Pricing of library subscriptions with applications to scientific journals

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-218

  Issman Weit, Einat ^a   Shy, Oz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Generations of copies; Library subscription rates; Price discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037351913     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-6195(02)00136-4     Document Type: Article

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