Tore Nilssen

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Academic Interests

Industrial organization, Political economy, Information economics, Microeconomics

Curriculum Vitae

Courses taught

Background

  • Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 1997 -
  • Head of PhD studies, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 2012-
  • Deputy Head, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 2005-2007
  • Associate professor, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 1995-1997
  • Visiting researcher, Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway), 1993-1994
  • Associate professor, Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, 1992-1994
  • Assistant professor, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NSEBA), 1991
  • Dr.oecon. (Ph.D.), Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NSEBA), 1991
  • Scholar, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NSEBA), 1987-1991
  • Master degree, Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NSEBA), 1987
  • Researcher, Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen, 1983-1986
  • “Siviløkonom” (undergraduate, business administration), Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NSEBA), Bergen, 1983.

 

Appointments

  • Member, Government commission on Foster Care (NOU2018:18) 2017-2028.
  • Member of the Local Arrangements Comittee, EEA-ESEM Conference 2011 (Oslo).
  • Member of Norges Bank’s review panel to evaluate its Payments System Report, 2010.
  • Member of the board, the University of Oslo Library, 2009-2013.
  • Member of the programme committee, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics conference, 2008-2010.
  • Member of the editorial board, Journal of Media Economics, 2007-
  • Member of the Executive Committee, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, 2004-2010.
  • Member of the evaluation committee, Norwegian Economists’ Association Prize for Best Article in Samfunnsøkonomen (previously Økonomisk forum) and Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift, since 2002.
  • Member of the Board, Stiftelsen UNIFOR, 1998-2004.
  • Member of the programme committee, European Finance Association, 1996-1997.
  • Co-editor, Sosialøkonomen and Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift (Norwegian-language economics journals, published by the Norwegian Economists’ Association), 1993-1995.
Tags: Industry Market and Competition, Economic Policy, Economics, Behaviour Information and Strategy, Income Employment and Welfare

Publications

 

  • E. Fumagalli and T. Nilssen, “Sweetening the Pill: A Theory of Waiting To Merge," Journal of Industry, Competition & Trade 19 (2019), 351-388. 
  • D.J. Clark and T. Nilssen, “Keep On Fighting: The Dynamics of Head Starts in All-Pay Auctions," Games and Economic Behavior 110 (2018), 258-272. 
  • B.O. Johansen and T. Nilssen, “The Economics of Retailing Formats: Competition versus Bargaining," Journal of Industrial Economics 64 (2016), 109-134.
  • H.J. Kind, T. Nilssen and L. Sørgard, “Inter-Firm Price Coordination in a Two-Sided Market," International Journal of Industrial Organization 44 (2016), 101-112. 
  • P.P. Barros and S. Hoernig, T. Nilssen, “Transversal Agency and Crowding Out” (with P.P. Barros and S. Hoernig), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 171 (2015), 589-608
  • D.J. Clark and T. Nilssen, "Learning by Doing in Contests", Public Choice 156, 2013, 329-343.
  • H.J. Kind, T. Nilssen and L. Sørgard, "Business Models for Media Firms: Does Competition Matter for How They Raise Revenue?" Marketing Science 28, 2009, 1112-1128.
  • H.J. Kind, T. Nilssen, and L. Sørgard, "Competition for Viewers and Advertisers in a TV Oligopoly," Journal of Media Economics 20, 2007, 211-233.
  • M. Hoel, T. Iversen, T. Nilssen and J. Vislie, "Genetic testing in competitive insurance markets with repulsion from chance: A welfare analysis," Journal of Health Economics 25, 2006, 847-860.
  • T. Nilssen: "Consumer lock-in with asymmetric information," International Journal of Industrial Organization 18, 2000, 641-666.
  • G.B. Asheim and T. Nilssen, “Insurance Monopoly and Renegotiation," Economic Theory 9 (1997), 341-354. 
  • T. Nilssen, “On the Consistency of Merger Policy”, Journal of Industrial Economics 45 (1997), 89-100.
  • G.B. Asheim and T. Nilssen, "Non-discriminating renegotiation in a competitive insurance market," European Economic Review 40, 1996, 1717-1736.
  • T. Nilssen, "Two kinds of consumer switching costs," RAND Journal of Economics 23, 1992, 579-589.

 

  • Guerra, Alice & Nilssen, Tore (2022). Optimal sentencing with recurring crimes and adjudication errors. Journal of Economics. ISSN 0931-8658. doi: 10.1007/s00712-022-00813-8. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2021). Delegating pollution permits. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. ISSN 0347-0520. 124(2), p. 457–487. doi: 10.1111/sjoe.12468. Full text in Research Archive
  • Clark, Derek John & Nilssen, Tore (2021). Fatter or fitter? On rewarding and training in a contest. Economic Inquiry. ISSN 0095-2583. 60, p. 101–120. doi: 10.1111/ecin.13021. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Moen, Espen Rasmus & Nilssen, Tore (2020). Prisdiskriminering i dagligvarebransjen. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 34(3), p. 21–30. Full text in Research Archive
  • Clark, Derek John & Nilssen, Tore (2020). Competitive Balance When Winning Breeds Winners. Social Choice and Welfare. ISSN 0176-1714. doi: 10.1007/s00355-020-01281-z. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2020). Delegation of regulation*. The Journal of Industrial Economics. ISSN 0022-1821. 68(3), p. 445–482. doi: 10.1111/joie.12238. Full text in Research Archive
  • Clark, Derek John; Nilssen, Tore & Sand, Jan Yngve (2020). Gaining advantage by winning contests. Review of Economic Design. ISSN 1434-4742. 24, p. 23–38. doi: 10.1007/s10058-020-00229-0. Full text in Research Archive
  • Clark, Derek John & Nilssen, Tore (2020). Creating balance in dynamic competitions. International Journal of Industrial Organization. ISSN 0167-7187. 69. doi: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2019.102578. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nyborg, Karine; Harstad, Bård Gjul; Holden, Steinar; Nilssen, Tore & Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Plan S and the Economics of Scientific Journal Publishing. Journal of Peer Production. ISSN 2213-5316. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fumagalli, Eileen & Nilssen, Tore (2019). Sweetening the Pill: a Theory of Waiting to Merge. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade. ISSN 1566-1679. 19(3), p. 351–388. doi: 10.1007/s10842-019-00309-0. Full text in Research Archive
  • Clark, Derek John & Nilssen, Tore (2018). Keep on fighting: The dynamics of head starts in all-pay auctions. Games and Economic Behavior. ISSN 0899-8256. 110, p. 258–272. doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2018.05.005. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2017). Delegation of Regulation. Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo. ISSN 0809-8786. 2017(12 ).
  • Johansen, Bjørn Olav & Nilssen, Tore (2016). The economics of retailing formats: Competition versus bargaining. The Journal of Industrial Economics. ISSN 0022-1821. 64(1), p. 109–134. doi: 10.1111/joie.12096.
  • Kind, Hans Jarle; Nilssen, Tore & Sørgard, Lars (2016). Inter-firm price coordination in a two-sided market. International Journal of Industrial Organization. ISSN 0167-7187. 44, p. 101–112. doi: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2015.10.010.
  • Barros, Pedro P.; Hoernig, Steffen & Nilssen, Tore (2015). Transversal Agency and Crowding Out. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. ISSN 0932-4569. 171(4), p. 589–608. doi: 10.1628/093245615X14302136524798.
  • Brekke, Kjell Arne & Nilssen, Tore (2015). Media competition enhances new-product entry: On the market for fake observations. Information Economics and Policy. ISSN 0167-6245. 31, p. 59–66. doi: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2015.03.001.
  • Clark, Derek John & Nilssen, Tore (2013). Learning by doing in contests. Public Choice. ISSN 0048-5829. 156(1-2), p. 329–343. doi: 10.1007/s11127-011-9905-9.
  • Nilssen, Tore; Sand, Jan Yngve & Clark, Derek John (2012). Motivating over Time: Dynamic Win Effects in Sequential Contests. Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo. ISSN 0809-8786. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3155251.
  • Clark, Derek John & Nilssen, Tore (2011). Learning by doing in contests. Public Choice. ISSN 0048-5829. doi: 10.1007/s11127-011-9905-9.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2011). Risk externalities in a payments oligopoly. Portuguese Economic Journal. ISSN 1617-982X. 10(3), p. 211–234. doi: 10.1007/s10258-010-0064-6.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2010). The television industry as a market of attention. Nordicom Review. ISSN 1403-1108. 31(1), p. 115–123.
  • Asheim, Geir Bjarne; Emblem, Anne Wenche & Nilssen, Tore (2010). Health insurance: medical treatment vs. disability payment. Research in Economics. ISSN 1090-9443. 64, p. 137–145. doi: 10.1016/j.rie.2010.02.004. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Moen, Espen Rasmus & Nilssen, Tore (2022). Bjerkholt og enkle svar om dagligvareprisene. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
  • Boasson, Elin Lerum & Nilssen, Tore (2021). Vi trenger mer kunnskap om klimaløsningene, ikke om klimaproblemet. Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2021). Joda, vi trenger tidsskriftene. Forskerforum.no.
  • Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Nilssen, Tore & Wig, Tore (2020). Skal snøballen rulle, må det være riktig snøball. Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995.
  • Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Nilssen, Tore & Wig, Tore (2020). Plan S: snøballen som stopper opp. Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995.
  • Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Moen, Espen Rasmus & Nilssen, Tore (2020). Påbud om like innkjøpspriser kan gi dyrere dagligvarer. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2020). Samtalen: Konkurransen som forsvann. [Newspaper]. Dag og Tid.
  • Johansen, Bjørn Olav & Nilssen, Tore (2020). Merger Remedies, Incomplete Information, and Commitment.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2019). Hvordan skal vi publisere? Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2019). Merger remedies, incomplete information, and commitment.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2019). Creating Balance in Dynamic Competitions.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2019). Merger remedies, incomplete information, and commitment.
  • Nyborg, Karine; Nilssen, Tore; Holden, Steinar; Storesletten, Kjetil & Harstad, Bård Gjul (2019). Åpen tilgang fjerner ikke forlagenes makt. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2018). Barnevern og medhold. Dagsavisen. ISSN 1503-2892.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2018). Beating the Matthew Effect: Head Starts and Catching Up in a Dynamic All-Pay Auction.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2018). Beating the Matthew Effect: Head Starts and Catching Up in a Dynamic All-Pay Auction .
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2017). Delegation of Regulation.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2017). Delegation of Regulation.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2016). Delegation of Regulation.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2016). Delegation of regulation.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2016). Delegation of Regulation.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2016). Delegation of Regulation.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2016). Delegation of Regulation.
  • Clark, Derek John; Nilssen, Tore & Sand, Jan Yngve (2016). Keep On Fighting: The Dynamics of Head Starts in All-Pay Auctions.
  • Fumagalli, Eileen & Nilssen, Tore (2016). Sweetening the pill: a theory of waiting to merge.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2016). Delegation of Regulation.
  • Fumagalli, Eileen & Nilssen, Tore (2016). Sweetening the pill: a theory of waiting to merge.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2016). Delegation of regulation.
  • Fumagalli, Eileen & Nilssen, Tore (2016). Sweetening the pill: a theory of waiting to merge.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2015). Delegation in Regulation.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2015). Skattefinansiering av kringkasting. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 129(6), p. 4–6.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2015). Delegation in Regulation.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2015). Delegation in Regulation.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2015). Delegation in Regulation.
  • Clark, Derek John; Nilssen, Tore & Sand, Jan Yngve (2015). Keep on fighting: dynamic win effects in an all-pay auction.
  • Clark, Derek John; Nilssen, Tore & Sand, Jan Yngve (2015). Keep on fighting: dynamic win effects in an all-pay auction.
  • Kind, Hans Jarle; Nilssen, Tore & Sørgard, Lars (2015). Inter-Firm Price Coordination in a Two-Sided Market.
  • Clark, Derek John; Nilssen, Tore & Sand, Jan Yngve (2015). Keep On Fighting: Dynamic Win Effects in an All-Pay Auction.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2015). Delegation in Regulation.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2014). Procurement versus permits in rent seeking bureaucracies.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2014). Nobel Prize in Economics 2014 - Jean Tirole: Market Power and Regulation.
  • Kind, Hans Jarle; Nilssen, Tore & Sørgard, Lars (2014). Inter-Firm Price Coordination in a Two-Sided Market.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2014). Procurement versus permits in rent-seeking bureaucracies.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2014). - Det statlige eierskapet er en torn i øyet for Høyre. [Newspaper]. Dagsavisen.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2014). Procurement versus permits in rent seeking bureaucracies.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2014). Procurement versus permits in rent seeking bureaucracies.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2014). Intervju om lederavlønning. [TV]. NRK Lørdagsrevyen.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2013). The Economics of Independent Regulatory Agencies.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). Barn på anbud - samfunnsøkonomiske perspektiver.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). Barn på anbud: noen samfunnsøkonomiske perspektiver.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). Intervju om søndagsåpne butikker. [TV]. TV2 Nyhetene.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). Das Kapital. [Radio]. Radio Nova.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). The Economics of Independent Regulatory Agencies: Commitment and Information.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). The Economics of Retailing Formats: Competition versus Bargaining.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). The Economics of Retailing Formats: Competition versus Bargaining.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). Debatt om Statens eierskap i Statoil. [Radio]. Dagsnytt 18, NRK P2 (radio) og NRK2 (TV).
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). Intervju om Statens eierskap i Statoil. [Radio]. Her og Nå, NRK P1.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). - Staten bør selge seg ut av Statoil. [Newspaper]. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Nilssen, Tore & Tjelflaat, Irmelin Sangolt (2013). Barna blir taperne - igjen. Bergens Tidende. ISSN 0804-8983.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). Økonomene ser rødt. [Newspaper]. Fontene.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). Skyhøye bonuser. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2013). Motivating over time: dynamic win effects in sequential contests.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2012). - Kan være smidig. [Newspaper]. Klassekampen.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2012). Endogenous hypermarkets.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2012). Motivating over time: dynamic win effects in sequential contests.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2012). Endogenous hypermarkets.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2012). Dynamic win effects in sequential contests.
  • Jansen, Eilev S.; Nilssen, Tore & Strandenes, Siri P. (2011). "Animal Spirits: Fargerik tomhet" vant Artikkelprisen for 2010. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 65(1), p. 48–50.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2011). - Ungdommen betaler brillekampanje. [Internet]. e24.no.
  • Sørgard, Lars; Kind, Hans Jarle & Nilssen, Tore (2011). Price coordination in two-sided markets: Competition in the TV industry.
  • Jansen, Eilev; Nilssen, Tore & Strandenes, Siri Pettersen (2010). Artikkelprisen 2009 til Telemark. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 64(1), p. 35–36.
  • Nilssen, Tore (2010). Price Coordination in Two-Sided Markets: Competition in the TV Industry.
  • Kundu, Tapas & Nilssen, Tore (2017). Delegation of Regulation. CESifo. ISSN 1617-9595.
  • Clark, Derek John; Nilssen, Tore & Sand, Jan Yngve (2014). Keep on Fighting: Dynamic Win Effects in an All-Pay Auction. Department of Economics, University of Oslo. ISSN 0809-8786. 2014(23).
  • Kind, Hans Jarle; Nilssen, Tore & Sørgard, Lars (2014). Inter-Firm Price Coordination in a Two-Sided Market. Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole. ISSN 0804-6824.
  • Clark, Derek John & Nilssen, Tore (2010). Learning by Doing in Contests. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 0809-8786. 09(2010).
  • Kind, Hans Jarle; Nilssen, Tore & Sørgard, Lars (2010). Price Coordination in Two-Sided Markets: Competition in the TV Industry. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 0809-8786. 18(2010).
  • Kind, Hans Jarle; Nilssen, Tore & Sørgard, Lars (2010). Price Coordination in Two-Sided Markets: Competition in the TV Industry. CESifo. ISSN 1617-9595.

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