CESifo Research Network Fellow

Kurt R. Brekke

NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Department of Economics
Helleveien 30, 5045, Bergen, Norway

Affiliated Research Network Area

Public Economics

Fields of Interest

  • Health economics
  • Industrial Organisation

CESifo Working Papers

Does Reference Pricing Drive Out Generic Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets? Evidence from a Policy Reform

Kurt R. Brekke, Chiara Canta, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2022
CESifo Working Paper No. 9853

Competition and Physician Behaviour: Does the Competitive Environment Affect the Propensity to Issue Sickness Certificates?

Kurt R. Brekke, Tor Helge Holmås, Karin Monstad, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2017
CESifo Working Paper No. 6672

Price Regulation and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals

Kurt R. Brekke, Tor Helge Holmås, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2015
CESifo Working Paper No. 5469

Horizontal Mergers and Product Quality

Kurt R. Brekke, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2015
CESifo Working Paper No. 5406

Capital Taxation and Imperfect Competition: ACE vs. CBIT

Kurt R. Brekke, Armando J. Garcia-Pires, Dirk Schindler, Guttorm Schjelderup
CESifo, Munich, 2014
CESifo Working Paper No. 5075

Can Competition Reduce Quality?

Kurt R. Brekke, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2014
CESifo Working Paper No. 4629

Patient Mobility, Health Care Quality and Welfare

Kurt R. Brekke, Rosella Levaggi, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2014
CESifo Working Paper No. 4576

Hospital Competition with Soft Budgets

Kurt R. Brekke, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2013
CESifo Working Paper No. 4073

Margins and Market Shares: Pharmacy Incentives for Generic Substitution

Kurt R. Brekke, Tor Helge Holmås, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2012
CESifo Working Paper No. 4055

Reference Pricing, Competition, and Pharmaceutical Expenditures: Theory and Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Kurt R. Brekke, Tor Helge Holmås, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2010
CESifo Working Paper No. 3258

Competition and Quality in Regulated Markets with Sluggish Demand

Kurt R. Brekke, Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2010
CESifo Working Paper No. 2922

Hospital Competition and Quality with Regulated Prices

Kurt R. Brekke, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2009
CESifo Working Paper No. 2635

Pharmaceutical Patents: Incentives for R&D or Marketing?

Kurt R. Brekke, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2008
CESifo Working Paper No. 2433

Competition and Waiting Times in Hospital Markets

Kurt R. Brekke, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2007
CESifo Working Paper No. 2124

Regulation and Pricing of Pharmaceuticals: Reference Pricing or Price Cap Regulation?

Kurt R. Brekke, Astrid L. Grasdal, Tor Helge Holmås
CESifo, Munich, 2007
CESifo Working Paper No. 2059

Reference Pricing of Pharmaceuticals

Kurt R. Brekke, Ingrid Königbauer, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2006
CESifo Working Paper No. 1825

Public versus Private Health Care in a National Health Service

Kurt R. Brekke, Lars Sørgard
CESifo, Munich, 2006
CESifo Working Paper No. 1679

Gatekeeping in Health Care

Kurt R. Brekke, Robert Nuscheler, Odd Rune Straume
CESifo, Munich, 2005
CESifo Working Paper No. 1552

Direct to Consumer Advertising in Pharmaceutical Markets

Kurt R. Brekke, Michael Kuhn
CESifo, Munich, 2005
CESifo Working Paper No. 1493