NIKLAS RUDHOLM CURRICULUM VITAE SEPTEMBER 2020 Name: Niklas Rudholm Date of Birth: March 12, 1971 Address and Telephone: Work: Institute of Retail Economics Regeringsgatan 60 SE - 103 29 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Phone: +46 70 625 46 27 Home: Tullgrindsvägen 11 SE – 805 96 GÄVLE, SWEDEN Education: M.Sc. (Fil. Mag.) in Economics. Umeå University, 1996. Ph.Lic. (Fil. Lic.) in Economics. Two Essays on Generic Competition in the Swedish Pharmaceuticals Market. Supervisor: Thomas Aronsson, Professor in Economics, Umeå University, 1999. Ph.D. (Fil. Dr.) in Economics. The Swedish Pharmaceuticals Market – Essays on Entry, Competition and Antibiotic Resistance. Supervisor: Thomas Aronsson, Professor in Economics, Umeå University, 2001. Associate Professor (Docent) in Economics, Umeå University, 2005. Full Professor (Professor) in Economics, Dalarna University, 2008. Academic positions: Ph. D-student (Doktorand), Umeå University, Department of Economics, Umeå, 1996-07-01 – 2001-06-30. Researcher (Forskare), Umeå University, Department of Economics, Umeå, 2001-07-01 – 2003-08-31. Honorary Fellow at the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, Madison, Wisconsin, 2003-09-01 – 2003-12-31. Researcher (Forskare), Umeå University, Department of Economics, Umeå, 2004-01-01- 2005-06-30. Lecturer (Lektor), University of Gävle, Department of Economics, Gävle, 2005-07-01- 2008-02-28. Full Professor (Professor) in Economics, Dalarna University, Department of Economics, Borlänge, 2008-03-01 - 2017-08-30. Main Fields of Interest: Regional Economics Industrial Organization Prizes/external funding: 1. My Ph.D. thesis “The Swedish Pharmaceuticals Market – Essays on Entry, Competition and Antibiotic Resistance” was awarded the Wallander prize for post-doc research, 2002-2004 (Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation). 2. The Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket), Competition in the Swedish Pharmaceuticals Market, 2 year project 2007-2009. 3. HUR (Handelns Utvecklingsråd) Product Labelling in Swedish Retailing, 2 year project 2008-2009. 4. HUR (Handelns Utvecklingsråd), Which factors affect the development of the Swedish wholesale trade sector? 2 year project 2009-2011. 5. The Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket), Competition between Branded, Generic and Parallellimported Pharmaceuticals in the Swedish Pharmaceuticals Market, 3 year project 2009-2012. 6. HUR (Handelns Utvecklingsråd), How does Swedish Retailing Affect the Environment? 3 year project 2010-2013. 7. HUR (Handelns Utvecklingsråd), Publishing scientific papers. 1 year project 2011- 2012. 8. The Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket), Deregulating the Swedish Pharmaceuticals Market/ Omregleringen av läkemedelsmarknaden – prissättning av homogena varor vid upprepade auktioner. 2 year project 2012-2014. 9. HUR (Handelns Utvecklingsråd), What happens when IKEA comes to town? 2 year project 2012-2014. 10. HUR (Handelns Utvecklingsråd), Retailing and growth: Regional spillover effects of increased retailing. 2 year project 2015-2017. 11. The Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket), Competition in markets with low search costs – konkurrens på marknader med låga sökkostnader. 3 month project, 2018. 12. The Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council (Handelsrådet), Serching for the lowest price – how will price comparison websites affect retailing? - Jakten på det lägsta priset – hur påverkas handeln av prisjämförelsesidor på nätet? 2 year project 2019- 2020. 13. The Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket), How does the number of competitors affect the risk of collusion? – Effekten av antal budgivare på sannolikheten för prissamordningar. 3 year project, 2020-2022. 14. The Kamprad Family Foundation (Kampradstiftelsen). Identifying environmentally friendly retail locations: Creating a web-based decision support system for retailers – Att hitta miljövänliga handelslokaliseringar: Ett web-baserat beslutsstödsystem för handlare. 3 year project, 2021-2023. 15. The Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council (Handelsrådet), Do price comparison websites make the economy more sensistive to economic chocks? – Gör prisjämförelsesidor handeln mera konjunkturkänslig? 2 year project 2021-2022. Teaching Experience: Each course is ¼ of a semester. Graduate teaching, Economics, Umeå University, Sweden: 1. Applied health economics, spring 2005 Graduate teaching, Economics/Business intelligence, Dalarna University, Sweden: 1. Experimental design and evaluation of experimental data in marketing, autumn 2011. 2. Experimental design and evaluation of experimental data in marketing, autumn 2012. 3. Economic geography, autumn 2012. (25%). 4. Economic geography, autumn 2014. (25%). 5. Economic geography, autumn 2015. (25%). 6. Economic geography, autumn 2016. (25%). Undergraduate teaching, Economics, Umeå University, Sweden: 1. Industrial economics for the service industries, spring 1999. 2. Industrial economics for the service industries, spring 2000. 3. Industrial economics for the service industries, spring 2001. 4. Macroeconomics, autumn 2001. 5. Economic policy in open economies, autumn 2001. 6. Industrial economics for the service industries, spring 2002. 7. Industrial economics for the service industries, spring 2003. 8. Macroeconomics, spring 2004. 9. Economic policy in open economies, spring 2004. Undergraduate teaching, Economics, University of Gävle, Sweden: 1. Applied economic analysis, spring 2006 2. Applied economic analysis, autumn 2006 (50%) 3. Applied economic analysis, spring 2007 (50%) 4. Applied economic analysis, spring 2008 (50%) Undergraduate teaching, Economics, Nordic Retail College, Stockholm University, Sweden: 1. Introduction to economics, spring 2007 (50%) Undergraduate teaching, Economics, Dalarna University, Sweden: 1. Advanced microeconomics, spring 2009 (50%). 2. Applied market analysis, autumn 2009. (50%). 3. Advanced microeconomics, spring 2010 (50%). 4. Economics for good health, spring 2010 (50%). 5. Applied market analysis, autumn 2010. (50%). 6. Economics for good health, spring 2011 (50%). 7. Applied market analysis, autumn 2011. (50%). 8. Economics for good health, spring 2012 (50%). 9. Applied market analysis, autumn 2012. (50%). 10. Economics for good health, spring 2013 (50%). 11. International economics, autumn 2014. (50%). 12. International economics, autumn 2015. (50%). 13. International economics, autumn 2016. (100%). Teaching assistant, Economics, Umeå University, Sweden: 1. Macroeconomics, spring 1997. 2. Macroeconomics, autumn 1997. 3. Macroeconomics, spring 1998. 4. Macroeconomics, autumn 1998. 5. Macroeconomics, spring 2001. 1. Economic policy in open economies, spring 1997. 2. Economic policy in open economies, autumn 1997. 3. Economic policy in open economies, spring 1998. 4. Economic policy in open economies, autumn 1998. 5. Economic policy in open economies, spring 2001. Supervision: Graduate level: Supervisor: Jens Lundgren, PhD, Defended his PhD-thesis 2012-12-13, Economics, Umeå University, Sweden. Zuzana Macuchova, PhD, Defended her PhD-thesis 2015-06-05, Microdata analysis, Dalarna University, Sweden. Helena Nilsson, PhLic, Defended her lic-thesis 2015-03-06. Microdata analysis, Dalarna University, Sweden. Then moved to Jönköping International Business School where she received a PhD in the summer of 2020 based in part on her licentiate work. Yujiao Li, PhD, Microdata analysis, Dalarna University, Sweden, 2014 - 2017. Defended her PhD-thesis 2018-09-14. Åsa Grek, PhD-candidate, Microdata analysis, Dalarna University, Sweden. 2015 – 2017. Asif Huq, PhD-candidate, Microdata analysis, Dalarna University, Sweden. 2016 – 2017. Co-supervisor: David Granlund, PhD, Defended his PhD-thesis 2007-06-08, Department of Economics, Umeå University, Sweden. Linda Thunström, PhD, Defended her PhD-thesis 2008-06-04, Department of Economics, Umeå University, Sweden. Niklas Elert, PhD, Defended his PhD-thesis 2012-09-19, Department of Economics, Örebro University, Sweden. Anders Bornhäll, PhD, Defended his PhD-thesis 2017-10-06, Department of Economics, Örebro University, Sweden. Madelen Lagin, PhD, Defended her PhD-thesis 2018-10-26, Department of Business Studies, Örebro University, Sweden. Haishan Yu, PhLic, Defended her lic-thesis 2010-05-28, Department of Economics, Örebro University, Sweden. Then moved to Uppsala University where she received a PhD in the summer of 2014 based in part on her licentiate work. Anton Gidehag, PhD. Defended his PhD-thesis 2020-02-13, Department of Economics, Örebro University, Sweden. Charlie Lindgren, PhD-candidate, Microdata analysis, Dalarna University, Sweden. 2015 –. Undergraduate level: 10 Bachelor and Masters thesis, Economics, Umeå University, Sweden. 2 Bachelor thesis, Economics, University of Gävle, Sweden. 5 Masters thesis, Economics, Dalarna University, Sweden. 3 Masters thesis, Business Intelligence, Dalarna University, Sweden. 5 Bachelor thesis, Economics, Dalarna University, Sweden. Thesises: Ph. Lic. Thesis: Two Essays on Generic Competition in the Swedish Pharmaceuticals Market, Umeå Economic Studies no 485, 1999. Ph. D. Thesis: The Swedish Pharmaceuticals Market: Essays on Entry, Competition and Antibiotic Resistance, Umeå Economic Studies no 552, 2001. Publications: Peer-reviewed articles: 1. Entry and the Number of Firms in the Swedish Pharmaceuticals Market. Review of Industrial Organization, vol 19, 351-364, 2001. 2. The Impact of Generic Competition on Brand Name Market Shares - Evidence from Micro Data. (Together with Mats A. Bergman and Thomas Aronsson) Review of Industrial