377, 2013.

Quality competition with motivated providers and sluggish demand

L Siciliani, OR Straume, R Cellini

Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, 37, 2041-2061, 2013.

Margins and market shares: pharmacy incentives for generic substitution

KR Brekke, TH Holmås, OR Straume

European Economic Review, 61, 116-131, 2013.

Quality competition with profit constraints

KR Brekke, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 84, 642-659, 2012.

North-South technology transfer in unionised multinationals

KE Lommerud, F Meland, OR Straume

Journal of Development Economics, 99, 385-395, 2012.

Competition in regulated markets with sluggish beliefs about quality

KR Brekke, R Cellini, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 21, 131-178, 2012.

Globalization, product differentiation and wage inequality

P Bastos, OR Straume

Canadian Journal of Economics, 45, 857-878, 2012.

Restructuring in privatised firms: a Statis approach

A Figueiredo, F Figueiredo, NP Monteiro, OR Straume

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 23, 108-116, 2012.

Employment protection versus flexicurity: on technology adoption in unionised firms

KE Lommerud, OR Straume

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 114, 177-199, 2012.

Firm ownership and rent sharing

NP Monteiro, M Portela, OR Straume

Journal of Labor Research, 32, 210-236, 2011.

Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices

KR Brekke, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113, 444-469, 2011.

Reference pricing, competition and pharmaceutical expenditures: theory and evidence from a natural experiment

KR Brekke, TH Holmås, OR Straume

Journal of Public Economics, 95, 624-638, 2011.

Mergers and capital flights in unionised oligopolies: is there scope for a "national champion" policy?

KE Lommerud, F Meland, OR Straume

International Review of Economics & Finance, 20, 325-341, 2011.

Price and quality in spatial competition

KR Brekke, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 40, 471-480, 2010.

Competition and quality in health care markets: a differential-game approach

KR Brekke, R Cellini, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 29, 508-523, 2010.

Company taxation and merger incentives in international oligopoly: on international policy coordination with strategic trade

KE Lommerud, TE Olsen, OR Straume

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 10, 161-186, 2010.

Does monetary punishment crowd out pro-social motivation? A natural experiment on hospital length of stay

TH Holmås, E Kjerstad, H Lurås, OR Straume

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 75, 261-267, 2010.

Pharmaceutical patents: incentives for research and development or marketing?

KR Brekke, OR Straume

Southern Economic Journal, 76, 351-374, 2009.

Firm heterogeneity and wages in unionised labour markets: theory and evidence

P Bastos, NP Monteiro, OR Straume

Labour Economics, 16, 440-450, 2009.

Can deunionization lead to international outsourcing?

KE Lommerud, F Meland, OR Straume

Journal of International Economics, 77, 109-119, 2009.

Competition and waiting times in hospital markets

KR Brekke, L Siciliani, OR Straume

Journal of Public Economics, 92, 1607-1628, 2008.

Outsourcing in contests

F Meland, OR Straume

Public Choice, 131, 315-331, 2007.

Industry concentration and strategic trade policy in successive oligopoly

G Nese, OR Straume

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 7, 31-52, 2007.

Reference pricing of pharmaceuticals

KR Brekke, I Königbauer, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 26, 613-642, 2007.

Gatekeeping in health care

KR Brekke, R Nuscheler, OR Straume

Journal of Health Economics, 26, 149-170, 2007.

Managerial delegation and merger incentives with asymmetric costs

OR Straume

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 162, 450-469, 2006.

Product market integration and environmental policy coordination in an international duopoly

OR Straume

Environmental & Resource Economics, 34, 535-563, 2006.

Globalisation and union opposition to technological change

KE Lommerud, F Meland, OR Straume

Journal of International Economics, 68, 1-12, 2006.

National versus international mergers in unionized oligopoly

KE Lommerud, OR Straume, L Sørgard

RAND Journal of Economics, 37, 212-233, 2006.

Quality and location choices under price regulation

KR Brekke, R Nuscheler, OR Straume

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 15, 207-227, 2006.

Downstream merger with upstream market power

KE Lommerud, OR Straume, L Sørgard

European Economic Review, 49, 717-743, 2005.

Good jobs, bad jobs, and redistribution

KE Lommerud, B Sandvik, OR Straume

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 106, 703-720, 2004.

Merger, partial collusion and relocation

P Posada, OR Straume

Journal of Economics, 83, 243-265, 2004.

Bilateral monopolies and location choice

KR Brekke, OR Straume

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 34, 275-288, 2004.

International mergers and trade liberalisation: implications for unionised labour

OR Straume

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 21, 717-735, 2003.

Union collusion and intra-industry trade

OR Straume

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 20, 631-652, 2002.

Rent-seeking in a unionised monopoly

OR Straume

Economics of Governance, 3, 117-134, 2002.