Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149669 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 10
Publisher: 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition, München und Berlin
Abstract: 
We analyze "Pay What You Want" as a business model for Open Access publishing by discussing motives leading authors to make voluntary contributions, potential benefits for publishers and present results from a field experiment at one publisher. Data from the field experiment indicate authors' willingness to voluntarily contribute.
Subjects: 
Gold open access
article processing charges
customer-driven pricing
voluntary contributions
field experiment
JEL: 
M31
D03
L11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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