Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/83667 
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2013
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
RatSWD Working Paper No. 223
Verlag: 
Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD), Berlin
Zusammenfassung: 
We analyse optimal pricing and quality of a monopolistic journal and the optimality of open access in a two-sided model. The predominant aspect of the model that determines the quality levels at which open access is optimal is the nature of the (non-linear) externalities between readers and authors in a journal. We show that there exist scenarios in which open access is a feature of highquality journals. Besides, we find that the removal of copyright (and thus forced open access) will likely increase both readership and authorship, will decrease journal profits, and may increase social welfare.
Schlagwörter: 
two-sided markets
academic journals
open access
removal of copyright
welfare effects
JEL: 
L11
L82
O34
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
743.37 kB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.