Member of the Department of Economics and the research centre NIPE at the University of Minho. Director of NIPE from 2013 to 2019. Research Fellow at CESifo (Munich) since 2009. Editor of Journal of Health Economics since 2024. Associate Editor of Journal of Health Economics in the period 2019-2023 and of Bulletin of Economic Research in the period 2016-2022. Co-Editor of Portuguese Economic Journal in the period 2008-2016.
Industrial organization
Labour markets
Competition and regulation in health care markets.
Selected publications
Brekke, K. R., Holmås, T. H., Monstad, K., & Straume, O. R. (2017). Do treatment decisions depend on physicians' financial incentives? Journal of Public Economics, 155, 74–92. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Holmås, T. H., & Straume, O. R. (2015). Price regulation and parallel imports of pharmaceuticals. Journal of Public Economics, 129, 92–105. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Holmås, T. H., & Straume, O. R. (2011). Reference pricing, competition, and pharmaceutical expenditures: Theory and evidence from a natural experiment. Journal of Public Economics, 95(7-8), 624–638. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2008). Competition and waiting times in hospital markets. Journal of Public Economics, 92(7), 1607–1628. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Straume, O. R., & Sørgard, L. (2006). National versus international mergers in unionized oligopoly. RAND Journal of Economics, 37(1), 212–233. DOI
Other publications
Esteves, R. B., Ghandour, Z., & Straume, O. R. Quality discrimination in healthcare markets. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Dalen, D. M., & Straume, O. R. (2024). Competing with precision: incentives for developing predictive biomarker tests. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 126(1), 60–97. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2024). Competition, quality and integrated health care. Journal of Health Economics, 95(102880). DOI
Brekke, K. R., Dalen, D. M., & Straume, O. R. (2023). The price of cost-effectiveness thresholds under therapeutic competition in pharmaceutical markets. Journal of Health Economics, 90(102778). DOI
Gabrielsen, T. S., Johansen, B. O., & Straume, O. R. (2023). National pricing with local quality competition. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 32(1), 48–74. DOI
Straume, O. R. (2023). Therapeutic reference pricing and drug innovation incentives. Economics Letters, 222, Article 110945. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Dalen, D. M., & Straume, O. R. (2022). Paying for pharmaceuticals: uniform pricing versus two-part tariffs. Journal of Health Economics, 83(May 2022), Article 102613. DOI
Ghandour, Z., & Straume, O. R. (2022). Optimal funding coverage in a mixed oligopoly with quality competition and price regulation. Journal of Economics, 136, 201–225. DOI
Ghandour, Z., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2022). Investment and quality competition in health care markets. Journal of Health Economics, 82, 102588. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Canta, C., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2021). Hospital competition in a national health service: Evidence from a patient choice reform. Journal of Health Economics, 79, 102509. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Meland, F., & Straume, O. R. (2021). International outsourcing and trade union (de-)centralisation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 187, 76–91. DOI
Monteiro, N. P., Straume, O. R., & Valente, M. (2021). When does remote electronic access (not) boost productivity? Longitudinal evidence from Portugal. Information Economics and Policy, 100923. DOI
Sá, L., & Straume, O. R. (2021). Quality provision in hospital markets with demand inertia: The role of patient expectations. Journal of Health Economics, 80, 102529. DOI
Bisceglia, M., Cellini, R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2020). Optimal dynamic volume-based price regulation. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 73, Article 102675. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Holmås, T. H., Monstad, K., & Straume, O. R. (2020). How Does The Type of Remuneration Affect Physician Behavior? Fixed Salary versus Fee-for-Service. American Journal of Health Economics, 6(1), 104–138. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2020). Quality and price competition in spatial markets. In S. Colombo (Ed.), Spatial Economics Volume 1: Theory (pp. 295–332). Palgrave MacMillan. DOI
Lisi, D., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2020). Hospital competition under pay-for-performance: Quality, mortality, and readmissions. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 29(2), 289–314. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Holmås, T. H., Monstad, K., & Straume, O. R. (2019). Competition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates? Journal of Health Economics, 66, 117–135. DOI
Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2019). Competition and equity in health care markets. Journal of Health Economics, 64, 1–14. DOI
Sá, L., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2019). Dynamic hospital competition under rationing by waiting times. Journal of Health Economics, 66, 260–282. DOI
Bastos, P., Monteiro, N. P., & Straume, O. R. (2018). Foreign acquisition and internal organization. Journal of International Economics, 114, 143–163. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Cellini, R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2018). Differential Games in Health-Care Markets: Models of Quality Competition with Fixed Prices. In J. Apaloo & B. Viscolani (Eds.), Advances in Dynamic and Mean Field Games (Vol. 15, pp. 145–167). Birkhäuser. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Gravelle, H., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2018). Hospital Quality Competition: A Review of the Theoretical Literature. In B. Dormont & C. Milcent (Eds.), Competition between Hospitals: Does it Affect Quality of Care? (Vol. 49, pp. 25–67). Paris: Editions Rue d'Ulm. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Holmås, T. H., Monstad, K., & Straume, O. R. (2018). Socio-economic status and physicians' treatment decisions. Health Economics, 27(3), e77–e89. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2018). Can competition reduce quality? Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 174(3), 421–447. DOI
Cellini, R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2018). A dynamic model of quality competition with endogenous prices. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 94, 190–206. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Straume, O. R., & Vagstad, S. (2018). Employment Protection and Unemployment Benefits: On Technology Adoption and Job Creation in a Matching Model. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 120(3), 763–793. DOI
Monteiro, N. P., & Straume, O. R. (2018). Are Cooperatives More Productive than Investor-Owned Firms? Cross-Industry Evidence from Portugal . Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 89(2), 377–414. DOI
Brekke, K. R., & Straume, O. R. (2017). Competition policy for health care provision in Norway. Health Policy, 121(2), 134–140. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Holmås, T. H., Monstad, K., & Straume, O. R. (2017). Do treatment decisions depend on physicians' financial incentives? Journal of Public Economics, 155, 74–92. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2017). Horizontal mergers and product quality. Canadian Journal of Economics, 50(4), 1063–1103. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2017). Hospital Mergers with Regulated Prices. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(3), 597–627. DOI
Bastos, P., & Straume, O. R. (2016). Preschool Education in Brazil: Does Public Supply Crowd Out Private Enrollment? World Development, 78, 496–510. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Canta, C., & Straume, O. R. (2016). Reference pricing with endogenous generic entry. Journal of Health Economics, 50, 312–329. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Levaggi, R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2016). Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income. Journal of Health Economics, 50, 372–387. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Holmås, T. H., & Straume, O. R. (2015). Price regulation and parallel imports of pharmaceuticals. Journal of Public Economics, 129, 92–105. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2015). Hospital Competition with Soft Budgets. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 117(3), 1019–1048. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Straume, O. R., & Vagstad, S. (2015). Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in hiring and promotion. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 116, 540–554. DOI
Bastos, P., Monteiro, N. P., & Straume, O. R. (2014). The effect of private versus public ownership on labour earnings. Oxford Economic Papers, 66(4), 983–1005. DOI
Bastos, P., Monteiro, N. P., & Straume, O. R. (2014). The impact of private vs. public ownership on the level and structure of employment. Economics of Transition, 22(2), 247–280. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Gravelle, H. S. E., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2014). Patient choice, mobility and competition among health care providers. In R. Levaggi & M. Montefiori (Eds.), Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility (Vol. 12, pp. 1–26). Springer. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Levaggi, R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2014). Patient mobility, health care quality and welfare. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 105, 140–157. DOI
Straume, O. R. (2014). Advertising health care: causes and consequences. In A. J. Culyer (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health Economics (Vol. 1, pp. 51–55). San Diego: Elsevier / Kluwer / North Holland. DOI
Bastos, P., Straume, O. R., & Urrego, J. A. (2013). Rain, agriculture, and tariffs. Journal of International Economics, 90(2), 364–377. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Holmås, T. H., & Straume, O. R. (2013). Margins and market shares: Pharmacy incentives for generic substitution. European Economic Review, 61, 116–131. DOI
Siciliani, L., Straume, O. R., & Cellini, R. (2013). Quality competition with motivated providers and sluggish demand. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 37(10), 2041–2061. DOI
Bastos, P., & Straume, O. R. (2012). Globalization, product differentiation, and wage inequality. Canadian Journal of Economics, 45(3), 857–878. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Cellini, R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2012). Competition in Regulated Markets with Sluggish Beliefs about Quality. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 21(1), 131–178. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2012). Quality competition with profit constraints. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 84(2), 642–659. DOI
Figueiredo, A. M. S., Figueiredo, F. O., Monteiro, N. P., & Straume, O. R. (2012). Restructuring in privatised firms: A statis approach. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 23(1), 108–116. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., & Straume, O. R. (2012). Employment Protection Versus Flexicurity: On Technology Adoption in Unionised Firms. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 114(1), 177–199. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Meland, F., & Straume, O. R. (2012). North-South technology transfer in unionised multinationals. Journal of Development of Economics, 99(2), 385–395. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Holmås, T. H., & Straume, O. R. (2011). Reference pricing, competition, and pharmaceutical expenditures: Theory and evidence from a natural experiment. Journal of Public Economics, 95(7-8), 624–638. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2011). Hospital Competition and Quality with Regulated Prices. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113(2), 444–469. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Meland, F., & Straume, O. R. (2011). Mergers and capital flight in unionised oligopolies: Is there scope for a "national champion" policy? International Review of Economics and Finance, 20(2), 325–341. DOI
Monteiro, N. P., Portela, M. A., & Straume, O. R. (2011). Firm Ownership and Rent Sharing. Journal of Labor Research, 32(3), 210–236. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Cellini, R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2010). Competition and quality in health care markets: A differential-game approach. Journal of Health Economics, 29(4), 508–523. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2010). Price and quality in spatial competition. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 40(6), 471–480. DOI
Holmås, T. H., Kjerstad, E., Lurås, H., & Straume, O. R. (2010). Does monetary punishment crowd out pro-social motivation? A natural experiment on hospital length of stay. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 75(2), 261–267. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Olsen, T. E., & Straume, O. R. (2010). Company taxation and merger incentives in international oligopoly: On international policy coordination with strategic trade. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 10(2), 161–186. DOI
Bastos, P., Monteiro, N. P., & Straume, O. R. (2009). Firm heterogeneity and wages in unionised labour markets: Theory and evidence. Labour Economics, 16(4), 440–450. DOI
Brekke, K. R., & Straume, O. R. (2009). Pharmaceutical patents: incentives for research and development or marketing? Southern Economic Journal, 76(2), 351–374. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Meland, F., & Straume, O. R. (2009). Can deunionization lead to international outsourcing? Journal of International Economics, 77(1), 109–119. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Siciliani, L., & Straume, O. R. (2008). Competition and waiting times in hospital markets. Journal of Public Economics, 92(7), 1607–1628. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Königbauer, I., & Straume, O. R. (2007). Reference pricing of pharmaceuticals. Journal of Health Economics, 26(3), 613–642. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Nuscheler, R., & Straume, O. R. (2007). Gatekeeping in health care. Journal of Health Economics, 26(1), 149–170. DOI
Meland, F., & Straume, O. R. (2007). Outsourcing in contests. Public Choice, 131(3-4), 315–331. DOI
Nese, G., & Straume, O. R. (2007). Industry concentration and strategic trade policy in successive oligopoly. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 7(1), 31–52. DOI
Brekke, K. R., Nuscheler, R., & Straume, O. R. (2006). Quality and location choices under price regulation. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 15(1), 207–227. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Meland, F., & Straume, O. R. (2006). Globalisation and union opposition to technological change. Journal of International Economics, 68(1), 1–23. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Straume, O. R., & Sørgard, L. (2006). National versus international mergers in unionized oligopoly. RAND Journal of Economics, 37(1), 212–233. DOI
Straume, O. R. (2006). Managerial delegation and merger incentives with asymmetric costs. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 162(3), 450–469. DOI
Straume, O. R. (2006). Product market integration and environmental policy coordination in an international duopoly. Environmental and Resource Economics, 34(4), 535–563. DOI
Lommerud, K. E., Straume, O. R., & Sørgard, L. (2005). Downstream merger with upstream market power. European Economic Review, 49(3), 717–743. DOI
Brekke, K. R., & Straume, O. R. (2004). Bilateral monopolies and location choice. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 34(3), 275–288. DOI
Lommerud, K., Sandvik, B., & Straume, O. (2004). Good jobs, bad jobs and redistribution. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 106(4), 703–720. DOI
Posada, P., & Straume, O. R. (2004). Merger, partial collusion and relocation. Journal of Economics, 83(3), 243–265. DOI
Straume, O. R. (2003). International mergers and trade liberalisation: Implications for unionised labour. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 21(5), 717–735. DOI
Straume, O. R. (2002). Rent-seeking in a unionised monopoly. Economics of Governance, 3(2), 117–134. DOI
Straume, O. R. (2002). Union collusion and intra-industry trade. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 20(5), 631–652. DOI
Economics of markets and competition
Master
Industrial Economics
Bachelor
Information, Markets and Strategies
Master
Research Methodology and Proposal in Economics
Master
Advanced Microeconomics I
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