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Mats Bergman is a Professor of Economics at Stockholm University's Department of Social Sciences since 2005. He also serves as an economic expert at the Patent and Market Court and a member of the Swedish Economic Council, with active roles in research centers Reinvent and the Academy of Management.
His research centers on Industrial Organization, specializing in competition policy, public procurement, pharmaceutical pricing, regulation/deregulation, welfare services, and trade-urban economics. Key contributions include empirical analyses of competitive tendering in elderly care, pharmaceutical markets, and e-commerce's impact on cities, often using Swedish market data to inform global policy debates.
Analysis of his recent publications reveals consistent focus on empirical competition policy evaluation, merger control effectiveness, and public procurement design. His work demonstrates how regulatory frameworks influence market outcomes in welfare services and pharmaceuticals, with frequent collaborations (notably with Sofia Lundberg and David Granlund) producing high-impact studies in journals like Journal of Health Economics and Review of Industrial Organization.
Bergman actively contributes to policy through the Swedish Trade Economic Council reports on trade-COVID interactions, digital-age sustainability, and competition dynamics. His participation in Reinvent and Academy of Management facilitates interdisciplinary research bridging academic theory with practical competition law applications, particularly through his Patent and Market Court expertise.
