Brekke, Kurt R.

E-mail:

Kurt.Brekke@nhh.no

Telephone:

+ 47 559 59407

Fax:

+ 47 559 59543

Title:

Professor, Ph.D.

Nationality:

Norwegian

Main research areas:

Health Economics, Industrial Organisation, Regulation and Incentive Theory

• 'On the competitive effect of informative advertising', Discussion Paper NHH 16/09 (with Michael Kuhn).
• 'Price and quality in spatial competition', Discussion Paper NHH 11/09 (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume).
• 'Competition and quality in regulated markets with sluggish demand', CESifo working paper No. 2922, 2010. (With Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume)
• 'Competition and quality in regulated markets: a differential-game approach', CEPR Discussion Paper 6801, 2008 (with Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani, and Odd Rune Straume).
• 'Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices'. CESifo working paper 2635, 2009 (with 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 :

'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).

In Norwegian:

• "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).