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Steinar Vagstad is a Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Bergen, specializing in Contract Theory, Regulation, Industrial Organization, and Auctions. His research focuses on public procurement, market competition, and regulatory policy across sectors like healthcare, energy, and telecommunications. He has supervised numerous master's theses, including studies on secret contracts in grocery markets and confidential pharmaceutical procurement. Key contributions include analyzing market power dynamics, access pricing in regulated industries, and gender gaps in labor markets.
Education: PhD in Economics from the University of Bergen (1994), with a dissertation on procurement contracting incentives. He has published extensively in journals like International Journal of Industrial Organization and Scandinavian Journal of Economics, and contributed to policy reports on competition in Norwegian markets. His work often bridges theoretical economic models with practical regulatory challenges.
Research highlights include exploring self-fulfilling prophecies in gender-based career tracks and examining the effects of switching costs in duopolistic markets. He has also engaged in public lectures and media contributions, such as discussing the implications of phasing out cash and the design of fair procurement auctions.
