Brekke, Kurt R.

E-mail:

Kurt.Brekke@nhh.no

Telephone:

+ 47 559 59407

Fax:

+ 47 559 59543

Title:

Professor, Ph.D.

Nationality:

Norwegian
Curriculum Vitae

Main research areas:

Health Economics, Industrial Organisation, Regulation and Incentive Theory

• 'Margins and market shares: pharmacy incentives for generic substitution', Discussion Paper NHH 18/2010 (with Tor Helge Holmås and Odd Rune Straume).
• 'On the competitive effect of informative advertising', Discussion Paper NHH 16/09 (with Michael Kuhn).
• 'Competition and quality in regulated markets with sluggish demand', CESifo working paper No. 2922, 2010. (With Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume)
• 'Regulation, generic competition and pharmaceutical prices: theory and evidence from a natural experiment'.  (With Tor Helge Holmås and Odd Rune Straume). Revised version July 2009.

Selected publications :

'Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices'. CESifo working paper 2635, 2009 (with Luigi Siciliani, and Odd Rune Straume), forthcoming in Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
'Price and quality in spatial competition' (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume), forthcoming in Regional Science and Urban Economics.
'Competition and quality in health care markets: a differential-game approach' (with Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani, and Odd Rune Straume),  Journal of Health Economics, 29 (2010) 508-523.
'Pharmaceutical patents: Incentives for R&D or marketing?', (with Odd Rune Straume). Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 76 (2), 351-374.
• 'Regulation and pricing of pharmaceuticals: reference pricing or price cap regulation?, (with Astrid L. Grasdal and Tor Helge Holmås).  European Economic Review, 53 (2009) 170-185. 
• 'Competition and waiting times in hospital markets',  Journal of Public Economics, 92 (2008) 1607-1628 (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume).
• 'Public versus private health care in a national health service'. Health Economics, 16 (2007) 579-601 (with Lars Sørgard).
• 'Reference pricing of pharmaceuticals',  Journal of Health Economics,  26 (2007) 613-642 (with Ingrid Königbauer and Odd Rune Straume).
• 'Gatekeeping in health care.' Journal of Health Economics,  26 (2007), 149-170 (with Robert Nuscheler and Odd Rune Straume).  
• 'Quality and location choices under price regulation.'  Journal of Economics & Management Strategy,15 (2006) 207-227 (with Robert Nuscheler and Odd Rune Straume). 
• 'Direct to consumer advertising in pharmaceutical markets.' Journal of Health Economics, 25 (2006) 102-130 (with Michael Kuhn). 
• 'Competition or coordination in hospital markets with unionised labour.'  International Journal of Health Care Finance & Economics 4 (2004) 65-89.
• 'Bilateral monopolies and location choice.'  Regional Science & Urban Economics 34 (2004) 275-288,  (with Odd Rune Straume).

Reports and
other publications:

• "Are Pharmaceuticals Still Inexpensive in Norway?”, SNF-report 08/10, 2010.
• "Markedet for legemidler: Regulering, konkurranse og utgifter". Kap. 10 i Haug, Kaarbøe og Olsen (Red.) Et helsevesen uten grenser? Cappelen Akademiske Forlag, 2009.
• ”Er legemidler fremdeles billig i Norge?”. SNF-rapport nr 06/09 (med Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume).
• "Er legemidler billig i Norge?" SNF-rapport nr. 05/08 (med Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume).
• ”Konkurranse i spesialisthelsetjenesten?” SNF-rapport 25/06 (med Christian Andersen, Egil Kjerstad, Frode Kristiansen, Odd Rune Straume og Kjell Sunnevåg).
• ”Evaluering av ny apoteklov og indeksprissystemet” Rokkan-rapport 23/2003 (med Astrid Grasdal, Tor Helge Holmås, Frode Steen og Kjell Sunnevåg).
• ”Pris- og avanseregulering i legemiddelmarkedet” Rokkan-notat 20/2003 (med Odd Rune Straume).