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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1996
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ536283 |
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Table of Contents:
- The Economics of Professional Journal Pricing. Stoller, Michael A. And Others Costs Economic Factors Library Associations Library Expenditures Literature Reviews Publishing Industry Scholarly Journals Evaluates the literature on journal pricing that emphasizes three types of price discrimination practiced by publishers. Concludes that the monopoly power of commercial publishers and a third party payment system are the cause of increasing journal costs. Recommends incentives to journal users, adoption of equitable pricing systems, and employing the monopoly power of library associations. (66 references) (PEN)