• Population Economics
• Contract theory
• Regulation
• Industrial organization
• Auctions

Masters thesis

• Magnesen, Even Jordal; Meland, Frode; Vagstad, Steinar (2020). Effekter av krysseierskap på konkurransen i det norske kraftmarkedet. (external link)
• Sundal, Louise-Mari Høie; Meland, Frode; Vagstad, Steinar (2020). Konfidensielle kontrakter ved offentlige innkjøp av legemidler. (external link)
• Gangstøe, Susanne Helen; Meland, Frode; Vagstad, Steinar (2019). Hemmelige kontrakter i dagligvaremarkedet.. (external link)
• Havsgård, Kristianne Nordeide; Meland, Frode; Vagstad, Steinar (2019). Lojalitetsprogram og deres innvirkning på konkurransen i drivstoffmarkedet.. (external link)
• Nguyen, Ngoc Ly; Vagstad, Steinar (2018). Crossing Bjørnafjorden - A practical Cost-Benefit Analysis. (external link)
• Kjos, Øyvind Kragh; Vagstad, Steinar (2018). Kontanter, svart økonomi og negative renter - En utredning av mulige konsekvenser ved å fase ut kontanter. (external link)

Academic article

• Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Straume, Odd Rune; Vagstad, Steinar (2018). Employment Protection and Unemployment Benefits: On Technology Adoption and Job Creation in a Matching Model. (external link)
• Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Straume, Odd Rune; Vagstad, Steinar (2015). Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in hiring and promotion. (external link)
• Brunstad, Rolf Jens; Vagstad, Steinar (2010). Veiprising mot køer og forurensning :. (external link)
• Linnerud, Kristin; Vagstad, Steinar (2010). Access pricing with regulated downstream competition and upstream externalities. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar; Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl (2008). M2M Call Termination - Regulation or Competition?. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2008). Why is on-net traffic cheaper than off-net traffic? Access markup as a collusive device. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2007). Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders?. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2004). On how size and composition of customer bases affect equilibrium in a duopoly with switching costs. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2003). Consumer heterogeneity, incomplete information and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2001). On private incentives to acquire household production skills. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Centralized vs. decentralized procurement: Does dispersed information call for decentralized decision-making?. (external link)
• Kjerstad, Egil; Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Procurement auctions with entry of bidders. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Centralized vs. decentralized procurement: Does dispersed information call for decentralized decision-making?. (external link)
• Kjerstad, Egil; Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Procurement auctions with entry of bidders. (external link)
• Erbenová, Michaela; Vagstad, Steinar (1999). Investors facing opportunistic governments: Is it really good to "know the market" before investing?". (external link)

Academic lecture

• Cyndecka, Malgorzata Agnieszka; Helle, Herdis; Vagstad, Steinar (2016). BECCLE-Seminar: Kryssubsidiering, effektiv ressursbruk og ESAs kontroll av det offentlige. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2010). The male-female wage gap revisited. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2004). Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders?. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2002). On how size and composition of customer bases affect equilibrium in a duopoly with switching costs. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2002). Dilemmaer i reguleringspolitikken. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2002). Double burdens and leisure gaps as effects of shorter working hours?. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2001). Should auctioneers supply early information to prospective bidders?. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Consumer heterogeneity and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Prisdiskriminering med usikre kunder. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Prisdiskriminering med usikre kunder. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Prisdiskriminering med usikre kunder. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Prisdiskriminering med usikre kunder. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Consumer heterogeneity and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (1998). Acquisition of household production skills: private incentives vs. efficiency. (external link)

Report

• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Sørgard, Lars; Vagstad, Steinar et al. (2013). Kjøpermakt i dagligvaresektoren. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2005). Ny markedsordning for melk - en vurdering av prinsipper og metoder for beregning av pris for melkeråvare. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2002). Markets with consumer switching costs and non-linear pricing. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2002). Why is on-net traffic cheaper than off-net traffic?. (external link)
• Naz, Ghazala; Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Vagstad, Steinar (2002). Educational and completed fertility in Norway. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2001). Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders?. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2001). Second-period pricing in a duopoly with switching costs: the effect of size and composition of customer bases. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2001). Consumer heterogeneity and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2001). Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders?. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2001). Price discrimination with uncertain consumers. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2001). On how size and composition of customer bases affect equilibrium in a duopoly with switching costs. (external link)
• Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in promotion. (external link)
• Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Mommy Tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in promotion. (external link)
• Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in promotion. (external link)
• Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Vagstad, Steinar (2000). Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in promotion. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (1999). On Private Incentives to Acquire Household Production Skills. (external link)
• Hagen, Kåre P.; Fjell, Kenneth; Foros, Øystein et al. (1999). Problemstillinger for videre forskning på prising av teletjenester. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (1998). Konkurranse i telesektoren: Hvordan rasjonalisere observert atferd?. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (1998). Interconnecting Norwegian Mobile Phone Networks: Competition or cooperation?. (external link)
• Erbenová, Michaela; Vagstad, Steinar (1998). Investors facing opportunistic governments: Is it really good to "know the market" before investing?. (external link)
• Bjørnenak, Trond; Gabrielsen, Tommy S.; Vagstad, Steinar (1998). Verdiskapende samtrafikkavtaler: Prising av samtrafikk. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (1997). Centralized vs. decentralized procurement: Does dispersed information call for decentraliced decision-making. (external link)
• Kjerstad, Kjell; Vagstad, Steinar (1994). Procurement auctions with entry of bidders. (external link)
• Sørgard, Lars; Vagstad, Steinar (1992). A monopolist facing a puppy dog entrant: Optimal choice of technology. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (1992). Promoting 'fair' competition in public procurement. (external link)

Feature article

• Vagstad, Steinar; Lommerud, Kjell Erik (2012). Er offentlig ansatte produktive? Gode vitnemål er ikke tilstrekkelig. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar; Lommerud, Kjell Erik (2012). Luftmilliarder. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar; Lommerud, Kjell Erik (2012). Frontfagsmodell for fall. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2010). Unødvendig dyre krisetiltak. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar; Brunstad, Rolf Jens; Bruvoll, Annegrete (2009). Miljøvenleg avgift. (external link)
• Brunstad, Rolf Jens; Bruvoll, Annegrete; Vagstad, Steinar (2009). Miljøvenleg avgift på biodiesel. (external link)
• Sandvik, Bjørn; Vagstad, Steinar (2003). Straumkundane betaler i flokk (opprinnelig Marginbasert prising av straum og banklån). (external link)

Short communication

• Brunstad, Rolf Jens; Bruvoll, Annegrete; Vagstad, Steinar (2011). Samfunnsøkonomen nr. 1 2011 125. (65.) årgang. (external link)

Programme participation

• Vagstad, Steinar (2009). SVs valkampopning. (external link)

Interview

• Vagstad, Steinar (2009). Miljøvennleg avgift på biodiesel. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2009). Miljøvennleg avgift på biodiesel. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (2008). Bør Norge ta i bruk Euro?. (external link)

Popular scientific lecture

• Vagstad, Steinar (2008). Tilgangsprising i telesektoren. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (1998). On private incentives to acquire household production skills. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (1998). Kontantstøtteordninga - Velfundert reform eller dristig eksperiment?. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (1998). Kontantstøtte og familieøkonomisk teori: Har feministane rett?. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (1998). Konkurranseformer i telesektoren: Hvordan rasjonalisere observert atferd?. (external link)

Reader opinion piece

• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2007). Nrk-lisens helt som før. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Vagstad, Steinar; Naz, Ghazala; Nilsen, Øivind Anti (2006). Education and completed fertility in Norway. (external link)
• Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Naz, Ghazala; Vagstad, Steinar (2006). Education and completed fertility in Norway. (external link)
• Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar (2001). Prising av teletjenester. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (1998). Auksjonsteori og offentleg politikk. (external link)
• Vagstad, Steinar (1997). Information rent and technology choice in a regulated firm. (Contributions to economics). (external link)

Doctoral dissertation

• Vagstad, Steinar (1994). Five essays on incentives in procurement contracting. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

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

• Price discrimination with uncertain consumers. Mimeo, Department of Economics, University of Bergen.
• Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in promotion. WP 0600, Department of Economics, University of Bergen (with Kjell Erik Lommerud). Second resubmission invited by the Journal of Labor Economics.
• Playing monopoly with the government: Time inconsistency of industrial policy revisited. Mimeo, Department of Economics, University of Bergen.

Biography

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