Price Discrimination in Academic Journals

Analysis of price discrimination (charging different prices to different customers for same product) for 89 academic journals in 6 disciplines reveals: incidence of price discrimination rose between 1974 and 1984, increase in mean institutional (library) subscription price exceeded increase in mean...

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Published inLibrary Quarterly Vol. 55; no. 3; p. 273
Main Authors Joyce, Patrick, Merz, Thomas E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1985
Subjects
Business
Chemistry
Comparative Analysis
Economics
Physics
Price Discrimination
Pricing
Psychology
Publishing Industry
Research Methodology
Scholarly Journals
Sociology
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Summary:Analysis of price discrimination (charging different prices to different customers for same product) for 89 academic journals in 6 disciplines reveals: incidence of price discrimination rose between 1974 and 1984, increase in mean institutional (library) subscription price exceeded increase in mean individual subscription price. Journal list appended. (20 references) (EJS)