Optimal Pricing and Quality of Academic Journals and the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Forced Open Access: A Two-Sided Model

Mueller-Langer, Frank; Watt, Richard

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dc.contributor.author	Mueller-Langer, Frank	de
dc.contributor.author	Watt, Richard	de
dc.date.accessioned	2022-02-23T11:34:44Z
dc.date.available	2022-02-23T11:34:44Z
dc.date.issued	2013	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/77605
dc.description.abstract	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.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Soziologie, Anthropologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sociology & anthropology	en
dc.subject.other	academic journals; removal of copyright; two-sided markets; welfare effects	de
dc.title	Optimal Pricing and Quality of Academic Journals and the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Forced Open Access: A Two-Sided Model	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet	de
dc.description.review	reviewed	en
dc.source.volume	223	de
dc.publisher.country	DEU	de
dc.publisher.city	Berlin	de
dc.source.series	RatSWD Working Paper Series
dc.subject.classoz	Wissenschaftssoziologie, Wissenschaftsforschung, Technikforschung, Techniksoziologie	de
dc.subject.classoz	Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Zeitschrift	de
dc.subject.thesoz	periodical	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Fachliteratur	de
dc.subject.thesoz	technical literature	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Qualität	de
dc.subject.thesoz	quality	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Open Access	de
dc.subject.thesoz	open access	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Urheberrecht	de
dc.subject.thesoz	copyright	en
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung	de
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications	en
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
internal.identifier.thesoz	10039627
internal.identifier.thesoz	10043145
internal.identifier.thesoz	10037327
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internal.identifier.thesoz	10040422
dc.type.stock	monograph	de
dc.type.document	Arbeitspapier	de
dc.type.document	working paper	en
dc.source.pageinfo	26	de
internal.identifier.classoz	10220
internal.identifier.document	3
dc.contributor.corporateeditor	Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
internal.identifier.corporateeditor	604
internal.identifier.ddc	301
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
internal.identifier.licence	3
internal.identifier.pubstatus	1
internal.identifier.review	2
internal.identifier.series	876
internal.dda.reference	https://www.econstor.eu/oai/request@@oai:econstor.eu:10419/83667
dc.identifier.handle	https://hdl.handle.net/10419/83667	de
ssoar.urn.registration	false	de

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