Curriculum Vitae Kurt Richard Brekke

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1 Curriculum Vitae Kurt Richard Brekke January 2015 Personal and contact information O ce address: Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Department of Economics, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway. Telephone: , Fax: kurt.brekke@nhh.no Citizenship: Norwegian Education Dr. Polit. (PhD in Economics), University of Bergen, Thesis title: Five Essays on Competition and Regulation in Health Care Markets Cand. Polit. (MSc in Economics), University of Bergen, 1996 Cand. Mag. (BA in Social Science), University of Bergen, 1994 Employment Current position Professor, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Department of Economics, 2009 Previous positions Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Department of Economics, Assistant Professor, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Department of Economics, Researcher (forsker II), Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF), Bergen, Research Fellow (4 year PhD-student position, including 1 year of teaching), University of Bergen, Department of Economics, Bergen, Researcher (forsker III), Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF), Bergen, Adviser (Rådgiver), Norwegian Competition Authority, Oslo, Consultant (Førstekonsulent), Norwegian Competition Authority, Oslo, Teaching assistant, Department of Economics, University of Bergen,

2 A liations Research Fellow, CESifo, Munich, 2009 Research A liate, CESifo, Munich, Research A liate, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF), 2005 Research Associate, Health Economics Bergen (HEB), 1999 Research A liate, Bergen Economic Center for Competition Law and Economics (BECCLE), 2011 Editorial Boards Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011 Associate Editor, Nordic Journal of Health Economics, 2011 Administrative activities Program leader of Industrial organization and competition policy, Centre for Applied Research at NHH (SNF), 2014 Coordinator for the Economics master pro le at NHH, 2013 Member of Government Committee revising the Regulation of Public Procurement, December 2012 June 2014 (NOU: Forenklingsutvalget, FAD). Board member, Department of Economics, NHH, Teaching coordinator, Department of Economics, NHH, Board member, Master Program committee (PMU), NHH, Publications International journal articles 1. "Hospital competition with soft budgets" (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Forthcoming in Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 2. "Di usion of Pharmaceuticals: Cross-Country Evidence of Anti-TNF drugs" (with Dag Morten Dalen and Tor Helge Holmås). Forthcoming in European Journal of Health Economics. 3. "Patient Mobility, Health Care Quality and Welfare" (with Rosella Levaggi, Luigi Siciliani, and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 105, Patients choice, mobility and competition among health care providers (with Hugh Gravelle, Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). In: Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility Health Integration in the European Union (edited by Rosella Levaggi and Marcello Monte- ori), Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy 12 (2014) 1-26, Springer. 2

3 5. "Margins and market shares: pharmacy incentives for generic substitution" (with Tor Helge Holmås and Odd Rune Straume). European Economic Review 61 (2013) "Quality competition with pro t constraints" (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 84 (2012) "Should pharmaceutical costs be curbed?" (with Dag Morten Dalen and Steinar Strøm). Nordic Economic Policy Review 2 (2012) "Competition and quality in regulated markets with sluggish demand" (with Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Economics & Managment Strategy 21 (2012) "Reference pricing, competition and pharmaceutical prices: theory and evidence from a natural experiment" (with Tor Helge Holmås and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Public Economics 95 (2011) "Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices" (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Scandinavian Journal of Economics 113 (2011) "Price and quality in spatial competition" (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Regional Science and Urban Economics 40 (2010) "Competition and quality in health care markets: a di erential-game approach" (with Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Health Economics 29 (2010) Pharmaceutical patents: incentives for research & development or marketing? (with Odd Rune Straume). Southern Economic Journal 76 (2009) Regulation and pricing of pharmaceuticals: price cap or reference pricing? (with Astrid L. Grasdal and Tor Helge Holmås). European Economic Review 53 (2009) Competition and waiting times in hospital markets (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Public Economics 92 (2008) Reference pricing of pharmaceuticals (with Ingrid Königbauer and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Health Economics 26 (2007) Private versus Public Health Care in a National Health Service (with Lars Sørgard). Health Economics 16 (2007) Gatekeeping in health care (with Robert Nuscheler and Odd Rune Straume). Journal of Health Economics 26 (2007) Quality and location choices under price regulation (with Odd Rune Straume and Robert Nuscheler). Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 15 (2006) Direct to consumer advertising in pharmaceutical markets (with Michael Kuhn). Journal of Health Economics 25 (2006) Bilateral monopolies and location choices (with Odd Rune Straume). Regional Science and Urban Economics 34 (2004) Competition or coordination in hospital markets with unionised labour, International Journal of Health Care Finance & Economics 4 (2004) Working papers 3

4 1. Capital Taxation and Imperfect Competition: ACE vs. CBIT, NHH Discussion Paper 32/2014 (with Armando J. Garcia Pires, Dirk Schindler, and Guttorm Schjelderup). 2. Hospital Mergers with Regulated Prices, Discussion Paper NHH 2014 (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Revise and resubmit to the Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 3. Horizontal Mergers and Product Quality, Discussion Paper NHH 4/2014 (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). Revise and resubmit to the Journal of Law and Economics. 4. Price Regulation and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals, Discussion Paper NHH 1/2014 (with Tor Helge Holmås and Odd Rune Straume). Revise and resubmit to the Journal of Public Economics. 5. Can competition reduce quality?, Discussion Paper NHH 9/2012 (with Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume). 6. On the competitive e ect of informative advertising, Discussion Paper NHH 16/09 (with Michael Kuhn). Publications in Norwegian 1. "Norge er blant de billigste landene i Europa på legemidler", Kronikk i Bergens Tidende 17. mars 2011 s. 38 (med Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume). 2. "NRK langt fra sannheten om pris på legemidler", Kronikk på forskning.no 17. mars 2011: (med Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume). 3. Direkte-til-konsumenten-reklame for reseptpliktige legemidler, SNF-Bulletin 15 (2003): Fra forvaltning til monopol i den norske sykehussektoren, Økonomisk Forum 4 (2002): Er konkurranse en god ide i helsesektoren?, I Askildsen, J.E. og K. Haug (red): Helse, økonomi og politikk. Utfordringer for det norske helsevesen. Cappelen Akademiske forlag, Oslo. Kap. 11 (2001) (with Jan Erik Askildsen). 6. Hva vet vi om konkurranseutsetting?, Magma Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse 2 (1999): Konkurranseutsetting i kommunal sektor, Forsyning (KSI) 1 (1997): 5 13 (with Einar Hope). Reports 1. "Prices of Pharmaceuticals: A Comparison of Prescription Drug Prices in Sweden with Nine European Countries". SNF-report 01/12, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration, "Comparing Pharmaceutical Prices in Europe." (with Tor Helge Holmås, Odd Rune Straume). SNF-report 11/11, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration, "Are Pharmaceuticals Still Inexpensive in Norway?" (with Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume). Report 08/10, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration,

5 4. "Er legemidler fremdeles billig i Norge? En sammenligning av priser på reseptpliktige legemidler mellom Norge og ni vest-europeiske land (with Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume). Rapport 06/09, Samfunns- og næringslivsforskning, Er legemidler billig i Norge? En sammenligning av priser på reseptpliktige legemidler mellom Norge og ni vest-europeiske land (with Tor Helge Holmås og Odd Rune Straume). Rapport 05/08, Samfunns- og næringslivsforskning, Konkurranse i spesialisthelsetjenesten? (with Christian Andersen, Egil Kjerstad, Frode Kristiansen, Odd Rune Straume, Kjell Sunnevåg). Rapport 25/06, Samfunns- og næringslivsforskning, Økonomisk verdsetting av apotektjenester. Rapport 17/05, Samfunns- og næringslivsforskning, (with Christian Andersen, Tom Eldegard, Ghazala Naz, Kjell Sunnevåg). 8. Pris- og avanseregulering i legemiddelmarkedet: En prinsipiell diskusjon og en vurdering av den norske modellen. Notat 20, Rokkansenteret, (with Odd Rune Straume). 9. Evaluering av ny apoteklov og indeksprissystemet. Rapport 17, Rokkansenteret, 2003 (with Astrid Grasdal, Tor Helge Holmås, Frode Steen, Kjell Sunnevåg) 10. E ektivitet, ressursbruk og konkurranseutsetting i kommunesektoren En gjennomgang av empiriske studier. SNF-rapport 4/99, (with Jan Erik Askildsen, Finn R. Førsund, Kjell Ove Kalhagen). 11. O entlig sektor som tilbyder eller produsent? Noen synspunkter på oppgavefordeling mellom privat og o entlig sektor. SNF-rapport 11/99, 1999, (with Kåre P. Hagen). 12. Konkurranseutsetting av kommunal virksomhet. Rapport fra de nordiske konkurransemyndigheter. Nr. 1, 1998 (sekretær for utvalget). 13. Konkurranseeksponering av o entlig sektor. Arbeidsnotat 31. mars, 1998, Arbeids- og administrasjonsdepartementet (sekretær for Undrum-utvalget). 14. Ekskluderende vertikale bindinger og lineære tari er i franchisekontrakter En studie av det norske bilmarkedet. SNF-rapport 92/96, Teaching Industrial Organization, Health Economics and the Pharmaceutical Industry. Research interests Health Economics, Industrial Organisation, Regulation and Incentive Theory Research Visits and Grants Norwegian Research Council (Health Economics Program) grant for a two-week stay at University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, June Norwegian Research Council (Health Economics Program) grant for a two-week stay at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, February

6 Norwegian Research Council (Health Economics Program) grant for a two-week stay at University of York, York, UK, October Storebrand grant at NHH for a two-week stay at University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, June Ruhrgas grant for a two-week stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (University of Munich), August Ruhrgas grant for a two-week stay at the Wissenschaftzentrum Berlin (WZB), October Norwegian Research Council foreign grant for a six months stay at the University of York, Autumn Ruhrgas grant for participation at the International Summer School, University of Bonn, for two-weeks, August Invited Seminars Norwegian Business School (BI), Department of Economics, Oslo, November 19, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Business and Economics, Odense, November 5, ETH Zürich, Department of Management, Technology and Economics, Zürich, October 27, University of Manchester, Health Economics Workshop, February, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration, April, University of Manchester, Department of Economics, November University of Augsburg, Department of Economics, June University of Minho, Department of Economics, NIPE, June University of Oslo, Department of Health Economics and Management, May University of York, Department of Economics, October University of Konstanz, Department of Economics, April Wissenschaftzentrum Berlin, March Centre for Health Economics, University of York, October Refereeing B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy; CESifo Economic Studies; European Economic Review; European Journal of Health Economics; Health Economics; Health Policy; Journal of Economics; Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization; Journal of Economics & Management Strategy; Journal of Health Economics; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Regulatory Economics; Nordic Journal of Health Economics; Papers in Regional Science; Portugese Economic Journal, Social Science and Medicine; Southern Economic Journal, Økonomisk Forum. Administrative Experience and Committee work Project Management 6

7 Project leader of SNF-project "Internasjonal sammenligning av legemiddelpriser i Sverige og Vest-Europa", November 2011 Februar 2012, LIF Swedish Association of Pharmaceutical Industry". Project leader of SNF-project Internasjonal sammenligning av legemiddelpriser i Norge og Vest-Europa, January 2011 October 2011, The Norwegian Pharmacy Association, NOK Project leader of SNF-project Internasjonal sammenligning av legemiddelpriser i Norge og Vest-Europa, October 2009 May 2010, The Norwegian Pharmacy Association, NOK Project leader of SNF-project Internasjonal sammenligning av legemiddelpriser i Norge og Vest-Europa, October 2008 May 2009, The Norwegian Pharmacy Association, NOK Project leader of SNF-project Kartlegging og sammenligning av priser på legemidler i Norge og Vest-Europa, October 2007 Mai 2008, Ministry of Health, NOK Project leader of SNF-project Konkurranse i spesialisthelsetjenesten, October 2005 August 2006, The Norwegian Competition Authority, NOK Project leader of Rokkan-project Pris- og avanseregulering i legemiddelmarkedet, February Desember 2003, The Norwegian Pharmacy Association, NOK Committee Work Scienti c committee, 14th European Health Economics Workshop, Lausanne, June, Scienti c committee, 12th European Health Economics Workshop, Sevilla, May, Organizing committe, Ruhrgas conference on the Financial Crises in Europe, NHH, March, Scienti c committee, 11th European Health Economics Workshop, Brescia, March, Scienti c committee, 10th European Health Economics Workshop, Lund, May, Organising the 9th European Health Economics Workshop in Bergen, May 2-3, Organising committee of the National Health Economics Conference in Bergen, May, Seminar organiser for the economics department seminar series at NHH, Scienti c committee for the EARIE 2005, 2006 and ihea World Congress in Health Economics 2003, Evaluation committee for a doctoral position in health economics at University of Bergen Organiser of Health Economics in Bergen (HEB) seminar and publication series, 2005 Secretary for the Nordic Committee of Competition Authorities on Konkurranseutsetting i o entlig sector,