We analyse optimal pricing and quality of a monopolistic journal and the optimality of open access in a two-sided model … the (non-linear) externalities between readers and authors in a journal. We show that there exist scenarios in which open …) will likely increase both readership and authorship, will decrease journal profits, and may increase social welfare. …

We analyze optimal pricing and quality of a monopolistic journal and the optimality of open access in a two-sided model … the relationship between readers and authors in a journal. In contrast to previous literature, we firstly show that there … thus forced open access) decreases journal profits but has ambiguous social welfare effects …

We analyse optimal pricing and quality of a monopolistic journal and the optimality of open access in a two-sided model … the (non-linear) externalities between readers and authors in a journal. We show that there exist scenarios in which open …) will likely increase both readership and authorship, will decrease journal profits, and may increase social welfare …

We analyze optimal pricing and quality of a monopolistic journal and the optimality of open access in a two-sided model … the (non-linear) externalities between readers and authors in a journal. We show that there exist scenarios in which open …) will likely increase both readership and authorship, will decrease journal profi ts, and may increase social welfare …

We analyse optimal pricing and quality of a monopolistic journal and the optimality of open access in a two-sided model … the (non-linear) externalities between readers and authors in a journal. We show that there exist scenarios in which open …) will likely increase both readership and authorship, will decrease journal profits, and may increase social welfare. …

We analyse optimal pricing and quality of a monopolistic journal and the optimality of open access in a two-sided model … the (non-linear) externalities between readers and authors in a journal. We show that there exist scenarios in which open …) will likely increase both readership and authorship, will decrease journal profits, and may increase social welfare. …

We analyse optimal pricing and quality of a monopolistic journal and the optimality of open access in a two-sided model … the (non-linear) externalities between readers and authors in a journal. We show that there exist scenarios in which open …) will likely increase both readership and authorship, will decrease journal profits, and may increase social welfare. …

We analyse optimal pricing and quality of a monopolistic journal and the optimality of open access in a two-sided model … the relationship between readers and authors in a journal. In contrast to previous literature, we firstly show that there … thus forced open access) decreases journal profits but has ambiguous social welfare effects. …

publication costs are recovered through author fees. We study the efficient pricing of an academic journal from a two-sided market … perspective and the consequences of the open access policy on the journal's quality standard. When the journal's objective is to … marginal cost of distribution. This condition is satisfied in particular for an electronic journal for which the marginal cost …