Ole Kristian Dyskeland

Economist | Researcher

I am a research economist at Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI).

My primary research is applied theory within industrial organization, but I also work on public economics issues. In addition to defence markets, and procurement issues related to defence build-up, I focus on digital media markets and platform competition.

I am also affiliated with Bergen Center for Competition Law and Economics, BECCLE.

Email: ole-kristian[dot]dyskeland[at]ffi[dot]no

Here's my CV!

I study these markets:

defence markets,
digital markets,
media markets;

using models from

industrial organisation,
discrete choice demand,
vertical relations,
sequential games.

Research

Working Papers

Dyskeland, O.K. and Thorup, M.A. Project Versus Portfolio Cost Risk in Public Procurement: A Study of Norwegian Defence Investments. Forthcoming in Public Procurement Pathways: Risk and Resilience Edition.

Dyskeland, O.K. Media Policy and Newspaper Competition with Consumer Multihoming in an Uncovered Market. Revise and resubmit at Information Economics and Policy

Arve, M., Dyskeland, O.K., and Foros, Ø., 2025. Channel Coordination on Exclusive vs. Non-Exclusive Content Under Endogenous Consumer Multihoming. NHH Dept. of Business and Management Science Discussion Paper No. 2025/17.

Lilletvedt, J. and Dyskeland, O.K., 2025. Do Capacity Constraint Bots Collude?. SSRN

Dyskeland, O.K., 2020. A Study in Print: Competition in Prices and Quality Between Newspapers and Magazines. SNF working paper 10/2020.

Work in Progress

Market Concentration in Global Arms Transfers

Procurement Negotiations with Buyer Endogenous Outside Option: Government Procurement Portfolio with a Fixed Budget

Cost-benefit analysis with scenario based futures: How to evaluate resilience and preparedness in economic project assessments

Basic principles for government support and transfer policy: Methods for selecting optimal projects to support with non-prices externalities

Publications

Vatne, D.F., Lammersdorf, A.B., Dyskeland, O.K., and Andersen, E.E., 2025. A Cost-Effect Model for Prioritizing Force Development Options. NATO STO 19th OR&A Conference proceedings.

Dyskeland, O.K. and Foros, Ø., 2023. Multihoming and market expansion: Effects on media platforms’ pricing and content creation incentives. Economics Letters, 232, p.111327.