Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18778 
Full metadata record
Appears in Collections:
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorCanoy, Marcel F. M.en
dc.contributor.authorvan Ours, Jan C.en
dc.contributor.authorvan der Ploeg, Fredericken
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:52:49Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:52:49Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18778-
dc.description.abstractThe tensions between books and book markets as expressions of culture and books as products in profit-making businesses are analysed and insights from the theory of industrial organisation are given. Governments intervene in the market for books through laws concerning prices of books, grants for authors and publishers, a lower value-added tax, public libraries and education in order to stimulate the diversity of books on offer, increase the density of retail outlets and to promote reading. An overview of the different ways by which countries differ in terms of market structures and government policies is given. Particular attention is paid to retail price maintenance. Due to differences between European countries it is not a good idea to harmonise European book policies. Our analysis suggests that the book market seems quite able to invent solutions to specific problems of the book trade and that, apart from promoting reading, there is little need for government intervention.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1414en
dc.subject.jelZ11en
dc.subject.jelD6en
dc.subject.jelD4en
dc.subject.jelL4en
dc.subject.jelL1en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordbooksen
dc.subject.keywordpublishersen
dc.subject.keywordauthorsen
dc.subject.keyworddiversityen
dc.subject.keywordmonopolistic competitionen
dc.subject.keywordretail price maintenanceen
dc.subject.keywordsubsidiesen
dc.subject.keywordlibrariesen
dc.subject.keywordinterneten
dc.subject.stwBuchen
dc.subject.stwBuchverlagen
dc.subject.stwMonopolistischer Wettbewerben
dc.subject.stwPreisbindungen
dc.subject.stwInterneten
dc.titleThe economics of books-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn484399926en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.