Sørgard, Lars

E-mail:	Lars.Sorgard@nhh.no
Telephone:	+47 55 959 723
Fax:	+47 55 959 543
Title:	Professor, dr. oecon
Nationality:	Norwegian Hjemmeside Konkurransestrategi Personal home page
Teaching languages:	Norwegian, English
Teaching areas:
Undergraduate: Master:	International economics, Competitive strategy Industrial organisation

Research:	Industrial organisation, Competition policy

Work in progress:	'Asymmetric SSNIPs’ (co-author: Ø. Daljord) 'Market definition with a shock analysis’ (co-authors: Ø. Daljord and Ø. Thomassen) 'Merger simulations with asymmetric firms: The application of diversion ratios’ (co-authors: L. Mathiesen and Ø. A. Nilsen) 'Net quote in the liability insurance market: A dampening-of-competition device?’ (co-author: Kenneth Fjell). 'Coordination in two-sided markets: Open networks in the TV industry' (co-authors: Tore Nilssen and Hans Jarle Kind). 'Optimal fines with heterogenous cartels', (co-author: Sissel Jensen).

Selected publications:	'Semicollusion', Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, forthcoming. (Co-author: Frode Steen). 'Optimal merger policy: Enforcement vs. deterrence’ , Journal of Industrial Economics, 2009, 57, 438-456. 'Business models for media firms: Does competition matter for how they raise revenue?’ Marketing Science, 2009, 28, 1112-1128. (Co-authors: H. J. Kind and T. Nilssen) 'Domestic regulation and international trade', Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2009, 9, 1-16. (co-authors: Øystein Foros and Hans Jarle Kind). 'The SSNIP test and market definition with the aggregate diversion ratio: A reply to Katz and Shapiro', Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2008, 4(2), 263-270. (co-authors: Øystein Daljord and Øyvind Thomassen) 'Managerial incentives and access price regulation', European Journal of Law and Economics, 2007, 23 (2), 117-133. (co-authors: Øystein Foros and Hans Jarle Kind). 'Competition for viewers and advertisers in a TV oligopoly', Journal of Media Economics, 2007, 20 (3), 211-233. (co-authors: Hans Jarle Kind and Tore Nilssen) 'Competition and welfare: The Norwegian experience’, The Norwegian Competition Authority, Bergen, 2006. 'Public versus private health care in a national health service'. Health Economics, 16 , 2007, 579-601 (Co-author: Kurt R. Brekke). 'Private labels, price rivalry, and public policy'. European Economic Review, 51, 2007, 403-424. (Co-author: Tommy S. Gabrielsen). 'The Economics of National Champions', European Competition Journal, 2007, 3(1), 49-61. 'Temporary Bottlenecks, Hydropower and Acquisitons',Scandinavian Journal of Economics , 2006, 108, 481-497. (Co-author: Jostein Skaar). "National versus International Mergers in Unionised Oligopoly", Rand Journal of Economics, 2006, 37 (1), 212-233. (Co-authors: Kjell Erik Lommerud and Odd Rune Straume). "Unionized Oligopoly, Trade Liberalization and Location Choice", Economic Journal, 113, 2003, 782-800 (co-authors: Kjell Erik Lommerud and Frode Meland). "Trade liberalization and cartel stability", Review of International Economics, 2001, 9(2). 343-355, (Co-author: Kjell Erik Lommerud). "Semicollusion in the Norwegian cement market", European Economic Review, 1999, 43, 1775-1796. (Co-author: Frode Steen). "Time Schedule and Programme Profile: TV News in Norway and Denmark", Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 7, 1998, 209-235. (Co-author Tore Nilssen). "Sequential Horizontal Mergers", European Economic Review, 42, 1998, 1683-1702. (Co-author: Tore Nilssen.)