Do Electronic Site Licenses for Academic Journals Benefit the Scientific Community?

Carl Bergstrom () and Theodore Bergstrom
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No 2001B, University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series from Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara

Abstract: As electronic access to journals replaces paper editions, the role of a university library is no longer that of storehouse and reading room, but rather that of gatekeeper and revenue collector. Does this role benefit the academic community?We argue that when the publisher is a profit maximizer, the answer is No. But for non-profit journals, the answer is Yes.

Keywords: site license; bundling; pricing of academic journals; non-profit publishers; monopoly behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-12-01
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