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Odd Rune Straume
Ph.D in Economics University of BergenCampus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 1.42
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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 (2025)
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 DOIProjects
Competition Issues in the Age of Big Data
Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Duration: 2016-05-01 - 2019-10-30
Private versus public ownership: implications for the labour market
Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Duration: 2010-04-01 - 2012-09-30
Teaching
Economia Industrial
Licenciatura
Informação, Mercados e Estratégias
Mestrado
Microeconomia Avançada II
Doutoramento
Regulação e Política da Concorrência
Mestrado
SDG
