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Steinar Vagstad

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Department of Economics
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    Fosswinckels gate 14
    5007 Bergen
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    Postboks 7802
    5020 Bergen
  • Population Economics
  • Contract theory
  • Regulation
  • Industrial organization
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Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2018). Employment Protection and Unemployment Benefits: On Technology Adoption and Job Creation in a Matching Model. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 763-793.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in hiring and promotion. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 540-554.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Veiprising mot køer og forurensning :. Samfunnsøkonomen. 4-13.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Access pricing with regulated downstream competition and upstream externalities. European Review of Agricultural Economics. 77-96.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Why is on-net traffic cheaper than off-net traffic? Access markup as a collusive device. European Economic Review. 99-115.
  • Show author(s) (2008). M2M Call Termination - Regulation or Competition? Applied Economics Quarterly. 203-215.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders? International Journal of Industrial Organization. 597-614.
  • Show author(s) (2004). On how size and composition of customer bases affect equilibrium in a duopoly with switching costs. Review of Economic Design. 59-71.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Consumer heterogeneity, incomplete information and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs. Information Economics and Policy. 384-401.
  • Show author(s) (2001). On private incentives to acquire household production skills. Journal of Population Economics. 301-312.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Procurement auctions with entry of bidders. International Journal of Industrial Organization. 1243-1257.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Procurement auctions with entry of bidders. International Journal of Industrial Organization. 1243-1257.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Centralized vs. decentralized procurement: Does dispersed information call for decentralized decision-making? International Journal of Industrial Organization. 949-963.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Centralized vs. decentralized procurement: Does dispersed information call for decentralized decision-making? International Journal of Industrial Organization. 949-963.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Investors facing opportunistic governments: Is it really good to "know the market" before investing?". The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 459-475.
Report
  • Show author(s) (2013). Kjøpermakt i dagligvaresektoren. .
  • Show author(s) (2005). Ny markedsordning for melk - en vurdering av prinsipper og metoder for beregning av pris for melkeråvare. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Why is on-net traffic cheaper than off-net traffic? 23/02. 23/02. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Markets with consumer switching costs and non-linear pricing. 04/02. 04/02. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Educational and completed fertility in Norway. 56. 56. .
  • Show author(s) (2001). Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders? A21/01. A21/01. .
  • Show author(s) (2001). Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders? 07/01. 07/01. .
  • Show author(s) (2001). Second-period pricing in a duopoly with switching costs: the effect of size and composition of customer bases. A9/01. A9/01. .
  • Show author(s) (2001). Price discrimination with uncertain consumers. A12/01. A12/01. .
  • Show author(s) (2001). On how size and composition of customer bases affect equilibrium in a duopoly with switching costs. A26/01. A26/01. .
  • Show author(s) (2001). Consumer heterogeneity and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs. 08/01. 08/01. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in promotion. 2378. 2378. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in promotion. 0600. 0600. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in promotion. 2378. 2378. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Mommy Tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in promotion. 0600. 0600. .
  • Show author(s) (1999). Problemstillinger for videre forskning på prising av teletjenester. 27. 27. .
  • Show author(s) (1999). On Private Incentives to Acquire Household Production Skills. 1499. 1499. .
  • Show author(s) (1998). Verdiskapende samtrafikkavtaler: Prising av samtrafikk. 2. 2. .
  • Show author(s) (1998). Konkurranse i telesektoren: Hvordan rasjonalisere observert atferd? .
  • Show author(s) (1998). Investors facing opportunistic governments: Is it really good to "know the market" before investing? 1398. 1398. .
  • Show author(s) (1998). Interconnecting Norwegian Mobile Phone Networks: Competition or cooperation? .
  • Show author(s) (1997). Centralized vs. decentralized procurement: Does dispersed information call for decentraliced decision-making. .
  • Show author(s) (1994). Procurement auctions with entry of bidders. .
  • Show author(s) (1992). Promoting 'fair' competition in public procurement. 15. 15. .
  • Show author(s) (1992). A monopolist facing a puppy dog entrant: Optimal choice of technology. 5. 5. .
Popular scientific lecture
  • Show author(s) (2008). Tilgangsprising i telesektoren.
  • Show author(s) (1998). On private incentives to acquire household production skills.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Kontantstøtteordninga - Velfundert reform eller dristig eksperiment?
  • Show author(s) (1998). Kontantstøtte og familieøkonomisk teori: Har feministane rett?
  • Show author(s) (1998). Konkurranseformer i telesektoren: Hvordan rasjonalisere observert atferd?
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2016). BECCLE-Seminar: Kryssubsidiering, effektiv ressursbruk og ESAs kontroll av det offentlige.
  • Show author(s) (2010). The male-female wage gap revisited.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders?
  • Show author(s) (2002). On how size and composition of customer bases affect equilibrium in a duopoly with switching costs.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Double burdens and leisure gaps as effects of shorter working hours?
  • Show author(s) (2002). Dilemmaer i reguleringspolitikken.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Should auctioneers supply early information to prospective bidders?
  • Show author(s) (2000). Prisdiskriminering med usikre kunder.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Prisdiskriminering med usikre kunder.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Prisdiskriminering med usikre kunder.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Prisdiskriminering med usikre kunder.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Consumer heterogeneity and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Consumer heterogeneity and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Acquisition of household production skills: private incentives vs. efficiency.
Reader opinion piece
  • Show author(s) (2007). Nrk-lisens helt som før. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
Short communication
  • Show author(s) (2011). Samfunnsøkonomen nr. 1 2011 125. (65.) årgang. Samfunnsøkonomen. 4-5.
Masters thesis
  • Show author(s) (2020). Konfidensielle kontrakter ved offentlige innkjøp av legemidler.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Effekter av krysseierskap på konkurransen i det norske kraftmarkedet.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Lojalitetsprogram og deres innvirkning på konkurransen i drivstoffmarkedet.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Hemmelige kontrakter i dagligvaremarkedet.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Kontanter, svart økonomi og negative renter - En utredning av mulige konsekvenser ved å fase ut kontanter.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Crossing Bjørnafjorden - A practical Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Feature article
  • Show author(s) (2012). Luftmilliarder. Dagens næringsliv. 3-3.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Frontfagsmodell for fall. Dagens næringsliv. 3-3.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Er offentlig ansatte produktive? Gode vitnemål er ikke tilstrekkelig. Dagens næringsliv. 3-3.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Unødvendig dyre krisetiltak. Bergens Tidende.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Miljøvenleg avgift på biodiesel. VG : Verdens gang. 1.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Miljøvenleg avgift. VG : Verdens gang.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Straumkundane betaler i flokk (opprinnelig Marginbasert prising av straum og banklån). Bergens Tidende.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (1994). Five essays on incentives in procurement contracting.
Interview
  • Show author(s) (2009). Miljøvennleg avgift på biodiesel.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Miljøvennleg avgift på biodiesel.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Bør Norge ta i bruk Euro?
Programme participation
  • Show author(s) (2009). SVs valkampopning.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2006). Education and completed fertility in Norway. 22 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Education and completed fertility in Norway. 22 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Prising av teletjenester. 25 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Auksjonsteori og offentleg politikk. 27 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Information rent and technology choice in a regulated firm. (Contributions to economics). 19 pages.

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Monographies

  1. Økologisk jordbruk og jordbrukspolitiske målsettingar, Master’s thesis, Department of Economics, University of Bergen, 1987.
  2. Five essays on incentives in procurement contracting, Dissertations in Economics no. 4, Department of Economics, University of Bergen, 1994.

 

International publications

  1. “Promoting fair competition in public procurement,” Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 58: 283-307, 1995.
  2. “Information rent and technology choice in a regulated firm,” in Picot, A. and E. Schlicht (Eds.): Firms, Markets, and Contracts — Contributions to Neo-Institutional Economics, Corrected 2nd printing, Physica-Verlag, 1997.
  3. "Investors facing opportunistic governments: Is it really good to “know the market” before investing?” [with Michaela Erbenová, CERGE-EI, Prague], Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 101(3): 459-75, 1999.
  4. “Centralized vs. decentralized procurement: Does local information call for decentralized decision-making?” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 18: 949-963, 2000.
  5. "Procurement auctions with entry of bidders" [with Egil Kjerstad, SNF], International Journal of Industrial Organization 18: 1243-1257, 2000.
  6. "On private incentives to aquire household skills," Journal of Population Economics, 14, 301-312, 2001.
  7. “Consumer heterogeneity, incomplete information and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs” [with Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen, University of  Bergen]. Information Economics and Policy 5(3): 384-401, 2003.
  8. “On how size and composition of customer bases affect equilibrium in a duopoly with switching costs [with Tommy Gabrielsen].” Review of Economic Design, 9: 59-71, 2004.
  9. “Education and completed fertility in Norway” [with Øivind Anti Nilsen and Ghazala Naz]. In Gustafsson, Siv; Kalwij, Adriaan (Eds.) Education and Postponement of Maternity, European Studies of Population, Vol.15. Springer Verlag, 2006.
  10.  “Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders?” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 25: 597-614, 2007.
  11. “Why is on-net traffic cheaper than off-net traffic? Access markup as a collusive device?” [with Tommy Gabrielsen]. European Economic Review, 52: 99–115, 2008.
  12. “M2M Call Termination – Regulation or Competition?” [with Tommy Gabrielsen]. Applied Economics Quarterly, 54: 203-215, 2008.
  13. “Access pricing in agricultural markets with regulated downstream competition and upstream externalities” [with Kristin Linnerud], European Review of Agricultural Economics, 37 (1): 77-96.

Work in progress

Biography

Born 1963. Dr. polit. 1994 (University of Bergen). Professor of Economics since 2001. Full CV.

Fields of competence 
Family economics
Incentive theory
Industrial Organization