Are College Textbooks Priced Fairly?

Robert Carbaugh and Koushik Ghosh

Challenge, 2005, vol. 48, issue 5, pages 95-112

Abstract: In recent years, college students, professors, and legislators from around the country have increasingly questioned the pricing practices of college textbook publishers. Many college students today have yearly textbook bills of $800-$900. The college textbook industry makes a good case study of economic principles. But is there something that can be done? Two economists present the problems and a few solutions.

Date: 2005

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