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

Academic article

• Kjell Erik Lommerud; Odd Rune Straume; Steinar Vagstad (2018). Employment Protection and Unemployment Benefits: On Technology Adoption and Job Creation in a Matching Model. (external link)
• Kjell Erik Lommerud; Odd Rune Straume; Steinar Vagstad (2015). Mommy tracks and public policy: On self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in hiring and promotion. (external link)
• Rolf Jens Brunstad; Annegrete Bruvoll; Steinar Vagstad (2011). Samfunnsøkonomen nr. 1 2011 125. (65.) årgang. (external link)
• Rolf Jens Brunstad; Steinar Vagstad (2010). Veiprising mot køer og forurensning :. (external link)
• Kristin Linnerud; Steinar Vagstad (2010). Access pricing with regulated downstream competition and upstream externalities. (external link)
• Steinar Vagstad; Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen (2008). M2M Call Termination - Regulation or Competition?. (external link)
• Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen; Steinar Vagstad (2008). Why is on-net traffic cheaper than off-net traffic? Access markup as a collusive device. (external link)
• Steinar Vagstad (2007). Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders?. (external link)
• Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen; Steinar Vagstad (2004). On how size and composition of customer bases affect equilibrium in a duopoly with switching costs. (external link)
• Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen; Steinar Vagstad (2003). Consumer heterogeneity, incomplete information and pricing in a duopoly with switching costs. (external link)
• Steinar Vagstad (2001). On private incentives to acquire household production skills. (external link)
• Egil Kjerstad; Steinar Vagstad (2000). Procurement auctions with entry of bidders. (external link)
• Steinar Vagstad (2000). Centralized vs. decentralized procurement: Does dispersed information call for decentralized decision-making?. (external link)
• Egil Kjerstad; Steinar Vagstad (2000). Procurement auctions with entry of bidders. (external link)
• Steinar Vagstad (2000). Centralized vs. decentralized procurement: Does dispersed information call for decentralized decision-making?. (external link)
• Michaela Erbenová; Steinar Vagstad (1999). Investors facing opportunistic governments: Is it really good to "know the market" before investing?". (external link)

Academic book chapter

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

Conference lecture

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

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

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

Lecture

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

Letter to the editor

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

Master’s thesis

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

Media feature article

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

Media interview

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

Radio or TV participation

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

Research report

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

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

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 (external link).