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
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.
Public presentations
NHH Brownbag seminar
Date: 30th April, 2025
Location: NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway
Event: Department of Business and Management Science Brownbag series
Title: The Effect on Newspaper Competition and Investigative Journalism of Taxation: A Case of Platform Competition with Consumer Multihoming and Market Expansion
Co-author(s): na.
This was a very early draft of current paper “Media Policy and Newspaper Competition with Consumer Multihoming and Endogenous Hinterlands”
BECCLE Lunch Seminar
Date: 23rd April, 2025
Location: University of Bergen, Norway
Event: Bergen Center for Competition Law and Economics (BECCLE) lunch seminar
Title: The Effect on Newspaper Competition and Investigative Journalism of Taxation
Co-author(s):
SWERIE 2025
Date: 24th February, 2025
Location: Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Stockholm, Sweden
Event: SWEdish Researchers in Industrial Economics (SWERIE) Workshop
Title: Channel Coordination on Exclusive vs. Non-Exclusive Content under Endogenous Consumer Homing
Co-author(s): Malin Arve and Øystein Foros