We develop and estimate a two-sided model for the market for economics journals. In this model an economics journal faces demand from authors for its scarce space and demand from library and individual subscribers for access to its content, and thereby chooses its manuscript submission fee,...

We examine what factors affect the degree of price discrimination for an academic journal by analyzing data on 190 of the 208 economics journals indexed in the 2008 edition of Journal Citation Reports. We find that (1) the library-to-individual price ratio of a for-profit journal is 37% higher...

We examine the value of expert picks published by SmartMoney, a popular investment periodical. Most can be described as ‘hot' stocks – those that have experienced run-ups in price prior to publication. These stocks subsequently underperform the market by 0.45% per month in the six-month...