Kurt R. Brekke

E-mail:

Kurt.Brekke@nhh.no

Telephone:

+ 47 559 59407

Fax:

+ 47 559 59543

Title:

Professor, Ph.D.

Nationality:

Norwegian
Curriculum Vitae

Research areas:

• 'Hospital competition with soft budgets', Discussion Paper NHH  06/2012 (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume).
• 'Patient Mobility, Health Care Quality and Welfare', Discussion Paper NHH 13/2011 (with Rosella Levaggi, Luigi Siciliani, and Odd Rune Straume).
• 'Quality competition with profit constraints: do non-profit firms provide higher quality than for-profit firms?', Discussion Paper NHH Sam 2/2011 (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume).
• '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).

Selected publications :

Reports and
other publications:

• "Prices of Pharmaceuticals: a Comparison of Prescription Drug Prices in Sweden with Nine European Countries", SNF-report 01/12, 2012.
• "Comparing Pharmaceutical Prices in Europe", SNF-report 11/11, 2011.
• "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).