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On behalf of the Abortion Committee, Oslo Economics has assessed the economic consequences of the committee’s proposed changes to the abortion law, as well as other measures related to improved information, increased competence in healthcare services, and more knowledge about abortion in Norway.

Oslo Economics assisted the law firms Kvale, Thommessen, and Wikborg Rein, who represented the publishers Vigmostad & Bjørke, Gyldendal, and Aschehoug both during the Norwegian Competition Authority’s (NCA) handling of the case and as experts during the tribunal proceedings.  

Oslo Economics, in cooperation with the law firm Wikborg Rein, has entered a framework agreement with the Directorate-General for Competition (DG Competition) of the European Commission.  
The framework agreement covers both general and specific aspects of policy review and development projects related to competition and state aid.

Oslo Economics, in collaboration with PROMIS and Systra, has conducted a quality assurance (KS1) of the concept selection report National Cloud Service, prepared by the Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM). The central question in the report is how Norway can ensure efficient and secure storage of sensitive data in the public administration using cloud technology.

On 6 October, a judgment from the Court of Appeal concluded that Frogn municipality in Norway had granted aid to a municipally owned gym (Bølgen) in a way that could distort competition. Thus, the aid is contrary to EU/EEA state aid regulations. Oslo Economics assisted Arntzen de Besche with economic analyses related to the aid granted by the municipality.

Our colleagues and competition experts, Charlotte Evensen and Simen Ulsaker, have had an article accepted in the prestigious Journal of European Economic Association. The article is about the competition between grocery stores and general merchandise stores, asking: How is a grocery store affected when a general merchandise store establishes itself in the area?

Elias Braunfels, Managing Partner at Oslo Economics in Berlin, will discuss his research on merger-price effects at the 40th annual conference of the European Associations of Law and Economics in Berlin on Thursday 21. September 2023.

Oslo Economics is proud to be continuously recommended by Who’s Who Legal with a strong team of economists also in the 2023 Competition ranking. We thank our clients and partners for the trust they express in our expertise in all competition, antitrust and regulation related matters.

Oslo Economics has recently acted as economic expert in a dispute about earn-out payments connected to an alleged breach of a best-effort clause in a shares purchase agreement.

Oslo Economics has extensive experience in competition and market analysis. Now, we are further strengthening our expertise with the appointment of Simen A. Ulsaker, Ph.D.

Today our colleague Jon Ellingsen defends his dissertation titled “Essays in prediction, expectation formation, and labor economics”, at BI Norwegian […]

Our colleague Halvard Sandvik Jansen defended his doctoral dissertation “Empirical Essays on Health, Educational Attainment, and Labor Market Exclusion” for […]