Winning the prescription: Competitive tenders versus decentralised competition (with Dag Morten Dalen and Odd Rune Straume). Invited resubmission to the Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
When do pharmaceutical patent holders have an incentive to delay the launch of follow-on drugs? (with Dag Morten Dalen and Odd Rune Straume)
Does reference pricing drive out generic competition in pharmaceutical markets? Evidence from a policy reform (with Chiara Canta, Odd Rune Straume)
Merger control and use of remedies: experiences from Norway (with Eileen Fumagalli, Jan Gaute Sannarnes)
Price hikes of older drugs (with Dag Morten Dalen, Tor Helge Holmås and Odd Rune Straume)
Competition matters: uniform vs. indication-based pricing of pharmaceuticals (co-authors: Dag Morten Dalen, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming.
Public coverage of dental care: universal or targeted? (co-authors: Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), the Scandinavian Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
Halting a Competitor's Mobile Network Roll-out: The Norwegian Telenor Abuse Case (with Magnus Friis Reitan, Lars Sørgard), Journal of Competition Law & Economics, forthcoming. Pre-publication version
Trade, renewable energy, and market power in power markets (co-authors: Odd Rune Straume, Lars Sørgard), Energy Economics, 151, 108763, 2025.
Taking the competitor's pill: when combination therapies enter pharmaceutical markets (co-authors: Dag Morten Dalen, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, Volume 101, May 2025, 102976.
Competition, quality and integrated health care (co-authors: Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, Volume 95, May 2024, 102880.
Competing with precision: incentives for developing predictive biomarker tests (co-authors: Dag Morten Dalen, Odd Rune Straume), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Volume 126, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 60-97.
The price of cost-effectiveness thresholds (co-authors: Dag Morten Dalen, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, Volume 90, July 2023, 102778.
Paying for pharmaceuticals: uniform pricing versus two-part tariffs (co-authors: Dag Morten Dalen, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, 83, May 2022. (Awarded the 2023 EEG Research Prize in Economics at the University of Minho).
Hospital competition in a National Health Service: Evidence from a patient choice reform (co-authors: Chiara Canta, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, 79, September 2021.
Fusjonskontrollen: Hjelper avhjelpende tiltak? (co-authors: Eileen Fumagalli, Jan Gaute Sannarnes), Samfunnsøkonomen, 2021 (in Norwegian).
How does the type of remuneration affect physician behaviour? Fixed salary versus fee-for-service (co-authors: Tor Helge Holmås, Karin Monstad, Odd Rune Straume), American Journal of Health Economics, 6, 104-138, 2020.
Competition and physician behaviour: does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates? (co-authors: Tor Helge Holmås, Karin Monstad, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, 66, 117-135, 2019.
Effekter av konkurransereglene for norske forbrukere (co-authors: Lars Sørgard, Andreas J. Tveito), Samfunnsøkonomen, 1, 2019 (in Norwegian).
Can competition reduce quality? (co-authors: Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 174, 421-447, 2018.
Socioeconomic status and physicians' treatment decisions (co-authors: Tor Helge Holmås, Karin Monstad, Odd Rune Straume), Health Economics, 27, e77-e89, 2018.
Capital taxation and imperfect competition: ACE vs. CBIT, (co-authors: Armando Pires, Dirk Schindler, Guttorm Schjelderup), Journal of Public Economics, 147, 1-15, March 2017.
Horizontal mergers and product quality (co-authors: Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Canadian Journal of Economics, 50, 1063-1103, 2017.
Do treatment decisions depend on physicians' financial incentives? (co-authors: Tor Helge Holmås, Karin Monstad, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Public Economics, 155, 74-91, 2017.
Hospital mergers with regulated prices (co-authors Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119, 597-627, 2017.
Competition policy for health care provision in Norway (co-author: Odd Rune Straume), Health Policy, 121, 134-140, 2017.
Reference pricing with endogenous generic entry (co-authors: Chiara Canta, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, 50, 312-329, 2016.
Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income (co-authors: Rosella Levaggi, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, 50, 372-387, 2016.
Price regulation and parallel imports of pharmaceuticals (co-authors: Tor Helge Holmås, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Public Economics, 129, 92-105, 2015.
Hospital competition with soft budgets (co-authors: Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 117, 1019-1048, 2015.
Patient mobility, health care quality and welfare (co-authors: Rosella Levaggi, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 105, 140-157, 2014.
Margins and market shares: pharmacy incentives for generic substitution (co-authors: Tor Helge Holmås, Odd Rune Straume), European Economic Review, 61, 116-131, 2013.
Diffusion of pharmaceuticals: cross-country evidence of anti-TNF drugs (co-authors: Dag Morten Dalen, Tor Helge Holmås), European Journal of Health Economics, 15, 937-951, 2013.
Quality competition with profit constraints (co-authors: Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 84, 642-659, 2012.
Competition in regulated markets with sluggish beliefs about quality (co-authors: Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 21, 131-178, 2012.
Should pharmaceutical costs be curbed? (co-authors: Dag Morten Dalen, Steinar Strøm), Nordic Economic Policy Review 2, 1-27, 2012.
Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices (co-authors: Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113, 444-469, 2011.
Reference pricing, competition and pharmaceutical expenditures: theory and evidence from a natural experiment (co-authors: Tor Helge Holmås, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Public Economics, 95, 624-638, 2011.
Price and quality in spatial competition (co-authors: Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 40, 471-480, 2010.
Competition and quality in health care markets: a differential-game approach (co-authors: Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, 29, 508-523, 2010.
Regulation and pricing of pharmaceuticals: price cap or reference pricing? (co-authors: Astrid L. Grasdal and Tor Helge Holmås), European Economic Review, 53, 170-185, 2009.
Pharmaceutical patents: incentives for research and development or marketing? (co-author: Odd Rune Straume), Southern Economic Journal, 76, 351-374, 2009.
Competition and waiting times in hospital markets (co-authors: Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Public Economics, 92, 1607-1628, 2008.
Private versus public health care in a National Health Service (co-author: Lars Sørgard), Health Economics, 16, 579-601, 2007.
Reference pricing of pharmaceuticals (co-authors: Ingrid Königbauer, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, 26, 613-642, 2007.
Gatekeeping in health care (co-authors: Robert Nuscheler, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Health Economics, 26, 149-170, 2007.
Quality and location choices under price regulation (co-authors: Robert Nuscheler, Odd Rune Straume), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 15, 207-227, 2006.
Direct to consumer advertising in pharmaceutical markets (co-author: Michael Kuhn), Journal of Health Economics, 25, 102-130, 2006. (Reprinted in Recent Developments in the Economics of Advertising, editor Simon P. Anderson, Edward Elgar Publishing, 110-138, 2016).
Bilateral monopolies and location choice (co-author: Odd Rune Straume), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 34, 275-288, 2004.
Competition or coordination in hospital markets with unionised labour, International Journal of Health Care Finance & Economics, 4, 65-89, 2004.
Fra forvaltning til monopol i den norske sykehussektoren, Økonomisk Forum, 4, 13-19, 2002 (in Norwegian).
Hva vet vi om konkurranseutsetting?, Magma, Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse, 2, 29-39, 1999 (in Norwegian).
Public Health Care (co-authors: Mathias Kifmann, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume). Cambridge Elements in Public Economics (eds. Robin Boadway, Frank A. Cowell, Massimo Florio), Cambridge University Press.
"Now you are asking for a real war!": Private alarm systems in Norway (co-author: Lars Sørgard). Chapter in Joseph E. Harrington, Jr. and Maarten Pieter Schinkel (eds.) Cartels Diagnosed: New Insight on Collusion, Cambridge University Press, Chapter 2, 44-72, 2024.
Quality and price competition in spatial markets (co-authors: Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), In: Spatial Economics Vol. 1: Theory (edited by S Colombo), Palgrave McMillan, Ch. 12, 295-332, 2020.
Measuring market power in multi-sided markets, In: Rethinking Antitrust Tools for Multi-Sided Platforms. OECD report, Chapter 4, 2018.
Hospital quality competition: a review of the theoretical literature (co-authors: Hugh Gravelle, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume) In: Competition between Hospitals: Does it Affect Quality of Care? (edited by B Dormont and C Milcent), Collection du CEPREMAP Nº 49, Éditions Rue d'Ulm, pp. 25-67, 2018.
Differential games in health care markets: models of quality competition with fixed prices (co-authors: Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume). In: Advances in Dynamic and Mean Field Games (edited by J Apaloo and B Viscolani), Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games, Vol. 15, Birkhäuser - Springer International Publishing, pp. 145-167, 2017.
Patient choice, mobility and competition among health care providers (co-authors: Hugh Gravelle, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume), In: Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility – Health Integration in the European Union (edited by R. Levaggi and M. Montefiori), Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, Vol. 12, Springer, pp. 1-26, 2014.
Er konkurranse en god ide i helsesektoren? (co-author: Jan Erik Askildsen), in Jan Erik Askildsen, Kjell Haug (red): Helse, økonomi og politikk. Utfordringer for det norske helsevesen. Cappelen Akademiske forlag, Oslo. Chapter 11, 2001 (in Norwegian).