Christian Riis

My research interests cover areas of industrial economics theory and policy, auction and contract theory, contest theory, competition policy and regulation.

My research has been published in American Economic Review, Economic Theory and Public Choice, amongst others.

Some recent working papers:

• Policy Reversal  forthcoming American Economic Review (with Espen R. Moen)
• Efficient contests  forthcoming Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
• Competition with Local Network Externalities (with Øystein D. Fjeldstad and Espen R. Moen)
• Efficient exclusion (with Espen R. Moen)

Other works:

• Option values in sequential markets (with Nils-Henrik von der Fehr)
• On the win probability in rent-seeking games - extended version of "Contest Success Functions"
• The all-pay auction with cross-shareholdings (with Kai A. Konrad and Derek Clark)

Links:

• cream.no
• oeconomica.no

Selected publications:

• "Strategic Wage Contracts", Journal of Economics, vol 50, 1989.
• "Entry into a new market. A game of timing", International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol 12, 1994, (co-author Steinar Holden)
• "A multi-winner nested rent-seeking contest", Public Choice, Vol 87, 1996. (co-author Derek Clark)
• "Competition Over More Than One Prize", American Economic Review, Vol.88, 1998, (co-author Derek Clark), reprinted in 40 Years of Rent Seeking Research, edited with introduction by R. D. Congleton, A. L Hillman and K. Konrad. Heidelberg: Springer (2007, forthcoming)
• "Contest Success Functions: An Extension", Economic Theory, Vol.11, 1998 (co-author Derek Clark).
• "Influence and the Discretionary Allocation of Several Prizes",  European Journal of Political Economy, Vol 14, 1998  (co-author Derek Clark) .
• "Allocation Efficiency in a Competitive Bribery Game", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Vol. 42, 2000 (co-author Derek Clark).
• "Norwegian Cohort Emigration" Journal of Population Economics, Vol 14, 2001 (co-authors Kåre Bævre and Tore Thonstad)
• "Rank Order Tournaments and Selection", Journal of Economics, Vol 62, 2001 (co-author Derek Clark).
• "Public Ownership as a Signalling Device", Nordic Journal of Political Economy, Vol 27, 2001 (co-authors Dag Morten Dalen og Espen Moen).
• "Contract renewal and incentives in public procurement" International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol 24, 2006 (co-authors Dag Mo rten Dalen og Espen Moen)
• "Efficient Exclusion", Internet-comment on AEA-web (AEA's home page, co-author Espen R. Moen)
• "Contingent Payments in Selection Contests", vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 125-137, 2007 Review of Economic Design (special issue on contests) (co-author Derek Clark)
• "Rational Benevolence in Small Committees" Public Choice, vol 134, 3-4, March 2008 (co-author Derek Clark)
• "Policy Reversal", forthcoming American Economic Review (co-author Espen R. Moen)
• "Efficient Contests", forthcoming Journal og Economics and Management Strategy