Curriculum Vitae
Kurt Richard Brekke
January 2015
Personal and contact information
O¢ ce address: Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Department of Economics, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway.
Telephone: + 47 55 95 94 07, Fax: + 47 55 95 95 43 E-mail: kurt.brekke@nhh.no
Citizenship: Norwegian
Education
Dr. Polit. (PhD in Economics), University of Bergen, 2003.
–Thesis title: “Five Essays on Competition and Regulation in Health Care Markets” Cand. Polit. (MSc in Economics), University of Bergen, 1996
Cand. Mag. (BA in Social Science), University of Bergen, 1994
Employment Current position
Professor, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Department of Economics, 2009 –
Previous positions
Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Department of Economics, 2008 –2009
Assistant Professor, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Department of Economics, 2005 –2008
Researcher (forsker II), Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF), Bergen, 2003 –2005
Research Fellow (4 year PhD-student position, including 1 year of teaching), University of Bergen, Department of Economics, Bergen, 1999 –2003
Researcher (forsker III), Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF), Bergen, 1998 –1999
Adviser (Rådgiver), Norwegian Competition Authority, Oslo, 1997 –1998
Consultant (Førstekonsulent), Norwegian Competition Authority, Oslo, 1996 –1997 Teaching assistant, Department of Economics, University of Bergen, 1994 –1996
A¢ liations
Research Fellow, CESifo, Munich, 2009 – Research A¢ liate, CESifo, Munich, 2004 –2009
Research A¢ liate, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF), 2005 –
Research Associate, Health Economics Bergen (HEB), 1999 –
Research A¢ liate, Bergen Economic Center for Competition Law and Economics (BECCLE), 2011 –
Editorial Boards
Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011 – Associate Editor, Nordic Journal of Health Economics, 2011 –
Administrative activities
Program leader of Industrial organization and competition policy, Centre for Applied Re-search at NHH (SNF), 2014 –
Coordinator for the Economics master pro…le at NHH, 2013 –
Member of Government Committee revising the Regulation of Public Procurement, December 2012 –June 2014 (NOU: Forenklingsutvalget, FAD).
Board member, Department of Economics, NHH, 2009 –2013 Teaching coordinator, Department of Economics, NHH, 2009 –2013 Board member, Master Program committee (PMU), NHH, 2011 –2013
Publications
International journal articles
1. "Hospital competition with soft budgets" (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Forthcoming inScandinavian Journal of Economics.
2. "Di¤usion of Pharmaceuticals: Cross-Country Evidence of Anti-TNF drugs" (with Dag Morten Dalen and Tor Helge Holmås). Forthcoming in European Journal of Health Economics.
3. "Patient Mobility, Health Care Quality and Welfare" (with Rosella Levaggi, Luigi Siciliani, and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 105, 140-157. 4. “Patients’choice, mobility and competition among health care providers”(with Hugh Grav-elle, Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). In: Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility –Health Integration in the European Union (edited by Rosella Levaggi and Marcello Monte-…ori),Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy12 (2014) 1-26, Springer.
5. "Margins and market shares: pharmacy incentives for generic substitution" (with Tor Helge Holmås and Odd Rune Straume). European Economic Review61 (2013) 116-131. 6. "Quality competition with pro…t constraints" (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume).
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization84 (2012) 642-659.
7. "Should pharmaceutical costs be curbed?" (with Dag Morten Dalen and Steinar Strøm).
Nordic Economic Policy Review2 (2012) 1-27.
8. "Competition and quality in regulated markets with sluggish demand" (with Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Economics & Managment Strategy
21 (2012) 131-178.
9. "Reference pricing, competition and pharmaceutical prices: theory and evidence from a natural experiment" (with Tor Helge Holmås and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Public Economics95 (2011) 624-638.
10. "Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices" (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Scandinavian Journal of Economics 113 (2011) 444-469.
11. "Price and quality in spatial competition" (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume).
Regional Science and Urban Economics40 (2010) 471-480.
12. "Competition and quality in health care markets: a di¤erential-game approach" (with Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Health Economics29 (2010) 508-523.
13. “Pharmaceutical patents: incentives for research & development or marketing?” (with Odd Rune Straume). Southern Economic Journal76 (2009) 351-374.
14. “Regulation and pricing of pharmaceuticals: price cap or reference pricing?”(with Astrid L. Grasdal and Tor Helge Holmås). European Economic Review53 (2009) 170-185. 15. “Competition and waiting times in hospital markets” (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune
Straume). Journal of Public Economics92 (2008) 1607-1628.
16. “Reference pricing of pharmaceuticals” (with Ingrid Königbauer and Odd Rune Straume).
Journal of Health Economics26 (2007) 613-642.
17. “Private versus Public Health Care in a National Health Service” (with Lars Sørgard).
Health Economics16 (2007) 579-601.
18. “Gatekeeping in health care” (with Robert Nuscheler and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Health Economics26 (2007) 149-170.
19. “Quality and location choices under price regulation” (with Odd Rune Straume and Robert Nuscheler). Journal of Economics & Management Strategy15 (2006) 207-227. 20. “Direct to consumer advertising in pharmaceutical markets”(with Michael Kuhn). Journal
of Health Economics25 (2006) 102-130.
21. “Bilateral monopolies and location choices” (with Odd Rune Straume). Regional Science and Urban Economics34 (2004) 275-288.
22. “Competition or coordination in hospital markets with unionised labour”, International Journal of Health Care Finance & Economics4 (2004) 65-89.
1. ’Capital Taxation and Imperfect Competition: ACE vs. CBIT’, NHH Discussion Paper 32/2014 (with Armando J. Garcia Pires, Dirk Schindler, and Guttorm Schjelderup). 2. ’Hospital Mergers with Regulated Prices’, Discussion Paper NHH 2014 (with Luigi Siciliani
and Odd Rune Straume). Revise and resubmit to the Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
3. ’Horizontal Mergers and Product Quality’, Discussion Paper NHH 4/2014 (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Revise and resubmit to the Journal of Law and Economics.
4. ’Price Regulation and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals’, Discussion Paper NHH 1/2014 (with Tor Helge Holmås and Odd Rune Straume). Revise and resubmit to the Journal of Public Economics.
5. ’Can competition reduce quality?’, Discussion Paper NHH 9/2012 (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume).
6. ’On the competitive e¤ect of informative advertising’, Discussion Paper NHH 16/09 (with Michael Kuhn).
Publications in Norwegian
1. "Norge er blant de billigste landene i Europa på legemidler", Kronikk iBergens Tidende 17. mars 2011 s. 38 (med Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume).
2. "NRK langt fra sannheten om pris på legemidler", Kronikk påforskning.no 17. mars 2011:
http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2011/mars/282571 (med Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume).
3. ”Direkte-til-konsumenten-reklame for reseptpliktige legemidler”,SNF-Bulletin 15 (2003): 18 –21.
4. ”Fra forvaltning til monopol i den norske sykehussektoren”,Økonomisk Forum 4 (2002): 13 –19.
5. ”Er konkurranse en god ide i helsesektoren?”, I Askildsen, J.E. og K. Haug (red): Helse, økonomi og politikk. Utfordringer for det norske helsevesen. Cappelen Akademiske forlag, Oslo. Kap. 11 (2001) (with Jan Erik Askildsen).
6. ”Hva vet vi om konkurranseutsetting?”,Magma –Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse2 (1999): 29 –39.
7. ”Konkurranseutsetting i kommunal sektor”,Forsyning (KSI) 1 (1997): 5 – 13 (with Einar Hope).
Reports
1. "Prices of Pharmaceuticals: A Comparison of Prescription Drug Prices in Sweden with Nine European Countries". SNF-report 01/12, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration, 2012.
2. "Comparing Pharmaceutical Prices in Europe." (with Tor Helge Holmås, Odd Rune Straume). SNF-report 11/11, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration, 2011. 3. "Are Pharmaceuticals Still Inexpensive in Norway?" (with Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune
Straume). Report 08/10, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration, 2010.
4. "Er legemidler fremdeles billig i Norge? En sammenligning av priser på reseptpliktige leg-emidler mellom Norge og ni vest-europeiske land” (with Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume). Rapport 06/09, Samfunns- og næringslivsforskning, 2009.
5. ”Er legemidler billig i Norge? En sammenligning av priser på reseptpliktige legemidler mellom Norge og ni vest-europeiske land”(with Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume). Rapport 05/08, Samfunns- og næringslivsforskning, 2008.
6. ”Konkurranse i spesialisthelsetjenesten?” (with Christian Andersen, Egil Kjerstad, Frode Kristiansen, Odd Rune Straume, Kjell Sunnevåg). Rapport 25/06, Samfunns- og næringslivs-forskning, 2006.
7. ”Økonomisk verdsetting av apotektjenester”. Rapport 17/05, Samfunns- og næringslivs-forskning, 2005. (with Christian Andersen, Tom Eldegard, Ghazala Naz, Kjell Sunnevåg). 8. ”Pris- og avanseregulering i legemiddelmarkedet: En prinsipiell diskusjon og en vurdering av
den norske modellen”. Notat 20, Rokkansenteret, 2003. (with Odd Rune Straume).
9. ”Evaluering av ny apoteklov og indeksprissystemet”. Rapport 17, Rokkansenteret, 2003 (with Astrid Grasdal, Tor Helge Holmås, Frode Steen, Kjell Sunnevåg)
10. ”E¤ektivitet, ressursbruk og konkurranseutsetting i kommunesektoren –En gjennomgang av empiriske studier”. SNF-rapport 4/99, 1999. (with Jan Erik Askildsen, Finn R. Førsund, Kjell Ove Kalhagen).
11. ”O¤entlig sektor som tilbyder eller produsent? – Noen synspunkter på oppgavefordeling mellom privat og o¤entlig sektor”. SNF-rapport 11/99, 1999, (with Kåre P. Hagen). 12. ”Konkurranseutsetting av kommunal virksomhet”. Rapport fra de nordiske
konkurranse-myndigheter. Nr. 1, 1998 (sekretær for utvalget).
13. ”Konkurranseeksponering av o¤entlig sektor”. Arbeidsnotat 31. mars, 1998, Arbeids- og administrasjonsdepartementet (sekretær for Undrum-utvalget).
14. ”Ekskluderende vertikale bindinger og lineære tari¤er i franchisekontrakter – En studie av det norske bilmarkedet”. SNF-rapport 92/96, 1996.
Teaching
Industrial Organization, Health Economics and the Pharmaceutical Industry.
Research interests
Health Economics, Industrial Organisation, Regulation and Incentive Theory
Research Visits and Grants
Norwegian Research Council (Health Economics Program) grant for a two-week stay at Uni-versity of Minho, Braga, Portugal, June 2007.
Norwegian Research Council (Health Economics Program) grant for a two-week stay at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, February 2007.
Norwegian Research Council (Health Economics Program) grant for a two-week stay at Uni-versity of York, York, UK, October 2006.
Storebrand grant at NHH for a two-week stay at University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, June 2006.
Ruhrgas grant for a two-week stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Uni-versity of Munich), August 2004.
Ruhrgas grant for a two-week stay at the Wissenschaftzentrum Berlin (WZB), October 2002. Norwegian Research Council foreign grant for a six months stay at the University of York, Autumn 2001.
Ruhrgas grant for participation at the International Summer School, University of Bonn, for two-weeks, August 2000.
Invited Seminars
Norwegian Business School (BI), Department of Economics, Oslo, November 19, 2014. University of Southern Denmark, Department of Business and Economics, Odense, November 5, 2014.
ETH Zürich, Department of Management, Technology and Economics, Zürich, October 27, 2014.
University of Manchester, Health Economics Workshop, February, 2013. University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration, April, 2011. University of Manchester, Department of Economics, November 2010. University of Augsburg, Department of Economics, June 2009. University of Minho, Department of Economics, NIPE, June 2008.
University of Oslo, Department of Health Economics and Management, May 2008. University of York, Department of Economics, October 2006.
University of Konstanz, Department of Economics, April 2005. Wissenschaftzentrum Berlin, March 2003.
Centre for Health Economics, University of York, October 2002.
Refereeing
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy; CESifo Economic Studies; European Economic Review; European Journal of Health Economics; Health Economics; Health Policy; Journal of Economics; Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization; Journal of Economics & Management Strategy; Journal of Health Economics; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Regulatory Eco-nomics; Nordic Journal of Health EcoEco-nomics; Papers in Regional Science; Portugese Economic Journal, Social Science and Medicine; Southern Economic Journal, Økonomisk Forum.
Administrative Experience and Committee work Project Management
Project leader of SNF-project "Internasjonal sammenligning av legemiddelpriser i Sverige og Vest-Europa", November 2011 –Februar 2012, LIF –Swedish Association of Pharmaceutical Industry".
Project leader of SNF-project “Internasjonal sammenligning av legemiddelpriser i Norge og Vest-Europa”, January 2011 – October 2011, The Norwegian Pharmacy Association, NOK 1.000.000.
Project leader of SNF-project “Internasjonal sammenligning av legemiddelpriser i Norge og Vest-Europa”, October 2009 – May 2010, The Norwegian Pharmacy Association, NOK 1.000.000.
Project leader of SNF-project “Internasjonal sammenligning av legemiddelpriser i Norge og Vest-Europa”, October 2008 – May 2009, The Norwegian Pharmacy Association, NOK 1.000.000.
Project leader of SNF-project “Kartlegging og sammenligning av priser på legemidler i Norge og Vest-Europa”, October 2007 –Mai 2008, Ministry of Health, NOK 1.250.000.
Project leader of SNF-project “Konkurranse i spesialisthelsetjenesten”, October 2005 –Au-gust 2006, The Norwegian Competition Authority, NOK 1.020.000.
Project leader of Rokkan-project ”Pris- og avanseregulering i legemiddelmarkedet”, February –Desember 2003, The Norwegian Pharmacy Association, NOK 500.000.
Committee Work
Scienti…c committee, 14th European Health Economics Workshop, Lausanne, June, 2014. Scienti…c committee, 12th European Health Economics Workshop, Sevilla, May, 2012. Organizing committe, Ruhrgas conference on the Financial Crises in Europe, NHH, March, 2012.
Scienti…c committee, 11th European Health Economics Workshop, Brescia, March, 2011. Scienti…c committee, 10th European Health Economics Workshop, Lund, May, 2010. Organising the 9th European Health Economics Workshop in Bergen, May 2-3, 2008. Organising committee of the National Health Economics Conference in Bergen, May, 2007. Seminar organiser for the economics department seminar series at NHH, 2007-2009.
Scienti…c committee for the EARIE 2005, 2006 and iHEA World Congress in Health Eco-nomics 2003, 2005.
Evaluation committee for a doctoral position in health economics at University of Bergen 2005.
Organiser of Health Economics in Bergen (HEB) seminar and publication series, 2005 – Secretary for the Nordic Committee of Competition Authorities on “Konkurranseutsetting i o¤entlig sector”, 1997.
