Do University Site Licences for Academic Journals Benefit the Scientific Community?

We ask whether university-wide site licences perform a fiscal function that benefits the academic community. We find a surprising answer. If a journal is priced to maximize the publisher's profits, scholars on average are likely to be worse off when universities purchase site lisences than they would be access were by individual subscriptions only.

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Bergstrom, T.C. ; Bergstrom, C.T.
Subject:	EDUCATION \| LIBRARIES \| JOURNALS \| PRICES

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Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	8 pages
Classification:	I22 - Educational Finance ; I20 - Education. General ; A20 - Economics Education and Teaching of Economics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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