The determinants of open access publishing: survey evidence from Germany

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 475-503

  Eger, Thomas ^a   Scheufen, Marc ^b   Meierrieks, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic publishing; Copyright; Law and economics; Open access

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923035801     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: 15729990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-015-9488-x     Document Type: Article

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