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Odd Rune Straume

Ph.D in Economics University of Bergen

o.r.straume@eeg.uminho.pt

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 1.42

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Member of the Department of Economics and the research centre NIPE at the University of Minho. Director of NIPE from 2013 to 2019. Research Fellow at CESifo (Munich) since 2009. Associate Editor of Journal of Health Economics since 2019 and of Bulletin of Economic Research in the period 2016-2021. Co-Editor of Portuguese Economic Journal in the period 2008-2016.

Areas of interest

Industrial organization

Labour markets

Competition and regulation in health care markets.

Publications

Sá, L , & Straume, O R (2024)

Hospital competition when patients learn through experience

Journal of Health Economics, 97(102920) DOI

Monteiro, N P , & Straume, O R (2024)

Management Practices, Pay, and Pay Inequality

Journal of Labor Research, 1-51 DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2024)

Competition, quality and integrated health care

Journal of Health Economics, 95, 102880 DOI

Brekke, K R , Dalen, D M , & Straume, O R (2023)

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

Journal of Health Economics, 90(102778) DOI

Ghandour, Z , & Straume, O R (2022)

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

Journal of Economics, 136, 201–225 DOI

Ghandour, Z , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2022)

Investment and quality competition in health care markets

Journal of Health Economics, 82, 102588 DOI

Lommerud, K E , Meland, F , & Straume, O R (2011)

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

International Review of Economics and Finance, 20(2), 325–341 DOI

Brekke, K R , Dalen, D M , & Straume, O R (2024) Competing with precision: incentives for developing predictive biomarker tests The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 126(1), 60-97 DOI

Ghandour, Z , & Straume, O R (2022)

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

Journal of Economics, 136, 201–225 DOI

Brekke, K R , Dalen, D M , & Straume, O R (2022)

Paying for pharmaceuticals: uniform pricing versus two-part tariffs

Journal of Health Economics, 83(May 2022), Article 102613 DOI

Straume, O R (2023)

Therapeutic reference pricing and drug innovation incentives

Economics Letters, 222, 110945 DOI

Ghandour, Z , & Straume, O R (2022)

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

Journal of Economics, 136, 201–225 DOI

Lommerud, K E , Meland, F , & Straume, O R (2019)

International Outsourcing and Trade Union (De-)Centralisation

(No 10) Universidade do Minho, NIPE DOI

Sá, L , & Straume, O R (2021)

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

Journal of Health Economics, 80, 102529 DOI

Monteiro, N P , Straume, O R , & Valente, M (2021)

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

Information Economics and Policy, 100923 DOI

Brekke, K R , Canta, C , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2021)

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

Journal of Health Economics, 79, 102509 DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2020)

Quality and price competition in spatial markets

In S Colombo (Ed ), Spatial Economics Volume 1: Theory (pp 295–332) Palgrave MacMillan DOI

Bisceglia, M , Cellini, R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2020)

Optimal dynamic volume-based price regulation

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 73, Article 102675 DOI

Lisi, D , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2020)

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

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 29(2), 289–314 DOI

Brekke, K R , Holmås, T H , Monstad, K , & Straume, O R (2020)

How Does The Type of Remuneration Affect Physician Behavior? Fixed Salary versus Fee-for-Service

American Journal of Health Economics, 6(1), 104–138 DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2020)

Quality and price competition in spatial markets

In S Colombo (Ed ), Spatial Economics Volume 1: Theory (pp 295–332) Palgrave MacMillan DOI

Sá, L , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2019)

Dynamic hospital competition under rationing by waiting times

Journal of Health Economics, 66, 260–282 DOI

Brekke, K R , Holmås, T H , Monstad, K , & Straume, O R (2019)

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

Journal of Health Economics, 66, 117–135 DOI

Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2019)

Competition and equity in health care markets

Journal of Health Economics, 64, 1–14 DOI

Cellini, R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2018)

A dynamic model of quality competition with endogenous prices

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 94, 190–206 DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2018)

Can competition reduce quality?

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 174(3), 421–447 DOI

Bastos, P , Monteiro, N P , & Straume, O R (2018)

Foreign acquisition and internal organization

Journal of International Economics, 114, 143–163 DOI

Lommerud, K E , Straume, O R , & Vagstad, S (2018)

Employment Protection and Unemployment Benefits: On Technology Adoption and Job Creation in a Matching Model

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 120(3), 763–793 DOI

Monteiro, N P , & Straume, O R (2018)

Are Cooperatives More Productive than Investor-Owned Firms? Cross-Industry Evidence from Portugal

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 89(2), 377–414 DOI

Brekke, K R , & Straume, O R (2017)

Competition policy for health care provision in Norway

Health Policy, 121(2), 134–140 DOI

Brekke, K R , Cellini, R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2018)

Differential Games in Health-Care Markets: Models of Quality Competition with Fixed Prices

In J Apaloo & B Viscolani (Eds ), Advances in Dynamic and Mean Field Games (Vol 15, pp 145–167) Birkhäuser DOI

Brekke, K R , Gravelle, H , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2018)

Hospital Quality Competition: A Review of the Theoretical Literature

In B Dormont & C Milcent (Eds ), Competition between Hospitals: Does it Affect Quality of Care? (Vol 49, pp 25–67) Paris: Editions Rue d'Ulm DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2017)

Horizontal mergers and product quality

Canadian Journal of Economics, 50(4), 1063–1103 DOI

Brekke, K R , Holmås, T H , Monstad, K , & Straume, O R (2017)

Do treatment decisions depend on physicians' financial incentives?

Journal of Public Economics, 155, 74–92 DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2017)

Hospital Mergers with Regulated Prices

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(3), 597–627 DOI

Brekke, K R , & Straume, O R (2017)

Competition policy for health care provision in Norway

Health Policy, 121(2), 134–140 DOI

Brekke, K R , Levaggi, R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2016)

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

Journal of Health Economics, 50, 372–387 DOI

Brekke, K R , Canta, C , & Straume, O R (2016)

Reference pricing with endogenous generic entry

Journal of Health Economics, 50, 312–329 DOI

Bastos, P , & Straume, O R (2016)

Preschool Education in Brazil: Does Public Supply Crowd Out Private Enrollment?

World Development, 78, 496–510 DOI

Brekke, K R , Holmås, T H , & Straume, O R (2015)

Price regulation and parallel imports of pharmaceuticals

Journal of Public Economics, 129, 92–105 DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2015)

Hospital Competition with Soft Budgets

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 117(3), 1019–1048 DOI

Lommerud, K E , Straume, O R , & Vagstad, S (2015)

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

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 116, 540–554 DOI

Bastos, P , Monteiro, N P , & Straume, O R (2014)

The effect of private versus public ownership on labour earnings

Oxford Economic Papers, 66(4), 983–1005 DOI

Brekke, K R , Levaggi, R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2014)

Patient mobility, health care quality and welfare

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 105, 140–157 DOI

Bastos, P , Monteiro, N P , & Straume, O R (2014)

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

Economics of Transition, 22(2), 247–280 DOI

Brekke, K R , Gravelle, H S E , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2014)

Patient choice, mobility and competition among health care providers

In R Levaggi & M Montefiori (Eds ), Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility (Vol 12, pp 1–26) Springer DOI

Straume, O R (2014)

Advertising health care: causes and consequences

In A J Culyer (Ed ), Encyclopedia of Health Economics (Vol 1, pp 51–55) San Diego: Elsevier / Kluwer / North Holland DOI

Siciliani, L , Straume, O R , & Cellini, R (2013)

Quality competition with motivated providers and sluggish demand

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 37(10), 2041–2061 DOI

Bastos, P , Straume, O R , & Urrego, J A (2013)

Rain, agriculture, and tariffs

Journal of International Economics, 90(2), 364–377 DOI

Brekke, K R , Holmås, T H , & Straume, O R (2013)

Margins and market shares: Pharmacy incentives for generic substitution

European Economic Review, 61, 116–131 DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2012)

Quality competition with profit constraints

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 84(2), 642–659 DOI

Bastos, P , & Straume, O R (2012)

Globalization, product differentiation, and wage inequality

Canadian Journal of Economics, 45(3), 857–878 DOI

Lommerud, K E , Meland, F , & Straume, O R (2012)

North-South technology transfer in unionised multinationals

Journal of Development of Economics, 99(2), 385–395 DOI

Lommerud, K E , & Straume, O R (2012)

Employment Protection Versus Flexicurity: On Technology Adoption in Unionised Firms

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 114(1), 177–199 DOI

Brekke, K R , Cellini, R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2012)

Competition in Regulated Markets with Sluggish Beliefs about Quality

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 21(1), 131–178 DOI

Figueiredo, A M S , Figueiredo, F O , Monteiro, N P , & Straume, O R (2012)

Restructuring in privatised firms: A statis approach

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 23(1), 108–116 DOI

Monteiro, N P , Portela, M A , & Straume, O R (2011)

Firm Ownership and Rent Sharing

Journal of Labor Research, 32(3), 210–236 DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2011)

Hospital Competition and Quality with Regulated Prices

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113(2), 444–469 DOI

Brekke, K R , Holmås, T H , & Straume, O R (2011)

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

Journal of Public Economics, 95(7-8), 624–638 DOI

Holmås, T H , Kjerstad, E , Lurås, H , & Straume, O R (2010)

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

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 75(2), 261–267 DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2010)

Price and quality in spatial competition

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 40(6), 471–480 DOI

Brekke, K R , Cellini, R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2010)

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

Journal of Health Economics, 29(4), 508–523 DOI

Holmås, T H , Kjerstad, E , Lurås, H , & Straume, O R (2010)

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

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 75(2), 261–267 DOI

Lommerud, K E , Olsen, T E , & Straume, O R (2010)

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

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 10(2), 161–186 DOI

Brekke, K R , & Straume, O R (2009)

Pharmaceutical patents: incentives for research and development or marketing?

Southern Economic Journal, 76(2), 351–374 DOI

Bastos, P , Monteiro, N P , & Straume, O R (2009)

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

Labour Economics, 16(4), 440–450 DOI

Lommerud, K E , Meland, F , & Straume, O R (2009)

Can deunionization lead to international outsourcing?

Journal of International Economics, 77(1), 109–119 DOI

Brekke, K R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2008)

Competition and waiting times in hospital markets

Journal of Public Economics, 92(7), 1607–1628 DOI

Meland, F , & Straume, O R (2007)

Outsourcing in contests

Public Choice, 131(3-4), 315–331 DOI

Brekke, K R , Königbauer, I , & Straume, O R (2007)

Reference pricing of pharmaceuticals

Journal of Health Economics, 26(3), 613–642 DOI

Nese, G , & Straume, O R (2007)

Industry concentration and strategic trade policy in successive oligopoly

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 7(1), 31–52 DOI

Brekke, K R , Nuscheler, R , & Straume, O R (2007)

Gatekeeping in health care

Journal of Health Economics, 26(1), 149–170 DOI

Straume, O R (2006)

Managerial delegation and merger incentives with asymmetric costs

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 162(3), 450–469 DOI

Straume, O R (2006)

Product market integration and environmental policy coordination in an international duopoly

Environmental and Resource Economics, 34(4), 535–563 DOI

Lommerud, K E , Straume, O R , & Sørgard, L (2006)

National versus international mergers in unionized oligopoly

RAND Journal of Economics, 37(1), 212–233 DOI

Brekke, K R , Nuscheler, R , & Straume, O R (2006)

Quality and location choices under price regulation

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 15(1), 207–227 DOI

Lommerud, K E , Meland, F , & Straume, O R (2006)

Globalisation and union opposition to technological change

Journal of International Economics, 68(1), 1–23 DOI

Posada, P , & Straume, O R (2004)

Merger, partial collusion and relocation

Journal of Economics, 83(3), 243–265 DOI

Gabrielsen, T S , Johansen, B O , & Straume, O R (2023)

National pricing with local quality competition

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 32, 48-74 DOI

Esteves, R B , Ghandour, Z , & Straume, O R (2023)

Quality discrimination in healthcare markets

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy DOI

Brekke, K R , Cellini, R , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2017)

Differential games in health-care markets: Models of quality competition with fixed prices

Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games, 15, 145-167 DOI

Brekke, K R , Gravelle, H , Siciliani, L , & Straume, O R (2014)

Patient choice, mobility and competition among health care providers

In Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy (Vol 12, pp 1-26) DOI

Lommerud, K E , Straume, O R , & Sørgard, L (2005)

Downstream merger with upstream market power

European Economic Review, 49(3), 717–743 DOI

Brekke, K R , & Straume, O R (2004)

Bilateral monopolies and location choice

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 34(3), 275–288 DOI

Lommerud, K , Sandvik, B , & Straume, O R (2004)

Good jobs, bad jobs and redistribution

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 106(4), 703–720 DOI

Straume, O R (2003)

International mergers and trade liberalisation: Implications for unionised labour

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 21(5), 717–735 DOI

Straume, O R (2002)

Union collusion and intra-industry trade

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 20(5), 631–652 DOI

Projects

Competition Issues in the Age of Big Data

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2016-05-01 - 2019-10-30

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Rosa Branca Esteves

Team

Joana Rita Resende
Odd Rune Straume
Helder Vasconcelos

Private versus public ownership: implications for the labour market

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2010-04-01 - 2012-09-30

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Odd Rune Straume

Team

Natália Pimenta Monteiro
Paulo Bastos
Miguel Portela
Kjell Lommerud

Teaching

Economia Industrial Licenciatura

Informação, Mercados e Estratégias Mestrado

Microeconomia Avançada II Doutoramento

Regulação e Política da Concorrência Mestrado