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Working Papers

2018

1. Beating the Matthew Effect: Head Starts and Catching Up in a Dynamic All-Pay Auction*
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
2. Delegation of Regulation*
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo Business School (2017) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Delegation of Regulation, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2014

3. Inter-Firm Price Coordination in a Two-Sided Market
   Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Inter-firm price coordination in a two-sided market, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2016) View citations (5) (2016)
4. Keep on Fighting: Dynamic Win Effects in an All-Pay Auction
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2012

5. Motivating over Time: Dynamic Win Effects in Sequential Contests
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (9)

2011

6. The Market for Fake Observations
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics

2010

7. Learning by Doing in Contests
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Learning by doing in contests, Public Choice, Springer (2013) View citations (19) (2013)
8. Price Coordination in Two-Sided Markets: Competition in the TV Industry
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2010) View citations (3)

2009

9. Business Models for Media Firms: Does Competition Matter for how they Raise Revenue?
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (51)
   See also Journal Article Business Models for Media Firms: Does Competition Matter for How They Raise Revenue?, Marketing Science, INFORMS (2009) View citations (48) (2009)
10. Deductibles in Health Insurance: Pay or Pain?
    HERO Online Working Paper Series, University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme View citations (1)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2003) View citations (2)
11. Genetic testing and repulsion from chance
    HERO Online Working Paper Series, University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2003)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2004)
12. Health Insurance: Treatment vs. Compensation
    HERO Online Working Paper Series, University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2000) View citations (3)

2008

13. Keeping Both Eyes Wide Open: The Life of a Competition Authority Among Sectoral Regulators
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2008)
14. Waiting to Merge
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (3)

2006

15. Competition for Viewers and Advertisers in a TV Oligopoly
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Competition for Viewers and Advertisers in a TV Oligopoly, Journal of Media Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2007) View citations (47) (2007)

2005

16. Advertising on TV: Under- or Overprovision?
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (12)
17. Financing of Media Firms: Does Competition Matter?
    CIE Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Industrial Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2005) View citations (6)
18. Majority voting leads to unanimity
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Majority voting leads to unanimity, International Journal of Game Theory, Springer (2006) View citations (6) (2006)

2003

19. Cream Skimming, Dregs Skimming, and Pooling: On the Dynamics of Competitive Screening
    Working Papers, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Economics
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2000) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Cream Skimming, Dregs Skimming, and Pooling: On the Dynamics of Competitive Screening, The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan (2004) (2004)
20. TV Advertising, Program Quality, and Product-Market Oligopoly
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
    Also in Competition Policy Center, Working Paper Series, Competition Policy Center, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (4)

2001

21. The TV industry: advertising and programming
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (20)
22. Who are the advertisers?
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (3)

2000

23. Risk externalities in a payments oligopoly
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Risk externalities in a payments oligopoly, Portuguese Economic Journal, Springer (2011) (2011)
24. Strategic informative advertising in a TV-advertising duopoly
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
25. TV Advertising, Programming Investments, and Product-Market Oligopoly
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (9)

1999

26. Industrial policy and firm heterogeneity
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (13)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1998) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Industrial Policy and Firm Heterogeneity, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (1999) View citations (13) (1999)

1998

27. A Public Firm Challenged by Entry: Duplication of Diversity?
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
    See also Journal Article A public firm challenged by entry: duplication or diversity?, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2002) View citations (18) (2002)

1996

28. Sequential Location when Transportation Costs Are Asymmetric
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Sequential location when transportation costs are asymmetric, Economics Letters, Elsevier (1997) View citations (18) (1997)
29. Strategic Location with Asymmetric Transportation Costs
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
30. Time Schedule and Programme Progile: TV News in Norway and Denmark
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (5)

1995

31. Non-Discriminating Renogociation in a Competitive Insurance Market
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, Laval - Laboratoire Econometrie (1994) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Non-discriminating renegotiation in a competitive insurance market, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1996) View citations (33) (1996)
32. On the Consistency of Merger Policy
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article On the Consistency of Merger Policy, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (1997) View citations (13) (1997)
33. Sequential Horizontal Mergers
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (11)
    Also in Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- (1995) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Sequential horizontal mergers, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1998) View citations (53) (1998)

1991

34. Renegociation in an Insurance Market
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-

1990

35. Two Kinds of Consumer Switching Costs
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Two Kinds of Consumer Switching Costs, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (1992) View citations (52) (1992)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Investment and endogenous efficiency in a contest
   Economics Letters, 2025, 247, (C)

2023

2. Optimal sentencing with recurring crimes and adjudication errors
   Journal of Economics, 2023, 139, (1), 33-42

2022

3. Delegating pollution permits
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2022, 124, (2), 457-487 View citations (2)
4. Fatter or fitter? On rewarding and training in a contest
   Economic Inquiry, 2022, 60, (1), 101-120

2021

5. Competitive balance when winning breeds winners
   Social Choice and Welfare, 2021, 56, (2), 363-384 View citations (6)

2020

6. Creating balance in dynamic competitions
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2020, 69, (C) View citations (8)
7. Delegation of Regulation
   Journal of Industrial Economics, 2020, 68, (3), 445-482 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Delegation of Regulation*, Memorandum (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
8. Gaining advantage by winning contests
   Review of Economic Design, 2020, 24, (1), 23-38 View citations (2)

2019

9. Sweetening the Pill: a Theory of Waiting to Merge
   Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2019, 19, (3), 351-388

2018

10. Keep on fighting: The dynamics of head starts in all-pay auctions
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2018, 110, (C), 258-272 View citations (13)

2017

11. Erratum
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2017, 65, (4), 887-889
    Also in Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1999, 8, (1), 161-162 (1999)

2016

12. Inter-firm price coordination in a two-sided market
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2016, 44, (C), 101-112 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Inter-Firm Price Coordination in a Two-Sided Market, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
13. The Economics of Retailing Formats: Competition Versus Bargaining
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2016, 64, (1), 109-134 View citations (6)

2015

14. Media competition enhances new-product entry: On the market for fake observations
    Information Economics and Policy, 2015, 31, (C), 59-66 View citations (1)
15. Transversal Agency and Crowding Out
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2015, 171, (4), 589-608 View citations (1)

2013

16. Learning by doing in contests
    Public Choice, 2013, 156, (1), 329-343 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Learning by Doing in Contests, Memorandum (2010) View citations (1) (2010)

2011

17. Risk externalities in a payments oligopoly
    Portuguese Economic Journal, 2011, 10, (3), 211-234
    See also Working Paper Risk externalities in a payments oligopoly, Memorandum (2000) View citations (2) (2000)

2010

18. Health insurance: Medical treatment vs disability payment
    Research in Economics, 2010, 64, (3), 137-145 View citations (1)

2009

19. Business Models for Media Firms: Does Competition Matter for How They Raise Revenue?
    Marketing Science, 2009, 28, (6), 1112-1128 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Business Models for Media Firms: Does Competition Matter for how they Raise Revenue?, CESifo Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (51) (2009)

2007

20. Competition for Viewers and Advertisers in a TV Oligopoly
    Journal of Media Economics, 2007, 20, (3), 211-233 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper Competition for Viewers and Advertisers in a TV Oligopoly, CESifo Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (9) (2006)

2006

21. Genetic testing in competitive insurance markets with repulsion from chance: A welfare analysis
    Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (5), 847-860 View citations (34)
22. Majority voting leads to unanimity
    International Journal of Game Theory, 2006, 35, (1), 91-110 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Majority voting leads to unanimity, Memorandum (2005) (2005)

2005

23. Media Competition on the Internet
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2005, 4, (1), 1-20 View citations (12)

2004

24. Cream Skimming, Dregs Skimming, and Pooling: On the Dynamics of Competitive Screening
    The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 2004, 29, (1), 23-41
    Also in The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory, 2004, 29, (1), 23-41 (2004) View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Cream Skimming, Dregs Skimming, and Pooling: On the Dynamics of Competitive Screening, Working Papers (2003) (2003)

2002

25. A public firm challenged by entry: duplication or diversity?
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2002, 32, (2), 259-274 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper A Public Firm Challenged by Entry: Duplication of Diversity?, Working Papers (1998) (1998)

2000

26. Consumer lock-in with asymmetric information
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2000, 18, (4), 641-666 View citations (24)

1999

27. Industrial Policy and Firm Heterogeneity
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1999, 101, (4), 597-616 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Industrial policy and firm heterogeneity, Memorandum (1999) View citations (13) (1999)
28. The Effect of Firm Heterogeneity on R&D Competition
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 25, 87-93 View citations (1)

1998

29. Sequential horizontal mergers
    European Economic Review, 1998, 42, (9), 1683-1702 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper Sequential Horizontal Mergers, Memorandum (1995) View citations (11) (1995)
30. Time Schedule and Program Profile: TV News in Norway and Denmark
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1998, 7, (2), 209-235 View citations (14)

1997

31. Insurance monopoly and renegotiation (*)
    Economic Theory, 1997, 9, (2), 341-354 View citations (5)
32. On the Consistency of Merger Policy
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1997, 45, (1), 89-100 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper On the Consistency of Merger Policy, Memorandum (1995) (1995)
33. Sequential location when transportation costs are asymmetric
    Economics Letters, 1997, 54, (2), 191-201 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Sequential Location when Transportation Costs Are Asymmetric, Memorandum (1996) View citations (2) (1996)

1996

34. Non-discriminating renegotiation in a competitive insurance market
    European Economic Review, 1996, 40, (9), 1717-1736 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Non-Discriminating Renogociation in a Competitive Insurance Market, Memorandum (1995) (1995)

1992

35. Two Kinds of Consumer Switching Costs
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1992, 23, (4), 579-589 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper Two Kinds of Consumer Switching Costs, Working Papers (1990) View citations (5) (1990)

1986

36. Optimum exploration and extraction in a petroleum basin: The case of simultaneous field developments
    Resources and Energy, 1986, 8, (3), 219-230 View citations (1)